4k too hard time to play hots
Introduction to MOBAs
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On the plus side, at least it's easier to learn the champions.
I still prefer Slumber Party Harley.
Can you hook me up? I'll be fair and balanced.
Oh man that sykkuno video was hilarious zkylon. Thanks for sharing. It's like those games big commentators cast for fun because the players in it are bad in an entertaining way, but with having the player cast themselves in this case.
He didn't do too bad and he had a "decent" build for the play level he was at.
Just found really funny his starting items, his confusion at Templar Assassin going invis, his confusion at no built-in ability to teleport to base (you have to buy tp scrolls to do that and they work like teleport from lol except you can tp on creeps and its on a 60s cd).
Also found his reaction to being oom pretty funny, had the same problem when I started playing Dota 2, was too used to lol and kept spamming my abilities.
He also picked a very entertaining hero to watch (tusk).
Although, I'm fairly certain he was acting like he had no idea what he doing because I found his Dotabuff profile: http://dotabuff.com/players/50491649/matches
And he had a couple previous matches before that with way better items and scores for his hero. Got a bit suspicious that an experienced league player didn't realize he had tower aggro a couple of times.
Regardless, pretty funny still.
He didn't do too bad and he had a "decent" build for the play level he was at.
Just found really funny his starting items, his confusion at Templar Assassin going invis, his confusion at no built-in ability to teleport to base (you have to buy tp scrolls to do that and they work like teleport from lol except you can tp on creeps and its on a 60s cd).
Also found his reaction to being oom pretty funny, had the same problem when I started playing Dota 2, was too used to lol and kept spamming my abilities.
He also picked a very entertaining hero to watch (tusk).
Although, I'm fairly certain he was acting like he had no idea what he doing because I found his Dotabuff profile: http://dotabuff.com/players/50491649/matches
And he had a couple previous matches before that with way better items and scores for his hero. Got a bit suspicious that an experienced league player didn't realize he had tower aggro a couple of times.
Regardless, pretty funny still.
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dave is ok
aztek is ok
Look at it go
i dunno, i have a lot of very bizarre issues with doto like having trouble realizing when i'm dead or taking damage (and u know, one leads to the other)
TharpDaddy
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One of my my biggest issues is i sometimes have no idea who is on what team. I'm used to red names and blue names, rather than names of all colors.
Health bars?
SteveWinwood
Member
spacebar defaults to the last place an "event" happened so either a tower fell or someone pinged or something
its not random and you can rebind it if you want it can be changed to locking onto your dude if you want
i dunno what manually leveling up means
you want it to pick your skill build for you?
TharpDaddy
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Yeah it's just something i'm not used to. In the midst of playing i slip into habits from league, which is if a champion appears i can glance and look for red or blue.
like you level up and have to like click on level up thingie and then which skill you have to level up
i'm sure there's a hotkey but i'm not at that stage yet
Yah it's cntrl then just click on whatever you use for that skill.
SteveWinwood
Member
there is a hotkey
tis a simple rebind in the settings menu away if you want
you can make dota 2 pretty close to lol if you really want to
some of these are very lazy reasons
Schweinehund
Member
Shazam is pretty fun in IC, all three batman variations pretty fun as well.
they're all lazy reasons
i played like 3 games of doto
reality is it's pretty shit to go from making plays and winning games to fucking up every last hit and not understanding anything, so it's hard to give the game a fair chance
like i said it's things you're used to from league, not really issues with doto
i played like 3 games of doto
reality is it's pretty shit to go from making plays and winning games to fucking up every last hit and not understanding anything, so it's hard to give the game a fair chance
like i said it's things you're used to from league, not really issues with doto
Shaman is such an underrated jungler.
He's definitely up there with vampire Batman and gascat as best junglers.
Time to start playing dota 2.
The greatest of them all is still $1.93.
Bastion announcer so good.
If you click the talking head icon in the top left during a game, you can also use announcer packs / HUD skins that other players have equipped.
Unless you're playing Axe. Then it's NBA Jam all the way.
"When you get dunked on like that, you really aught to consider retirement"
I can't decide between NBA Jam and Samuel L Jackson.
