League of Legends surpasses 15 million registered accounts. 1.4 million daily players
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Really, the game has boring items, look at them:
http://realmofthetitans.aeriagames.com/guide/items/weapons
Also, this is the LoL likish item, didn't make it out of Alpha:
http://realmofthetitans.aeriagames.com/guide/items/weapons
Also, this is the LoL likish item, didn't make it out of Alpha:
Opiate said:
None of the quotes I've seen in this thread have pointed to active users.
In DrKirby's link, IceFrog said 14-22 million downloads of a single DotA map, which gives us a general idea of the number of players that have experienced the game, total (your quote seems to confirm these numbers, as he seems to exclude China from his estimate in both cases, and is talking about total playerbases). Let's be generous and say not every download has been tracked, and up it to 30 million downloads, a guesstimate that would still only put it at double LoL. Is there any reason to suppose that the percentage of active daily users is greater than LoL's? If there's not, then we're looking at active daily users of about 3 million, based on these very generous estimates.
There is something you are not understanding I think. There is not just a Dota map that has been downloaded 10 million times over 5 years, there is fairly frequent patches. These patches get the 10 million people downloading them from trackable sources. Every few weeks.
picklecannon
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Nirolak said:
And it's a shame too because the quality of mods in WC3 was truly amazing. I think I've put over 3k hours into wc3 and only some of that was in DotA (I even played RoC DotA!). LoL is alright but when there were modes like all random or draft in DotA they aren't really possible in LoL because of the runes/masteries system. One of the biggest draws of DotA for me and my buddies was all of the modes that were available, although -arem eventually won out.
Archie said:500k concurrent users.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/26/riot-ceo-brandon-beck-on-forging-success-with-league-of-legends/
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/26/league-of-legends-surpasses-15m-registered-players-1-4m-play-da/
Insane. LoL is bigger than WoW and almost as big as Call of Duty. This is why Dota 2 will (probably) be F2P.
Maybe Riot can afford to implement clans and replays in the future.
lol
LOL has 3.6 million monthly actives.
WOW has 11 million monthly actives.
Just for reference, a game like Runescape has 100 million registrations.
I've had a lot of fun with LoL over the past year I've been playing, but I may well jump ship to DOTA2 when it comes out. I'm tired of waiting for Magma Chamber and other features to come out as they release new champions and skins every other week.
Those champions usually need 1-2 patches to be properly balanced. The launcher has been a piece of shit for the entire year, though it is better now than it was when I started. And the server issues? Ugh. I love the game, but I'm hoping DOTA2 can deliver a comparable experience with Valve's polish.
Those champions usually need 1-2 patches to be properly balanced. The launcher has been a piece of shit for the entire year, though it is better now than it was when I started. And the server issues? Ugh. I love the game, but I'm hoping DOTA2 can deliver a comparable experience with Valve's polish.
obonicus said:
That's a plausible interpretation, although it is my understanding that Icefrog was referring to active players, not players who have ever downloaded the game. So using your conservative method, we're looking at something like 8 Million monthly users. That's possible and reasonable. This is in line with the entire Call of Duty franchise, which averages ~7 Million monthly.
At least, it is my understanding that it is monthly. That's what I've read. Does someone have a link to data that says its daily?
The Tutorial is decent, but not the best. Two parts to it, it will first show you how the mechnaics work (And have you do some dumb things), then it will have you play a practice game where they give you a bunch of major buffs and money to help you win, to give you an idea of how a normal game goes.subversus said:
The second part will give you about 500 IP, enough for one of the cheap characters. 2 or 3 more games should net you enough for a second cheap character. There are also 10 character free to play for the week.
You can only kick people in custom game, not normal queue. I would recommend you ether play with some people you know, or some Gaffers. As a last resort, you can queue dodge before a game start, making it so you have to wait 5 minutes to play anther (And 15 more if you do it a second time in a row). Leaving games is not recommended, since you will likely be banned if you leave enough games. There is a surrender option at 20 minutes on the normal map. It need 4/5 yes votes to pass (3/4 if one person has left, but all 3 people if it comes down to 3) it.
If you want to play, after the game comes back up after the patch (Should be a 2PM EST, but Riot has been having problems getting patches deployed on time lately), do the tutorial, and see if any Gaffers are on (The game may not have clans, but it does have chat rooms joinable by name, so just going to the Neogaf one, you will usually find someone)
The biggest thing that can really help early game is getting the timing down for last hitting minions (Getting the killing blow on them, thus the money). Being able to have every minion in a lane killed by a person rather then by anther minion or a tower really helps out with money early game.
perryfarrell
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Glad to see LoL do so well. I'd like to see some demographics on the LoL population, because I have no idea what the average LoL player looks like, age-wise, location-wise, etc.
SouthernDragon
Member
Revolutionary said:
Well, playing with LoLGAF eliminates the issues of playing with the worst userbase in the history of gaming, and fortunately there is no requirement to watch elitist dbags in world championships.
To anyone who is interested in playing, join us here. We have a lot of veterans and newcomers alike, and you'll find that most of us are friendly.
The inevitable LoL v HoN discussion as cropped up, I see. Something I don't understand is why people insist on saying that getting every champ ever will take thousands of hours. While true, most people, if any, will use every champ proficiently. It's simply not possible. I have about 800 games, and I own about 15 characters, and have 3 fully decked out Rune pages with a lot of runes left over from previous builds.
