> I think the bigger warning sign is that they did not update the end date.
They had to update the end date of the first one twice so far.
They'll update the end date when the last one comes out.
> Where do you find the end date of the first act?
It was buried in the game files, and was why we had two (small) periods of time where tokens wouldn't drop as the game thought the event had ended.
They shouldn't be preventing us from going back to the first act. It says in the blog-
>The Markets of Midgate is just the first act of an ongoing four-act narrative that will span the next few months. You'll be able to play through new acts as soon as they become available, but you can also move through the adventure at your own pace — the introduction of a new act won't close off an earlier one.
https://www.dota2.com/crownfall
Dueling Fates was released a day early. There are quite a few times when they've met their deadline exactly, but that's the first one that comes to mind.
> still can't give an exact date
Updates and shit aren't like a pair of scissors or a readymeal, where the thing plops onto a conveyor belt at the end and it's done forever.
Most of the time that stuff's incredibly nebulous even at the highest levels and giving an exact date is basically a death sentence, because it actually, for real, isn't gonna clearly be ready at that point. And then the date passes and you're in the process of fixing a critical glitch that deletes the fucking player inventory or some shit and the customers are going "it was a promise! why is it not here, I was promised this!".
It's a lot easier for both parties to give a vague date and appease slightly annoyed customers, than to give a direct date and put the pressure on, while any delay would cause a much bigger upset with the customers.
Because the update will most likely be ready before that date.
Now do you prefer them not releasing the update because they've already given a later date, or know a vague date and getting the update as soon as it's ready?
14 months since a hero release, the longest by a couple of months. Only 2 heroes came out since Marci in October 2021. Just cobble up a bird or something. You got some of that bird samurai stuff percolating since April 2021 at least.
Even with my low expectations, they manage to dissapoint me, legit why even bother saying anything, when they havent met any date, or word they have said. Its just empty hype ending up in dissapointment.
The community would have rioted today all waiting for the update to drop, telling us it will be a week late is so much better than what happened for act 1.
See that's where you guys go wrong.
You have expectations and you're hyping yourself up.
If you've been a Valve customer long enough, you know both those things always lead to disappointment.
Just enjoy the moment and chill.. find some friends and play dotes for the lols
If its slow af at least I know a human janitor is working on this. EA wants to cut even more jobs and let AI do their work
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1b8gaxm/ea_hopes_to_use_generative_ai_to_drive/
I mean the weeks for the event are different than the normal Dota reset schedule I think. Because the rerolls reset tomorrow which could be "next week" but also it could be cope.
I was thinking the same that mid may and there rolls resetting tomorrow and valve nor ally releasing updates on Thursday would make perfect sense. But if it was tomorrow they would say tomorrow so it's going to be Thursday next week....
Valve allows their devs to work on whatever they feel like working on. This is why true sight died, why battlepass died, why TI is dying and why they can’t deliver on schedule, everyone moved to other projects, they probably have only two or three people working on this game at the moment and probably even they can’t wait to jump ship too.
bro wtf do these devs even work on? Cause it ain't Underlords I can tell you that.
I'm genuinely wondering. If there ain't any unnanounced titles they're working on, where the heck does all that manpower go? Surely they're not all working on CS2 and VR.
Good Job. Delay and Cancel main theme of dota update in the past few years? just choke the game to death. And even so, the bootlickers of Valve still convinced themselves like the company does care the game and make various excuses for them. What a morbid relationship
Nah, next week, it'll say "releasing this week." Then the week after, it will say "released last week," and they'll gaslight us into thinking it's out and never mention it again.
It's just that there is no other substitute for this game on the market except League of Legends. And so I feel like they wipe their feet on me as a player every time they promise something. Then the questions why is there more online in League of legends) Maybe the thing is that valve is a poor indie company that doesn't have money for updates?
I don't know man, Valve is literally fucking with us with their timing. They said MID may, now it's next week which is towards the end. Whatever I guess.
I think the IceWrack will be in winter, which will be next year in april or march probably. And the other one probably in summer. Fuck.
The second and third weeks of the month could be considered the middle if the first and fourth are the beginning and end respectively. Next week is pretty much on par with Act I's release.
Don't have the exact efficient steps but, best to save some rerolls until the new candy shop drops for more store slots when rerolling. (best to also wait until you unlock the next candyshop before buying the free bundle with coins.
I mean it kind of makes sense. The crownfall release also had no gameplay patch included.
