KevMan1815
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Dang, hero reveal a day earlier than expected and a highly anticipated one at that. Hopefully the Spotlight drops soon.
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Heroes of the Storm |OT3| Chromiehounds
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Outdoor Miner
Member
Interesting abilities. Need to see them talents. Definitely a day one. Been wanting him in game for ages.
Orochinagis
Member
It's not a master, he's the first one they actively didn't do one for.
Nah, that was for Chromie. I mean the claw marks from the cinematic teaser that ended up being Diablo not Deathwing.
WonderRade
Member
Tempo bores me a bit too, not sure what it is. Im just not that invested in them.
TBH im not really rooting for GFE at all, think they embody some of NA's biggest issues. Where we hearing that Team 8 is swapping anyone? I hadnt heard anything about that. Mcintyre did a twitter poll basically asking what he should focus on and none of the options were related to being in HGC
Would Mc and Khroen be able to do a team together? obviously they wouldnt be able to get in till next season, but would they overlap too much in roles? Maybe they get picked up by Even in death XD
As for malthael, i agree with what was posted earlier he looks essentially like a melee lunara. He will probably be very good. As for mobility he might be able to be tyrael-esque depending on the range of his W and how long his mark lasts. Like fight nearish some minions, E the wave while fighting and poof away with W? obviously wont know until we get our video
TBH im not really rooting for GFE at all, think they embody some of NA's biggest issues. Where we hearing that Team 8 is swapping anyone? I hadnt heard anything about that. Mcintyre did a twitter poll basically asking what he should focus on and none of the options were related to being in HGC
Would Mc and Khroen be able to do a team together? obviously they wouldnt be able to get in till next season, but would they overlap too much in roles? Maybe they get picked up by Even in death XD
As for malthael, i agree with what was posted earlier he looks essentially like a melee lunara. He will probably be very good. As for mobility he might be able to be tyrael-esque depending on the range of his W and how long his mark lasts. Like fight nearish some minions, E the wave while fighting and poof away with W? obviously wont know until we get our video
thats even worse then, thats the skin the bundle will come with? like the epic, 400 gem skin?
Orochinagis
Member
Woot? Thats a shame for him, master skins were a kind of overdesigned but not having one for Malthael is odd
I don't think Even in Death is allowed any roster swaps.
Orochinagis
Member
Whats with the random dragon shadows on the map ingame? its chromie ability or something
yeah its her vision to spot stealthies talent
Man, awful games today, just plain incompetent players. Even the games I won were terrible.
This last match was on Braxis and after probably like 10 minutes of not getting any beacon because our Azmo and Sylv just never left bot lane (and when they weren't pushing they went to solo take camps) we lost the first wave 70-100, and I pushed it in the top lane until the core because no one came to defend for a while, and then I'd just cc everyone that came 1 by 1 into death. The next push we won because they had nothing left after 10 minutes of sieging bot and an uncontested 70% wave top.
This last match was on Braxis and after probably like 10 minutes of not getting any beacon because our Azmo and Sylv just never left bot lane (and when they weren't pushing they went to solo take camps) we lost the first wave 70-100, and I pushed it in the top lane until the core because no one came to defend for a while, and then I'd just cc everyone that came 1 by 1 into death. The next push we won because they had nothing left after 10 minutes of sieging bot and an uncontested 70% wave top.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Superstars are the only ones really up in the air right now. Naventic, Freedom and No Tomorrow still have 1 swap technically and Team 8 and Tempo the full 2.
Even in Death can only make HGC as the full roster, barring extraordinary circumstances. Like chu retiring or Raidbawz, who qualified again, with medical issues.
Even in Death can only make HGC as the full roster, barring extraordinary circumstances. Like chu retiring or Raidbawz, who qualified again, with medical issues.
you literally just got a new warrior
She's not an MT, and MT/Supports are what we badly need right now.
Damn. Was just trolling through reddit and hopped onto the League of Legends sub and found their new revenue sharing and franchising plans for NA LCS:
http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/evolution-of-the-na-lcs
Player minimum salary will be bumped up to $75,000 next year. Gat damn. That's not even counting winnings or what they get from the team/streaming, as well as revenue sharing. They are also getting their own player's organization similar to how leagues here in the US have an independent organization to watch out for their interests and negotiate with the league itself.
10 million dollar buy in for organizations and applications are about to start/just started.
Most of this sounds amazing. I wish HOTS was viable enough to pump salaries even to 40k.
EDIT: No wonder Zuna and Kenma are so salty. Look what they washed out of and where they ended up lol
http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/evolution-of-the-na-lcs
Player minimum salary will be bumped up to $75,000 next year. Gat damn. That's not even counting winnings or what they get from the team/streaming, as well as revenue sharing. They are also getting their own player's organization similar to how leagues here in the US have an independent organization to watch out for their interests and negotiate with the league itself.
10 million dollar buy in for organizations and applications are about to start/just started.
Most of this sounds amazing. I wish HOTS was viable enough to pump salaries even to 40k.
