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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Pretty sure that Abathur is AFK
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Orochinagis
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Crap, once you get the first big siege dude on the new map you can snowball HARD after that, I think you cant defend easily as the inmortals since the siege guy can jump and stun you directly.
Is like Kaelthas wet dream.
Is like Kaelthas wet dream.
Does not compute. Sonya is a little weak but is still ownage and her skin is gucci. Gaz is literally the worst hero in the game by a significant margin.
You're either new here or I've been posting a lot less than i thought lately...
I'm a Gazlowe fanboy
I think it's a little of both, lol.
Proud of you for holding onto your purse strings doe. That's the only reason I haven't bought Super Sonya or Martian Gazlowe as well. I never play either.
evilpigking
Member
Hmm do I buy the treasure goblin mount or heroes instead...choices.
RumblingRosco
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I was so tempted to get the goblin, but since I was missing about 12 heroes still I chose the more logical approach (more heroes).
evilpigking
Member
I know I should get them since I don't even have half...and I think the mount looks bad...but the fact it is event limited....
Finaika
Member
Jaina still good
Are there anymore characters emoticons available other than Jaina?
Orochinagis
Member
Huh...thats a Dota char.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Isn't her name "totally not Jaina" (by court order)
I'd really be interested on what went on there behind the scenes.
Vincent Alexander
Member
Trying to play with 2 others right now and keep getting some S2MASTER_UNKNOWN_MMQ_HANDLE exception shit that pops up in the chat. Restarted client a few times and still won't work.
Blizzard Twitter:
Every single Dota character is based on a model contained within the Warcraft 3 engine and map maker. It's not just Jaina who has a counterpart, practically every hero in Dota can be directly traced to their Warcraft 3 unit model.
(And some, like Wraith King, have had to be changed because they are so close).
It's the best mount. I use it on all my heroes.
Venus Van Dam
Neo Member
I am. Servers must be down.
Some people on Reddit claim, that the issues are gone, after closing everything Battle.net related
Best TV reference (ava/name combo) in a while. Thumbs up.
NotMyUsername
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I just started playing yesterday and I'm at around 6-3 I believe. It's fun stuff and I found that I really enjoy playing support. Li Li I'm fairly clumsy but Malfurion is great and Rhaknar I played once and that went very well. I'm still unlocking the talents for them and trying different combinations. If I was going to save up gold for another support is there any way a recommendation could be made of who I should check next?
Is there anything like "guilds" or whatever or some sort of chat channel to find folks to play with? And any place it lists the people you played with in previous matches or even see previous match stats after leaving the ending screen after a match? I didn't see them but maybe this stuff isn't where I'm expecting to see it.
Is there anything like "guilds" or whatever or some sort of chat channel to find folks to play with? And any place it lists the people you played with in previous matches or even see previous match stats after leaving the ending screen after a match? I didn't see them but maybe this stuff isn't where I'm expecting to see it.
When you leave the match and are shown the exp gain and whatnot, click the stats tab to see all the players, you can add them as friends or view their profile from there. I'm pretty sure you can't see them after that... maybe in the replay section?
NotMyUsername
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I assumed the Watch tab was for streams like Dota 2 does when there's tournaments. I do see it at least keeps the names of people you've played with but it really seems to be lacking in social interaction overall.
And it seems I was trying to think of Rehgar when I said Rhaknar or whatever it was. Wasn't in front of the game so I took a guess at the name.
NotMyUsername
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Does quick match have some behind the scenes ranking system? I got in good matches early winning six of the first eight matches and since then I've had nine straight losses. I've also gotten into more matches where people complaint about my performance, so that's fun.
I wish the game was a little more transparent with things like character strength and such. One person was furious when I was acting more support-y on Rekhar by healing, shielding, dropping the totem and all that and wasn't trying to be in the front of a team fight.
I wish the game was a little more transparent with things like character strength and such. One person was furious when I was acting more support-y on Rekhar by healing, shielding, dropping the totem and all that and wasn't trying to be in the front of a team fight.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
That feeling when you already own all of the free heroes.
forgeforsaken
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Well there is Stitches...
