In the near future there will be important updates to the Warcraft 3 engine. I know there are various communities around the world that still use the 1.20 patch. However, it is important to the development of DotA for players to have the latest Blizzard patches. There will always be new security features as well as map development functionality in future patches to provide a better experience for everyone and the game needs to be able to utilize them[...]

On a different note; here is a preview of the new recipe shop layout based on the emails I got. The goals are both to make room for the recently added items and more importantly to organize them in a manner that makes correctly guessing where an item is an easy task for both existing and new players alike.

I know none of us like to relearn item layouts, but this is a good thing to do for the long run. Take some time to review it and give me your feedback. Thanks for everyone that has already emailed me their ideas on this.