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[Ketch]

No, I think your bad at video games and your wrong about you're statement.

 

[Yoshichan]

8D

 

[subwilde]

Anyone playing tonight? I want to stay away from solo queue if I can

 

[SuperDowns]

Kael is always good since he is a range nuker.
Always spend your money/gold on range heroes, they will always be superior in the long run.

I went with Kael, he is slow in the early game but man does he shine late game.

 

[GatticusFinch]

No one in chat wanted to play HL, so I played a pub HL game like an idiot.

How in the hell can I get a level 49 on my team? I'm level 24. No healer and an Abathur on Spider. Got shit on so hard.

 

[kirblar]

No one in chat wanted to play HL, so I played a pub HL game like an idiot.

How in the hell can I get a level 49 on my team? I'm level 24. No healer and an Abathur on Spider. Got shit on so hard.

Because of the hidden MMR. He's a fresh newbie, you're in the literal middle of the pack. Same MMR range.

System's real bad.

 

[HTVfanatic]

So i got heroes of the storm for the hell of it and it seems fun. Just bought tyrael too. Is there a gaf group for this?

Check the OP, it has some info on Mumble servers and in-game chat to find a group.

 

[Savitar]

Decided to grab Abathur and absolutely enjoy his character.

Amused when some people freak out about the thing appearing above their head when you use said ability thinking it's something bad affecting them.

 

[Chaos17]

Also, Sonya is the shittiest character in the game, by far. Once again, Blizzard must be completely dense for them to ignore such a shit character.

You didn't play Stich, did you ?

 

[Aquavelvaman]

I'm trying to choose between Kael and Jaina as my next purchase. I really like both and got them both to 6 during their free weeks. I'm leaning towards Jaina because I feel like she has a little more survivability with her kiting abilities.

 

[kirblar]

I'm trying to choose between Kael and Jaina as my next purchase. I really like both and got them both to 6 during their free weeks. I'm leaning towards Jaina because I feel like she has a little more survivability with her kiting abilities.

Jaina's 500000x better right now, even after the patch.

 

[Yoshichan]

Jaina's 500000x better right now, even after the patch.

Until sprint gets removed LAWL

 

[Phased]

I'm trying to choose between Kael and Jaina as my next purchase. I really like both and got them both to 6 during their free weeks. I'm leaning towards Jaina because I feel like she has a little more survivability with her kiting abilities.

They're both in a good place right now. Jaina may be a tad on the OP side, but that will go away come Tuesday, and really it's barely noticeable.

Personally I find them both a little tough to gank. I find Jaina a little easier to take out once you get close to her, but you have to bait out Kael's Gravity Lapse if you want a decent shot at him because even in melee range he can get away fairly easily with that damn spell.

 

[questionmark]

Until sprint gets removed LAWL

Improved Ice Block will suffice. In some scenarios it is even superior to sprint, though I prefer sprint myself. Losing sprint won't hit her too hard.

 

[kirblar]

Until sprint gets removed LAWL

Nah, still way better.

 

[Finaika]

How could a mage sprint anyway.

 

[Alavard]

Been gone from the game for a couple of weeks due to Steam sale games hijacking my time. First QM back, I play as Falstad and we crush the enemy pretty hard on Cursed Hollow. Everyone on my random team is optimistic, polite, and communicating well. That was a nice welcome back

 

[njean777]

Really like playing as johanna, really good tank and great for team fights. The only thing I hate is getting quick matched into a game with other tanks. Why Blizzard, why not just make it to where we get quick matched based on hero types...

 

[Orochinagis]

I am still waiting on my female wizard...

Me too bro, me too. (I hope is a female or blizzard will suffer)

 

[Finaika]

Me too bro, me too. (I hope is a female or blizzard will suffer)

Yeah, we already have a male wizard in the game (Kael'thas).

 

[Lethe82]

Yeah the rehaul needs to happen asap because I don't think I've ever experienced such a shit playstyle in my life of video gaming. Fury-based fighting clearly doesn't work in this game.

I've had a lot of fun with her...

 

[Celegus]

Eternal Conflict in HotS, amazing new D3 patch on PTR.

Blizzard showing Diablo fans some love lately. <3

Hecks yeah! I'm all for more Diablo wherever I can get it.

