this game is seriously sucking out my life omg!

Why Pre Purchase? I gave you a small prelude to that in the paragraph above. Heroes of Newerth cost a lot to operate. While this is built into the budget of (what we consider to be VERY reasonable) price of $30 USD and operating the service after our initial release date, we need assistance in the interim.

Outside of helping out S2 Games and the game we're all enjoying, there are some very selfish reasons for you to Pre Purchase. Those include:

* Special Colored Nickname: You will have a golden colored nickname on the forums and in game that denotes your support of S2 Games. This will continue after the release of the game.

* Special Shield Icon: You will get a golden shield icon on the forums and in game to signify your support. This will continue after the release of the game.

* Ability To Taunt: Only Pre Ordered accounts (other ways to achieve this post release) will have the ability to taunt in the game. While playing, you may taunt an enemy hero. Only you and that player will hear your heroes pre death voice taunt message. It also puts a state on them for a specified period of time. If you kill that hero during that time a global announcer voice and arcade text "SMACK DOWN" is played as well as you and the other player will hear your post death voice message. In the event you are killed by that hero though, a global announcer voice and arcade text "HUMILIATION" is played and you and that player here their heroes post death voice taunt.

* Secure Your Nickname: Once we release the game all non pre purchased accounts will be deleted. While we will have pre purchasing available until the time we go to release, its always good to just "get it out of the way".

* Closed Beta Invites: You will instantly be given 3 closed beta invites for your friends after pre purchasing. We will still selectively give out invites on our own, they will be a bit rarer than they have in the past (obviously to motivate more pre purchasing).

0.1.38
Mechanics
Confirmed - Taunt ability lowered to 60 seconds down from 180 seconds
Confirmed - Taunt ability duration increased to 40 seconds up from 30 seconds



Interface
Confirmed - Added PSR to /stats chat command


Items
Confirmed - Added item cooldown proc on Mana pots
Confirmed - Removed item cooldown proc on Health Pots that was introduced in 0.1.37

Anyone knows the estimated / proposed pricing when the game is released?

USD 30. everyone who has the beta would've gotten an email to pre-order it.