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[Acinixys]

Hey guys I've really been curious of these games like Dota, LoL etc. What is it about the game that you like? Also if I was going to get into it would I need a good gaming PC? What's going to be the cost of entry to me? I've feel like im being left behind lol.

The best this about Dota vs other MOBAs is that every hero/champion is available to everyone. There is no unlocking of content like in League. The only thing you can spend money on is cosmetics

You can play with 2GB of RAM your CPUs on board chip

Ive done it. It looks like this

Spoiler

Wish they added an option to use the legacy HUD

 

[Wok]

Ive done it. It looks like this

Add 2 sec ping and you lose 2k mmr.

 

[Skinpop]

Spoiler

Wish they added an option to use the legacy HUD

and legacy slardar/viper.

 

[shira]

Spoiler

Wish they added an option to use the legacy HUD

I thought they did

and legacy slardar/viper.

you like 8bit textures?

 

[Skinpop]

you like 8bit textures?

i wouldn't mind an improved texture. but it doesn't matter unless you are zoomed in so it's whatever. the models are completely different now though. viper now looks like a concept art students doodle... generic fantasy trash,

 

[Plesiades]

Wish they added an option to use the legacy HUD

That wouldn't work. There's no support for the Talent Tree or the Backpack.

 

[Acinixys]

i wouldn't mind an improved texture. but it doesn't matter unless you are zoomed in so it's whatever. the models are completely different now though. viper now looks like a concept art students doodle... generic fantasy trash,

The thing that annoys me the most:

In the lightless gulf of the great ocean abysses, the Slithereen Guard carries his lure-light with him through the secret treasure rooms.

The flavor text for Amp Damage also says that he exposes his foes weakness with the light from his lure

Slardar's lure-light reveals even the most hidden of opponents, as well as their vulnerabilities.

So you see a lure in this picture Valve? DO YOU!?

 

[Phoenix RISING]

What I find kind of interesting about Monkey King is he's a very "old" style hero, with fairly simple, straight forward abilities. There was some fears that new heroes for Dota 2 would be crazy and do crazy things and be super complicated (Arc Warden, Oracle or Earth Spirit for example), but Monkey King isn't really out of the ordinary for an Agility Carry.

Those heroes were in Dota 1, but I get what you mean by traditional. Jugg, WK, Panda types.

 

[zonq]

Purge is online on Twitch and going through the patch notes now, btw.

For anyone interested:

https://www.twitch.tv/purgegamers

 

[IMBored]

Purge is online on Twitch and going through the patch notes now, btw.

For anyone interested:

https://www.twitch.tv/purgegamers

I'll just reserve 20 hours for this.

 

[shira]

Purge is online on Twitch and going through the patch notes now, btw.

For anyone interested:

https://www.twitch.tv/purgegamers

hypu

I'll just reserve 20 hours for this.

I wonder if he will need to sleep

 

[TheRed]

Guessing this isn't live yet on main client?

 

[Gxgear]

So you see a lure in this picture Valve? DO YOU!?

There are deep sea creatures with various forms of bioillumination to lure preys, not necessary shaped like an actual fishing lure.

 

[IMBored]

Guessing this isn't live yet on main client?

Not yet, just test client afaik.

hypu

I wonder if he will need to sleep

He has an water bottle for 2 functions, he's good.

 

[Armaros]

The thing that annoys me the most:



The flavor text for Amp Damage also says that he exposes his foes weakness with the light from his lure



So you see a lure in this picture Valve? DO YOU!?

There are deep sea creatures with various forms of bioillumination to lure preys, not necessary shaped like an actual fishing lure.

Also iirc on angler fish (which the dota 2 slardar was based on) it was mostly females with the lure that emits light.

 

[Anno]

Tangentially Dota related, PPD is now the CEO of EG? That's kinda crazy for him. I'm glad they spun out EG and Alliance into separate orgs, though. It was kinda weird that they were owned by Twitch.