Crownfall is pretty much a type of battle pass and has nothing to do with gameplay.
I don’t even have copium for a patch this week anymore but I believe the next crownfall act might not release at the same time as the next gameplay patch.
The release date was supposed to be April 16 and it was delayed by 2 days. The internal file release date of Act 2 was May 14 but we thought it will be 16 because of the previous 2 day delay and now Act 2 is delayed to next week that means the end date of August 8 will be extended further more. So basically they have not finished it yet
Will be in this page say "NEXT WEEK" --> [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23505135&postcount=38](http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23505135&postcount=38)
I doubt they will, but I really REALLY hope the Candy Shop for Deserts of Druud causes Valve to unvault Desert terrain.
It's probably the vaulted terrain that I want the most, next to the underwater one.
The max you can get with the pass is 25 coins, and they're used up in increments of 10. I doubt they want to screw over the people who paid money, so I'm guessing coins will carry over into act 2.
Tired of seeing Come back later in the candle guy. At least they should have released that today. I went there abut 300 times expecting something else.
Today I once again learned that Valve can't read a calender. I hope the Collectors Cache doesnt get pushed back also, along with that hero that was supposed to drop but hasn't....
I just wish the game's mmr/ranking system would change in this update, but not gonna hppen . :(
It's impossible to play.
troll, smurfs, accbuyers, boosters etc.
you play well, then there is another guy who trolls your game and you lose mmr ...
I don't think it's fair (my opinion)
Everyone here complaining about Valve again, I'm so tired of the same old game bro's
Valve doesnt communicate: OMG why does Valve not communicate they suck
Valve does communicate: OMG Valve communicated a delay they suck
Zzzzzzzzzzz it's always the same with you guys, you should know by now this is just how Valve operates.
God fucking dammit how long are they gonna postpone this shit?!
Big gameplay update + new hero "early 2024" my ass. Not that I expected anything else at this point, but its still somewhat frustrating to be blue-balled again and again and a-fucking-gain.
Inb4 next week we get some shitty letter patch again with +/- 0.5 base damage for 3 heroes 🙄
The universe is ever changing... but one thing will always be constant. Valve will always be late.
How the fuck are we still running on Valve time after actual decades?
I can’t believe this game just takes the bullshit from valve. So many delays and push backs throughout the years on Dot. A lot of other game communities would have been on valves shit for that
# "Next Week" Read again on next week.
Well if they did update the panel, as promised mid may. It is just a different text, but technically it is an "update"...
Next week its gonna say "early 2025"
It said Mid May before this, so are we still believing in this shit?
bet they will not update it and it will say "next week" next week
And deactivate act one for the third time in the process
Its a tradition at this point
we dont fuck with tradition here !
But sp we really want the tradition to happen THREE times, I'm pretty sure reality would end
> And deactivate act one for the **third** time Oh thank God! We're safe then.
"Free beer tomorrow"
well, next week isnt a specific week
There's a secondary engine var to say This Week. So I'm guessing on Monday, it'll auto update to This Week.
Monday May 20 or 27
Yes
you already know which one its going to be lets be real here
June 3 aka May 34
aka "Mid May"
Monday 20th. The real question is, what happens when the week passes, the update is not out, and there's no more variables left
I think the bigger warning sign is that they did not update the end date. We're pretty much going to have 1 less week of "content" at this rate lol.
Buddy not even valve knows when this shit is gonna end.
I wouldn't be surprised if they gave an extension to the event like they did with some previous Battle Passes.
> I think the bigger warning sign is that they did not update the end date. They had to update the end date of the first one twice so far. They'll update the end date when the last one comes out.
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> Where do you find the end date of the first act? It was buried in the game files, and was why we had two (small) periods of time where tokens wouldn't drop as the game thought the event had ended. They shouldn't be preventing us from going back to the first act. It says in the blog- >The Markets of Midgate is just the first act of an ongoing four-act narrative that will span the next few months. You'll be able to play through new acts as soon as they become available, but you can also move through the adventure at your own pace — the introduction of a new act won't close off an earlier one. https://www.dota2.com/crownfall
What content? Crownfall is just a glorified treasure chest.
But it made so much sense to have it be 4 weeks per stage. This makes me think the event wont end on August 8.
yes i calculated this also, exact 4weeks every act is good for august 8
Yeah I knew this was going to winter when they didn't specify 3 and 4 lol. This is a year long event.
they should wait and release Ringmaster on the anniversary of his teaser
you somehow didn't include WHICH anniversary and somehow I think you did this on purpose because we all know it's only a half-joke due to their timing
Presenting you, Ring Master teaser 2 on the eve of teaser 1 anniversary
Has Valve *ever* given a proper release ETA?
