Heroes of the Storm

Sega Mega Dave · 19 Mar 2015 at 09:24

Woogie said:
Dave, Get out more mate.

I work from home but half the time I'm waiting for work to come through so plenty of time sitting around. May as well game.

Plus I'm selling house and moving this year so all money is being saved apart from Italy and Germany holiday.

Sega Mega Dave · 19 Mar 2015 at 09:25

WiZZyWiGG said:
I seem to of become pretty obsessed with it, not much else gets a look in game wise.

I had kind of figured it would wear off, I'm sure it probably will... maybe

Same here, I like I can jump on for 30 mins and get a game or two in. It's fun but competitive.

WiZZyWiGG · 19 Mar 2015 at 11:06

Have you done much ranked yet? I have played about 10 or so games but starting to think it would be much better with less randoms

jubei · 19 Mar 2015 at 11:16

I got bored of it ages ago, not sure if thats just becuase i have played so much lol/dota in the past. It was fun for a while, but as soon as i got lvl 30 i just lost interest and havent played it since.

Sega Mega Dave · 19 Mar 2015 at 11:35

WiZZyWiGG said:
Have you done much ranked yet? I have played about 10 or so games but starting to think it would be much better with less randoms

Not touched ranked yet, been levelling up several characters to see which ones I want to main. It seems Muradin and Zeratul will be the ones I go for.

Currently levelling Uther to 10 then will move on to ranked.

I will then have these heroes at level 10

Muradin
Zeratul
Stitches
Sgt Hammer
Uther

I hadn't touched Stitches in ages then had a game with him yesterday, i forgot how awesome he is.

The next patch nerf Stitches a bit, i think they're making him less tanky and do less damage.

Uthers passive is taking a hit, currently when he dies he cant be stunned or anything and has his skills unlocked. I believe they are changing it so the skills are reduced and he will mainly heal team mates instead.

Sega Mega Dave · 19 Mar 2015 at 11:35

It would be good to get a bit of a team going and get on comms. Work together and compliment each hero etc...

WiZZyWiGG · 19 Mar 2015 at 11:43

Sega Mega Dave said:
It would be good to get a bit of a team going and get on comms. Work together and compliment each hero etc...

Yeah it would.

I have a couple of tanks, healers and damage dealers I can use well. So its enough for Ranked, at least it has been so far.

Due to the draft system I learnt pretty quickly to have backup options, I almost never get to use the ones I want unless I am lucky enough to pick first

Woogie · 19 Mar 2015 at 13:15

A team game would be nice but the problem is 3+ people will get matched against teams of 3+ so likely to get steam rolled if we aren't careful.

I am down for a few team games but am only rank 29 (nearly 30)

Sega Mega Dave · 19 Mar 2015 at 13:23

Woogie said:
A team game would be nice but the problem is 3+ people will get matched against teams of 3+ so likely to get steam rolled if we aren't careful.

I am down for a few team games but am only rank 29 (nearly 30)

Noob... *spits*

Woogie · 19 Mar 2015 at 13:42

So mean

Thumpsta · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:00

Got most of my Heroes to level 5 now for the 500 Gold and now have about 35k to spend. Having trouble deciding which one to level to 10 first.

Sega Mega Dave · 20 Mar 2015 at 19:01

25% bonus xp from tomorrow until the 29th.

With a stimpack that means levelling up should be nice and quick, add a friend to party up with and it increases even more.

Drake5 · 20 Mar 2015 at 20:50

Any one know where I can get a key for this

Sega Mega Dave · 20 Mar 2015 at 20:54

Tom_D said:
Any one know where I can get a key for this

Some on here may still have a spare if not some key sites sell for a couple of quid. Use at own risk though.

Drake5 · 20 Mar 2015 at 21:01

Does this feel similar to LoL?

Sega Mega Dave · 20 Mar 2015 at 22:21

Not really played LoL.

Differences in general are, XP is shared amongst the whole team so no individual levelling up.
There is final last hit mechanic.
At certain team levels you unlock traits that are unique to your hero.
Objectives are important and they range from collecting coins, skulls, capturing shrines etc...
Atmosphere isn't as toxic and it's lot of fun, not as indepth but fun.

Drake5 · 20 Mar 2015 at 22:23

Just played the tutorial matches, seems good. Do you think it'll reach LoLs level of popularity?

Also, I bought a beta key, once the game releases this key will be useless right and then I'll have to buy the full game

Kalexuz · 20 Mar 2015 at 22:30

Game will be free to play at release anyway pal

Sega Mega Dave · 20 Mar 2015 at 22:50

Tom_D said:
Just played the tutorial matches, seems good. Do you think it'll reach LoLs level of popularity?

Also, I bought a beta key, once the game releases this key will be useless right and then I'll have to buy the full game

Will it be as popular? Not sure but it will be popular, the fact it's based on the Blizzard universe will pull it along nicely.

They're televising one of their competitions on ESPN so they're going all out.

Drake5 · 20 Mar 2015 at 23:02

Ah, didn't know it was going f2p on release

I'm having some really bad micro stutter in game even though I'm at 60FPS. Any one else have this?