Heroes of the Storm

Bought Uther + the medic skin. It's lovely!

50/50 on buying the Stars and Stripes Raynor. It's mega cheap but it's not a hero I play much and his Marshal Raynor skin is miles better.
 
I'm really looking forward to the new heroes, plus i want the Tychus prison skin.

Also like that the treasure goblin from D3 is on the new map.

Just bought Medic Uther and the Candy one for Muradin, i mean who doesn't want to die by a big chocolate dwarf.
 
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Sales seem to have been announced for next week. Arthas, Paladin Arthas skin and HT Zeratul skin.

Pretty underwhelming. Back to only three items per sale it seems.
 
Sega Mega Dave said:
I'm really looking forward to the new heroes, plus i want the Tychus prison skin.

Also like that the treasure goblin from D3 is on the new map.

Just bought Medic Uther and the Candy one for Muradin, i mean who doesn't want to die by a big chocolate dwarf.
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The Treasure goblin would have been a fantastic little gimmick and award a random prize to whoever kills it coinds,skins, characters pretty much anything :p
 
Tried this again with some guys from work the other day, after getting to level 30 odd in the beta. It still doesnt deliver for me. It feels so spammy, no real room for individual plays/skills. The damage is so weak on the abilities unless you are playing nova, that you just cant kill anyone 1v1 unless they try to manfight to death.

The damage is so low and ranges so bad that it kinda makes all of the champions feel the same, mashing their stuff in the 5 man, very little in the way of positioning with people being so slow and attacks being so short range.

I really want to like it, i have spent a decent chunk on it already, and i love the characters etc, but it really is just failing to deliver compared to lol and dota :/ (my opinion of course, happy for anyone that is able to enjoy it).
 
I've moved 100% from LOL to this now. Not really that interested in revisiting LOL. Yes the games aren't so deep, their is currently no meta and at times it can feel a bit random. Some champions need a serious look at as well.

However game time of under half an hour is massive for me, losing items - great never liked the item handling anyway and some of the maps are a load of fun - even though a few are awful.
 
jubei said:
Tried this again with some guys from work the other day, after getting to level 30 odd in the beta. It still doesnt deliver for me. It feels so spammy, no real room for individual plays/skills. The damage is so weak on the abilities unless you are playing nova, that you just cant kill anyone 1v1 unless they try to manfight to death.

The damage is so low and ranges so bad that it kinda makes all of the champions feel the same, mashing their stuff in the 5 man, very little in the way of positioning with people being so slow and attacks being so short range.

I really want to like it, i have spent a decent chunk on it already, and i love the characters etc, but it really is just failing to deliver compared to lol and dota :/ (my opinion of course, happy for anyone that is able to enjoy it).
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Have you played zeratul much? he does a lot of damage!
 
jubei said:
Tried this again with some guys from work the other day, after getting to level 30 odd in the beta. It still doesnt deliver for me. It feels so spammy, no real room for individual plays/skills. The damage is so weak on the abilities unless you are playing nova, that you just cant kill anyone 1v1 unless they try to manfight to death.

The damage is so low and ranges so bad that it kinda makes all of the champions feel the same, mashing their stuff in the 5 man, very little in the way of positioning with people being so slow and attacks being so short range.

I really want to like it, i have spent a decent chunk on it already, and i love the characters etc, but it really is just failing to deliver compared to lol and dota :/ (my opinion of course, happy for anyone that is able to enjoy it).
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The talents make them more unique than any item buying equivalent in lol/dota/smite could even come close to, not saying it's better but it's just what it is...the individuality of item buying is gone as soon as people use sheep builds and just use what is the "best" build going...

I've killed plenty of people 1v1 probably more than i have with duo/team kills.

Every Moba is "spammy" you get limited amount of skills to use the beauty in that is learning when to use them so you're not spamming.

Damage and range could change but it'd still be the same just faster game play, some characters have talents that increase range and damage try them out?

I've played LOL and Smite quite a lot and all these games are the same essentially, if you like one more than the other definitely stick with it I'd say.

I still think Smite is better for my own personal taste but I've enjoyed a game or two on HotS from time to time to mix things up has lots more potential and the advantage of knowing what works for other mobas .
 
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Playing as Sgt Hammer last few days - awful at the start of the game damage wise - later on -fantastic stuff!!

