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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Pretty sure that Abathur is AFK
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Haha, you know it's bad when even the mod is calling it out.
I've been lucky in my games vs a bigger group so far I guess. Or you guys have been unlucky in yours.
I still think it's shortsighted. Then again, maybe it gets altered in some way going forward with phase two and three or whatever other phases.
I've been lucky in my games vs a bigger group so far I guess. Or you guys have been unlucky in yours.
I still think it's shortsighted. Then again, maybe it gets altered in some way going forward with phase two and three or whatever other phases.
jaundicejuice
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The spread of player account levels, both account and HL, seem better, but the team compositions have been worse overall in my experience. I honestly think they should have waited to drop in the matchmaking changes in sometime after Lunara was released. If only a week or two. New heroes always skew matchmaking simply because of the sheer number of people queueing as the hero and I don't think that's helping.
Brawndo Addict
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Is there a reason towers/keeps don't have true-sight like in every other moba?
Brawndo Addict
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That's not a reason. Clearly they made a design choice, I'm just curious what their thinking was.
Similar thing with towers not targeting heroes during skirmishes unless there's no creeps nearby.
Jumping into forts/keeps just doesn't seem prohibitive enough to me imo. Many heroes also lack reliable and cost effective ways to try to knock people out of stealth. Being able to rely on certain areas being stealth-revealing would be a plus I think.
They royally fucked up with nerfing buildings this patch.
jaundicejuice
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Invisible heroes aren't truly invisible in HotS whereas in Dota they are. There's a predator shimmer that you can clearly see if you're half paying attention. The problem is playing a hero that can reveal invis heroes reliably. Some heroes have truesight abilities while others just have handy AoE's to knock the invis unit out of stealth.
For example Jaina is great for this, all three of her abilities can reveal an invis hero and put them in a horrid position. Zeratul and Nova are just as vulnerable to Jaina as she is to them. Kael'thas only has his stun but can choose an AoE truesight/vision talent.
He could get lucky with a Q hit.
That is true - structures have never been the killers they are in other MOBAs. For me and my group, the current changes have put them on the two weak side though - the fact that charging down a lane as 5 at the start of a match and getting a free wall is a bit ridiculous, and they now offer so little protection to defending heroes as well. It feels like they need a small tweak right now.
Try her out against KT where one ability (without GP) wrecks half her health. I love it!
Yea for sure
I leveled Lunara to 4 last night. She is soooo squishy. I think she will likely get some buffs in the near future. Her base move speed is ok I guess, but you still have trouble chasing down some heroes for the kill. If you can get the Abathur hat, she becomes pretty strong. I dunno, fun to play, but difficult to be mvp.
The fact that attack speed doesn't seem to actually help her unless you are stood still seems to be a real issue - especially as she has a talent herself that increases her attack speed. Stimming Lunara was a waste of time because unless she's stationary it doesn't do anything because of the movement animation...
I'd only take the attack speed talent along with the range bonus. They seem to stack nicely.
You can't though, they are on the same tier?
You're right, I was thinking of that damage talent buff at level 7.
jaundicejuice
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It's possible but with that telegraph it's unlikely. Maybe with Empowered or with Flamethrower it's a little more likely, but no one picks that range talent anymore.
jaundicejuice
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The original point isn't how effective Kael is or isn't against invis heroes, it's how invis units and truesight differ in HotS versus other Mobas.
I do from time to time, just depends on how the game is going. It's still pretty fun. Although I don't ever play him since he's level 20.
I launched the game after sometime, it downloaded some patch. I was greeted with Greymane on main screen. cool new hero, played with him in try mode, came back it's now Lunara on screen then I realized Greymane isn't supposed to be out yet. So yeah I played with Greymane and he seems fun, Lunara? zzz
Too bad you couldn't have purchased him real quick lol. That would have been great!
Doubt it. The 3 week hero is often already patched in. 3 weeks from Lunara would be Jan 5th going by the pattern.
The good news is that Dustin Browder already stated on twitter that the holidays shouldn't have an impact on the schedule to push it any farther back.
Boo urns! That's too bad, but what can ya do.
I suspect its more that they will have time off at Christmas, and straight after new year might not be best for a release. Let's see what the next heroes are after Greymane.
(Arcane wizard from Diablo to complete the set and match the new season, yay! )
jaundicejuice
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Flamesthrower/Ignite empowered Flamestrikes tagging a Nova or Zeratul from downtown was so damned satisfying back in the day.
I still play KT even though he's 20. I Kinda wish you could prestige and reset your hero level like you'll be able to in Legion PVP.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
they showed Tracer at Blizzcon, are they going to just hang onto it for months or let us play her in January after Greymane is out?
She'll come out with Overwatch most likely.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i feel like they still need to have an open beta period... that might be a likely time period.
jaundicejuice
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Gonna guess that she'll release round about when Overwatch goes into public beta.
They showed a render of her. There wasnt even any in game footage of her. She's still a ways out.
jaundicejuice
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Lunara is basically food for the Butcher if she's caught alone or slightly out of position.
That's when you take leap as your heroic, and save it for the charge / lamb going down.
RumblingRosco
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Here if you want to group up with people. I don't think we have a formal Team League thing going at all though.
Yeah no team league teams here really. With all the different people and playtimes and investment, the skill levels vary widely.
You could try and put one together for fun and profit with a hodgepodge of people, but doubt there's much interest for something really serious.
If you read the Overwatch pre-order details it says she will be released before Overwatch. Could be the day before Overwatch releases.
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