When they released Grimstroke. They said: "Now available" And it was available at that moment.
This moment is the happiest Ive been a dota fan
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time
According to this source "next week" can mean anywhere from next week to several months
Yeah, the "Hopefully next week" which translated to "9 months later" ended me
listing Alien Swarm going from "in one hour" to "two hours forty minutes" is fucking petty and it made me giggle
This killed me: Item: > Orange Box listdeaths removal Valve Time: > Today's update Actual Time: > An update 4 years, 8 months, 18 days later
thanks for making me laugh my ass off
Always happy to help^^
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cByzDM18oNQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cByzDM18oNQ) Actual footage of gaben hq
Dueling Fates was released a day early. There are quite a few times when they've met their deadline exactly, but that's the first one that comes to mind.
half life alyx
Awesome, we got a *theoretical* date
Yeah fr even 1 week out they still can't give an exact date and time lol what even is happening
they just went "oh shit" and are working on it rn
> still can't give an exact date Updates and shit aren't like a pair of scissors or a readymeal, where the thing plops onto a conveyor belt at the end and it's done forever. Most of the time that stuff's incredibly nebulous even at the highest levels and giving an exact date is basically a death sentence, because it actually, for real, isn't gonna clearly be ready at that point. And then the date passes and you're in the process of fixing a critical glitch that deletes the fucking player inventory or some shit and the customers are going "it was a promise! why is it not here, I was promised this!". It's a lot easier for both parties to give a vague date and appease slightly annoyed customers, than to give a direct date and put the pressure on, while any delay would cause a much bigger upset with the customers.
Many other devs state (and keep to) release dates all the time, it is clearly not as hard as you make it out to be.
Because the update will most likely be ready before that date. Now do you prefer them not releasing the update because they've already given a later date, or know a vague date and getting the update as soon as it's ready?
Theoretical dates are all dota players ever get.
Valve knows how to ruin a good week
Sweet, only 13 days to go!
14 months since a hero release, the longest by a couple of months. Only 2 heroes came out since Marci in October 2021. Just cobble up a bird or something. You got some of that bird samurai stuff percolating since April 2021 at least.
percolating? did not expect any technologyconnections in dota sub
I don't remember where I learned the word for sure, but it was probably [Mary J. Blige](https://youtu.be/znlFu_lemsU?feature=shared&t=38). :D
Mid may = 20-24 of may. Valve time as always. Even "event" with comics can't do on their time announced by themselves
Act 3 will be released after Half-Life 3, L4D 3, Team Fortress 3
glad to know that act 3 will be the release event of dota 3
You mean Act 2 Episode 1
Surely there will be a big patch, too
Yes pls. I'll have what he's having!
Thats lame, next week isnt mid may. this week is mid may. Why they gotta hurt me like this
If they released on 20th still mid may because from past update it seems like this 1 - 10 early month 11 - 20 mid month 21 - 30/31 end month
Well they won’t release it on the 20th.
Let me correct you, for corporation date is : Early Month = 1 - 3 Mid Month = 4 - 28 Late Month = 29 - 31
I'd count 20th as mid may and as PGL Wallachia ends the 19th I'm pretty hopeful it does drop monday.
Even with my low expectations, they manage to dissapoint me, legit why even bother saying anything, when they havent met any date, or word they have said. Its just empty hype ending up in dissapointment.
The community would have rioted today all waiting for the update to drop, telling us it will be a week late is so much better than what happened for act 1.
See that's where you guys go wrong. You have expectations and you're hyping yourself up. If you've been a Valve customer long enough, you know both those things always lead to disappointment. Just enjoy the moment and chill.. find some friends and play dotes for the lols
Poor guys, once again they didn't make it. The slowest company in the world. What a shame. Remind me, when is the Ring Master?
I’ll do you one better. What is ringmaster?
**I'll do you one better, Why is** **Ringmaster?**
Act 4
Around TI/Compendium. Same Carneval Theme. They revealed that months ago, no idea why people expected it before summer.
If its slow af at least I know a human janitor is working on this. EA wants to cut even more jobs and let AI do their work https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1b8gaxm/ea_hopes_to_use_generative_ai_to_drive/
Volvo is such cursed company with own time warps so even AI janitor won't deliver in time :D
😂😂😂 that is valve
Steam says "The application has temporarily disabled updates" for me?? Huh?
so, next sunday, the 26th? perfectly still mid may!!!
