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Heroes of Newerth |OT| Free-To-Play [PC /Mac /Linux]
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spermatic cord
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Dunno never played with him before
LOL love your avatarAnbokr said:
Dude, when I was playing with you guys while I was in Korea, it was very stressful. I don't know if I went to a bad pc bang, but I get not only lag but there are times when I have that lost connection and my hero goes to fountain, and it takes a while to "reconnect" to the game (not logging out and reconnecting, but just waiting to reconenct while you are in the game). Feeling bad for astro is an understatement.
I just played a very very intense game where I was bubbles against Chronos. It was amazing, cuz the Chronos mid wasn't a bad player. I was so ready to win this game, getting an annihilation and all, until my wife came. Then I lost. Not only that but she's been acting very sad cuz she thinks I sit in front of the computer too much. FML. I'm the only one that works right now and pay all the bills!! I helped her buy that marble table from havertys she wanted, costing $1100. And she's sad (even cried) that I sit in front of the computer too much? Marriage is a freaking sacrifice I tell ya.
The only games she likes is Mario and Adventure Island (its funny how I guessed that game right, when she was telling me the game..she couldn't figure out the name so she was saying stuff like skateboard, you throw things..and so I thought adventure island? Man I would have never guessed that correctly)
Some details on Emerald Warden, since he's my hero.
-The 625 range on paper seems like it'd be ridiculous for harassing, and it is, as long as you're not engaging head-on. In most circumstances, you will not be able to attack a 600 range hero without fear of retaliation due to 290 movement speed.
-The goal with this hero from the start was to provide a "WoW Hunter"-like experience where you control your hero without having to micromanage a pet. Minion micro is extremely difficult and makes some heroes basically unplayable by what I'd estimate to be 95% of our playerbase.
-There's going to be a lot of comparisons drawn to DotA's Tinker, but I don't think these comparisons are founded. Hunter's Command actually began as a full-on summon, but it was awkward so the wolves were changed to damaging projectiles. He also needed burst damage.
-This will be a very straightforward hero; pretty easy to play. It's the most fun hero in the game to me right now (obviously I'm biased though). There will be a lot of epic moments where you are being chased through the forest and have sub-100 HP, but will still end up getting a kill due to clearvision, Overgrowth traps, and Gawain's Diving Strike. It really punishes opponents who overcommit.
-The 625 range on paper seems like it'd be ridiculous for harassing, and it is, as long as you're not engaging head-on. In most circumstances, you will not be able to attack a 600 range hero without fear of retaliation due to 290 movement speed.
-The goal with this hero from the start was to provide a "WoW Hunter"-like experience where you control your hero without having to micromanage a pet. Minion micro is extremely difficult and makes some heroes basically unplayable by what I'd estimate to be 95% of our playerbase.
-There's going to be a lot of comparisons drawn to DotA's Tinker, but I don't think these comparisons are founded. Hunter's Command actually began as a full-on summon, but it was awkward so the wolves were changed to damaging projectiles. He also needed burst damage.
-This will be a very straightforward hero; pretty easy to play. It's the most fun hero in the game to me right now (obviously I'm biased though). There will be a lot of epic moments where you are being chased through the forest and have sub-100 HP, but will still end up getting a kill due to clearvision, Overgrowth traps, and Gawain's Diving Strike. It really punishes opponents who overcommit.
The first two skills do share a resemblance, but Tinker's ultimate is what makes him Tinker. And looking at Emerald Warden's ultimate, he's definitely a different hero.Nome said:
BTW Nome, maybe you can help us figure out a way to offer some sort of prize, most likely silver coins, for our little IHL league
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxCL9f4RTs8
New Hero spotlight.
New Hero spotlight.
It's an agility hero. Hunter's Command actually doesn't do much damage, and it's on a medium-long cooldown. 240 Magic at level 4, and 16 seconds. Compare to Defiler's Wave of Death, 300 Magic and 5 seconds (with level 4 Power in Death; otherwise, 9 seconds).
He'd actually be much stronger as an intelligence, and that's part of why he's agility. You won't be able to spam your spells as much without sacrificing damage.
He'd actually be much stronger as an intelligence, and that's part of why he's agility. You won't be able to spam your spells as much without sacrificing damage.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Nome, great work on that hero, he looks really cool. I'll be in touch with you at some point in the near future regarding the "sponsorship" of the IHL. Thanks a ton dude <3
helloresolven
Member
Argh, lately I keep getting disconnected from chat server (I think this is the problem, since I can see the action in the game, but I can't act?) during matches and so my hero keeps running back to the well.
God damnit, HoN, I don't need any help in being bad/having poor positioning ;|.
God damnit, HoN, I don't need any help in being bad/having poor positioning ;|.
spermatic cord
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New patch is up
Weird thing that no one probably cares about, but have you guys noticed that some heroes are actually unique "heroes", and others are more like generic shock troops as far as the lore is concerned? For example, it's implied that there are actually many legionnaires, martyrs, predators, scouts, behemoths, etc., but there is only one (King) Jereziah, Amun-ra, Aluna, Maliken, Mad Man, Dark Lady etc.
Anybody else find this strange? I wonder why they didn't give all the generic types some kind of unique name, kind of like in Dota. It could have easily been "[insert name] the Martyr" for the hero description, but still use "Martyr" for the announcer and stuff. Maybe it's a hold-over from Savage, where scout, predator and behemoth (among others) WERE plentiful shock troops and not supposed to be unique "individuals"? Still seems odd to me though.
Anybody else find this strange? I wonder why they didn't give all the generic types some kind of unique name, kind of like in Dota. It could have easily been "[insert name] the Martyr" for the hero description, but still use "Martyr" for the announcer and stuff. Maybe it's a hold-over from Savage, where scout, predator and behemoth (among others) WERE plentiful shock troops and not supposed to be unique "individuals"? Still seems odd to me though.
I'd like to note that from the Newerth lore spanning the Savage games that the 'Savage' unit itself is the only 'shock troop' that hasn't been carried over to HoN. Nome get on it! We need a cross between Scout and Legionnaire for the Legion side!Dreavus said:
EDIT: Actually, we're also missing Chaplain (I guess Martyr now..), ShapeShifter (Okay I guess War Beast...), Scavenger, Stalker, and Summoner.
Chinese Electric Batman
Banned
Typed /help for the first time yesterday and found out I could mess around with weather and stuff.
So cool.
So cool.