Burbenog TD 5.0

General Information about the Elements and How to Play Select a Governor. Each has the ability to commission four types of builders. When you elect a governor, the primary builder is always immediately summoned. Every subsequent builder requires a piece of lumber, which you obtain after every 5th level. Here is a list of the 10 elements and their primary functions: Human - Cheap towers that take very little time to build Magic - Offers various special abilities including Stun and Dispel Magic Fire - Has a focus on splash damage Ice - Slows enemies down with ice attacks Thunder - Has the longest range of all towers Poison - Primary abilities include Slow Poison and Disease Cloud, also focuses on Chaos damage Death - Has numerous special abilities such as Hex and negative auras Holy - Buildings are twice as resistant to attackers, gain bonuses against the Undead, and have special defensive abilities Earth - Very powerful against land units and has a focus on Siege damage Wind - Has the best anti-air towers and the fastest firing towers Heroes: Each element has one Hero that can be trained at its technology building. You can only get one Hero, but their skills can be very useful.

Credits: Map Author: Shvegait Testers: DeKaR, RedW00F, cyniici, jim_smith, marco, Liod, Duke-Wintermaul, ReeVeS, Akumu, CoamIthra, MassExtinction, Galahaut, Kessler, furiousd_88, The_Shadows, Justus, Hypatia, CHUNK, Bizio, w0w_, Nematocyst, Irish, Syvius, Lady_Shiv, Zoizite, sNo_sniper101, DarkkFate, Zebulah, Gwalchmai, xshinex, Kaye- Have a question or comment about this map? Post your suggestions and bug reports on the Clan TDG Forums: http://www.jx3.net/tdg/forum. Visit www.jx3.net/tdg and www.bobwilson-stuff.com for news and updates of this TD and to check out other clan TDG maps.

The following sections give additional reference information about the game. You will need to scroll down to view them. They provide information about commands, special levels, towers, and Heroes. There is also a hall of fame for those who have beaten hard and expert difficulties. For the tower information sections and elsewhere, the following colors represent the various elements: Orange - Human Purple - Magic Red - Fire Blue - Ice Yellow - Thunder Green - Poison Dark Gray - Death White - Holy Dark Green - Earth Light Gray - Wind

Want to know when your towers have the upper hand? Here's a list of every level with a special ability or armor type, sorted by type: Armor Types (Default is Heavy): Medium: 3, 10, 13, 17, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32 Light: 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 27, 28, 29, 34, 36, 39 Fortified: 15, 31, 37 Air Units: 6, 11, 14, 18, 21, 24, 29, 33, 36, 39 Special Classifications: Undead: 3, 13, 17, 18, 22, 30, 36 Summoned: 3, 8, 20, 25, 38 Mechanical: 15, 29, 37 Special Abilities: Invisible: 17, 25, 30, 35 Siege: 19, 27, 34, 37, 41* Spell Immune: 10, 27, 31, [35], 39 Bloodlust: 23, 40 Frost Armor: 26, 32 Anti-magic Shell: 35 *Normal and Hard difficulties only

In expert mode, the creeps that spawn are random. Still, there are only three possible options for each level. Here's a list of every level with a special ability or armor type, sorted by type: Armor Types (Default is Heavy): Medium: 2, 3, 3, 6, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 26, 29, 30, 32, 32, 35, 39 Light: 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14, 18, 19, 19, 21, 21, 22, 23, 27, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30, 34, 36, 36, 38, 39, 39 Fortified: 11, 13, 15, 23, 28, 31, 32, 34, 37, 37 Unarmored: 2, 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37 Air Units: 4, 5, 6, 10, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 18, 19, 21, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 33, 35, 36, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39 Special Classifications: Undead: 2, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 35, 36, 36, 38, 38 Summoned: 3, 3, 8, 8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 23, 25, 25, 32, 38, 39 Mechanical: 11, 13, 15, 16, 28, 28, 29, 33, 34, 37 Special Abilities: Invisible: 17, 25, 30, 35 (no changes) Siege: 19, 27, 34, 37, 41 (no changes) Spell Immune: 10, 11, 12, 15, [20], 22, 27, 31, [31], 32, 32, [35], 36, 37, 38, 39, 39, [40] Bloodlust: 13, 23, 24, 24, 40 Frost Armor: 18, 26, 32, 36, 40 Anti-magic Shell: 20, 31, 35, 40 Misc. Abilities: 19, 21, 23, 26, 27, 29, 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39

Commands: -sell - Sells all selected units for 50% of their cost. Governors, Technology buildings, Hybrid base structures, and Burbenog Outposts may not be sold. -give - Transfers money in amounts less than 100 to your allies. The correct usage is "-give xx yy". xx is the number of the player you are giving the money. yy is the amount of gold you wish to transfer. -cede - Transfers control of a tower or group of towers. The correct usage is "-cede xx." Towers that can't be sold can't be ceded either. xx is the number of the player to whom you are transfering your towers. -lumber - Use this to give one piece of lumber to an ally. The usage is identical to -cede, "-lumber xx". This is useful if you have more than one piece of lumber but don't want to give it all away. -off - This command is used to turn off the autocasting of the spells of certain towers, like the Firestorm Caster and the Quake Tower. This works like -sell in that only selected towers are affected. Also, this only affects towers that have spells that are automatically cast with a trigger (but not towers' special trigger effects like the Phase Disruptor) Use this if you would like to manually cast spells. -on - Use this command to turn back on any towers that were set to off. -tip - Disables/Enables the tips that appear every other level. There are 40 tips in all.

Master List of Secret Commands: -random - Randomly elects a governor. Only works at the start of a game. -smack - Smacks someone who is pissing you off. The syntax is "-smack xx", where xx is the number of the player you wish to smack. -night - Sets the time to midnight (0:00). -dusk - Sets the time to dusk (18:00). -day - Sets the time to dawn (6:00). -cycle - Initiates the natural day/night cycle (at 2x speed). A player may change the time of day only once every 20 minutes. -blood - Changes the outer rivers to flow with red blood instead of water. Type -water to change it back. -die villagers - Try this as an alternate ending after you win the game. -die infernals - Try this as an alternate ending after you lose the game. -paint - Alters the color of a selected creep. The syntax is "-paint xxx yyy zzz", with xxx representing the red value, yyy the green value, and zzz the blue value. Values range from 000 to 255. -psave - Saves a color combination for easy usage. The syntax is "-psave xxx yyy zzz #", with xxx, yyy, and zzz representing exactly what they represent in -paint, and the # (from 0 to 9) representing a slot to save the color combination. -p - Paints a creep using a color combo saved with -psave. The syntax is "-p#", with the # representing the slot from which to load the color combo. -commandsall - Allows this quest log entry to be viewed!

