Dr. Buni
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I hope they don't go overboard with the quantity of heroes. More is not always merier and quality > quantity.
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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Pretty sure that Abathur is AFK
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Familienoberhauptvogel
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Okay today the Matchmaking really derped out on me.
Nova + Zeratul + Kerrigan. All or nothing, and nothing accomplished after we got all of them.
Nova + Zeratul + Kerrigan. All or nothing, and nothing accomplished after we got all of them.
wow I'm level 32 just had the worst match. I randomed into Valla which was fine I feel good on her as a hero both teams had a Nova except theirs was exceptionally good ended match with 11 kills and our Nova ended with 0 kills.
She was camping me so hard killed me 4 times when I was alone and everytime I felt like there was nothing I could have done to avoid death. I cannot tell you how quickly I logged out of Heroes at end of match in disgust and rage anger.
She was camping me so hard killed me 4 times when I was alone and everytime I felt like there was nothing I could have done to avoid death. I cannot tell you how quickly I logged out of Heroes at end of match in disgust and rage anger.
As Valla, you have a sprint that you can use to get away. Second, you can usually see a little cue where Nova might be. Third, if you were getting camped you probably should've hung tight with your team
I'm guessing the enemy Nova was higher level than you though. Sounds like she had at least 2 levels on ya probably. Better luck next time.
jaundicejuice
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Gathering Power is so fucking stupid right now.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
You do the same thing you would if were being farmed by a Spirit Breaker, Bounty Hunter, Nyx or Riki. You don't go out alone.
You stay with teammates. You don't position yourself close to the fog where a Nova could be hiding and burst you down from. You position yourself so she has to move out of cover to get to you. You watch during teamfights for that shimmer swooping out from cover trying to get behind you. You have mobility and a cone AoE to reveal her with. You're as much a danger to her as she is to you.
She still might get you but then she's at risk of dying herself with your team around and losing her GP stacks.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
You do the same thing you would if were being farmed by a Spirit Breaker, Bounty Hunter, Nyx or Riki. You don't go out alone.
You stay with teammates. You don't position yourself close to the fog where a Nova could be hiding and burst you down from. You position yourself so she has to move out of cover to get to you. You watch during teamfights for that shimmer swooping out from cover trying to get behind you. You have mobility and a cone AoE to reveal her with. You're as much a danger to her as she is to you.
She still might get you but then she's at risk of dying herself with your team around and losing her GP stacks.
"pper"?
Paper
That doesn't bode well for me, I utterly loathe the new map in every way and haven't managed to win a single game on it.
Listening to this weeks THH, and they had an utterly bizarre conversation about structures and forts, and the current tactic whereby teams can take down a wall before minion waves even hit. for some reaosn they never actually provide information behind topics, so instead of a useful discussion we had two people saying "its fine, nothing has changed" and Cooby going "Oh, its just a phase". The fact that tanks can now take double the tower shots they used too, and towers now die in half the time they used to at level 1, apparently doesn't mean anything!
They also spoke at length about Dreamhack, and yet talked about absolutely nothing for the entire time. Who cares what the atmosphere in the hall was like, I want to hear about why ETC is number 1 tank from every pro team, why Kael is now higher priority than any other ranged assassin, all the other actually useful and interesting game discussion stuff.
It's silly, but THH quality seems to depend on the guests more than the hosts. Good guests will talk about useful stuff, bad guests won't contribute or can't and that means they just spend the time making stupid frat boy jokes and talking rubbish. Episodes are so hit and miss in quality.
Listening to this weeks THH, and they had an utterly bizarre conversation about structures and forts, and the current tactic whereby teams can take down a wall before minion waves even hit. for some reaosn they never actually provide information behind topics, so instead of a useful discussion we had two people saying "its fine, nothing has changed" and Cooby going "Oh, its just a phase". The fact that tanks can now take double the tower shots they used too, and towers now die in half the time they used to at level 1, apparently doesn't mean anything!
They also spoke at length about Dreamhack, and yet talked about absolutely nothing for the entire time. Who cares what the atmosphere in the hall was like, I want to hear about why ETC is number 1 tank from every pro team, why Kael is now higher priority than any other ranged assassin, all the other actually useful and interesting game discussion stuff.
It's silly, but THH quality seems to depend on the guests more than the hosts. Good guests will talk about useful stuff, bad guests won't contribute or can't and that means they just spend the time making stupid frat boy jokes and talking rubbish. Episodes are so hit and miss in quality.
Noobs think Abathur is AFK because they don't understand how the hero works.
I still don't see what he adds. He doesn't seem to have an opinion on things, even when you can tell him apart from SolidJake. At least Schamtoo gave us a different perspective as a casual player!
Just wanted to point out that this isn't true.
ur right, the newest hero in dota1 is only 2.5 years old, my bad!
