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Heroes of Newerth |OT| Free-To-Play [PC /Mac /Linux]
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FromTheFuture
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Thing is, who even knows whether the beta will have any of the new handholding features Valve says they will be implementing? I'm kind of not counting for those types of features in a beta, unless Valve is further along than we all thought.Archie said:
It's not just HoN that has a deep learning curve, it's also DotA. No amount of hand holding will remove that entirely, so people need to man up and just dive in if they want to get the hang of it. Otherwise, we'll find out that many people will be wasting the wait for DotA2 when they find what they've been complaining about all along will be present in DotA2.
Except you are thrown in with people who are so unwelcoming to 'noobs' that you just dont feel like playing again and ruining their fun >_<
At least with lol you can spend as much time as you need on the ai, then move on when you think you have the grasp of it, trying the harder ai or some pvp.
Also, I dont think the user interface and related are that clean and.... well user friendly in hon. Comparing the shops, lol seems to make it all easier and relaxed, where as in hon I felt like I was wasting time trying to read what the hell the stuff was...
At least with lol you can spend as much time as you need on the ai, then move on when you think you have the grasp of it, trying the harder ai or some pvp.
Also, I dont think the user interface and related are that clean and.... well user friendly in hon. Comparing the shops, lol seems to make it all easier and relaxed, where as in hon I felt like I was wasting time trying to read what the hell the stuff was...
PillowKnight
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Not necessarily. Someone just has to figure out a way to match new players against new players, and weed out smurfs. S2's answer to this is horrendous why does s2 drop new players into the 1500s against people who already understand the game? The learning curve itself isn't the problem, it's being put into teams with and against players who are extremely far ahead of you on that curve.FromTheFuture said:
Basically something similar to the way SC2 ladder works, but better.
when you win games, your psr/mmr goes up. when you lose games, your psr/mmr goes down. i dont understand a better sytem than that, unless you did psr/mmr specific to solo queue instead of with a group (i believe LoL does this?).
when you're dealing with a group of 10 people, i think making the games smurf free, rager free, basically all those negative things people refer to, i just dont see how that can be a reasonable expectation.
when you're dealing with a group of 10 people, i think making the games smurf free, rager free, basically all those negative things people refer to, i just dont see how that can be a reasonable expectation.
Pretty sure the SC Ladder doesn't work as well in team games as it does with 1v1, HoN just needs to stop throwing people in at 1500. Also playing AI over and over isn't going to teach you all that much, and you're going to get crushed when you play people.
>.<
I played like 10ish games against the ai in lol, then I went into a pvp game, a 3v3 one, and I came out on top and lead the team to victory!!!!!!!
It just gives you a chance to understand the basics of teh game, what to buy, what the spells do and how best to use them... etc...
I played like 10ish games against the ai in lol, then I went into a pvp game, a 3v3 one, and I came out on top and lead the team to victory!!!!!!!
It just gives you a chance to understand the basics of teh game, what to buy, what the spells do and how best to use them... etc...
Since HoN went f2p, both games now have you buy heroes (unless you have a legacy account) which you can spend money on or grind through playing games. However, there are no runes which you have to buy in HoN, so you can spend all your coins on heroes.Morokh said:
As for gameplay, the best way I can describe it is more hardcore. Heroes spells do more damage at every level. Heroes have less health. Every hero has mana. Stuns and CC last longer. No summoner spells. There are a lot more active items.
FromTheFuture
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markot said:
Lone_Prodigy
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Finally over 1200 MMR again. Now, to 1300.
PuppetYuber
Banned
kagete!
how do i fix this: "reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
how do i fix this: "reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
Are you on mumble?
There is a BIOS setting you can set, usually called "Boot Order" or "Boot priority".
usually this screen will have 2-3 options you can fill out. Make sure the first one is set to your dvd and the second to your hard disk.
Actually, you really just need to make sure your harddisk appears anywhere in that Boot list.
There is a BIOS setting you can set, usually called "Boot Order" or "Boot priority".
usually this screen will have 2-3 options you can fill out. Make sure the first one is set to your dvd and the second to your hard disk.
Actually, you really just need to make sure your harddisk appears anywhere in that Boot list.
PuppetYuber
Banned
How do I get there etc =(
Reboot your PC.
then start spamming the DELETE to get into the BIOS/UEFI.
that stuff is fancier nowadays so you can use your mouse in the GUI.
You have an MSI mobo right? go to SETTINGS and then BOOT.
There well be a Boot Option Priorities section.
Set your DVD drive to Boot Option #1 and your harddisk to Boot Option #2. I forgot if your hard disk was a seagate or western digital, just make sure its selected as a possible boot option.
When you exit the BIOS/UEFI just make sure that you SAVE your changes and then just reboot.
then start spamming the DELETE to get into the BIOS/UEFI.
that stuff is fancier nowadays so you can use your mouse in the GUI.
You have an MSI mobo right? go to SETTINGS and then BOOT.
There well be a Boot Option Priorities section.
Set your DVD drive to Boot Option #1 and your harddisk to Boot Option #2. I forgot if your hard disk was a seagate or western digital, just make sure its selected as a possible boot option.
When you exit the BIOS/UEFI just make sure that you SAVE your changes and then just reboot.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
sup
Tomat said:
Casually just means not on a sponsored team/pro, but even then they just throw out the term casual, because even the super pros can sign up if they want to. It's just something every HoN player, sponsored or not, 2000 mmr or not, can participate in.
And we do play casually in non-tmm games to be honest, most people just pick practice heroes and goof off. TMM is where the serious business is.