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of every tower and is divided into three sections, sorted by cost: Arrow Turret - 7 - 700 - Piercing Axe Tower - 10 - 500 - Normal Needler - 10 - 600 - Piercing Flaming Arrow Turret - 10 - 700 - Piercing Frost Arrow Turret - 10 - 700 - Piercing Enchanted Arrow Turret - 10 - 700 - Magic/Spells Energy Pulse Emitter - 10 - 1000 - Piercing Light Beacon - 15 - 900 - Piercing/Typeless Ziggurat - 15 - 900 - Piercing Venom Burrow - 15 - 900 - Piercing/Poison Cannon Tower - 35 - (125) 900 - Normal Chilling Tower - 40 - 1000 - Normal/Piercing Rock Hurler - 45 - (125) 400 - Siege Stasis Tower - 45 - 500 - Magic Firebomb Tower - 50 - (125) 600 - Siege Poison Arrow Turret - 50 - 700 - Chaos/Poison Blade Guardian - 50 - 800 - Normal/Piercing Thunder Cloud Creator - 50 - 1000 - Normal Purifier - 55 - 900 - Piercing/Typeless Corrupted Well - 60 - 700 - Chaos/Poison SAM Battery - 60 - 800 - Piercing Unholy Exuder - 65 - 800 - Normal Sentry Tower - 70 - 800 - Magic/Typeless Gale Blaster - 80 - 700 - Piercing Ice Launcher - 80 - 800 - Normal Lightning Rod - 85 - 1200 - Piercing Quake Tower - 95 - 250 - Spells Crystal Shrine - 105 - 700 - Chaos/Typeless

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of every tower and is divided into three sections, sorted by cost: Assassin's Den - 110 - 700/1000 - Piercing/Chaos/Poison Flamethrower - 115 - 350 - Normal Black Caster - 120 - 800 - Spells Ballista - 140 - 1200 - Piercing Altar of Heavens - 145 - 800 - Spells Hexing Tower - 150 - 600 - None Aerial Shackler - 160 - 700 - Spells Magic Dampener - 195 - 700 - Magic/Spells Squall Evoker - 210 - 800 - Piercing Static Field Generator - 215 - 900 - Spells Giant Cactus - 220 - 600 - Normal/Piercing Temple of the Faerie Flame - 225 - 800 - None Firestorm Caster - 250 - 800 - Spells Sheep Launcher - 265 - (125) 800 - Siege Purging Tower - 285 - 700 - Spells Cloud Cooler - 290 - 800 - Normal Ancient of Wind - 305 - 500 - Normal/Spells Disease Wagon - 310 - (250) 1200 - Siege/Disease Ancient of Lore - 320 - 400 - Siege/Spells Phase Disruptor - 340 - 700 - Typeless Aura Generator - 345 - 900 - Piercing Seal Cannon - 350 - (125) 800 - Normal Nova Shocker - 360 - 600 - Piercing Holy Hand Grenadier - 375 - 800 - Piercing/Typeless Tempestuous Detonator - 380 - (200) 600 - Normal Nerubian Ziggurat - 385 - 600 - Piercing Celestial Winds - 395 - 400 - Piercing Blizzard Caster - 400 - 800 - Spells

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of every tower and is divided into three sections, sorted by cost: Stormspire - 410 - 1500 - Piercing Dragon Roost - 420 - 700 - Piercing Epidemic Catalyst - 425 - 600 - Poison/Typeless Giant Fungus - 435 - 500 - Chaos/Disease Temple of Death - 440 - 700 - Typeless Infernal Caster - 450 - 700 - Spells Sludge Producer - 460 - 800 - Chaos/Poison Charge Grounder - 470 - 800 - Siege/Typeless Immolator - 480 - 600 - Chaos/Spells Magnetic Field Disruptor - 510 - 900 - Piercing Heaven's Wrath - 560 - 1700 - Piercing/Typeless Book of the Gods - 580 - 700 - Spells Permafrost Maker - 610 - 500 - Siege Acid Spitter - 630 - 900 - Chaos Ultimates: Gold Mine - 500/1 - N/A - None Mind Ripper - 500/1 - 700 - Magic Sky Dominator - 500/1 - 800 - Piercing Siege Tank - 500/1 - 1000/500 - Siege/Piercing Cryogenics Lab - 650/1 - 1000 - None Volcanic Fissure - 750/1 - (200) 800 - Normal Enfeebler - 750/1 - 900 - Piercing Guardian Angel - 750/1 - 900 - Piercing/Typeless Infection Intensifier - 750/1 - 1000 - Chaos/Typeless Power Plant - 750/1 - 3500 - Piercing

This listing shows the range, damage type, primary characteristic, and skills of the 10 Heroes: Sniper - 900 - Normal - Agility - Haste, Flash Grenade, Trueshot Aura, Critical Strike, Sniping Shot Archmage - 600 - Magic - Intelligence - Slow, Energy Surge, Teleport, Brilliance Aura, Negate Resistance Warlock - 400 - Normal - Intelligence - Firebolt, Immolation, Inner Fire, Flame Strike, Meteor Swarm Winter Witch - 600 - Normal - Intelligence - Frost Nova, Frost Armor, Breath of Frost, Freezing Breath, Blizzard Samurai of Storms - Melee - Normal - Agility - Chain Lightning, Monsoon, Purge, Agility Bonus, Bladestorm Rotting Flesh - Melee - Chaos - Strength - Carrion Swarm, Acid Vomit, Poison Claws, Locust Swarm, Disease Cloud Death Knight - Melee - Normal - Strength - Death Coil, Cripple, Raise Dead, Cleaving Attack, Death and Decay Priest of Quel'Thalas - 600 - Normal - Intelligence - Cone of Radiance, Dispel Magic, Holy Light, Endurance Aura, Transubstantiation Keeper of the Grove - 600 - Siege - Intelligence - Entangling Roots, Shockwave, Far Sight, Thorns Aura, Earthquake Priestess of the Sky - 600 - Piercing - Agility - Raging Twister, Cold Arrows, Scout, Wind Walk, Starfall

This section contains the equations for the Temple of Death and Phase Disruptor, in case you want to know how effective they really are down the road. There is also a small bit of information about the Gold Mine. Temple of Death Chance of Death = (45 - Level)% So at Level 20, it has a 25% chance of killing the target, and at Level 40, it has a 5% chance. Phase Disruptor If Level <= 20 Enemy's life reduced by 50% of its current life. If Level > 20 Enemy's life reduced by (90 - 2*Level)% So at Level 20, it reduces the target's life by 50%, and at Level 40, it reduces it by 10%. Gold Mine Bonus Gold = 2 * Level Net Profit* = 2 * (Sum of Levels from current to 39) - 500 LoP = Level of Purchase LoP Profit (after round 39) 36 -200 31 130 26 410 21 640 16 820 *Assumes that the Gold Mine will not be sold. Including round 40 and sell price, add 330 to the values in the table. You can still make a profit from a gold mine bought at level 36.