SteveWinwood
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its ten bucks in the store so...
TharpDaddy
Member
Yeah that's been my biggest issue with trying to get into Dota. It's really frustrating to have all of your knowledge and intuition about the game become worthless. Playing dota and being frustrated or confused just makes me want to go back to league where i'm more comfortable and have more fun due to a greater understanding. Getting into dota would take a big dedication on my part, which i'm not sure i'm willing to give due to how much i enjoy watching the LCS.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I hate when I buy stuff from the Dota 2 store before I remember the Marketplace exists.
I will always try and buy from the store when proceeds go to players or event holders though
I will always try and buy from the store when proceeds go to players or event holders though
yea it's not even frustrating for me but i feel like it's a lot harder to appreciate the game straight up than league
not sure if that's true tho
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I felt the opposite. Playing Dota ruined me on League. At least as far the client, F2P model, cosmetics, and art goes.
well but that's like periphery stuff
i just can't have playing doto cos i find it really hard to just pick up and play if you don't already know what you're doing
it's not like you're gonna be competitive in league on your first 10 games or whatever but the initial gap is a lot easier to get through since items are simpler and a lot of mechanics are more straightforward (as well as there being less of them)
also i feel like with so many league champions being humanoids it's a lot easier to tell what everyone does at a glance
http://steamprobe.com/market.php best tool to find cheap sets.
Not when you need multiple accounts because of it.
Not when you need multiple accounts because of it.
? i don't understand
Mister Zimbu
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As someone who played Dota2 for about a year off and on and stopped playing because I was terrible, I tried picking up League of Legends again after seeing this thread to get my Moba fix on.
I have a terrible memory; to me the game seems a lot harder to learn than Dota2. While mechanically it's alot simpler, the presentation is very poorly implemented since it requires several clicks to see what abilities each champion has and which roles they fill. Got one game in and was turned right back off. Seems like I have to read a guide for every (free) hero before even queuing up.
Dota2 exposes that information to you right upfront and you can quickly look up what your teammates are capable of too. Single draft helps slowly expose you to new heroes as well. While the peak of the learning curve of Dota2 is higher than LoL, it's not nearly as steep.
After a weekend of play, Smite is great fun. Simple mechanics and 3rd person combat is a blast. Seems to have a chill community too.
I have a terrible memory; to me the game seems a lot harder to learn than Dota2. While mechanically it's alot simpler, the presentation is very poorly implemented since it requires several clicks to see what abilities each champion has and which roles they fill. Got one game in and was turned right back off. Seems like I have to read a guide for every (free) hero before even queuing up.
Dota2 exposes that information to you right upfront and you can quickly look up what your teammates are capable of too. Single draft helps slowly expose you to new heroes as well. While the peak of the learning curve of Dota2 is higher than LoL, it's not nearly as steep.
After a weekend of play, Smite is great fun. Simple mechanics and 3rd person combat is a blast. Seems to have a chill community too.
Get the fuck out.
TheFightingFish
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I've only done Smite myself, but given how much that I've heard about MOBA communities I'd say that it seems way better than I expected. In my first 20 or so matches I think that I've had like two players who were chirping a bit at their teammates play, and none of that was honestly very toxic at all. Maybe stuff gets worse in ranked play, but this has really not been an issue for me so far and I expected way worse. Also most players just seem to use the VGS system to communicate, so most annoyance seems to just come out via message spamming and not bothering to take the time to type out angry messages.
TharpDaddy
Member
Seems Riot is taking a note out of Icefrog's playbook
From tonight's patch:
From tonight's patch:
SteveWinwood
Member
whats "healthy" gameplay
In my experience the community's shenanigans are vastly over exaggerated. You will meet 1 person every 3 games who is even remotely aggressive, and frankly, if someone calling you names over the internet is enough to dampen your enjoyment of the game then you need to grow thicker skin (I'm talking in general btw rather than anyone here). And if you start the game by being friendly it generally sets a nicer mood.
Oh right doto players wouldn't know.
In all seriousness, he probably means less toxic gameplay with badly designed champs, try to buff well designed champs instead
Something that isn't toxic or whatever this week's buzzword is.