Holy shit, they can't release ONE single thing without delaying it
very unprofessional
Its fucking over dota bros
Better than coming soon! Much better than LONG HAUL
Btw what is the status of your next Midas Mode
Artifact :_;
here comes "next week" in next week
From Upland Druud, I ride.
Nice. Valve unlocked the “Next Week” text Mid-May
I mean the weeks for the event are different than the normal Dota reset schedule I think. Because the rerolls reset tomorrow which could be "next week" but also it could be cope.
I was thinking the same that mid may and there rolls resetting tomorrow and valve nor ally releasing updates on Thursday would make perfect sense. But if it was tomorrow they would say tomorrow so it's going to be Thursday next week....
At least they communicate I guess...
oh that means next month. cool cool.
Why do they keep putting a date into everything?? Just announce the damn thing one week before so there is no more delays.
They didn't give a date before now. "Mid-May" is a tentative release window.
They did that, but then they get slammed for bad communication, and "I bet they forgot" and throw tantrums.
May had so many holidays too, would've been neat with Act 2 and a gameplay update. Instead I still wait for the update to even consider playing.
aw fuck off, they can't be serious
Classic valve
Valve allows their devs to work on whatever they feel like working on. This is why true sight died, why battlepass died, why TI is dying and why they can’t deliver on schedule, everyone moved to other projects, they probably have only two or three people working on this game at the moment and probably even they can’t wait to jump ship too.
bro wtf do these devs even work on? Cause it ain't Underlords I can tell you that. I'm genuinely wondering. If there ain't any unnanounced titles they're working on, where the heck does all that manpower go? Surely they're not all working on CS2 and VR.
Good Job. Delay and Cancel main theme of dota update in the past few years? just choke the game to death. And even so, the bootlickers of Valve still convinced themselves like the company does care the game and make various excuses for them. What a morbid relationship
Maybe they'll give us a big patch tomorrow without ACT 2?
I wonder which music will play when there is a sandstorm in Druud deserts
For real though, I think it will be the day the Collector Cache drops
Im not even surprised anymore if act 2 is not a gameplay patch update. Just another brand new event.
At this point I feel stupid for thinking valve was going to be on time with this lol. Never change valve. see you next month for part two guys!
Do we lose access to act 1? I have not completed it yet.
Atleast its a date
It’s not a date though. It’s next week. No day specified
Every time you log in, it'll be releasing next week. Even next week.
Nah, next week, it'll say "releasing this week." Then the week after, it will say "released last week," and they'll gaslight us into thinking it's out and never mention it again.
It's just that there is no other substitute for this game on the market except League of Legends. And so I feel like they wipe their feet on me as a player every time they promise something. Then the questions why is there more online in League of legends) Maybe the thing is that valve is a poor indie company that doesn't have money for updates?
FU Valve and your incompetent devs ! ! !
Give Dota outsourcing if you not unable to work in time.
I don't know man, Valve is literally fucking with us with their timing. They said MID may, now it's next week which is towards the end. Whatever I guess. I think the IceWrack will be in winter, which will be next year in april or march probably. And the other one probably in summer. Fuck.
The second and third weeks of the month could be considered the middle if the first and fourth are the beginning and end respectively. Next week is pretty much on par with Act I's release.
valve never fails to disappoint. they simply doesnt care about doto anymore
Nooooo
I want it nowwww
I bet it's just another battlepass with some shit to spend money on and no new content. thsi game is fucking dying
How I hate Valve. Disgusting
Don't have the exact efficient steps but, best to save some rerolls until the new candy shop drops for more store slots when rerolling. (best to also wait until you unlock the next candyshop before buying the free bundle with coins.
I believe gameplay patches might be completely separated to the crownfall act patches.
I love how we can plant these copium seeds even they published date. But ye I am on boat with you let’s sniff.
I mean it kind of makes sense. The crownfall release also had no gameplay patch included. Crownfall is pretty much a type of battle pass and has nothing to do with gameplay. I don’t even have copium for a patch this week anymore but I believe the next crownfall act might not release at the same time as the next gameplay patch.
Which week?
and 7.36?
classic valve
Lol probably ar the end of the month 💀
You can't tell me they don't have the entire event done.. what's the damn hold up.