Congratulations to the first people who beat this map on the hardest difficulty and let me know about it! Version 1.0: Kahn, Hatchet, and Orson1 (6/1/03) Version 1.31: DarkenedPhoenix, SaKaaR, Dirnok, Kinazo (6/17/03) Version 1.38: DarkPhoenix, SaKaaR, nox, Kinazo (6/17/03) Kahn, Hatchet, and Orson1 (6/21/03) Version 1.43: Primster, Butzemann (7/20/03)

Congratulations to those who have beaten this map on hard difficulty in TFT and have let me know about it! This particular section will no longer be updated. Version 2.0: BigAmerPtyThing, SaKaaR, Kinazo, DarkenedPhoenix (7/30/03) Version 2.02: Primster and Primster (8/3/03) Cymsdale, Nesm, Hesiod (9/9/03) Weeble, NinjaPirate, Weebull (9/28/03) Toddius, Mangonewild, killernite, DarkBlue (10/2/03) The_Fallen, lilearn08, EvenDeathCanDie, four2oh (10/6/03) THERABIDHAMSTER and others (11/4/03) B0NE_CRUSHER_, aundie_tiger (11/17/03) CoD-InfestedGod, Venuz., Suxorz, haggert rhinoman12, daryll, EVITAERC (12/8/03) DAVEO_THE_GREAT, MrFrank, and others (12/13/03) Militiaman, Buckmaster, Ivan37, Werddrew (12/20/03) Version 2.15: Hermit T. Boner, metoday.jpg, Fat, goatse.cx (1/5/04) Juggernaut135, Soloo, Cyklops, Kazer (1/25/04) Raven, XXL (1/25/04) GreasyPornStar, ZiFnAbFiZbAn, Treemonk (1/29/04) Primster and Butzemann (1/30/04) Waddledoo, SatansArmy, GreasyPornStar (2/6/04) Edgewise, mepracticenow, CPC-Beef, CPC-ChickenKick (2/12/04)

Congratulations to those who have beaten this map on expert difficulty and have let me know about it! Version 2.27: Primster, Butzemann (2/24/04) xeffu, snotlegz, DauntingDeath (2/26/04) Zagyg, Sephraem, Stoned_Dylan (2/28/04) Pallid, SiegeMentaIity, DrGiggles, Reaprojects (2/28/04) Novice_Gamer, Killjoy212, pa-panda (2/29/04) dumbmonkey, Valium21, Hobo (3/8/04) Weeble, Bobe, HairyLee, NinjaPirate (3/9/04) IazIazn, Ultar, TheWonderChef, Arithian (3/12/04) gUeSs, on99, sean (3/15/04) BigI)ickBertha, Edutribo, and others (3/19/04) MisterManSir, ElCapitan, Inday-, AutoPilotOff (3/22/04) TheCheshireCat, Tyrany, 12., s22056137 (3/24/04) Kaplooey, Veronica, Middnight, gangreene (3/27/04) Thra11, Sona, quester, escaper-virus (4/4/04) Bramickias, AvatarV, Castleassassin, Somedood2 (4/13/04) Drakonn, TwoTowerTolpan, and others (4/14/04) JimTheEternal, TheGodFail, BretHasOurSoul, Santa.Claus (4/14/04) 4evernoob, Kanabud, Iza (4/30/04) Oakcrest, stormgrym, buner67, Goook (4/30/04) Lucian5000, GreasyPornStar, Dirt_McGrit, DeathKnyte (5/3/04) Leuphonie, World_trade_ctr, ff7_lover (5/7/04) (Continued in next quest entry)

The 2.27 expert difficulty hall of fame is so large that it must be split into two quests. Congratulations! Here are the more recent victors: Adune, Nasren, BlueNewbie, Lord_Spam (7/13/04) Zilla, Samara[LoN], LoserCraft, Her. (7/14/04) HK_47, Milkman, Dumpling_king, Madd. (7/15/04) DurinIV, ElderBrE, HamsterGoD, Millennium (8/2/04) Red_Shift, GardenCentre (8/7/04) Shaq, kevin_garnett, and others (8/12/04) NVP-Kibiz0r, Magi_Charger, The_Quebeker (8/23/04) Think you should be included in this list but aren't? Several entries had to be disqualified for one reason or another. Playing an unofficial version such as "high bounty", not answering follow-up e-mails, the usage of exploits caused by patch bugs (such as Stinko Man's Acid Vomit perma-stun), and insufficient evidence that victory was achieved fairly all can disqualify an entry. There's also the possibility that I lost an entry or it never made it to my inbox. In those cases, I am sorry. This will be my last update to the hall of fame. Thanks everyone for participating :)

Version 5.0 (2022/07/20) Burbenog is back! My name is Kyro and I have played this map since the very first version came out, and now after a deccade of playing it I decided to create my own version. Enjoy! + Governors have unique abilities suited for their class. + Heroes level cap removed. + Doubled the amount of mobs spawned. + Shared bounty between all players. + Some towers have been buffed / nerfed. + New terrain to make it more user friendly. + New difficulty levels. And much more! I will be maintaining this map from now on, if you have any feedback or thoughts don't hesitate to join our Discord! discord.gg/vDdxUu8GZv See older logs for more changes.

Version 2.32 (7/11/05) This will likely be my last version of Burbenog TD. Thank you everyone for the support, comments, suggestions, and e-mails over the past 2+ years. They really meant a lot! General Changes: Removed Hero and Hybrid governors. They are nearly impossible to balance with the rest of the map. You are now limited to 1 builder of each type. This is so you don't accidentally waste a lumber. Slightly modified the victory and defeat endings. Fixed the shadows of many towers to somewhat more accurately reflect the size and shape of the towers. Added a new secret found by completing expert difficulty... Balance Chances: Aerial Shackler damage doubled and mana regeneration fixed. Some expert difficulty creeps life increased. Ancient of Lore damage increased. Several minor changes dealing with Heroes. Several minor other tower balance changes. See 2.3 and 2.31 logs for more changes. Bug Fixes: Fixed a pathing bug with the Winter Witch's Freezing Breath. Other mi

Version 2.31 (6/15/05) General Changes: Added a button on towers for ceding them. It opens up a submenu from which you can choose what player to transfer towers to. Towers and Heroes now have range and attack type information in their tooltips for easy reference. Towers with special triggered abilities (i.e. Phase Disruptor) now have passive abilities on them that show what abilities each tower has. You no longer need to unlock expert difficulty to vote for it. Changed the Ctrl+Click give increment to 1 to make it easier to exchange small amounts the standard way. Heroes are now invulnerable... until you lose ;) Added a couple of new secret commands... Bug Fixes: Fixed an exploit dealing with certain towers with special effects that occurred whenever they initiated an attack. Balance Changes: Archmage's ultimate changed to Negate Resistance, which removes spell immunity (permanently) from units in a target area. Axe Tower damage up slightly, speed up slightly. Enchanted Arrow Turret damage up slightly. Added some splash to the Sky Dominator's attack. Altar of Heavens cost reduced to 145 from 165. Quake Tower Slam effect radius increased slightly. Magic Dampener Dispel Magic area of effect increased. Various other small changes.

