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Fajita Queen
Jun 21, 2012

bamhand posted:

Because all quest restrictions are lifted for draft. Playing any hero will give you credit for Diablo/Starcraft/Warrior/Support etc.

I never knew this. Huh.

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Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!

Oh Snapple! posted:

...why the gently caress would they?


bamhand posted:

Because all quest restrictions are lifted for draft. Playing any hero will give you credit for Diablo/Starcraft/Warrior/Support etc.

:thumbsup:

Also, because they really need better incentives to draft.

fullTimeLurker
Nov 10, 2010

Eraflure posted:

Oh boy I get to play on Hanamura AND Blackheart? Thanks Blizzard.

my first to placement games where on those maps.... gently caress you Blizzard

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

Daily quests are not events.

Turns out ya gotta do Diablo Things to get Diablo Things.

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!
The Punisher is all-or-nothing, right? It's not like Immortal where your progress means something, even if the other team gets it, right?

Mind over Matter
Jun 1, 2007
Four to a dollar.



Toshimo posted:

The Punisher is all-or-nothing, right? It's not like Immortal where your progress means something, even if the other team gets it, right?

Correct. First to 40 gets the prize, everyone else goes home with a face punching.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!
Thank you Heroes, for blessing me with "play 3 games as a specialist" quests like 5 days in a row

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcf9jQWsW0

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

If I play with a friend, I'm a Diablo character and they're not, will it progress for me? What if there are three of us and only 2 Diablos?

Abroham Lincoln
Sep 19, 2011

Note to self: This one's the good one



Bruceski posted:

If I play with a friend, I'm a Diablo character and they're not, will it progress for me? What if there are three of us and only 2 Diablos?

Progress is personal. If you're a Diable and they aren't, you'll get event progress and they won't.

Gustav
Jul 12, 2006

This is all very confusing. Do you mind if I call you Rodriguez?

Oh Snapple! posted:

Daily quests are not events.

Turns out ya gotta do Diablo Things to get Diablo Things.

The reason they lifted the quest restrictions for draft still apply to events though. It's not good for draft if people are feeling limited in their draft pool because they have a quest.

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

Gustav posted:

The reason they lifted the quest restrictions for draft still apply to events though. It's not good for draft if people are feeling limited in their draft pool because they have a quest.

Nah it really doesn't. It's a limited, themed event with already lax requirements just by virtue of allowing AI stomping. Complaining about not being able to bypass the theme is some Big Fuckin' Baby poo poo.

Gustav
Jul 12, 2006

This is all very confusing. Do you mind if I call you Rodriguez?
The issue is that it affects other people in the draft when someone makes nonsensical picks in draft to complete their quests.

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

Hint: anyone who does that was probably going to gently caress you anyway.

Diablo also has good characters in all roles anyway so it's peak loving :shrug:

Assuming you're in draft, you're also either in unranked or TL. So if it's the former, who cares, and if it's the latter, there's assumedly some sort of teamwork going on to begin with.

Oh Snapple! fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Jun 14, 2017

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!

Oh Snapple! posted:

Nah it really doesn't. It's a limited, themed event with already lax requirements just by virtue of allowing AI stomping. Complaining about not being able to bypass the theme is some Big Fuckin' Baby poo poo.

Bless your heart.

Gustav
Jul 12, 2006

This is all very confusing. Do you mind if I call you Rodriguez?
And that logic applies to the dailies as well, but they still give you credit for any hero.

Dugong
Mar 18, 2013

I don't know what to do,
I'm going to lose my mind

I haven't played this for a while so I may have this wrong but Dva seems kinda insane? So many health bars

SHY NUDIST GRRL
Feb 15, 2011

Communism will help more white people than anyone else. Any equal measures unfairly provide less to minority populations just because there's less of them. Democracy is truly the tyranny of the mob.

Dugong posted:

I haven't played this for a while so I may have this wrong but Dva seems kinda insane? So many health bars

The Meka is worth 1/2 hero xp. She never "dies" but still feeds xp

Dugong
Mar 18, 2013

I don't know what to do,
I'm going to lose my mind

Ah ok that might explain why we caught up in levels then

Gustav
Jul 12, 2006

This is all very confusing. Do you mind if I call you Rodriguez?
No XP if she detonates it though, which is kind of bullshit. They should change it so it gives XP proportional to your missing hp when you hit the button or smth

BrianBoitano
Nov 15, 2006

this is fine



fullTimeLurker posted:

my first to placement games where on those maps.... gently caress you Blizzard

Sometimes spelling and grammar mistakes don't get in the way of clarity.

Your post, however, is a trainwreck.