 

[patchday]

I am still waiting on my female wizard...

yeah this game really lacks nukers. I'd love a D3 wizard in this game

 

[Spl1nter]

Promote on brightwing on cursed hallow is so strong. Along with a murky on the team we won straight from lane pushing as we couldn't come close to winning a team fight.

 

[patchday]

You know one thing I'm noticing is the community has gotten super nice <knocks on wood>. I guess it's a MOBA tradition to haze newbies but when I first started playing every so often I'd get told off (if playing a support class). but now people are all good even if we're getting stomped

 

[Yoshichan]

Imagine frozen orb in this game... wow.

 

[Moff]

my guess is the next wizard will be arcane, since we already got ice with jaina and fire with kael. I would not mind a d3 sorceress with a channeled disintegrate.

 

[Yoshichan]

my guess is the next wizard will be arcane, since we already got ice with jaina and fire with kael. I would not mind a d3 sorceress with a channeled disintegrate.

Arcane orb then!

 

[Alavard]

You know one thing I'm noticing is the community has gotten super nice <knocks on wood>. I guess it's a MOBA tradition to haze newbies but when I first started playing every so often I'd get told off (if playing a support class). but now people are all good even if we're getting stomped

My theory is that the more time goes on, the more people are banned/suspended for their language/toxicity.

 

[Ronabo]

Syl is broken on Booty Bay map.

Wonder what the winning percentage is for her on that map?

 

[Impeccable]

Does it get better once you hit HR 40+?

I mean I look at my MMR and my win-loss record and get discouraged but I genuinely feel like I'm still getting teamed up with absolute idiots. I don't really have enough of a schedule to do anything but Solo queue at the moment.

 

[Kioshen]

yeah this game really lacks nukers. I'd love a D3 wizard in this game

You say this when we're in a burst meta !?

 

[Nirolak]

my guess is the next wizard will be arcane, since we already got ice with jaina and fire with kael. I would not mind a d3 sorceress with a channeled disintegrate.

IIRC her files suggest she is, in fact, arcane.

Presumably D2 Sorceress would be lightning.

 

[Maledict]

Syl is broken on Booty Bay map.

Wonder what the winning percentage is for her on that map?

I wouldn't say she was broken Booty Bay - she's strong, but any solo pusher can work well there and in many respects Zagara better fills that spot on the map (Zagara bottom lane is a monster, and her creep will give you amazing vision over the turn in point).

It's Haunted Mines where Sylvanas is flat out broken - that map can't exist in a non-ban environment with Sylvanas. A 20 skull golem will outpush an 80 skull golem if Sylvanas is on your team, it completely unbalances how the map works in a way no other hero comes close to affecting, on any other map.

 

[Neoweee]

my guess is the next wizard will be arcane, since we already got ice with jaina and fire with kael. I would not mind a d3 sorceress with a channeled disintegrate.

The D3 wizard was already datamined to be Arcane.

 

[Lord Phol]

IIRC her files suggest she is, in fact, arcane.

Presumably D2 Sorceress would be lightning.

Awesome! Lightning and arcane are the best kind of magic! Gief druid though and my diablo satisfaction will be at its peak.

 

[Finaika]

IIRC her files suggest she is, in fact, arcane.

Its a she? Awesome.

 

[Nirolak]

So apparently since the first time Wizard showed up, they added all of her ability icons, so perhaps she's not arcane anymore:

Literally ALL the spell icons. I think they are experimenting around.



mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_arcaneorb.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_arcanetorrent.dds

.. (like 20 more) ...

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_rayoffrost.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_shockpulse.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_slowtime.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_spectralblade.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_stormarmor.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_teleport.dds

mods/heroes.stormmod/base.stormassets/Assets/Textures/storm_btn_d3_wizard_waveofforce.dds

http://www.heroesnexus.com/forums/h...ed-26-04-datamining-from-ptr-patch?comment=17

 

[The Lamonster]

Just give me black hole and disintegrate and I don't care what spec she is.

