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Poultron posted:drat you people are not very good at this It's terrible but it's just an example. On a somewhat different note than HOGGER: I think it would be cool to see a pushing specialist with a passive that makes the hero invisible on the minimap and that makes surrounding mercs not appear on the minimap as well.
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# ? May 16, 2017 04:59 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 09:01 |
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Question, they handle content-adding updates to HotS with preloads the same as they do with Overwatch, right? So should I assume by the fact that there's no preloading going on that D.Va won't be migrating from PTR to live tomorrow? Or is the addition of a single character plus some balance changes not considered significant enough to warrant preloading?
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# ? May 16, 2017 05:34 |
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Most new hero patches are relatively small. Probably about 200mb, iirc. So probably not significant enough to warrant preloading.
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# ? May 16, 2017 05:37 |
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:Leoric entomb Lv 20 that let allies walk through it and made it a proper box would be enticing but its current shape/size is specifically so leo can bodyblock all victims AND they can be hit by his moves and melee teammates on either side. if anything the upgrade should be a roof on it/keep characters from jumping out of it, but even then his basic attacks heal 20 would still be what you went for.
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# ? May 16, 2017 07:57 |
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SirSamVimes posted:
I played W build Zul earlier because it was QM and the enemy team had both Cassia and Li Li on it. We won (I think, my memory is poo poo) and I honestly did better than I thought I would with the spinny axes, but it still seems far, far from ideal in most situations. And I still took Taz.
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# ? May 16, 2017 09:12 |
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W build is real bad and real fun.
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# ? May 16, 2017 09:47 |
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I feel like Zul'jin's mage build will almost always be better than the autoattack build in pubs. Unless you know your team is full of people who can pull off perfect peels and heals for you, you're probably better off going the W build with Taz'dingo because then you can deal decent damage without relying on your team to babysit you
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# ? May 16, 2017 10:59 |
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Zuljin is actually just bad
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# ? May 16, 2017 11:34 |
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Been trying my hand at Samuro after getting him to 5 on AI the last few games and I gotta say, I warmed up to him. Not having any kind of poke is kinda annoying though.
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# ? May 16, 2017 12:28 |
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Mind over Matter posted:I played W build Zul earlier because it was QM and the enemy team had both Cassia and Li Li on it. We won (I think, my memory is poo poo) and I honestly did better than I thought I would with the spinny axes, but it still seems far, far from ideal in most situations. If it was qm I wouldn't care.
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# ? May 16, 2017 12:34 |
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SirSamVimes posted:If it was qm I wouldn't care. Yeah sorry, I wasn't trying to equate the situations. Just building on your anecdote with my own.
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# ? May 16, 2017 12:53 |
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Placed into Silver 4 which is uh..pretty bad. On the plus side I've been dominating games against people who don't even show up to objectives and there is at least 1 murky every game so it's fun
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# ? May 16, 2017 13:18 |
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Kashuno posted:Zuljin is actually just bad Yeah, he's severely lacking in anything but damage but once in a blue moon when you have the peels it's pretty fun just destroying the whole team with full AA build.
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# ? May 16, 2017 13:33 |
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SirSamVimes posted:
why are you talking to pubs?
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# ? May 16, 2017 13:58 |
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Once in a blue moon you find some chill pubs. It's incredibly rare, though.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:11 |
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Most goons aren't any better, in terms of either chill or winrates.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:16 |
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Joined a random goon QM game yesterday. Xul didn't understand the concept of double soaking, Kharazim just merced and solo pushed for 90% of the game, people bitched at each other about who was the worse player (hint: it was all of them). I was top damage as Rehgar for the majority of the game. Our Arthas was pretty competent at least. Goons aren't any better than randoms you find in QM.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:23 |
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I left goon chat about an hour after joining it Mobas are only fun with friends
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:25 |
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Goons are friends if you join Discord! Also, to whoever was in the TCJimbo game yesterday, unfortunately Genji being able to clear creep tumors with shuriken is a bug https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/6bcbkb/why_does_genjis_shurikenq_clear_creep_tumors/
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:26 |
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what do you get from playing ranked over quick match, other than angrier
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:26 |
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More xp for loot chests !
