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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Pretty sure that Abathur is AFK

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Alur

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Soka said:
Showing last-hit kills on heroes is still so damn stupid.
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I still don't understand the vitriol about it. Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but I don't think it's going to change much of anything except knowing your actual participation instead of "I was in the vicinity when something happened".

Assholes will still be assholes with or without it.

If some armchair theorists are right and people start holding back for the last hit, though, then it'd be an issue...but you gain nothing in this game from it unlike other MOBAs so I can't see it being a widespread thing. Again, I may be wrong, but /shrug.

Ketch said:
Wait what? Zoia? Zoia from tempo storm? He was being very unreasonable? Weird.
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LOL. I'm gonna miss your snark Ketch.
 
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brian! said:
getting more into the new map so many booshes
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They're big too- you can actually fit a whole party in some.

ohshit this is important and how the F did no one at Blizzard mention this re: Towers of Doom - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1055558&page=341

Another mechanic that I didn't see mentioned anywhere official - if you capture the pumpkin head mercenaries, and they walk all the way to where the main base cannons start shooting them, they'll "suicide" and do 1 Core damage per mercenary.
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That's actually pretty cool. Those guys definitely need to be escorted.

Also, if you control all the forts, you start continuously bombarding the enemy core. (thank god there's a mercy rule built in.)
 
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Somnia

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When does this new patch live? I've been wanting to return to the game after a long break, but figured at this point I'll wait for the new patch.
 
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brian!

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i think i messed up on the "100%" thing, you're supposed to use "infinite" as a qualifier, like "he just did infinite damage to me" and "I'm infinite screwed right now"
 
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jaundicejuice

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The last hit kill toxicity is only going to affect the deepest parts of the trench where someone wants to have an inflated sense of self over their own play for whatever reason. It's something I rarely saw in [redacted] hours of Dota and there was a point in time where that last hit for the kill really mattered. Since HotS doesn't have that same reward structure and exp is shared globally, I don't see how it will be an issue. It might take a bit of time, or none at all, but people will adjust to seeing Assists as being a huge positive metric.
 
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brian!

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it seems like a non-issue, and there's no real reason for a takedown stat
uhhh i dont mean this in a shut down the conversation type of way, thats just what i think about it
 
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Indignate

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I don't care that they're changing it, it's just that neither version really tells you anything more useful than the other so I just don't see the reason for the change.

I think kirblar mentioned it was market research?
 
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Indignate said:
I don't care that they're changing it, it's just that neither version really tells you anything more useful than the other so I just don't see the reason for the change.

I think kirblar mentioned it was market research?
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Yeah, they mentioned it was due to market research/player surveys that aren't public.

Basically, it's to throw a bone to the first pick Nova demo.
 
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Fine Ham Abounds

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I knew the game would never be the same when the other night on PTR at lvl 7 I ravaged Tychus out of a bush with Kerrigan and killed him from 25% health

Haven't tried the mine build with Abby on PTR yet, probably crazy waveclear early game now
 
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kirblar

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Fine Ham Abounds said:
I knew the game would never be the same when the other night on PTR at lvl 7 I ravaged Tychus out of a bush with Kerrigan and killed him from 25% health

Haven't tried the mine build with Abby on PTR yet, probably crazy waveclear early game now
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Yeah, it's crazy waveclear in general in the early game- minions/forts are going to need a buff, they aren't scaled correctly right now.
 
Yoshichan

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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?
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
havent been keeping up with the news, I saw the blizzcon stuff, anyone want to quickly sum up any major changes? I miss playing this again, but the matchmaking was awful when I stopped and nobody on my friends list is playing it anymore :/

also is chogal out? if so how does the 2 player thing work?
 
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Indignate

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Rhaknar said:
havent been keeping up with the news, I saw the blizzcon stuff, anyone want to quickly sum up any major changes? I miss playing this again, but the matchmaking was awful when I stopped and nobody on my friends list is playing it anymore :/

also is chogal out? if so how does the 2 player thing work?
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Switch to American servers.

300 ping isn't even that big of a deal.
 
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Omega Kirby

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Guys i'm torn between getting Abathur or Johanna

Abathur seems awesome since he's like the mastermind working behind the scenes no one notices


Johanna is like a freaking boss of a tank. Unstoppable and dangerous.
 
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Turdburger

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Yeah I had heard they murdered kappa wolves 6-0 (like, the winning by 3-4 levels each game kind of murder) then won all 4 scrims against Murlocs

That team will be very draft flexible; the three carries can pretty much play anything but mac is definitely better at heroes like Muradin and Anubarak than Zuna or Arthelon were for tempo storm.

It will be interesting to see how that team holds up not while they win against mediocre teams but when they lose to good ones. Will the personalities clash? Part of being a great team is sticking together and adapting when things don't go your way. Last time mac and erho were on a team together, they couldn't deal with things when they stopped going their way.

Meanwhile cloud 9 couldn't beat tempo storm for 3 months and instead of pouting and pointing fingers they adapted and got better and now they're world champions.

We shall see. Talk is cheap
 
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Ketch

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yes exactly that.

all it takes is for someone to start pointing fingers when they lose and they'll probably end up the same way as every other team every single one of these players has ever been on.
 
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Alur

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That's what I was getting at a few pages back.

Several of the personalities on this team have shown they don't cope well with losing. Erho has shown he doesn't cope well with just about anything. Hell he didn't even hardly put on the Stellar Lotus jersey before he peaced after their manager talked about him turning a corner and all that shit.

I hope it works. I really do. But I'm skeptical and wish ya boi had went to a more established setup and been the thing that got them over the hump, instead of BB 2.0.

Like they discussed on THH this week...only two teams have started from nothing and became something. Team Blaze and Barrelboys. This team is more in the BOB?/Dignitas model, but /shrug.
 
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Turdburger

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I don't know how much more established you can get than playing with 3 of the other top few players in their role. Talent wise it's about as sure of a thing as you can get. They obviously need to show well in some real games but the talent and notoriety of the players will no doubt help them get sponsored.

I think all of those players want to be on the best team and compete for being the best and so that's why that roster was assembled versus going a different path that's more startup-ish. If it doesn't work they've got time but may as well try.

So I agree with the premise of what they're doing and think it's great for all of them but I have my doubts on how long it will work out if they face adversity.

A couple pages back I alluded to a few orgs that were sniffing around hots.... They have talked with both of them already...
 
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