EDIT: No wonder Zuna and Kenma are so salty. Look what they washed out of and where they ended up lol
Orochinagis
Member
Need some Yogg Saron empowering minions and mercs to push lanes without even being there
evilpigking
Member
On paper Maltheal seems too strong? Every hit is 10% hp lost over 4 sec. Makes Chogall even more of a joke
Thrall Rework coming next patch - https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/6eq43c/thrall_rework_inc/
Seems like a buff rather than a rework.
Unless Blizzard has said in the past that they plan to rework him. I think his skills are fine but his talents need work especially the first couple.
They've said he was in the pipeline.
I'm going to assume he has a very, very slow, possibly sweeping auto attack (ala Xul's cursed strikes). If it isn't super slow, his trait will be ridiculous. Also, not sure if I like the sound of sentenced to death. It sounds like it will have the same kind of frustration to play against as Pyroblast, except without the counters (assuming it always procs). In HL I guess it might not be that annoying since it gives your team enough time to heal you back up so it doesn't do lethal damage, I but I think it will be super annoying to play against in QM. Sounds you'll basically be able to just wait until anyone is just below a third health and boom, donzo.
Was really looking forward to having Malthael in the game, but hopefully his design isn't as annoying as it sounds.
Was really looking forward to having Malthael in the game, but hopefully his design isn't as annoying as it sounds.
Karsticles
Member
It looks like the move just doesn't stop at the first hero - a welcome buff.
I hope they don't change Thrall too much. He's actually one of my favorite heroes and I have a 75% winrate with him. I think the only change I would really want is for his mana regen talent to be part of his level 1 tree for early game harassment.
Also, DELETE ALL REGEN GLOBE TALENTS. Holy shit these are borderline impossible to finish in your average game, and they discourage people from engaging in team fights. If they need some farming quests, make them like Probius' and Butcher's.
I agree. He doesn't deserve this.
Yeah after he pushed a couple of content out and watching his stream a little bit I've turned around on him.
Exactly. They have to stay as they are now or forfeit their invitation.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Mac did take the easy route. He would have been part of No Tomorrow if he hadn't joined Denial in Glau's spot. Now Equinox has taken over that spot and denial is no more and Mc teamless again. He took the easy paying job as is understandable but the work ethics of Denial BStep were known at the time already and I've heard pros from the beginning say it wasn't a good move.
Psalm grew on me when he started bringing Valeera into the competitive meta. He carried Tempo at times in NA.
So Azmodan
current roster only has 2 "empty bubbles" in it, will the Malthael patch increase that size? I know its silly but I love when they do that, makes me go "oooh we have X amount of heroes coming soon-ish"
I actually wonder how long they will go for with the 1 a month, because, lets assume the game stays healthy
, mobas usually get around 100 characters and then rarely get new ones right?
Like Dota or LOL rarely get new heroes these days right? We're up to 66 or whatever now?
I actually wonder how long they will go for with the 1 a month, because, lets assume the game stays healthy
unlike another game with a lot of heroes that I used to play
Like Dota or LOL rarely get new heroes these days right? We're up to 66 or whatever now?
scoobs
Member
Forever I'd guess, blizz will always keep making new IP and supporting WoW and OW for years. WoW alone has like infinite hero possibilities
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I wish they'd try their hand on giving generic units a voice more. I continue to be impressed of what they do with basic units from Starcraft.
Firebat re-lighting the candles Malthael put out would be a hilarious reveal.
Karsticles
Member
On the note of Starcraft: while I like having the announcer options, I wish we had non-hero options. I would absolutely spend shards on an Overmind announcer.
then maybe you should go defend then. Like I get you, but the amount of times I ping danger and everyone ignores kinda makes it feel like the only way people pay attention is if you spam it.
I missed that whole period where AA, Denial, BRFC was a thing. Weird turn of events really if it goes back that far.
Karsticles
Member
Chen is trash. They need to rework a lot of the older heroes to bring them in line with the power curve of the newer guys.
Orochinagis
Member
Unless Blizzard starts to make a hero to every unit they had , SC is pretty limited in heroes, so far they have a good bunch of option with the Coop heroes in SC II.
Chen is fun for body blocking and eating enemy damage but the amount of stunts on new heroes destroy him hard
Hammer with constant boosts is funny but brawl is trash as usual. Seriously, would anyone even play this mode if not for the free box (or 1k gold before?)
had a nice win earlier where I was the only one alive after a core push, I alternated between tanking the core dmg with shields and kicking to the other side so the ressers couldnt get me, and then a 3 panda ult finished the core and that was satisfying
Edit: using pallytime's brew build and hes kinda fun. He can be very annoying and he does a surprising amount of dmg for a tank. That kick is great to finish off runners. Weaving in and out of drinking the beer is a learning experience. Dunno, maybe theres something here. No Chen fans around to defend him?
had a nice win earlier where I was the only one alive after a core push, I alternated between tanking the core dmg with shields and kicking to the other side so the ressers couldnt get me, and then a 3 panda ult finished the core and that was satisfying
Edit: using pallytime's brew build and hes kinda fun. He can be very annoying and he does a surprising amount of dmg for a tank. That kick is great to finish off runners. Weaving in and out of drinking the beer is a learning experience. Dunno, maybe theres something here. No Chen fans around to defend him?