Just went 20-0 for Hero of the Storm award on one map. Might buy Hammer once the free rotation has changed but so far - great stuff!
 
booyaka said:
Playing as Sgt Hammer last few days - awful at the start of the game damage wise - later on -fantastic stuff!!

Just went 20-0 for Hero of the Storm award on one map. Might buy Hammer once the free rotation has changed but so far - great stuff!
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Really? I'm gonna have to give it a go I always feel as though Sgt hammer does fairly heavy damage to me early on :p
 
Hammer needs someone to keep her alive or just be left alone in lane. She can do serious numbers.

The worst for early game has to be Zagara, her Hydralisk does soo much damage.

Also Euro servers are down, we seem to the the crap all the time.
 
Aeleys said:
The talents make them more unique than any item buying equivalent in lol/dota/smite could even come close to, not saying it's better but it's just what it is...the individuality of item buying is gone as soon as people use sheep builds and just use what is the "best" build going...

I've killed plenty of people 1v1 probably more than i have with duo/team kills.

Every Moba is "spammy" you get limited amount of skills to use the beauty in that is learning when to use them so you're not spamming.

Damage and range could change but it'd still be the same just faster game play, some characters have talents that increase range and damage try them out?

I've played LOL and Smite quite a lot and all these games are the same essentially, if you like one more than the other definitely stick with it I'd say.

I still think Smite is better for my own personal taste but I've enjoyed a game or two on HotS from time to time to mix things up has lots more potential and the advantage of knowing what works for other mobas .
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Gotta disagree with you there man, but i appreciate the offered advice. Have sunk thousands of hours into dota 2 and lol, and i am a little bored of both. What i like about hots is the faster games, different map objectives, and blizzard characters.

Other moba are not really spammy. Look at someone like pudge, that can blink dagger, hook you through the trees and kill you before people can get to your aid. Its stuff like that that i miss. It can still change anyway, i will give it a little while longer before i give up on it.
 
jubei said:
Tried this again with some guys from work the other day, after getting to level 30 odd in the beta. It still doesnt deliver for me. It feels so spammy, no real room for individual plays/skills. The damage is so weak on the abilities unless you are playing nova, that you just cant kill anyone 1v1 unless they try to manfight to death.

The damage is so low and ranges so bad that it kinda makes all of the champions feel the same, mashing their stuff in the 5 man, very little in the way of positioning with people being so slow and attacks being so short range.

I really want to like it, i have spent a decent chunk on it already, and i love the characters etc, but it really is just failing to deliver compared to lol and dota :/ (my opinion of course, happy for anyone that is able to enjoy it).
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Edited as it sounded a bit harsh which wasn't my intention.

Heroes that can comfortably kill 1v1 even if the opposition isn't man fighting.

Zeratul
Nova
Illidan
Kael'Thas
Jaina
Tychus
Kerrigan

In fact any assassin can solo kill and so can a few specialists like Sylvanas.

Positioning is very important and varies depending on who you play. Someone like Jaina, Kael'Thas who have such low health pools need to be in a sensible place at range and if they get caught out for not being on the ball then they're dead. While your tanks essentially should be front line starting the fight.

I personally don't think the champions feel the same and i'd hazard a guess there is more variety of build in this system than the 95% cookie cutter builds used in other mobas.

5 man battles shouldn't be about mashups, you should be picking off the healers or damage dealers, countering the oppositions skills, comboing your own skills with your team mates.

There is stuns, roots, cleanse, heals, silences etc...

Then you can build for many different types, single target dmg, aoe dmg, heals, survival, lane pushing, camps.

Add to the fact games are acceptable length, there are fun objectives which encourage team fights from early on and games are never truly won until the core has gone.

Granted its each to their own but i think far too many people see it as shallow and a simple game, truth is there is lots of depth if you get into it and partnering up with a few people can certainly add too it.
 
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Just got into this, So I don't have any heroes, I was never a fan of LoL etc. But I love the Blizzard Universes, I'm really liking it ! :)
 
Hero league seems to have gotten worse since release. When I'm last pick, everyone else will choose their favourite heroes and then whine in chat that I need to play support. Why does nobody else think to choose the key roles? So many first pick Novas and Gazlowes. To top it off they play terrible.
 
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