Alpha discussion

[CatsNimo]

On a totally unrelated note, please make sure that if you ever get online with Heroes or find a legitimate alpha user that you use Wireshark to search for "HTTP/1.1" & "GET". Download all files that whose URLs are in those packets, especially after/while using all four maps. Four of the files will be the map files (probably using a ".storma" or ".stormm" extension, but not sure).

All we need is one small break and once those files are out in the wild, Blizzard can never control them.

Before the first guy shared his method, only him knew about it.
Now, we all know about it and a lot more guys found new ways to bypass the first fix.

You don't understand; I've talked with at least half of the people in these discussions that know what they're doing, and they're all aware of at least 2 or 3 different methods. Before that guy 'shared his method', everyone I talked to already knew it or a variation of it. TOM_RUS posted a screenshot of the Heroes installer in mid-late JANUARY (though his method was a bit more... direct).

It's just that releasing any of it is dumb because there is a 95% chance that a given person who didn't know already doesn't have a legitimate use for the knowledge. Torrents are better because they don't give your IP/account information straight to Blizzard. The patches are useless as has been said many a time.

How can you find one guy knowing an exploit better than 50 guys working on different ways to use that exploit and all the others that will be discovered with this one ?

All useful exploits that branch from this exploit have already been discovered, just not made public. Most of them are fairly obvious once you understand the logic that the Battle.net app uses to start itself up (the language-specific catalog file in the MPQ is only one of the four major configuration files it checks). The other methods are various hex edits.

I don't like how this is being defended as like 'the ultimate hack that if blizzard patches it, the universe ends' because it's not and there are other ways (though this method can be easily altered to create a very convenient way to watch for Draenor beta, which is what Ehnoah is referencing). The issue is that it isn't worth giving up even a single option if there is nothing to gain for anyone except a fancy button and a more convenient way to get worthless patches. I'd be far less opposed if the patches had added anything of value (though I'd still rather people just used .patch files).

[sjaak12309]

Introducing the Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha

[CatsNimo]

On a totally unrelated note, please make sure that if you ever get online with Heroes or find a legitimate alpha user that you use Wireshark to search for "HTTP/1.1" & "GET". Download all files that whose URLs are in those packets, especially after/while using all four maps. Four of the files will be the map files (probably using a ".storma" or ".stormm" extension, but not sure).

Welp, my above statement has a lot more meaning now.

Somebody get us all the maps!

[Kipx]

Introducing the Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha

Thanks for introducing it...

[sjaak12309]

Thanks for introducing it...

The link automatically changed to that, sry >.<

[hecowade]

the alpha atm will be only in USA

[Ehnoah]

That is why I changed my Account to US

[enfantterrible]

That is why I changed my Account to US

How did you do it? With this in mind:

https://us.battle.net/support/en/art...country-change

[hecowade]

i don't think that would work, they can know your real country via the IP ofcourse.

however, if it worked, inform us!

[Ehnoah]

Yes you need a Bill from US or something elese, find a American Friend

IP is wayne. As you can be a American who is in Europe right now. Nothing to say.

[TheShadowKing]

I think you guys have way too high hopes. It does clearly say they are inviting people from press sites and Blizzard community contributors such as influential streamers. And only a "maybe" for opt-in. I think it's just a PR move due to how playable we've made the Alpha

[CatsNimo]

I agree.

You're probably significantly more likely to be stuck by lightning than to get into the tech alpha if you don't have Blizzard contacts.

Edit: Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration, but not by much. They might invite a couple of obscure technical cases too, like people using Wine or Win XP.

[Kipx]

I'm finding it hard to target party members in big 5vs 5 fights as a healer, either click wrong person or click a minion on accident...needs the ability to click portraits, if not already implemented, otherwise hard to heal in big fights. Double clicking for self cast would be nifty.

Getting hooked into the whole team by Stitches is insta death as uther because they can kill me before I get my invulnerability off from trying to target myself.

[Kipx]

What happened to the discussion? surely you all have some feedback on the gameplay so far...

[AshleyM]

I have a suggestion for MapSwitcher v7, can we start @ LV20 in map TryMeMode instead so we can test quick spec builds and try them out?
It would be perfect for this map as we are able to refresh forts, talents etc. Please?