While versatility is key for a competent LoL or HoN player, you can't master every character, and you won't -need- access to every character. I'd say if you have 3 of every type, you should be set for playing against most team compositions. Champions are not so much about tiers as they are about playstyles and finding the one that suits you best.
LoL -is- severely lacking in client features and it is sorely disappointing. It does have an easier to read graphical style, however. I played DotA for 5 years and playing HoN gave me a massive headache.
Edit: Riot should toss a couple of points my way after the community outreach I've been doing here... also, their forum setup sucks, but I think that about every forum after being on GAF.
Riot's business model is counterintuitive to competitive play. Alot of the strategy in this genre revolves around banning and counter picks. If you don't have access to the entire pool of characters then you are gimping yourself, especially with balance in constant flux. A hero can go from godly to garbage, and vice versa, in a few patches.
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Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Archie said:
To me LoL is sort of the Team Fortress 2 of the DotAverse. Neither good or bad, just what it is.
I don't have much experience in LoL, but in HoN, picking and banning is considered a very major part of the games. In the genre, certain heroes are going to be better against others and vice versa. The restriction to a certain amount of heroes is detrimental to competitive games.FlightOfHeaven said:
Mr. B Natural
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The only game keeping me from quitting gaming altogether. Well deserved if it wasn't for the server issues.
Certain builds of the game are kept for tournaments. The current Tournament build is patch 1.118. The one today, patch 1.122, is going to be the next one.Archie said:
Counter picking only comes into play in Draft mode, which is only available in ranked. I wish there was unranked draft mode.
SouthernDragon
Member
delirium said:
Yes, but bans are limited to 4 characters. There are more than 4 powerful tanks, DPS, casters, and supports in the game. Banning removes 4 out of a roster of 70+ characters. Counter-picking... honestly, I'm not good enough a player to comment on counter-picking, but with a remaining 70~ characters to choose from, I'm pretty sure that a counter-pick is in there somewhere. It's not like only one character can only counter another.
Anyways, there are some things that HoN does exceptionally well (like community features, graphical prowess, game modes, and hero creativity) and some that LoL does exceptionally well (the in-game shop setup*, color pallet, terrain/champion/creep differentiation, and caster skill scaling).
Honestly, if they were to fuse the two games, I might not even look at DotA 2. Both games have a lot going for them.
*There is one niggling detail, and that's showing all the possible items at the top. A lot of items are left out and some [Hexdrinker] are entirely unaccessible aside from the standard menu. A strange omission.
SouthernDragon
Member
Rayven said:S Key
H for hold, if you stand just out of range. This all carried over from DotA, too.
Big Chungus
Member
LoL is better than HoN.
HoN feeels too much like a shitty WC3 graphics mod.
HoN feeels too much like a shitty WC3 graphics mod.
Chinese Electric Batman
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fna84 said:
joelseph said:
400 million dollars and 15 million accounts later and Riot still can't implement a replay system whereas their fans were able to beat them to the punch.
SouthernDragon
Member
Kayo-kun said:
fna84 said:
Keep it civil, ladies. Also, HoN is almost a direct rip of DotA, which was a WC3 mod in the first place. What S2 did was add excellent community features and made the graphics really, really good.
Ikuu said:
You can port to towers with the Teleport summoner spell, although the lack of a courier is extremely annoying at times. I hear they are planning to add it, although I don't place much stock in rumors.
Maybe it's experience, but I found the shop in HoN very disorienting. I like how simple it is in LoL. Do I want a health item? Defense -> Health. Do I want regen instead? Defense -> Health Regen. I didn't know what I was looking at in the HoN shop, although I suspect it was lack of experience. However, I do prefer this:
Attack
-Attack Damage
-Attack Speed
-Critical %
-Lifesteal
Defense
-Health
-Health Regen
-Armor
-Magic Resist
Magic
-Ability Power
-Magic Penetration
-Mana
-Mana Regen
Mobility
Consumables
Pretty straight forward.
It makes playing Support a complete pain in the ass as you have have to port and run back if you want some wards.FlightOfHeaven said:
Unless you forget what property an item has and have to go through all the menus to find it. HoN also has the ability to auto-level spells, and the Hero guide is much more useful than the recommended items in LoL, which are usually pretty bad.
Also you can set the HoN store to show by attribute, it even lets you pick seperate stats so I should show STR items with Attack Speed.
Also being able to customize your UI is something sorely lacking from LoL.
The best part of Dota games? The rage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFyBCT8l-ZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HP-nbJ-ZeA#t=04m00s
Just playing
I'm a regular League player, frequently play with the other Gaffers, so I'm glad Riot is enjoying success. Agree with the others, though - LOL desperately needs features that other Dota games have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFyBCT8l-ZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HP-nbJ-ZeA#t=04m00s
Just playing
I'm a regular League player, frequently play with the other Gaffers, so I'm glad Riot is enjoying success. Agree with the others, though - LOL desperately needs features that other Dota games have.Archie said:
When you bring up an item, it shows a diagram of all the components it requires, and you can buy them directly from there. Are you thinking of something else?
EXGN said:The best part of Dota games? The rage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFyBCT8l-ZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HP-nbJ-ZeA#t=04m00s
Just playing
The instant LoL adds voice-chatting without the ability to mute it universally is the instant I stop playing it with anyone I don't know in real life.