 

[Dice]

Its a she? Awesome.

yessssssssss

 

[Nirolak]

Datamined info from the new patch:

xtra datamining:

Another bundle: Eternal Conflict (coming in a later patch).
Tyrael's charger is a paid reward.
Doubloon Mount? Diablo and Zerg Tints
Treasure Goblin has as much health as a hero (1000).
Bots' AI difficulty levels being implemented (very easy, easy, medium, hard, very hard, elite)
Blizzard is experimenting with circling minions ai for unreleased maps (Fields of Slaughter) (starts and ends at the same spot).
Bots AI greatly improved:
Better jungling.
Improved situational thinking.
No longer picks a random talent between options 1 and 2, It now tries to guess your build.
In case of heroics, it may pick the most common pick in some heroes.
Improved laning decision making.
Fixed a bug in which a team with a random vs a team with support could end up without a support.
It appears damage taken will be shown on score board.
Treasure goblin has 100% chance to appear if somebody hasn't finished his quest. 30% otherwise.

Info on Arena Mode:

Different hero picking schedule.
The main objective is unknown but it's not "kill the core".
Max hero death time is 15 seconds.
Some extra implementation was done for this patch (still on development).

Source: http://www.heroesnexus.com/forums/h...1986-extra-datamining-on-ptr-patch-22-06-2015

Edit:

To be clear I'm not sure if the Wizard is a she.

 

[Neoweee]

Datamined info from the new patch:


Source: http://www.heroesnexus.com/forums/h...1986-extra-datamining-on-ptr-patch-22-06-2015

Edit:

To be clear I'm not sure if the Wizard is a she.

Oh, the April datamining had some really interesting things that weren't there before.

- Nazeeba skin store descriptions! (Female Witch Doctor) (Joke Name)

- Male Barbarian skin, Kronan? (Joke Name)

- More Mengsk references

- More Varian references

- More Mekkatorque references?

- Many more Wizard talent references. Maybe choose-a-spec/element at the start of the match?

- Horn of Cenarius map references.

- 4th, 5th, 6th color variants.

Hero Abilities:

Mekkatorque:

Repair Bot, Flak Cannons, Seeker Missile, Tar Barrel



Mengsk:

Insurance Policy, Post Bounty, Propaganda Tower, Psi Emitter

Overall, sounds like Mekkatorque, Mengsk, and Wizard are the most complete after the three coming in the Eternal Conflict. Mekkatorque was shown off like 18 months ago. Gyrocopter Pilot, basically. The others are still only scattered, partial references.

 

[Nirolak]

Oh, the April datamining had some really interesting things that weren't there before.

- Nazeeba skin store descriptions! (Female Witch Doctor)

- More Mengsk references

- More Varian references

- Many more Wizard talent references. Maybe choose-a-spec/element at the start of the match?

- Horn of Cenarius map references.

To note Horn of Cenarius is actually a canceled map.

 

[Dice]

Maybe Wizard's D is the ability to shift to a different element and each one is strong for a different aspect of play. That would be hard to balance but make her really cool for the random comps of solo queue.

 

[Neoweee]

Maybe Wizard's D is the ability to shift to a different element and each one is strong for a different aspect of play. That would be hard to balance but make her really cool for the random comps of solo queue.

They're already doing something like that with Monk's "Pick a Trait" as his T1 talent choice. He's support, but you can go decidedly non-support builds once you see your team comp.

 

[Jinaar]

I have absolutely no idea how to stay alive playing Diablo, but damn is he hell of a lot of fun to play. But once you got into a battle you commit yourself to it. No getting out. Flex those demon muscles and hope you got enough soul stones to revive you immediately when you explode.

The last few nights in QM with randoms has been total anarchy. Never enough people for group fights or merc camps. Others laneing at the most inappropriate times. Some wanting to get into fights 1 VS 3. Just a cluster f'uk of crazy going on and somehow, we still win. I can't figure out how that is possible but it happened.

 

[The Lamonster]

We need a female Diablo!

Actually in general, gender swap skins would be a lot of fun.

Isn't there someone who has a gender swapped skin already? Maybe I'm thinking of another game...

edit: I'm thinking of male/female Robin in Smash Bros U.

 

[kirblar]

Diablos HP was f'd in his rework. You'll need to wait a bit till you can survive as him like you need yo.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

I've been on a HoTS drought. =/ ... Waiting for that diablo pack to release so i can jump back in.

I need a new ranged character.

 

[Yoshichan]

I want a Starcraft based map