Heros of the Storm

[surron]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I prefer LoL, no amount of posting is going to change that.

DOTA seems weird in the sense that names like Volibear would turn into "Enraged Grizzly" or something... I hate their naming system.

That's because Dota 1 used two names for each hero, one to represent the "class" and one to represent the personal name. Like "Kardel Sharpeye" The Sniper... He's just called The Sniper in dota 2 because blizzard has copy rights on some of the names. And "Pudge" The Butcher... Butcher is a common blizzard reference to diablo.






in response to LoL fanboy Samoht...

how is denying a dumb mechanic? it forces you to choose when to deny and when to farm. denying also gives opportunity for a support to be more useful early game.

gold loss on death means there is a greater emphasis on not dying, unlike LoL where dying doesn't really matter

plus no one from LoL likes to admit the entire game's style, 75% of the heroes, 75% of the abilities is a direct rip off from dota 1

LoL is easier for 12 year olds to play, that's why it is more popular... Young teenagers determine popularity of video games since the dawn of time b

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by surron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

plus no one from LoL likes to admit the entire game's style, 75% of the heroes, 75% of the abilities is a direct rip off from dota 1

You do know that DotA 2 is completely unaffiliated with DotA, right? And that anything they have is also a rip-off of Blizzard IP?

[Swish]

LoL for some, DOTA for others...

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

League isn't more popular because it's ultra casual.
WoW wasn't more popular because it's ultra casual.
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[apio]

I think WoW and LoL both owe their huge success to the timing of their release, it has very little to do with the quality of the game.

[Oogei]

Heroes of the storm is definetly not casual due to less laning mechanics. each map offers a variety of different meta mechanics you learn as you play. Instead of the old creep deny lame Lane mechanics you try to push down an enemy hero to expend their well heal and get them down low enough to be easily picked off for the future objective that will spawn.

If anyone here plays send me a pm

[apio]

All I know is you are butthurt other people do not prefer the game you prefer, and people like you are the reason why mobas in general are nothing but a pain in the ass. Nobody wants to argue with children all day long. And that is unfortunately 99% of ANY moba game, regardless of name [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by apio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All I know is you are butthurt other people do not prefer the game you prefer, and people like you are the reason why mobas in general are nothing but a pain in the ass. Nobody wants to argue with children all day long. And that is unfortunately 99% of ANY moba game, regardless of name [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Butthurt? Is that what you'd call how you reacted over being called a fanboy? Game is less popular for a reason. For lots of reasons. But fanboys gonna fanboy.

[Vorkon]

Moba communities are wicked toxic places. Which turn me off of them. But overall HoTS itself isn't a bad game. I'd play it over Dota2 and LoL. But in terms of enjoyment I like Smite the best. While Ive played Dota2 and have an understanding of whats going on, trying to get new people into it is rough based on the horrible spectator UI, Which makes broadcasting and viewing it tedious, They need more of a quick chart reference to tab to instead of keeping the CS/Deny menu up. A basic LoL (Smite) type score sheet at the bottom with gear would go a long way.

With Blizzard backing HoTS it should be interesting to see what happens when they put full weight of the company behind it, and start getting legit regional and world championships going. They should also think about tweaking the laning phase of the game, and drop some of the PvE focus objectives.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Vorkon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They should also think about tweaking the laning phase of the game, and drop some of the PvE focus objectives.

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

they made HOTS a very passive game. You basically AFK in lane and only clear creeps to keep them from reaching your turrets. Some maps may require you to acquire a PVE objective. This is still rather passive play for anybody that intended to play a PVP game.

Yes please.