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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Ded Gaem Outlives Forum
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I thought they made QM so you don't get stupid 5v5 assassin matches? What a waste of time this match was. IDC that we won. IDGAF about stupid wins as much as stupid losses.
No, they turned that off very shortly after it was ever enabled. It slowed down match-making too much, people complained, so we've been back to bad comp matches for ages.
So in other words, community kills game (at least for me). I can't enjoy this shitfest no heal, no warrior, or a combination of the two of a game anymore. That may sound harsh but overwatch is getting role queue soon and I'll just play that instead I guess. And I like HOTS, but not enough to play ranked or even unranked atm. I can enjoy this game on a pretty casual basis, but not if 3/4 games suck because of composition.
I completely agree with your sentiment. I've always felt that without a tank and a healer, HotS matches simply aren't fun. Even the ARAM-style brawls aren't fun.
Ya, quickmatch is pretty much a shit show if you want to queue up as an assassin. If you queue in as tank or healer you'll get more normal games obviously. All you can really do to guarantee decent QM comps is to queue with a group and have 1 healer and 1 tank in your group.
The problem was simply they took way too long to release... They wanted it to be a cheap side project to Starcraft 2, then they decided way too late that it should be a full on project with it's own dedicated team.
All that said...
Level 1003, 5516 games played (not counting Alpha and Beta which I had probably a couple hundred games in each as well), approximately 100ish full days of my life (just shy of 2500 hours, again not counting alpha and beta). I think I'm ready to move on. The only other game that has ever been this much of a time sink on my life was World of Warcraft (which is still #1 at probably 200ish days of my life) and Team Fortress 2 (a much more modest 30 or so days).
I'm not dropping out of protest, or from not having enough content... the game is just too big of a time sink, and way too easy for me to blow entire days doing nothing but playing it.
I was surprised when she wasn't moved off the team given she was behind orphea's animations that are among the best in the game. I don't think there will be another hero after this one and the game has truly entered maintenance mode.
ehhh idk about that. They just did an interview with the new game director that said they have several heavy hitter new heroes in development.
HOTS lives on as long as the servers stay up, so my group will probably keep playing it until the day comes that they stop allowing us to play it.
Oh, that's good news. Things were getting gloomy in here to the point that I preferred the long stretches of nobody posting at all 🙃
I chased down said article:
Very encouraging.
Started playing again after being on League for a few months, it really bugs me how great teamwork can lead to such joy in this game. I'm only adding this clip because it was the moment I remembered how much fun can be had on HoTS:
In all the time I played League I never had anything this entertaining happen. Maybe I just suck at League though.
In all the time I played League I never had anything this entertaining happen. Maybe I just suck at League though.
Definitely all about that individual play... while learning my friends tricked me into starting with Riven, after about a month I decided to play as Garen to try and understand the game. It has its moments and all but I couldn't get over how wonky team fights felt in comparison. Also losing just crushes your spirit if you know you're the reason top snowballed out of control.
I will say... bring the ban system over to HOTS please. Love how fast it goes.
I will say... bring the ban system over to HOTS please. Love how fast it goes.
I jumped ship to DOTA2 for a while. And while that game is good, its just way too long and slow for me these days. I sometimes have 20-25 mins to jump on and play. Unfortunately after playing Hots for so long its probably ruined every Moba going forward for me. Unless someone can make one as fast as Hots plays Ill probably be done with Moba's after Hots dies in 5/6 years.
How good is that unranked system where you post your preferred role? Does it help you get to play the roles you want to play?
It's OK. I have bruiser/tank... but always get stuck tanking and I'm usually the only person with tank even selected as a role on my team.
I miss following glaurung, no clue what he's been up to since he wanted to compete in fortnite
I don't have it in me to actually boycott blizz, but recent events have sapped my willingness to put up with these exhausting grindy LTEs, for certain.
Doesn't help that the roaring twenties theme doesn't do anything for me, either.
I was having trouble jugging Destiny and HotS LTEs anyway.
Doesn't help that the roaring twenties theme doesn't do anything for me, either.
I was having trouble jugging Destiny and HotS LTEs anyway.
Every game has LTEs... they get a bit overbearing lol... I do not worry about them anymore usually.
might be in the minority, but i don't even think about completing the quests. I just play games and eventually i finish the events lol.
Also, Blizz is announcing something on their Heroes of the Storm twitch channel tomorrow at 10am PST. Given the quaking ground teaser in-game, and now the HOTS Subreddit is shaking.... I think its safe to say its the Dva rework!
Also, Blizz is announcing something on their Heroes of the Storm twitch channel tomorrow at 10am PST. Given the quaking ground teaser in-game, and now the HOTS Subreddit is shaking.... I think its safe to say its the Dva rework!
Or its Deathwing :)
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Some of the main points from the first look:
- Always a dragon (no human form like alex). Slightly bigger than Alex
- Permanently unstoppable
- Cannot be targeted by allies (no healing, etc....)
- Opposite of Garrosh- less armor more health he loses
- Mount has long wind up, but then launches him off map. Heals while off map. Can then land anywhere with ally visibility. Cannot used abilities for brief period after landing
- Two stances- different ability sets in each stance. Q is highest DPS ability in game and shared by both stances. Stance 1 focuses on melee, stance 2 range
- All abilities have very long windups- easy to dodge.
- Gets ult at level 1- "Cataclysm". Flies a short distance burning everything in his path.
- Level 10 can upgrade ult (increase damage, reset on keep/fort destruction or give him an AOE fear
- Talents- only a few things mentioned. Level 7 talents add effects to landing from mount form (like meteors). One of his level 20's give his mount an aoe stun on landing and grants all level 7 talents.
No healing at all. He heals 2% per second while in "mount" form which has a 45 second cooldown, and that's it. Also being hits prevents mount use for 4 seconds.
My understanding is he can't be interacted with at all by teammates, so not even indirect heals would touch him. He can pick up globes and use the healing fountain though.
Kind of weird we went from half a year between imperius and anduin to qhira just a couple months later to deathwing just a couple months after her
Oh the break between imperius and anduin was just slightly longer. It was 3 months and 22 days between imperius and anduin and 3 months and 7 days between Anduin and Qhira and depending on whether Deathwing lands on PTR next Monday or the Monday after Blizzcon it will be 3 months and 6 days or just under 3 months
