Warcraft III v1.10 Released

Blizzard has released v1.10 of Warcraft III in preparation of The Frozen Throne expansion, which hits store shelves tomorrow. Here’s a bit of what’s been changed:

– Items have been revamped with new level tables. Items now have a level from 1 to 8, along with one of several categories. Items of levels 1 to 6 can be charged items, permanent items, or powerups. Items of level 7 or higher are artifacts. Examples: Wand of Lightning Shield (charged), Stone Token (charged), Ring of Protection +2 (permanent), Tome of Strength +2 (powerup), Mask of Death (artifact).

– You can now sell items at the Goblin Merchant by right-clicking on an item, and then “dropping” it onto a Goblin Merchant.

– Scroll of Town Portal now takes 5 seconds to use. During this time it is being “channeled”, and the Hero using it cannot be attacked or stunned. Under no circumstances can the town portal be aborted once started.

– Wand of Illusion can no longer be cast on hostile units. This change was made to prevent players from cheesing high level creep camps by using Wand of Illusion on high level creeps, and then using this illusionary creep to tank the damage.

– Boots of Speed no longer stack–two Boots of Speed will make a Hero just as fast as one.