Version 2.3 (11/6/04) Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug caused by 1.17 that allowed frost attacks to affect units immune to magic. Fixed a bug caused by 1.17 that made Frost Armor permanently slow melee Heroes. Fixed a bug caused by 1.15 that made Stinko Man's Acid Vomit permanently stun its target. Fixed the bug that sometimes caused a flying attacking unit to remain invulnerable, ending in inevitable defeat. Now, any unit that remains invulnerable will be made vulnerable 20 seconds into a siege round. Fixed an issue with Celestial Winds that allowed units to get trapped in the water surrounding the edge of the map. Fixed an issue with the Frost Arrow Turret that caused it to not deal damage a large portion of the time. Fixed some minor tooltip errors.

Version 2.27 (2/21/04) General Changes: All levels, not just air ones, are now invulnerable for 3 seconds before starting to move. Added a secret difficulty level. It becomes accessible once you beat the game on hard difficulty. Added several additional secrets, as well. Sniper's Flak Shells replaced with Flash Grenade, which temporarily slows organic units and gives them a chance to miss. Bug Fixes: Stasis Tower now correctly has a 25% chance to stun on an attack. Balance Changes: Chilling Towers' bonus damage removed. Stasis Tower can now also stun air units. Priest of Quel'Thalas' Dispel Magic damage and radii reduced, and its cooldown is now constant at 8 seconds. Priest of Quel'Thalas' Spirit Form splash radii decreased to 25/50/75 from 50/150/250. Rotting Flesh's Slow Poison speed reduction is now a constant 50%/25% and its duration has been reduced slightly. Some Heroes' damage reduced. Some spells' mana cost increased. Slightly reduced the effectiveness of Blade Guardians, Disease Wagons, Arrow Turrets, Cannon Towers, SAM Batteries, Ballistae, Sheep Launchers, and Holy Hand Grenadiers. See previous update logs for more recent updates.

Version 2.23 (2/7/04) Improvements: Changed a couple of attack arts. Bug Fixes: Aerial Shackler can now target Goblin Zeppelins. Balance Changes: Enchanted Arrow Turret's Searing Arrows now cost 10 mana, up from 8. Arrow Turret, Thunder Cloud Creator, Firebomb Tower, Rock Hurler attack speed reduced. Cannon Tower, SAM Battery, Sheep Launcher, Poison Arrow Turret, Holy Hand Grenadier, Seal Cannon, Disease Wagon, Acid Spitter, Blade Guardian, Gale Blaster damage decreased slightly. Dragoon Roost attack speed increased slightly. Purging Tower cost reduced to 285 from 335. Hexing Tower cooldown decreased to 10 seconds from 15. Nerubian Ziggurat Web cooldown decreased to 10 seconds from 20. The duration remains at 20 seconds. Firestorm Caster damage reduced from 350 per wave to 275 per wave. Blizzard Caster damage reduced from 500 per wave to 400 per wave. Infernal Caster damage increased to 1000 from 500.

Version 2.21 (1/30/04) Bug Fixes: Many minor bug fixes. Modified the Repair abilities. Greatly increased the cost of powerbuilding towers such as the Seal Cannon. Improvements: Decreased memory leakage. Magic Vault's Necklace of Immunity replaced with Kelen's Dagger of Escape. Changed a couple of attack arts. Balance Changes: Thunder Cloud Creator, Firebomb Tower, Arrow Turret attack speed decreased. Power Plant, Blade Guardian, Poison Arrow Turret damage decreased slightly. Holy Hand Grenadier splashing bonus vs. Undead radius decreased. Axe Tower, Rock Hurler, Sludge Producer attack speed increased slightly. Ziggurat, Ancient of Lore, Siege Tank damage increased slightly. Cryogenics Lab cost reduced to 650/1 from 750/1. Magnetic Field Disruptor cost reduced to 510 from 550 and damage increased slightly.

Version 2.2 (1/19/04) Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug with cede that allowed players to transfer control of governors and technology structures. Numerous other bug fixes. Improvements: Pathing and Siege levels have been reworked. The triggering is now much more efficient. As such, over 100 triggers were removed from the map which should mean a smaller map size and faster load times. Commands were also reworked to have more efficient triggering. Added the old beta version history for completeness. Added several new minor secret codes. Balance Changes: Cannon Tower splash radii reduced to 150/225/300 from 150/250/350 and range reduced to 900 from 1000. Aerial Shackler cost reduced to 160 from 180, cooldown lowered to 8 seconds from 10 seconds, and damage increased to 30/sec from 20/sec. Hexing Tower range increased to 600 from 500. Purging Tower pause removed, but slow duration increased. Increased the life of levels 12, 13, 20, 28, 38, and 40.

Version 2.15 (12/31/03) Improvements: Took the attacks away from non-Siege units. Raised the maximum level of Heroes to 12. Each of their basic skills now has 4 levels, and their ultimates have 2 levels. each. Also added a 5th skill to each Hero. Added buttons for -sell, -revert, -on, and -off. The old method of typing still works for these commands. Decreased the loading time of Heroes and Level 41 but increased the initial loading time. Bug Fixes: Lots of random bug fixes, mainly tooltip issues. Balance Changes: Hero experience gain rate increased. Priestess of the Sky's damage type changed to Piercing. Archmage's damage type changed to Magic. Aura Generator's Trueshot and Devotion auras radii decreased to 600 from 900 and damage decreased slightly. Sludge Producer, Infernal Caster, Book of the Gods damage increased slightly. Celestial Winds, Phase Disruptor range increased by 200 each. Temple of Death's effectiveness halved but attack speed reverted to its 2.02 speed. Transmuter cost reduced to 500 from 550. Needler damage increased slightly and attack speed decreased slightly (overall slight improvement). Altar of Heavens can now heal buildings with its Restore Tower ability. Increased the attack damage of Level 34 (Chaos Raiders). Made Level 41 even more difficult on Hard difficulty...