(No offense if you're ESL)

Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster

Gustav posted:

No XP if she detonates it though, which is kind of bullshit. They should change it so it gives XP proportional to your missing hp when you hit the button or smth

There would almost never be a situation where you would want to use self-destruct if that were the case.

It would be like an automatic feed button.

Gustav
Jul 12, 2006

This is all very confusing. Do you mind if I call you Rodriguez?

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

There would almost never be a situation where you would want to use self-destruct if that were the case.

It would be like an automatic feed button.

If you were about to die you would, you'd just give slightly less XP instead of zero.

beejay
Apr 7, 2002

Edit: realized I was wrong. Nice meltdown stands.

beejay fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Jun 14, 2017

SirSamVimes
Jul 21, 2008

~* Challenge *~


beejay posted:

There's this thing called hero league. Also nice meltdown.

He was talking about the quest which requires you to be in a party with a friend, therefore no hero league.

Kalko
Oct 9, 2004

Well here's another entry for the Extremely Interesting Random Things diary.



That's two Malthaels from boxes in as many days. What might tomorrow bring...

Gordong Dongbay
Oct 18, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
None of you are asking the real questions here:

What is the best skin/mount/banner/spray/announcer combo for Malthael?

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Gordong Dongbay posted:

None of you are asking the real questions here:

What is the best skin/mount/banner/spray/announcer combo for Malthael?

Heart mount/Pink D.Va banner/Lili sippin the tea/D.Va announcer

Nephzinho
Jan 25, 2008





Macaluso posted:

Heart mount/Pink D.Va banner/Lili sippin the tea/D.Va announcer

This is dangerously close to my setup.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Nephzinho posted:

This is dangerously close to my setup.

Most of my heroes are set up this way, except I use the Gazlowe announcer most of the time

SirSamVimes
Jul 21, 2008

~* Challenge *~


Gordong Dongbay posted:

None of you are asking the real questions here:

What is the best skin/mount/banner/spray/announcer combo for Malthael?

Red base skin, red malthael's phantom, tal'darim banner, arthas announcer, can't remember what spray I use.

Max out the edginess. :colbert:

Fellatio del Toro
Mar 21, 2009

Holy moly I just came back from 3-29 on Tower of Doom.

It came down to 1-1, they were about to cap the winning shrine and a loving merc won it.

WITCHCRAFT
Aug 28, 2007

Berries That Burn

Fellatio del Toro posted:

Holy moly I just came back from 3-29 on Tower of Doom.

It came down to 1-1, they were about to cap the winning shrine and a loving merc won it.

I first parsed this as you were level 3, they were level 29. The scoreboard showing team levels has ruined my brain.

Midnightghoul
Oct 1, 2003

COME ON DON'T BE SCURRED
I love the amount of people who try to 1v1 an uncapped Thrall now

Little do they know I hit for 600

garthoneeye
Feb 18, 2013

Midnightghoul posted:

I love the amount of people who try to 1v1 an uncapped Thrall now

Little do they know I hit for 600

Honestly, Thrall should have won most 1v1s before the rework.

Yukari
Feb 17, 2011

"That's going in the cringe reel for sure."


What's the best use for gems? 50% off heroes, or is there something better than that?

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


IIRC someone did the math and found out that buying a Hero for gems was terrible value, even if you wait for them to be on sale. Typically the best use case for gems is to either save them for Loot Boxes or for something Featured that you actually care about.

Zwiebel
Feb 19, 2011

Hi!
Gazlowe seems like the only announcer that had any amount of effort or creativity to it.
Like, I respect Murky and Abathur and I appreciate the Butcher just saying one word over and over instead of commenting, but everyone is so goddamn bland. I hope they give them a second pass at some point, since I can understand how little they have to say when Blizz has to squeeze out a few dozen of them as a new feature, but so far I'm not impressed.

Vanderdeath
Oct 1, 2005

I will confess,
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.



Yukari posted:

What's the best use for gems? 50% off heroes, or is there something better than that?

I pretty much use them strictly for heroes on sale but I'm a skinflint.

BrianBoitano
Nov 15, 2006

this is fine



Zwiebel posted:

Gazlowe seems like the only announcer that had any amount of effort or creativity to it.
Like, I respect Murky and Abathur and I appreciate the Butcher just saying one word over and over instead of commenting, but everyone is so goddamn bland. I hope they give them a second pass at some point, since I can understand how little they have to say when Blizz has to squeeze out a few dozen of them as a new feature, but so far I'm not impressed.

Brightwing

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SirSamVimes
Jul 21, 2008

~* Challenge *~


Arthas' is pretty good. I like it when I die and he says RISE IN SERVICE OF THE LICH KING.

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