Orphea is the last character of Heroes of the Storm – Variety

Developer Blizzard Entertainment unveiled the latest character of its online multiplayer battle arena game "Heroes of the Storm" at the opening ceremony of the BlizzCon 2018 on Friday.

Orphea is the heiress of Raven Court and the daughter of Lord Raven, one of the villains of "Heroes," and she uses black magic for her attacks and abilities. Unlike most characters in the game, she was born in the Nexus, the realm that serves as a battleground for all the disparate characters in Heroes.

It will be available in the first major patch after the BlizzCon 2018, which will open November 2-3, Blizzard said. Show attendees and virtual ticket holders will have access to it for free once it's live in the game. Participants and ticket holders also receive a set of exclusive items on the theme Nexus Razorgrin.

Blizzard also highlighted other upcoming changes for "Heroes of the Storm" next year. He wants to encourage tighter matches and avoid the dreaded "snowball effect," he said.

"After careful design, implementation, and iteration, we felt that the best way to achieve this goal was to slow down the" snowball effect "just as it began to enter. game, "he said. "In a nutshell, we are changing the way we reward players who prioritize push strategies to gain experience and power advantages. While we always want to reward the players who grow, we are focused on removing the direct power advantage we give these teams and we will reward them with a strategic advantage. "

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To do this, Blizzard explained that he redistributed the way the experience is gained through different parts of a match. The forts and guards will not grant more experience, while the gain in passive experience increases by 15%. The towers will offer 50% less EXP when they are destroyed, and XP experience to defeat the mercenaries is doubled.

In addition, Blizzard said he unified the armor system so that players would not be forced to bring multiple heroes who grant armor and place it at absurd levels. The studio is also fine tuning matches. Hero roles will be a priority when searching for teammates, and players lining up for rare roles will gain additional experience.

Finally, Stimpacks will now be called Boost and will offer his teammates a 5% increase in experience for each active player at the end of a match.

Blizzard plans to implement these changes by 2019.