Version 2.13 (12/27/03) Improvements: Added the -revert command for upgraded Hybrid towers. It functions similarly to sell, except the base tower remains and 75% of the gold is returned. However, it requires the Revert Tower upgrade which can be researched at the Hybridizer for 100 gold. Rain of Fire- and Blizzard-based skills no longer damage Heroes. Changed a couple of attack arts. Balance Changes: Cyclone Caster changed to Aerial Shackler. Sleep Caster changed to Hexing Tower. Static Field Generator now casts Forked Lightning. Magic Vault moved to the Hero builder and replaced with the Mind Ripper, which deals large amounts of Magic type damage and casts Banish. Epidemic Catalyst improved and made cheaper. Decreased the build times of most Hybrid towers. Knights' Quarters now have a 5% chance to cast a weak Storm Bolt with each attack. Immolator, Nova Shocker, Magic Dampener, SAM Battery damage decreased slightly. Temple of Death, Thunder Cloud Creator attack speed decreased slightly. Permafrost Maker, Nerubian Ziggurat damage increased slightly. Ancient of Wind, Ancient of Lore, attack speed increased slightly and spell damage increased. Cryogenics Lab speed increased. Increased Heroes' speed maximum to 500. Other miscellaneous changes.

Version 2.11 (12/23/03) Page 2 Balance Changes: Volcanic Fissure toned down! Cannon Tower, Seal Cannon, Sheep Launcher, Holy Hand Grenadier, Chilling Tower damage decreased slightly. Death Knight's Death and Decay reduced to 6% max life per second, down from 10%. Ice Launcher splash radii reduced to 125/175/225 from 125/200/275. Heroes now gain 4 points of damage per point of their primary attribute, up from 1. Crystal Shrine now uses the Polar Attraction ability (Taunt) during Siege rounds, instead of slowing attackers' movement speeds. Axe Tower, Rock Hurler attack speed increased slightly. Sky Dominator, Squall Evoker range increased. Disease Wagon, Ballista, and Ancient of Wind, Gale Blaster, SAM Battery damage increased slightly. Sludge Producers and Poison Arrow Turrets now have the Vile Poison ability, an improved version of Slow Poison. Temple of the Faerie Flame speed increased. Celesital Winds cost reduced to 395 from 455. Purging Tower now additionally pauses units for a fraction of a second. Blade Guardian now has a bouncing attack but also has slightly reduced damage. Higher end Hybrid base towers' cost reduced. Aura Generator's Devotion and Trueshot auras, as well as the Giant Cactus' Thorns Aura, now affect friendly structures. Their values have been tweaked to balance this change. Sleep Caster and Cyclone Caster costs reduced. Lots of minor changes.

Version 2.11 (12/23/03) Page 1 Improvements: The pathing creeps now appear Light Blue, instead of Brown, on the minimap. Repairing towers no longer causes you to lose lumber. All towers now consume 1 gold for every 2 seconds of repairing, which repairs 1/60 of the tower. Bug Fixes: Fixed the bugs with abilities caused by the 1.13 patch. Abilities are now in the Object Editor instead of the AbilityData.slk file. This has significantly reduced the size of this map. Fixed a bug with the Gold Mine.

Version 2.1 (8/29/03) Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue with the Morale Booster, Siege Tank, Guardian Angel, and Magnetic Field Disruptor that made them disconnect players on occasion. Many minor bug fixes. Balance Changes: Winter Witch attack speed decreased. Some Hero abilities were toned down. Morale Booster damage decreased.

Version 2.02 (7/21/03) Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause a level immediately after a Siege round to attack a base. Fixed a bug that would rarely cause an invisible unit to be stuck in its spawning region. Balance Changes: Holy Hand Grenadier dispel radius was toned down. General Changes: Cancelling a structure before it is completed now returns 100% resources. This also applies to cancelling Hybrid structure upgrades. Decreased the cost of reviving Heroes. Hybrid towers now have newbie-friendly warnings. Some tower models have been changed. Level 41 now has a total of 15 members... Good luck!

Version 2.0 (7/19/03) This version is compatible only with Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Balance Changes: The following towers have been improved: Nerubian Ziggurat, Thunder Cloud Creator, Purging Tower, Power Plant, Dragon Roost, Volcanic Fissure, Permafrost Maker, Black Caster, Poison Arrow Turret. Cloud Cooler splash radii reduced to 75/150/300 from 200/300/400. Firebomb Tower damage slightly decreased. Stormspire speed slightly decreased and cost increased to 410 from 400. Siege/Raider levels can now only attack structures. Holy Hand Grenadier now has an area of effect dispel of positive buffs. Enchanted Arrow Turrets, Stasis Towers, and Sentry Towers now deal Magic type damage. They also deal slightly less damage now. Most towers with a splashing attack that hits both land and air units now have reduced splash radii against air units. TFT Changes: Air pathing works differently now. To help somewhat with this problem as well as ease the loading of air levels, there is now a 3 second period before flying enemies will start to move. During this time they are invulnerable. Expect more features in the future. This version is primarily just a conversion from 1.06 to 1.10/1.11 with adjustments in armor types and other numerous changes of TFT. Special Thanks to CHUNK for helping me with the conversion.

Version 1.43 (6/25/03) This will be the final version of Burbenog TD for WC3: Reign of Chaos. General Changes: Added a new level to Normal and Hard difficulties. Hybrid now has an ultimate structure, called the Transmuter, that can randomly morph into most non-ultimate advanced towers. Added 5 new tips and modified others. Also added Heroes to Reference. New items: Shield of Absorption and Demonic Girdle. Balance Changes: Increased the cost of the Ring of Greater Magnetism to 250/1. The Hybridizer is now an upgrade to the Technology Structure, costing the same as every other technology building. Hero towers no longer gain bonuses for having Heroes, but do slightly more regular damage than before. Hero Altars now all cost only 50 gold each, and the Paladins' Guild now costs 100 gold and 1 lumber. Cyclone Caster and Sleep Caster ranges reduced, durations increased, and cooldowns lengthened. Acid Spitter damage decreased slightly. Holy Hand Grenadier damage vs. Undead doubled. Bug Fixes: Fixed a good number of errors with tooltips and graphics. Various minor bug fixes. Fixed a major bug with the Seal Cannon that caused it to disconnect players. It is cheaper and weaker now, but the adjustment was proportional, so it is just as cost-effective as before.

Version 1.42 (6/14/03) Bug Fixes: Fixed many bugs with the Morale Booster. Miscellaneous fixes. General Changes: Fountain of Restoration changed to Fountain of Mana. Added the Ring of Greater Magnetism to the Paladins' Guild's wares. It costs 200 gold and 1 lumber, and it has the ability to move attacked units very close to your Hero(es). Use at your own risk! Hero altars now all cost 100 gold. Balance Changes: Items sold at the Paladins' Guild are generally more expensive now. Some of the Heroes have been changed, some improved, others weakened.

Version 1.41 (6/13/03) General Changes: Fountain of Restoration now only restores mana. Morale Booster now has a chance of casting Heal, which heals 200 hit points to an allied Hero. Balance Changes: Blade Guardian damage decreased slightly. Many changes to Hybrid and Hero towers. Bug Fixes: Many fixes dealing with Hybrid and Hero towers.