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
If you find yourself playing Kharazim and having the luxury not having to go full heal build you should try the extended E + E CDR on Basic Attacks, lots of fun and actually decent sieging.
While not in the best place right now, Brightwing is my favorite support, but Uther is boss right now. Prolly should go for him next .
I wouldn't recommend Uther to new players, he's very difficult to get good at with all the extra button presses he requires.
On another sad note, I was 8 points away from rank 1 yesterday, and am now one loss away from rank 5. Every match someone in the team decided to throw because of this or that, and had at least 2 matches where someone decided we were going to lose during draft and just fed after the first team fight. I look up their profile and all these toxic players have less than 400 matches on their record. Sometimes this game is just such bullshit.
I should've just quit for the day, but I was so close to rank 1 and was thirsty for it. Sigh.
Odds are, based on what you posted previously you were on a decent run and your MMR got a little higher than you were ready for. Early MMR gains in this game can put you pretty far up the MMR ladder starting out, which then usually coincides with a pretty rough patch. The downside to those huge gains is that there are also huge losses...9 losses in a row this early in your career will have you playing with the dregs quickly. If things go well, however, after a good bit of games you'll settle down closer to the 50/50 category where you really belong.
And if anyone is expecting you to be up front in a team fight with Rehgar, you can safely ignore or mute them. That seemed to be Blizzard's original intention with him, but he cannot function that way and instead functions as a super strong AOE healer pretty much exclusively now. The rare exception being when taking his Feral Lunge talent (which has fallen off in popularity in the last two patches). That talent is mainly used to finish kills though.
Dance Inferno
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Nice, I get to try Uther, Zagara, and Illidan. Been playing a bunch of Leoric over the weekend and I really, really like him. Will have to pick him up eventually, but I'm hoping he drops below 10k gold soon.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Today I learned that Lilis Water Dragon isn't a targeted ability ._.
Vincent Alexander
Member
Awesome. I've been wanting to give Azmodan a try. He looks fun, potentially?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
RumblingRosco
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Azmodan is my second favorite hero. Dunking fools is so, so good. I love doing it. Feels amazing.
Orochinagis
Member
Which one of her skills acts like that outside her dragon bot thing.
Azmobro is like Abathur locust build but better, amazing, lv1 hyperpush.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Experience is a little faster in random QM if you win at least 50% of your games, but AI games are quick wins so it isn't all that much faster in the end. Gold is the same way: you get 20g per QM loss and 30g per QM win but you only get 10g per AI win. HOWEVER, a typical AI game lasts 9-15 minutes, while a typical QM match is 25-35 minutes, so in the end, again, the difference isn't all that much.
Now, if you play QM's in a competent 5 man, that can all skew in favor of QM's by a good deal.
Yeah, I'm not going to get Leoric up to level 5 before tomorrow's rotation change, but I've been having fun with him too, so I might just spend the 10K gold and buy him. Pretty decent hero and fun to play.
RIP Murky promise the dream
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Those dreams may never die
! I am not going full casuuuul!I started playing this past week, and I think this will be the first MOBA that will hook me up.
A question: is this tier list valid?
http://www.heroescounters.com/tierlist
A question: is this tier list valid?
http://www.heroescounters.com/tierlist
I would consider those assessments to be reasonable.
Vincent Alexander
Member
Whyyyy is there no surrender option in this game . . .
You don't have to quit Heroes. Cs get degrees!
./sigh
RumblingRosco
Member
Uh, I totally disagree with those times. My average games vs. AI last about 12-13 minutes while my average games in QM or Hero League are about 20 minutes. No way is 25-35 minutes "typical" in any mode.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
While my times may be off a bit, the correlation is that on average you get two AI matches per every one QM, taking into account all factors. Two AI wins equals one QM loss in both XP and gold, but it's the QM wins that bring it sightly ahead in the long run on both gold and XP. Slightly.
Venus Van Dam
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By the time we realize the most optimal time/gold + XP ratio the free stimpak will be long gone...in the end, it all comes down if the player prefers to play against other humans or A.I.
btw, I'm looking for people to play with in QMs and ranked in the long run (when I decide which heroes to buy). I'm new (i.e. awful), but hard worker and willing to improve. Anyone interested pm me.
Today was my first day back too.
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