 

[Metroid]

So, when does this patch go live for the main client?

 

[Monochromaticx]

The thing that annoys me the most:



The flavor text for Amp Damage also says that he exposes his foes weakness with the light from his lure



So you see a lure in this picture Valve? DO YOU!?

Uninstalled

 

[Haly]

Also iirc on angler fish (which the dota 2 slardar was based on) it was mostly females with the lure that emits light.

Make Slardar female.

 

[spk]

So, when does this patch go live for the main client?

All we know is the 12th. Things can change though

 

[apd_ng]

dota_select_hero npc_dota_hero_monkey_king

instant pick him guys lets go

 

[Twookie]

Valve is still patching the test client like fuck, so I would assume it's coming out pretty soon like last patch big patch

 

[Armaros]

Make Slardar female.

Also funny, angler fish can be extremely sexually dimorphic (male and female can vary in size shape etc)

Female Angler fish can be big and males very very tiny. Since slardar is male, imagine how big a female version of his race is

 

[Holundrian]

Valve is still patching the test client like fuck, so I would assume it's coming out pretty soon like last patch big patch

I'm sure they're waiting on purge to finish his patch analysis before they hit "launch"

 

[Twookie]

QOP's 70% spell healing is pretty insane

I'm sure they're waiting on purge to finish his patch analysis before they hit "launch"

ah i see we'll get the patch next week then ;^)

 

[LOLCats]

Does it have a campaign?

 

[Metroid]

Does it have a campaign?

No.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Probably a silly question but is there an ETA on this patch or just Valve time per usual?

 

[shira]

Probably a silly question but is there an ETA on this patch or just Valve time per usual?

Soon™

 

[balladofwindfishes]

This Viper remake was kind of half assed

They didn't change his ability icons or his minimap icon...

In fact, they didn't change Slardar's minimap icon either and it looks terrible...

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Slardar looks like they plastered a bunch of shiny plastic onto him.

 

[BlastProcessing]

Cool. Maybe I can get away using my laptop. Also is the game addictive? Why does it attract so many millions of users. Just need to know what value I'll get before investing my time into it.

There is always something new to learn. Even after 1000 hours of play you will see something new that you had never considered before. The game has near endless depth.

It's sort of like golf. You nail one drive perfectly, then you spend the rest of your life chasing perfection.

 

[Haly]

Slardar looks like they plastered a bunch of shiny plastic onto him.

Yeah I don't like the remodel at all. It'd look good for a enemy out of Skyrim or WoW but it's not something I'm excited to play.

 

[Skab]

You guys are nuts, Slar looks great

 

[bounchfx]

This Viper remake was kind of half assed

They didn't change his ability icons or his minimap icon...

viper looks fine, and there's no point updating the icons I think, tbh he didn't even need a remake like Jakiro does. I actually never understood why people had an issue with viper, the model looked fine, it was the design that was strange to me Lol

new Slardar face looks silly but the model is good
enigma... not sure why they even bothered. it's like Void level remake

#team jakiro

 

[balladofwindfishes]

For years, people demanded "MAKE SLARDAR LOOK LIKE WC3" so they took design elements from WC3 Slardar and smashed them with Dota 2 Slardar and we ended up with the design we have now

Which I like. It's how Slardar should have always looked.

viper looks fine, and there's no point updating the icons I think, tbh he didn't even need a remake like Jakiro does. I actually never understood why people had an issue with viper, the model looked fine, it was the design that was strange to me Lol

new Slardar face looks silly but the model is good
enigma... not sure why they even bothered. it's like Void level remake

#team jakiro

Viper was hideous before. Ugly textures, low detail model. He looked ridiculous next to characters like Wyvern and Oracle.

His ability icons don't look like him at all anymore. They need to be updated.

However, one change I'd make would be to go back and give Viper his two sets of eyes back. Not sure why they removed those.