Version 1.4 (6/12/03) General Changes: Added 2 new governors, Lisk the Hybrid governor, who can select from towers of all elements but must pay extra for each tower and can't get Heroes or Ultimate structures, and Uther the Hero governor, who has a unique selection of buildings that focuses on Heroes and also has the potential to summon 3 Heroes out of any of the 10. Neither is recommended for beginners! Balance Changes: Giant Cactus damage decreased. Heaven's Wrath damage increased. Cyclone Caster cost reduced to 200 from 240. Infection Intensifier bonus damage reduced to 500 from 750 per disease. Priestess of the Sky's Starfall damage greatly increased. Magnetic Field Disruptor damage increased. Bug Fixes: Fixed a major bug with the Epidemic Catalyst that caused the game to stall.

Version 1.38 (6/6/03) General Changes: Updated the Reference section to include a section containg a couple equations. Modified the losing ending somewhat. The Missed Kills fix should work properly now (see 1.37 log) Balance Changes: Ice Launcher splash radii decreased to 125/200/275 from 125/250/375. Firebomb Tower splash radii increased to 250/325/400 from 175/325/400. Firestorm Caster now deals 350 damage per wave, up from 200, and has an area of effect radius of 250, up from 200. Blizzard Caster now deals 500 damage per wave, up from 300, and has an area of effect radius of 300, up from 175. Also increased the effectiveness of the Winter Witch's Blizzard and the Warlock's Meteor Swarm. Epidemic Catalyst effect now spreads to all units within a distance of 250 from the targeted unit. Sleep Caster cost reduced to 180 from 235. Swapped the costs of the Cyclone Caster and Ancient of Wind. Ancient of Wind damage increased. Build times of some towers changed to reflect cost changes.

Version 1.37 (6/5/03) Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug with the Gold Mine that allowed it to generate not only gold at the end of the round, but also gold for each kill. General Changes: Kills uncounted by that infamous bug are now handled in this manner: You now receive the total bounty missed by these uncounted kills divided by the number of players in the game, so that all players will receive an equal amount of extra bounty. The enemies are now colorized according to where they spawn to help let you know how far along a round is without having to keep track. Updated the Reference section to include the minimum ranges of towers that have them. Magic Vault now sells the Necklace of Spell Immunity, but no longer sells the Sobi Mask. Most Heroes should have more mana regeneration overall now. Balance Changes: Increased the life of the following levels: 20, 28, 36, 38, 39, and 40.

Version 1.35 (6/3/03) Bug Fixes: Reverted the weapon/armor type changes made by the v1.06 patch. Fixed a bug that caused the Static Field Generator not to autocast Lightning Shield. Balance Changes: Seal Cannon damage increased. Siege Tank damage decreased. Power Plant damage decreased. Squall Evoker damage decreased slightly. Stormspire attack speed decreased. Magic Vault items are significantly cheaper now but take longer to restock.

Version 1.34 (6/2/03) Bug Fixes: Cloud Cooler splash damage no longer destroys friendly air units. Fixed a bug that allowed you to cede or sell an Altar of Heavens while it is reviving a Hero. Fixed a major bug with the Temple of Death that made it useless. Numerous other fixes. General Changes: Changed the name of the Squall Invoker to Squall Evoker. Gold Mines can now be sold. Augmented the Reference section to include information on towers. Balance Changes: Increased the overall damage of the Flamethrower, Squall Evoker, Sheep Launcher, Charge Grounder, and Power Plant. Decreased the overall damage of the Siege Tank, Permafrost Maker, and Sludge Producer. Purifier attack speed increased. Altar of Heavens cost reduced to 165 from 205. Also, Holy Light now deals twice as much damage to Undead. Aura Generator cost reduced to 345 from 405. Its damage has been proportionately reduced. Disease Wagon full splash radius and damage increased. Decreased the attack speed of the Giant Fungus. Priestess of the Sky movement and attack speed increased. Raging Twister and Cone of Radiance damage increased. Static Field Generator casts Lightning Shield much more often now. Magic Dampener cost lowered to 195 from 210.

Version 1.31 (5/9/03) General Changes: Gold Mine operates differently now. Instead of getting 3 gold for each creep you kill, you know get 2*Level gold at the end of each round. Their cost has been reverted back to 500 from 750. They can also now be transfered with the -cede command (for when you're feeling generous) Altered some of the tips. Balance Changes: Squall Invoker damage increased. Energy Pulse Emitter attack speed increased.

Version 1.3 (5/4/03) General Changes: Cloud Cooler and Squall Invoker requirements/builders have been swapped. Squall Invoker stats changed as well. Magic Vault no longer sells the following items: Gem of True Seeing, Ankh of Reincarnation Magic Vault now additionally sells the following items: Sobi Mask, Claws of Attack +36, Goblin Land Mines, Nets of Ensnaring Increased the life of levels 38, 39, and 40. Widened some of the turning regions. Changed some of the terrain and added water. Balance Changes: Blade Guardian damage increased significantly. Decreased the damage of the following towers in some way: Firebomb Tower, Flamethrower, Infection Intensifier, Sentry Tower Decreased the attack rate of the following towers in some way: Flaming Arrow Turret, Volcanic Fissure, Sky Dominator Sky Dominator damage increased. Overall, it is a little less effective than before, but still powerful. Immolator attack range and Immolation radius increased to 600 from 500. Blizzard and Rain of Fire/Meteor Swarm damage doubled in all cases (Hero and towers). Enchanted Arrow Turret's Searing Arrows now do 7 damage, down from 8. Static Field Generator now does 40 dmg/sec up from 25. Altar of Heavens cost reduced to 205 from 225 and increased the effectiveness of its Holy Light. Priestess of the Sky attack rate increased. Volcanic Fissure damage type changed to Normal (was Piercing).

Version 1.26 (5/2/03) General Changes: Builders and True Sight units no longer have collision. Fixed a couple of the tips. Added a few graphical changes here and there. Balance Changes: Flamethrowers weakened. Increased the life of a couple Holy towers. Frost Arrow Turret attack speed increased slightly. Squall Invoker damage increased.

Version 1.24 (4/28/03) General Changes: Arrow Turret, Cannon Tower, and Poison Arrow Turret appear smaller now than before. Fixed a few issues with the v1.22 Update Log. Balance Changes: Axe Tower damage decreased. Rock Hurler attack speed decreased. Gold Mine cost increased to 750. Holy Hand Grenadier damage increased.

