Warcraft III: Reforged Patch 1.35.0 Now Live

news.blizzard.com:

The latest patch is now live and includes Custom Campaigns, Balance Updates, Map Pool Updates, and more.

Patch 1.35.0 features:

Thank you to all community content creators for creating new maps and updating old maps!

Players can now download Custom Campaigns to play or create their own. 

The Season will roll on January 19, 2023 when Patch 1.35.0 goes live. We initially plan for this season to last one year, but we may adjust the end date based on player feedback. 

This balance update began with a wide range of changes the team wished to test -- some more experimental than others. Our approach to this patch was to first take a look at various community feedback with the goal of diversifying strategy and reducing frustration. We then watched and read a community posts, and we played a great deal of multiplayer matches on the ladder with player feedback in mind. We then analyzed game data.

To find out what ultimately would work, we put many changes into a PTR build as early as possible and then playtested and calibrated further.

Regarding the Siege Engine rework, we wished to experiment with giving the unit an alternative role other than merely killing buildings (in 1v1). Ultimately, it ended up overlapping too much with other Human units and due to the loss of its Fortify armor, became less unique. We may revisit the Siege Engine at another time.

We want to thank all the community members who put their time and energy into providing feedback during the PTR. We read your online posts and watched your videos and found them all very helpful.