Valve has announced the Fall Season, which brings several updates for Dota Plus and Guilds.
The highlight of the new season is Autumnal Treasure 2020. This treasure could be purchased, by the Dota Plus members, with Shards. It comes with 12 community-created sets for Clockwerk, Faceless Void, Nyx Assassin, Leshrac, Medusa, Doom, Sven, Axe, Vengeful Spirit, Weaver, Crystal Maiden, and Tusk. Ethereal and Prismatic gems have been re-introduced in this season.
The new Role Assistant hero grid arrangement feature is now available to Dota Plus members. The new Role Assistant automatically records every hero's choices in matchmaking of ranked characters and displays the heroes in their most selected roles. This data is updated in real time to showcase the current trend, and you can filter the data by MMR rank!
Several feature and update worth mentioning:
⦁ Dota Plus exclusive, the Chat Wheel sound effects are now redeemable in the Shard shop.
⦁ Pull timers when holding ALT are now available to Dota Plus members for the ease of access.
⦁ Dota Plus damage tab now includes the post-game healing and gold breakdowns.
⦁ Now all the players have the access to The Battle Pass MVP, but Dota Plus players may earn extra Shards by completing new seasonal quests.
⦁ The Limit of Avoid players list has been increased to 25.
⦁ Now all players of Dota 2 can advance up to Hero Level 5. However to reach Silver tier and above, Dota Plus subscription is required.
⦁ Tipping of Shards is available to all players.
⦁ The Dota Plus Rewards store is now renamed as Shard Shop and is accessible to all the players. Please note: The Seasonal treasure, Hero Relics and Chat Wheel sound effects are still Dota Plus exclusive.
⦁ Guild level has been replaced with a weekly leader board of guilds, ranked based on points earned by a guild in a given region. Guild members will receive perks as per the guild ranking. The current perks set is:
⦁ For this season, MMR reset is optional! Valve it trying this new approach instead of forcing everyone to reset their MMR at the same time. You can opt for it by navigating to settings, and under Account tab there is a new MMR Recalibration section.
Well, that is a great update to the game. The fall season started on 15th October 2020 and it will run through the beginning of December, 2020. It is an excellent opportunity to earn as many rewards and perks as possible!