Version 1.22 (4/28/03) General Changes: Warnings for invisible and attacking rounds have been changed. Melee Heroes can now attack air units. Burbenog Outposts have been altered. True Sight units (Shades, etc.) are now Spell Immune. New command: -tip Displays one of 30 random pieces of advice. Can be used once each level. Balance Changes: Gold Mine now gives +3 gold/creep, down from +6. Gold Mines are now distributed when a person controlling one leaves the game. Reduced the effectiveness of the Temple of Death and Phase Disruptor at higher levels. Phase Disruptor attacks at a slower rate than before. Giant Cactus' Thorns Aura now causes attackers to take 125 damage when they attack your Hero. Charge Grounder much slower now, but does more damage to compensate. Heaven's Wrath damage decreased. Holy Hand Grenadier cost decreased slightly. Sentry tower damage vs. Invisible increased to 80 from 50. Bug Fixes: Fixed some issues with Range/Acquisition Range agreement. Altar of Heavens will now auto-cast Holy Light on Undead enemies. Nerubian Ziggurat now attempts to cast Web whenever it attacks a flying enemy, regardless of auto-cast setting. This ability may be turned off in the normal manner of using the command "-off". Fixed a few minor display bugs and issues with the endings. Temple of Death and Epidemic Catalyst no longer affect Mechanical enemies.

Version 1.2 (4/27/03) General Changes: Eliminated the second vote. There is now only the "full" version. I had numerous reason to enact this measure, and the vote wasn't all that necessary anyway. If you want it to end at level 20 or 30 instead, simply leave the game as if you have completed it. There will still be the same total time before Level 1 (60 seconds). There are now limits to the number of units a player may own of a certain type. In most cases it is 2 or 3. Units still cannot be sold. There is now an ending when you lose or win. The victory ending varies by difficulty level. Technology buildings and the Gold Mine are now invulnerable. Balance Changes: The effectiveness of many Hero abilities has been increased, especially at higher levels. Guardian Angel no longer has the Replenish Life and Mana ability. Guardian Angel attack rate decreased but damage increased. Priest of Quel'Thalas' Spirit Form damage increased significantly. Keeper of the Grove's Polymorph works on all levels now. Fixed a minor issue with the Sleep Caster. Cloud Cooler, Celestial Winds, Blade Guardian, and Phase Disruptor attack speeds decreased. Lightning Rod attack speed increased. Fixed a few other minor issues.

Version 1.1 (4/25/03) Bug Fixes: Permafrost Maker no longer obliterates your base (oops!) Magic Vault can now be constructed successfully by players other than Red. Some other random fixes, mainly dealing with tooltips. Balance Fixes: Monster Balance - A few mid-early levels have had their life increased slightly. More importantly, levels 30 and on have had their life decreased, and in some case this decrease was significant. Increased the damage of the following towers: Holy Hand Grenadier, Magic Dampener, Firebomb Tower, Quake Tower, Blade Guardian. Increased the range of the following towers: Nova Shocker, Temple of the Faerie Flame, Stormspire, Ziggurat, Temple of Death, Ancient of Wind, Cyclone Caster. Increased the attack rate of the following towers: Giant Cactus, Needler, Cyclone Caster Decreased the damage of the following towers: Siege Tank, Sentry Tower, Thunder Cloud Creator Decreased the attack rate of the Volcanic Fissure. Lowered the cost of the Altar of Heavens from 270 to 225. Quake Tower slow effect increased slightly. Ancient of Wind now has the ability to cast Raging Twister, which hits all land and air units in a line. Its attack still only deals damage to air units, but it will still cast Raging Twister during land levels.

Version 1.0 (4/19/03) This map is now fully playable. Still, it is the first release, and there are bound to be some problems. Balancing needs to be done, definitely. If you come across any ideas or suggestions you may have (bugs too) email me at shvegait@hotmail.com I can't emphasize this enough... teamwork is essential!!

Several undocumented changes were made between 0.9 and 1.0. (Since the update log was completely wiped after the beta, there was no reason to add more beta changes.) Listed below is one month worth of beta logs. This is added for completeness and also to show more of the behind-the-scenes process for anyone who cares.

Beta Version 0.9 (4/18/03) Lives are back in, you'll lose when you run out. Some fire and thunder buildings weakened, specifically the Flamethrower. The Flamethrower and Squall Invoker are also slower now in order to SIGNIFICANTLY reduce slowdown/lag. (Damage on them has been increased, but overall damage output is decreased.) Level 35 is now also an invisible level. Level 39 (Black Dragons) life lowered. Fixed some random display bugs. Death Knight's Death Coil damage increased. The cost of most items in the Magic Vault has been significantly reduced. Magic Vault now becomes owned by Neutral Passive when built. Note: The items in the Magic Vault are not finalized. Doubled the radius and duration of Mass Cancellation. This map is now fully playable. Balancing needs to be done, definitely. If you come across any ideas or suggestions you may have (bugs too) email me at shvegait@hotmail.com

Beta Version 0.8g (4/17/03) Added the following towers: Squall Invoker (Wind/Ice, sorry no Giant Fan or AC Unit...), Sky Dominator (Wind, ultimate), Permafrost Maker (Ice/Earth), Cryogenics Lab (Ice, ultimate), Power Plant (Thunder, ultimate) Towers left to add: 0 Raised the cost of the Tempestuous Detonator from 350 to 380. Giant Fungus damage lowered and splash radius reduced. Heaven's Wrath damage decreased. Charge Grounder damage decreased slightly. Miscellaneous minor changes. Gold Mine should work now. Volcanic Fissure damage decreased (it still has immense splash radius) Death and Decay now deals 10%/second

Beta Version 0.8f Added the following towers: Giant Fungus (Earth/Poison), Charge Grounder (Earth/Thunder), Gold Mine (Earth, ultimate) Dragon Roost and Volcanic Fissure weakened somewhat. Warlock can cast Inner Fire on himself now. Archmage Teleport casting delays lowered to 2/1/0 seconds. Archmage damage increased. Infernal Caster damage decreased from 500 to 400. Radius of Immolation and Lightning Shield (on towers and Heroes) has been increased from 160 to 250. Frost Armor chill length and armor duration now increase at higher levels (since it's never useful anyway... any ideas for a new spell? anyone?) Death Knight's Skeleton Warriors are slightly stronger and faster now. Also, by popular demand (well, one person), the Death Knight can once again cast Death Coil. This has replaced Dark Ritual. Winter Witch's Freezing Breath duration changed from 1/2/3 seconds to 0.8/1.6/2.4 seconds. Stinko's Disease Cloud now lasts 120 seconds, up from 90. Guardian Angel can now replenish some life and mana. Check out the version 0.8e log as well...