 

[Deleted member 77995]

7.00 - Update 8
- Fixed many bugs related to model visuals when coming in and out of fog of war
- Adjusted Radiant T2 camp pullability
- Mischief now copies the courier that your team has instead of the generic courier
- Updated icons in the killstreak banner
- Fixed various bugs with unified unit order on the minimap
- Fixed Shadow Raze cooldown when upgrading the level 25 talent
- Fixed Sniper Scepter tooltip
- Fixed shop search box cleaning data when it loses focus
- Fixed Natural Order tooltip
- Fixed visual bugs with Mischief
- Fixed Rubick not having a cast point when charging up with Blast Off

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

For years, people demanded "MAKE SLARDAR LOOK LIKE WC3" so they took design elements from WC3 Slardar and smashed them with Dota 2 Slardar and we ended up with the design we have now

Which I like. It's how Slardar should have always looked.

This new Slardar looks like a colorful machine compared to the relatively organic Wc3 model. The jaw looks almost mechanical and cannot hold a candle to this old beauty!

edit:
Does purge not even look at the chat? It's kinda annoying when he gets so much stuff wrong. Right now he's complaining about cooldown reduction not affecting abilities with several charges (like Shrapnel) when it does since some patches ago :/

edit2: Thanks god, he did finally look at it.

 

[Twookie]

7.00 - Update 8
- Mischief now copies the courier that your team has instead of the generic courier

megaton

 

[woodland]

7.00 - Update 8
- Fixed many bugs related to model visuals when coming in and out of fog of war
- Adjusted Radiant T2 camp pullability
- Mischief now copies the courier that your team has instead of the generic courier
- Updated icons in the killstreak banner
- Fixed various bugs with unified unit order on the minimap
- Fixed Shadow Raze cooldown when upgrading the level 25 talent
- Fixed Sniper Scepter tooltip
- Fixed shop search box cleaning data when it loses focus
- Fixed Natural Order tooltip
- Fixed visual bugs with Mischief
- Fixed Rubick not having a cast point when charging up with Blast Off

Does that make it so if the crow is flying, Monkey King transforms into a flying crow? Or is he always walking?

Also new slardar looks like a fish gundam😒

 

[Deleted member 77995]

megaton

Now I get to roleplay as my red fox!

 

[Vic_Viper]

When does Monkey King come out? I thought it was with the patch today?

 

[kiyomi]

When does Monkey King come out? I thought it was with the patch today?

He's been out on test client for the past day, main client has not been updated yet.

 

[Kamek]

Does the new HUD mean all the old HUD skins are irrelevant and obsolete?

 

[Pasedo]

It's interesting. I've always been into console gaming. I thought you PC gamers were all about how powerful your graphics cards and CPUs are. Seems like I can enjoy PC games with millions of others without being in this PC master race. I'm an older gamer 37. Is it too late for me to learn this game and get far. Seems like a game for the youngins.

 

[Haly]

Does the new HUD mean all the old HUD skins are irrelevant and obsolete?

No they've been refitted for the new UI.

 

[Anno]

Aww you can't pull that medium camp into the T2 anymore?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

So I have no way of accessing the dev forums due to not knowing my password, having no access to the email used, and being unable to make a new account due to the site requiring a unique Steam account (mine is tied to my old account)...

Would anyone mind reporting the "bug" about Viper and Slardar not having updated minimap icons and ability icons on the dev forums for me? They probably just forgot them, this isn't the first visual remake where they forgot the minimap icons (Brood went like years without a new one)

 

[Abilidebob]

It's interesting. I've always been into console gaming. I thought you PC gamers were all about how powerful your graphics cards and CPUs are. Seems like I can enjoy PC games with millions of others without being in this PC master race. I'm an older gamer 37. Is it too late for me to learn this game and get far. Seems like a game for the youngins.

A friend of mine that's 35 basically started getting into PC gaming last year, and DOTA 2 this year, he's completely hooked now.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Alright Purge, I kinda like you but brevity is king and your patch analysis is pretty much the opposite of concise.