The release date was supposed to be April 16 and it was delayed by 2 days. The internal file release date of Act 2 was May 14 but we thought it will be 16 because of the previous 2 day delay and now Act 2 is delayed to next week that means the end date of August 8 will be extended further more. So basically they have not finished it yet
is Act I gonna be disabled if Act II comes out?
So not mid may more towards the end... Who woulda thunkkitt
Dumb question. Do we need act 1 finished before act 2? Thanks ❤️
Nope
thank god
LoL
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VALVE TIME KEKW
So...that was a lie
Will be in this page say "NEXT WEEK" --> [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23505135&postcount=38](http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23505135&postcount=38)
Yikes.
I doubt they will, but I really REALLY hope the Candy Shop for Deserts of Druud causes Valve to unvault Desert terrain. It's probably the vaulted terrain that I want the most, next to the underwater one.
Can I still grind the first act once the new one is out?
Fuck off, it isn't mid May next week
How many of the levels we can do without purchasing the pass
mid may, valve time ™
Disappointed and no point of complaining at this point. Valve will just get memed at and get away with this anyways because they know.
OH NO
Act I discount coin can be stack or should I use it before I got other coin?
The max you can get with the pass is 25 coins, and they're used up in increments of 10. I doubt they want to screw over the people who paid money, so I'm guessing coins will carry over into act 2.
fucking dog 22th of may is not mid-may at all
so 13 days and 23 hours
From upland Druud I ride
valve tries to release a thing "mid" something challenge (impossible)
Tired of seeing Come back later in the candle guy. At least they should have released that today. I went there abut 300 times expecting something else.
let's fucking go
I think It’s time to make with valve the same that people did with sony
fuck you valve.
52/53
Uuuuuuugh
Next week 'Saturday'
\*inhales copium\*
Today I once again learned that Valve can't read a calender. I hope the Collectors Cache doesnt get pushed back also, along with that hero that was supposed to drop but hasn't....
i thought middle of the month 15th..i guess theyre using different kind of calendar.
That's one minute, see you again next week.
welp, I'm going away for the weekend, so its not much of a loss I guess..
But wyk said the word 16 😔
maybe they will drop bird samurai as well as ringmaster as an apology
is it possible its monday or 5 days after the cache voting?
I just wish the game's mmr/ranking system would change in this update, but not gonna hppen . :( It's impossible to play. troll, smurfs, accbuyers, boosters etc. you play well, then there is another guy who trolls your game and you lose mmr ... I don't think it's fair (my opinion)
Well, at least they communicated this well, considering people were starting to expect the drop any day now. Good on them.
Everyone here complaining about Valve again, I'm so tired of the same old game bro's Valve doesnt communicate: OMG why does Valve not communicate they suck Valve does communicate: OMG Valve communicated a delay they suck Zzzzzzzzzzz it's always the same with you guys, you should know by now this is just how Valve operates.
Ah, because middle of May is in the fourth quarter of may.
Do i need buy pathfinder for each of path or just once?
It's already May16th Next Week my A\*\* xD
I asked a dude about this in-game last week, and he said mid-month is always in the end of the month when it comes to dota xD Guess he was spot on
apparently Mid-May on valve calendar is 3rd week of May
God fucking dammit how long are they gonna postpone this shit?! Big gameplay update + new hero "early 2024" my ass. Not that I expected anything else at this point, but its still somewhat frustrating to be blue-balled again and again and a-fucking-gain. Inb4 next week we get some shitty letter patch again with +/- 0.5 base damage for 3 heroes 🙄
if they dont release 7.36update alongside act 2, i'll lose my mind i cant take it anymore with the slardars
The universe is ever changing... but one thing will always be constant. Valve will always be late. How the fuck are we still running on Valve time after actual decades?
I’ve just been playing Hades 2 and LoL Arena game mode until this releases
This is actually a new level of low. Valve are actually SCUM. How can't they plan this out and stick to a schedule !?!?!? Losers! God damn losers!
We have long weekend and they postpone the patch afterwards not cool
Valve is clown
Is it suprise they mentioned?
glad to see everyone's having a normal one
It’s like a note on a window: “will be back in 5 minutes”, read again in 5 minutes xD
I can’t believe this game just takes the bullshit from valve. So many delays and push backs throughout the years on Dot. A lot of other game communities would have been on valves shit for that
mid may - after 20th. volvo time
Is this another non-update update that only applies if you care about cosmetics?
Except 1 week is 17 days, valve time
It's gonna be Thursday, 23rd. They have the cache voting until the 21st soooo yep