What is a battle pass and what is a compendium?

[Bitcoin Baron]

I've never heard of these things before and on the store pages it only seems to give a very vague hint as to what might be inside, like levels, single player DLC, achievements, extra monsters.

Also, and this really puzzles me, theres items in the dota 2 store that "require the winter 2015 battle pass", when it's not even an item in the store?

[Bitcoin Baron]

*bump* can somebody help with this please?

[ Shres ]

when u buy a battle pass , you can open it inside dota 2 , where you get some new items, couriers, announcers, sets n stuffs. Then you can increase your battle pass level by completing quests, wagering given coins, making successful predictions of manila major(that's over now though) etc. or by simply buying more levels from the store.

As you increase your battle pass level, you get some more new items, like more sets, blink dagger animation, tp animations, couriers etc.

when u buy battle pass, u get the compendium as well, ie the international 16 compendium. which will prolly have more predictions n stuufss.

[Firerodan16]

Originally posted by Shres:

when u buy battle pass, u get the compendium as well, ie the international 16 compendium. which will prolly have more predictions n stuufss.

It is The International 6 NOT 16 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

[ Shres ]

Originally posted by Firerodan16:

Originally posted by Shres:

when u buy battle pass, u get the compendium as well, ie the international 16 compendium. which will prolly have more predictions n stuufss.

It is The International 6 NOT 16 FOR CRYING OUT LOAD!

lol yeah , typo , sry :D

[Firerodan16]

Originally posted by Shres:

Originally posted by Firerodan16:

It is The International 6 NOT 16 FOR CRYING OUT LOAD!

lol yeah , typo , sry :D

it gets VERY annoying when people make that typo.


DOTA 2 WASNT EVEN A THING BACK IN 2000!HOW COULD THERE BE 16 INTERNATIONALS FOR IT?

[Wutproppen]

A battle pass and compendium is basically the same thing. They exist for larger tournaments, and can be bought for a little bit more than the regular tournament tickets. For the money spend you get all kinds of stuff, depending on what you buy for what tournament. This includes stuff like:
- treasure chests
- all kinds of items (wards, couriers, weather effects, loading screens, terrains, cursors, emoticons and so on) that you can keep permanently
- effects that last only while the event lasts and then get removed
- trophies
- you can often guess the outcomes of the events and matches, and get stuff if you are right (though there are deadlines for this, if you wait too long you cant do that)
- vote for all kinds of stuff
- quests (such as: deal 200.000 damage to enemy heroes within a week, or do this and that with this hero) that reward you with more stuff

And so on. What you get depends on what you buy for what event and also when you buy it. If you buy it a day before the event ends, then you will not be able to vote on most stuff and have no time for the quests.

[æon]

A Compendium is included in a BattlePass, a BattlePass grants you acces to quests and so on while the Compendium grants you access to the Event and predictions...

[Bitcoin Baron]

Are these items and stuff you can use in the main game though? If so how do you buy an older battle pass, because theres items in the store that say they want a winter one, and theres no winter battle pass in the store...

Because i wouldn't really want to be spending money on something that runs out after a time and isn't usable in normal games. Also, what is this compendium thingy?

EDIT - sorry, didnt refresh the page before replying. Thanks for the help.

[æon]

Originally posted by Crinkle:

Are these items and stuff you can use in the main game though? If so how do you buy an older battle pass, because theres items in the store that say they want a winter one, and theres no winter battle pass in the store...

Because i wouldn't really want to be spending money on something that runs out after a time and isn't usable in normal games. Also, what is this compendium thingy?

omfg are you for real? Read above...

[ Shres ]

Originally posted by Firerodan16:

Originally posted by Shres:

lol yeah , typo , sry :D

it gets VERY annoying when people make that typo.


DOTA 2 WASNT EVEN A THING BACK IN 2000!HOW COULD THERE BE 16 INTERNATIONALS FOR IT?

i guess its cause the current year is 2016, so its likely to make an error of saying international 16 ,see its logical... :p