For one, Dota 2 has not been "out" for 5 years. And the two newest heroes were added in May of 2013, which was two months before the games official release.
its beta was basically open beta for the last 4+ years. fo rawhiel they had beta keys but if you had beta they would give you like 10 keys to give out to people. and by that time most people had moved from dota1 to dota2 where there has only been 2 new heroes released in 2.5 years which you just corroborated.
Star Falcon
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My favourite thing about the new map is the audio. Raven Lord and Grave Keeper are becoming characters in their own rights, and the music is funky too!
The map itself is amazing - the audio, the atmosphere, everything about it is fantastic.
I just think as a concept it seems completely broken. Probably because none of the tactics we have tried have worked out for us ye, but it just seems horrendously unfun and impossible to come back on.
Beta lasted roughly 2 years, and didn't immediately open up. They didn't start handing out bulk extra keys to people until well into the beta, more towards the last few months.
And yes, 2 new heroes in 2 1/2 years. Is that good? No. But you were still incorrect in your original statement, which is what I was pointing out to be untrue.
i mean they stopped handing out keys about a year before release and just made it totally open, and they were doing bulk keys long before that. I'm sure this belongs more in the Dota OT than the HotS one tho.
I love the new map and how much there is to do on it. Constant objectives to take, or lanes to push with tangible results. We've had no issue with the strategy ourselves but YMMV of course. I probably love it most because of the art and atmosphere though to be honest, not the gameplay.
I wouldn't want it to become the norm though. None of the maps where you indirectly damage the core should be repeated IMO. Payoff is anticlimactic.
The real complaint to me is why the hell did a Halloween centric map got pushed back to November?
I wouldn't want it to become the norm though. None of the maps where you indirectly damage the core should be repeated IMO. Payoff is anticlimactic.
The real complaint to me is why the hell did a Halloween centric map got pushed back to November?
Blizzard!
(I would pay good money for more pumpkin related stuff though. I love pumpkins! Pumpkin hats! Pumpkin mounts! PUMPKINS!)
Agreed on non-repetition of victory conditions - this is like a "fixed" Blackheart's Bay to me, and I'd like to see that one rotated out after Garden.
Venus Van Dam
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I remember when I argued with an Abathur because he wasn't lanning like me, then he and another teammate made fun of me the whole game...It was my first week, and after that I got way more careful before pointing out at players.
jaundicejuice
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I think the new map is great. It's a see-saw, a tug of war. The selective regeneration of structures when you take keeps is an interesting idea. I've found that can make it easier to come back from a rough start. If you lose a lane it's not lost forever. There's shifting influence.
I fucking love the waypoint that teleports you from spawn to the middle of the map opens up mid-game.
I love the shifting objectives, sometimes it's split, sometimes it's a giant teamfight. When it's split, do you play it safe, try to take just yours, do you try to gank them at theirs and get both.
I fucking love the waypoint that teleports you from spawn to the middle of the map opens up mid-game.
I love the shifting objectives, sometimes it's split, sometimes it's a giant teamfight. When it's split, do you play it safe, try to take just yours, do you try to gank them at theirs and get both.
Im not too into it but i have a hard time understanding why
I think the idea of doing map objectives and being forced into funneling into spots over and over as a win condition is something im not into but i dunno if that's it
I like that if you go to the enemy base there are a bunch of cannons shooting at you tho
http://www.twitch.tv/khaldor
i like that kael and jaina got fbed in this draft
I think the idea of doing map objectives and being forced into funneling into spots over and over as a win condition is something im not into but i dunno if that's it
I like that if you go to the enemy base there are a bunch of cannons shooting at you tho
http://www.twitch.tv/khaldor
i like that kael and jaina got fbed in this draft
Familienoberhauptvogel
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The blanks beat Bob Ross in a Bo1?
RumblingRosco
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I had several 60-80 second queues this morning for AI games. That was so weird. Never had to wait more than 20 seconds ever before today.
Turd, your post was a bit harsh on Reddit re Khaldor - but also 100% completely correct. Were you watching the games today where he flipped out about twitch chat? I love wayching Khaldor normally but he really went off on one about people in twitch chat (which I don't even see) and it was really off-putting.
I do think he should be involved with the community and casting more, and don't like the current set-up of casters Blizzard are using (it feels very incestious to be honest), and Khaldor would be a great addition, but he needs to not flip out over dumb twitch chat.
I do think he should be involved with the community and casting more, and don't like the current set-up of casters Blizzard are using (it feels very incestious to be honest), and Khaldor would be a great addition, but he needs to not flip out over dumb twitch chat.
I don't see why you would be surprised by some Johnny Sins roid rage tbh.
LOL, the best part about the post was Khaldor responded with like a two paragraph post about how he didn't have time to read it. And wouldn't have time to tomorrow.
can I just get everyone to listen to this at max volume on your headsets and chill the fuck out plz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsqoTugSK8
thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsqoTugSK8
thanks
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