Dota 2 Update 7.00 is packed with issues, lets down gamers
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The recent Dota 2 Update 7.00 is not what gamers had expected. First of all, Dota 2 fans say that the latest changes make the game unrecognizable. Some gamers have gone as far as to say Patch 7.00 actually removes Dota’s identity.
As one player points out, this is because these major changes have been introduced over a too short period of time. Moreover, gamers also complain that Valve didn’t have enough patience to thoroughly test the update and receive more feedback on it.
Apart from these changes gamers don’t agree with, the recent Dota 2 Patch 7.00 also brings its fair share of issues, with players reporting that they can’t download and install the patch, Dota 2 crashes, and more.
Dota 2 Patch 7.00 issues
Dota 2 lags, FPS rate drops
This is the first problem that gamers notice after they hit the play button. Dota is affected by constant lag, sometimes so bad that it prevents fans from actually playing the game.
Cant even play online now. The game have constant lags and slow downs when I am playing online! Offline or when I create the lobby its fine. I am pretty sure its not from my pc. Because all the games I have, run pretty fine in ultra settings and online. And dota 2 was running fine until I update the game. I dont get the companys these days, love to lauch the games and updates all broken!
Gamers also report that Dota 2’s FPS rate often drops to as low as 20 FPS in game. Prior to installing the update, they usually got around 90-110 FPS.
With dota 2 i had fps 100
Now with this new patch i have 100 fps but in fights goes down to 20fps
And its tu much lag even with bots i have extreme lag
There are no workarounds available to fix these bugs. It appears that the only solution is to wait for the optimization patch to come out.
Dota 2 crashes
Players report that Dota 2 crashes on launch, right after the logo appears on the screen. The game opens for a second, only to completely close shortly afterward.
Stall fails
Quite a significant number of players report they can’t install the Dota 2 Update 7.00 on their computers. The update process often gets stuck half way through. Other gamers also report that the update takes forever to install after reaching 100%.
Now that the new patch has come out for the regular client I can’t even launch it anymore. Every time I try it tells me it has to install the new patch, but it sits there at 100% not doing anything. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it just does the same thing when it reaches 100%.
Dota 2’s user interface is too small
Many players complain that the HUD is too tiny. Checking various game-related information is quite a difficult task due to the small font size.
Disgusting HUD, TOO TINY.
Everything is downsized to all ♥♥♥♥. Hurts my head and eyes.
Played for 5800 hours. Worst update in my Dota 2 career.
Checking enemy inventories is painful as ♥♥♥♥, their items are so god damn small.
Overall the entire game affects me physically (in the sense that it bothers my eyes a lot).
Shadow Blade doesn’t make you invisible
Shadow Blade makes you invisible when you attack or cast a spell. However, it appears that the latest Dota 2 update breaks Shadow Blade, making players visible for about a second.
Don’t get me wrong I love every last change in the gameplay but it has too many bugs. First when someone uses shadow blade you can see them for 1 frame when you chase them at the edge of the fog , Second game crashes a lot
Dota 2 chat issues
There are various chat bugs affecting Dota 2 Update 7.00. Some players can’t access the chat feature at all, while others need to scroll to its bottom manually because the chat auto scrolls to top.
What a new horrible ingame chat. I have to press “enter” and go downn to the chat to read lasts comments. When I call miss nobody notices lol… if you dont open chat. I really hate the new chat.
These are the most frequent Dota 2 issues reported by gamers. The bad news is that there are no official workarounds available to fix the Dota 2 bugs listed above. However, you can check out our article on how to fix common Dota 2 bugs. Maybe one of the six workarounds listed in our article helps you in some way.
If you’ve come across any solution to fix some of these issues, feel free to list the troubleshooting steps in the comment section below.
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