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:27 |
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quite stretched out posted:what do you get from playing ranked over quick match, other than angrier Ability to pick heroes that are good against the enemy team, have less lovely comps (maybe), and more xp. Half the posts here are people raging about lovely team comps and useless heroes so I really don't understand why people keep playing QM. I play QM when I want to play a specific hero and don't care if I win or lose.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:27 |
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Joining goon discord is a great way to hear grown men become noticeably upset that their little man died and they are losing the video game. Which is to say, it's pathetic as hell.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:28 |
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Hot Smart ARYAN Girl posted:I left goon chat about an hour after joining it An IRL friend of mine is super into this game. I enjoy playing it with her but you will not find a more competitive person when playing a multiplayer game in your life. She REALLY tends to lose her temper if things go south too often. So playing with friends isn't too different really
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:28 |
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bamhand posted:Ability to pick heroes that are good against the enemy team, have less lovely comps (maybe), and more xp. Half the posts here are people raging about lovely team comps and useless heroes so I really don't understand why people keep playing QM. I play QM when I want to play a specific hero and don't care if I win or lose. okay cool, cheers. I'm still very much green to the game so quick match so I can play the characters I want with mates seems like the way to go for now then. lovely comps isn't as much of a thing you have to worry about when 3 or 4 of you are in a party and can sort of decide the core comp anyway I guess
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:32 |
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bamhand posted:I play QM when I want to play a specific hero and don't care if I win or lose. Same but this is basically me always. I do sort of want to try hero league though.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:35 |
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Honestly ranked isn't that big a deal. People don't rage any more or less than in QM and are mostly chill.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:45 |
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The best part of goon discords is when there is that one goon who just keeps ragging on other goons and complaining about how he keeps losing with goons but he still keeps playing with them for some reason There is always one in every goon game discord
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:50 |
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SirSamVimes posted:
Criticizing people's builds is pretty lovely. Blaming a loss on one person taking a "wrong" thing is even shittier. This log makes you look way worse than the other guy.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:51 |
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Macaluso posted:An IRL friend of mine is super into this game. I enjoy playing it with her but you will not find a more competitive person when playing a multiplayer game in your life. She REALLY tends to lose her temper if things go south too often. So playing with friends isn't too different really Sort of related to this, I find myself tilting or getting grumpy way way more when I'm playing with friends or acquaintances, including people in goonchat. Not because they're inherently worse or anything. Some are, some are better than me, some are about the same. But for some stupid reason it's a lot harder for me to shake off a loss and get back in there with a preform of people I will see outside of the match. This is my flaw for sure, not anyone else's problem. But it makes it hard to 5-stack with other goons.
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:52 |
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Mind over Matter posted:Sort of related to this, I find myself tilting or getting grumpy way way more when I'm playing with friends or acquaintances, including people in goonchat. Not because they're inherently worse or anything. Some are, some are better than me, some are about the same. But for some stupid reason it's a lot harder for me to shake off a loss and get back in there with a preform of people I will see outside of the match. It's because in a pubbie environment it's dipshits you'll never see again so your annoyance disappates as soon as the match ends. With people you know, the losing will continue in the future
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# ? May 16, 2017 14:56 |
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Mind over Matter posted:Sort of related to this, I find myself tilting or getting grumpy way way more when I'm playing with friends or acquaintances, including people in goonchat. Not because they're inherently worse or anything. Some are, some are better than me, some are about the same. But for some stupid reason it's a lot harder for me to shake off a loss and get back in there with a preform of people I will see outside of the match. It can be frustrating to play any game like this in groups because it offers the illusion that you could have done anything to prevent you from losing other than admitting you are bad. And people, desperate to preserve the self-deception that they are in fact good at video games, will lash out at even their friends, blame imbalance, or get angry with random strangers from the internet over nothing, as has been proven time and time again. But their efforts are in vain, because the plain truth is that they are just bad at Heroes of the Storm. And so are you and me.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:00 |
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It's worth mentioning, you get a mount reward for completing TL placement and/or for doing reasonably well in HL.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:06 |
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exquisite tea posted:It can be frustrating to play any game like this in groups because it offers the illusion that you could have done anything to prevent you from losing other than admitting you are bad. And people, desperate to preserve the self-deception that they are in fact good at video games, will lash out at even their friends, blame imbalance, or get angry with random strangers from the internet over nothing, as has been proven time and time again. But their efforts are in vain, because the plain truth is that they are just bad at Heroes of the Storm. And so are you and me. Yeah, for sure. Even when we logically know we're not good, when we can admit it here in a vacuum. It's hard to stare it in the face. I just wish I was a little more patient at doing so.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:24 |
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Fuzz posted:Criticizing people's builds is pretty lovely. Blaming a loss on one person taking a "wrong" thing is even shittier. This log makes you look way worse than the other guy. The one exception is if you don't take the sack of grain upgrades on Kel'Thuzad. Always be throwing grain.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:30 |
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I know that No-Knead is often considered a noob trap talent around here but I like it for the passive grain capacity bonus. Whole Wheat has the higher damage potential if you can land it but I find it too challenging to connect in a hectic fight.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:48 |
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Reminder if you finish your 10 loot chest quest in the next hour or so, save those chests for when D.Va is actually released this afternoon. Chest contents aren't rolled until you open them. e: oh hmm I guess it's not week 4 yet. I thought the event was on a Tuesday cycle, but I guess not.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:49 |
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It's only 8 AM in California. I imagine it will roll out a few hours from now most likely. Advice still good if you earn any loot chests before then.
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# ? May 16, 2017 16:14 |
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exquisite tea posted:I know that No-Knead is often considered a noob trap talent around here but I like it for the passive grain capacity bonus. Whole Wheat has the higher damage potential if you can land it but I find it too challenging to connect in a hectic fight. Frosted Flakes is the only competitive option -- the free slow and DOT is too good to pass up.
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# ? May 16, 2017 16:18 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 09:01 |
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Week 4 quest is live in NA. Map rotation seems to have changed since I just now popped Battlefield of Eternity from my QM queue. D.va not yet live.
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