Beta Version 0.8e Siege attackers do even less damage now. Siege attackers now give double bounty. Added the following towers: Magnetic Field Disruptor (Death/Thunder), Enfeebler (Death, ultimate), Temple of the Faerie Flame (Fire/Earth), Volcanic Fissure (Fire, ultimate), Book of the Gods (Holy/Magic), Guardian Angel (Holy, ultimate) Black Dragons are now actually immune to magic. Level 29 correctly displays the warning for an invisible level. Holy Hand Grenadier damage increased. Siege Tank damage decreased. Giant Cactus cost and damage increased very slightly for no real reason. Its anti-air damage was increased more. Flamethrower damage increased Flaming Arrow Turret splash radius increased slightly. Firebomb Tower damage increased slightly. Blade Guardian attack speed slighlty increased. Temple of Death cost reduced to 440 from 490 Purifier and Crystal Shrine's attack speeds have been increased. Sentry Tower damage increased. Far Sight duration increased from 25 seconds to 40 seconds. Visionary Flame duration increased from 15 seconds to 30 seconds. Death Knight's Death and Decay now does 6% dmg/sec. Priestess of the Sky movement speed increased and Cold Arrows chill length increased by 2 seconds. Infection Intensifier now costs 750 gold and dmg changed slightly. The Magic Builder now builds like an Orc rather than like a Human to clear up any confusion. Necropolis' corpses will no longer look like shades. The leaderboard sorts by # of kills now. Enchanted Arrow Turret Cold Arrows chill increased to 3 seconds. Enchanted Arrow Turret Searing Arrows damage reduced to 8.

Beta Version 0.8d Unholy Exuder's aura is now better... it just is. Stasis Tower damage increased. Cannon Tower nerfed (a little) Arrow Turret slightly slower Firebomb Tower damage slightly increased Flamethrower damage slightly increased Static Field Generator cost slightly decreased Nova Shocker damage slightly increased Maybe something else See v0.8c changes if you don't like to see your base get messed up.

Beta Version 0.8c Siege levels' damage SIGNIFICANTLY lowered. Crystal Shrine now has a new ability: It deals 100 bonus damage and slows Raiders (Siege levels) Warnings are now given before siege levels. Buildings transfered from one player to another now repair properly at the end of a round. Melee Heroes move faster now, ranged Heroes' movement speed has been slightly increased. Most Heroes now have higher intelligence. Frost Armor, Bloodlust, Anti-Magic Shell now last much longer in order to make dispelling them more important. Towers that cast spells now start with full mana.

Beta Version 0.8b The Infernal Caster now correctly deals damage/stun. Winter Witch attack speed lowered. Winter Witch Freezing Breath ability should cause units to follow the correct path now. Flaming Arrow Turret attack speed slightly increased. Energy Pulse Emitter attack speed slightly decreased. Fixed a bug with the Static Field Generator. Tried doing something with AI and Guard Positions. Maybe this will prevent random attacking? We shall see. For other recent updates see Version 0.8a.

Beta Version 0.8a All elements now have some form of True Sight. The new forms: Fire - Visionary Flame (like Reveal) - cast at Foundry. Ice - Magic Sentry - research at Freezer, affects Chilling Towers only. Thunder - Storm Vulture - summon at Generator. Poison - Troll Witch Doctor - train at Factory, has no attack and can only cast Sentry Ward. Added the following towers: Holy Hand Grenadier (Human/Holy), Siege Tank (Human, ultimate), Blizzard Caster (Magic/Ice), Infernal Caster (Magic/Fire) Slightly reduced the cost of the following towers: Sleep Caster (Death), Cyclone Caster (Wind), Epidemic Catalyst (Poison), Static Field Generator (Thunder), Aura Generator (Holy)

Beta Version 0.8 Added Siege levels. They are levels 19, 27, 34, and 37. Beware, they will attack your towers! One of your best defenses against Siege attackers is the Holy element, which can build towers resistant to enemy attackers. Also, any ability that slows attack rate or lowers damage can be very beneficial. In the case that they attack your Hero, abilities like Inner Fire, Frost Armor, etc. could find some use here. Still, the best way to deal with these enemies is just to kill them and kill them quickly. Sorry, there is no way to sell, cede, or repair damage buildings in the middle of a level. If a building survives to the end of a level and is a completed structure, it will be fully repaired and can then be sold/ceded. In the unlikely that all of your towers in an area will be wiped out, know that Siege attackers turn inward at their first opportunity; they do not travel to all players' starting locations. Keep this in mind when deciding where to build your towers. Also, towers built on elevated cliffs are immune to attackers, but need to have long range to be effective. Attackers will not go after very out of the way towers. Siege attackers only spawn in areas where a governor is alive. So if you start at teal and decide to build at blue, the attackers will still originate at teal and will turn inward before they get to blue's area. Sorry about the inconvenience if this situation ever comes up. I'll try to think of some way around it, but for now, that is how it is, so deal with it! Modified some hero abilities slightly. Fixed a glaring bug with Celestial Winds. Priest of Quel'Thalas' Spirit Form much faster and stronger now. SAM Battery damage increased. Crystal Shrine attack speed slightly increased.

Beta Version 0.7b (4/6/03) Added the remaining Heroes: Winter Witch (Ice), Warlock (Fire), Samurai of Storms (Thunder) Fixed many issues with Hero abilities. The following Heroes have add ability changes: Keeper of the Grove (Earth) - Lost Thorns Aura, gained Far Sight Priestess of the Sky (Wind) - Lost Searing Arrows, gained Raging Twister Death Knight (Death) - Lost Death Coil, gained Raise Dead Sniper (Human) - Lost Mana Burn, gained Haste Increased the damage and attributes of Heroes. Heroes always gain 10% experience from kills now. Fixed the bounty and experience level of higher level creeps. Light Beacon damage increased Magic Dampener damage increased Notes: Firebolt, Entangling Roots, and Polymorph cause units to stop/attack. This should be fixed in the next version, or maybe the one after that, depends on how lazy i am ;)

Beta Version 0.7a Added the following Heroes: Archmage (Magic), Priest of Quel'Thalas (Holy) Tempestuous Detonator now slows air units to 50% instead of 30%. The slow duration is now 5 seconds instead of 7; it still increases by 10 percentage points per second.

Beta Version 0.7 Decreased the number of levels from 50 to 40 for a full game. Medium-length games now last 30 levels, down from 35. Eliminated all non-hero units except Shades and Gyrocopters. Removed the gyrocopter's attack and made them cheaper. All governors now have food fixed at 20. Added the following towers: Acid Spitter (Poison/Fire), Infection Intensifier (Poison, ultimate) Fixed the timing of the Stasis Tower; units stunned by them should attack towers much more rarely now. Decreased the damage of the Thunder Cloud Creator slightly. Increased the damage of most higher end towers and some middle cost towers, significantly in some cases. Tempestuous Detonator now slows air units in the area of effect of the tempest to 30% of their normal speed. They then regain 10% of their speed each second. Increased the effectiveness of the Celestial Winds.