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Dota 2 |OT4| The saga of Vade and ReRixo: the Boat Anchors continues.
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john freeman
Member
WTF Loda. Now this is throws of the year material.
Emerson
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Can hope for this week but probably not likely. Could be a couple weeks. They're probably not done making them, and Valve may not have expected the goal to be reached this fast.
Shorty11857
Member
So if EG beat Na'vi that means Na'vi aren't going to Dreamhack and Fnatic are in
Rox.Kis are also out with Fnatic's win there
Rox.Kis are also out with Fnatic's win there
john freeman
Member
Someone report loda for intentional feeding pls. Cmon, 3 times same place, same exact way.
I really can't believe they didn't expect the goals to be reached this fast.
I think they might have everything ready up to the Mini-Pudge courier
Wok
Member
If this is the mini-Pudge courier, it does not look that great:
http://youtu.be/WM15FTVTzZc
http://youtu.be/WM15FTVTzZc
TheIronChancellor
Member
I am pretty sure you will.
john freeman
Member
It even says so in the compendium itself, that you'll get all the rewards. Works the same way as last year.
And regarding compendium rewards - courier and various hero effects (tp, blink dagger, dagon) is out now. No idea about the rest. Immortal items could well come after the ti.
Last year we got courier immediately(but you had to hatch it), hud took a few weeks I think. Immortal item even longer(maybe after TI). So don't expect them any time soon.
Looks like that might be the case. I bought the pack of 2400 points, so I qualified for plenty of treasures, loading screens, etc. All I got so far was the Lt. Squakins courier.
Reddit Arcana Votes are in fwiw
Hero Votes %
Io 2783 8%
Zeus 2227 6%
Invoker 2035 6%
SF 2030 6%
Rubick 1632 5%
Wraith King1391 4%
CM 1036 3%
Pudge 942 3%
Tiny 823 2%
Meepo 808 2%
While Reddit users account for a small portion of the userbase, it's at least some data on how votes might go.
Not too surprised with most of the results, but Io at the top did kind of shock me, given how infrequently played- much less played to success- the hero seems to be in pubs. Also kind of at a loss as to how a good Arcana for the hero would work without completely changing the design.
Zeus and SF make sense, but I don't think it's the right way to be about it. Most of the reasoning in the threads seem to be about how they have terrible models. They both need, and will in all likelihood receive, remodels. That has nothing to do with the arcana, which won't change the base model and will only be available for those who plunk down $35 anyways. Now, if someone simply likes the hero and wants to vote it in for no other reason than that, that seems fine, but the whole model revamp angle just seems like a misguided approach to me.
Invoker high up as expected. Will probably be higher in the final poll. Glad to see my top pick- the other magus- high up as well. Seems to have enough of a chance that I'd feel comfortable voting for him. Rest of the choices seem predictable as well.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Zeus arcana would be choice
Mirana pls
Zeus would be horrid, the amount of people playing him would skyrocket along with that cheap ult.As stated above, Zeus is going to get a remodel. This arcana will not remodel him, nor should it. Arcanas traditionally affect one to a few elements of a hero's appearance, not the whole thing. (Lina's hair, LC's eyes, TB being the exception)
The worst case scenario would be Valve actually viewing the arcana as a remodel, as the community seems to wish, because then we wouldn't even get the remodel needed for the character and only those willing to pay $35 for a cosmetic item would get the "update" he is due.
I still like a Zeus a lot and think there's room for some pretty impressive additional visuals given his nature, but I'm not going to vote for a character whose final model and post-breakdown cosmetics I've even yet to see.
I also think a lot of people have this impression that Zeus' portly plumber appearance is somehow part of the "alpha" nature of his model. While it's possible that Valve could reevaluate their stance on the character's design, it seems more likely to me that the humorous contrast between his identity and look is a core part of their take on the hero, and no remodel or arcana is going to flout what they believe the character should be. They've purposefully avoided giving Zeus the majestic and muscled appearance of a traditional god, and, unless they do a 180, that won't change with further additions. (And if they do do a 180, you'll get that appearance with the remake anyways, no arcana needed)
The worst case scenario would be Valve actually viewing the arcana as a remodel, as the community seems to wish, because then we wouldn't even get the remodel needed for the character and only those willing to pay $35 for a cosmetic item would get the "update" he is due.
I still like a Zeus a lot and think there's room for some pretty impressive additional visuals given his nature, but I'm not going to vote for a character whose final model and post-breakdown cosmetics I've even yet to see.
I also think a lot of people have this impression that Zeus' portly plumber appearance is somehow part of the "alpha" nature of his model. While it's possible that Valve could reevaluate their stance on the character's design, it seems more likely to me that the humorous contrast between his identity and look is a core part of their take on the hero, and no remodel or arcana is going to flout what they believe the character should be. They've purposefully avoided giving Zeus the majestic and muscled appearance of a traditional god, and, unless they do a 180, that won't change with further additions. (And if they do do a 180, you'll get that appearance with the remake anyways, no arcana needed)
All that said, I'll sell my vote out and go Zeus if he really does have a better chance of beating Pudge than Rubick.
Mirana pls
Nice I can select TA waifu and face him mid mwahaha!
SteveWinwood
Member
You can buy as many compendiums as you want. You can only activate one per account.
I love Mirana and its one of my most played heroes but I cant believe her ulti costs only 75 mana and it only has a 100sec cooldown on level 3. Destroys sooo many pubs and even pros seem to have difficulty dealing with it sometimes.
I was thinking something like this ulti should cost something like 125 or have a cooldown like Luna's Eclipse (or make Eclipse with less cooldown once you level it up pls I dont wanna wait two years to cast another one every time).
I was thinking something like this ulti should cost something like 125 or have a cooldown like Luna's Eclipse (or make Eclipse with less cooldown once you level it up pls I dont wanna wait two years to cast another one every time).
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Icefrog is probably going to wreck Mirana in the next patch. Lower starfall damage, lower arrow damage and duration, higher leap mana cost, nerf to moonlight, yeah she gonna get rekt.
Its 15 seconds at all levels which is dumb
Should be 5 - 10 -15
Hero isnt so OP anymore
It used to cost 175 mana, have a 160/140/120 cooldown and a duration of 11 seconds. Nobody ever picked her.
Marauder Shields
Member
Did Rox.Kis just rage quit?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Honestly, I'd be fine with just this. Leap, Arrow, whatever they're annoying but not more annoying then anything else. Its just the duration on her ult right now is so ridiculously good
SteveWinwood
Member
5 second ult would be useless. People would skip it.
She's still firmly in fotm in my mind. Doesn't really need anything other than people to play better against her and others to just get sick of her.
She's still firmly in fotm in my mind. Doesn't really need anything other than people to play better against her and others to just get sick of her.
That seems a bit excessive. Maybe need to find a balance between how it used to be and how it is now. Or maybe increase pounce mana cost or increase the arrow cooldown.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
I don't know if getting picked so often and still having a 60% winrate is quite fotm, I think she's a bit too strong.