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Paranoid Peanut posted:KT when? He's live now in the US. I think tomorrow for EU, not certain though.
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Did the dreadlord jaina and deathknight sonya skins go live too? I don't know why they wouldn't have, but I'm at work and can't confirm.
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NeurosisHead posted:Did the dreadlord jaina and deathknight sonya skins go live too? I don't know why they wouldn't have, but I'm at work and can't confirm. They're in the patch notes, so yes.
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Sep 5, 2017 19:39
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Dark fissure is ridiculous. No loving way they keep it the way it is.
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Sep 5, 2017 19:54
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I reaaaaaaaalllllly wish they'd fix the daily quests. Thanks to their "preferential" quest algorithm I've been stuck in a loop of nothing but loving Starcraft / Warrior / Play 8 Games quests for weeks. And of course, every time I complete those quests, the algorithm thinks I want to play nothing but Starcraft warriors and gives me more of the same.
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Sep 5, 2017 20:29
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Update on the event quests: They don't seem to be cumulative. I just completed the "30 takedowns" on one that would have taken me 10 or so past, now it has set to 0 out of 60 for the next.
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Der Shovel posted:I reaaaaaaaalllllly wish they'd fix the daily quests. Thanks to their "preferential" quest algorithm I've been stuck in a loop of nothing but loving Starcraft / Warrior / Play 8 Games quests for weeks. And of course, every time I complete those quests, the algorithm thinks I want to play nothing but Starcraft warriors and gives me more of the same.
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Sep 5, 2017 20:35
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No Wave posted:You get more gold out of it for what it's worth... Average quest normally is 2900/8 = ~350, your quests are 1900/4 = 475. I'd trade in a heartbeat but I'm stuck playing a lot of roles in unranked draft (because first two picks always take assassins and bruisers because they're the most fun by far) Doesn't UD work like Ranked in that you get credit for the "Play an X character" quest no matter what you choose?
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Sep 5, 2017 20:40
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Der Shovel posted:I reaaaaaaaalllllly wish they'd fix the daily quests. Thanks to their "preferential" quest algorithm I've been stuck in a loop of nothing but loving Starcraft / Warrior / Play 8 Games quests for weeks. And of course, every time I complete those quests, the algorithm thinks I want to play nothing but Starcraft warriors and gives me more of the same. Do you complete the quests then log out without playing other games? MisterZimbu posted:Doesn't UD work like Ranked in that you get credit for the "Play an X character" quest no matter what you choose? Yes.
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Sep 5, 2017 20:43
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If you play Hero League, your quests will always progress regardless of which hero you pick. So play HL and slam pick that murky
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Sep 5, 2017 20:45
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Alpha Mayo posted:Dark fissure is ridiculous. No loving way they keep it the way it is. Shadow Fissure? It has the almost same damage and radius as a full-range, untalented Li-Ming orb, and it gives you about as long to dodge (more if Ming throws it over a blind wall). It's global and can't be blocked, but it can be dodged, parried, or reaction shielded. Might be a pub stomper, but not OP imo. Chromie's untalented Dragon's Breath a 3 second shorter cooldown, does 10% more damage than Shadow Fissure, and you don't know where it'll be. quote:Daily quest chat BrianBoitano fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Sep 5, 2017 |
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Sep 5, 2017 20:53
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MisterZimbu posted:Doesn't UD work like Ranked in that you get credit for the "Play an X character" quest no matter what you choose? If not though, I'll just play Valla for a week straight in QM to get myself locked into the 4 quest rotation then just play UD and enjoy the higher average quest gold from only getting two of the low reward quests.
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Sep 5, 2017 20:55
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BrianBoitano posted:Chromie's untalented Dragon's Breath a 3 second shorter cooldown, does 10% more damage than Shadow Fissure, and you don't know where it'll be. Other interesting math: Chromie needs 20 sand stacks to equal her old damage at level 1, and 80 at level 20.
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MisterZimbu posted:I can only hope when C'Thun becomes a hero they bring him in spelled as K'Thun. I hope he's based off of Hearthstone C'thun, and you sit in the core until the rest of your team does enough poo poo that you can Cabbit fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Sep 5, 2017 |
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I tried a new time trap build with cool down resets, andorhal anomaly and slow after trap and it felt fiddly and like a lot to keep track of. then I tried dragons breath build and effortlessly topped damage and owned bones so I guess Business As Usual
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Sep 5, 2017 23:23
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I play at a garbage elo, so maybe this isn't that impressive, but god drat poppin' off on Lucio is fun as hell.
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Sep 6, 2017 00:56
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The new temporal loop upgrade is hilarious, people never expect it and wonder around like huh?? The new time trap talent that resets CDs is also cool. The Q changes are dumb but really don't feel like a big loss. Just go W build.
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Sep 6, 2017 00:57
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I miss Old Leoric I LOVE New Leoric
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Sep 6, 2017 01:08
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Leoric rework is very good though I miss having Royal Focus at 4. A couple of the talents are also kinda worthless-feeling to take. At least he has a lot of cool internal synergy paths you can take now with his talents which is something you don't really see with many other heroes. (e.g. Mithril Mace -> Spectral Leech, or Drain Momentum -> Unyielding Despair -> Burning Despair). Does Death March apply talented Drain Hope now? The "untalented" stipulation is now missing from the tooltip. Morales rework is... weird. The range on Healing Beam is so super short that I'm constantly in danger and taking damage, and her defensive capabilities are waaaaaaaaay down so she's super fragile now. It's a huge struggle trying to heal myself since everything tops off so fast that I can't get meaningful value out of Caduceus Reactor. I'm resorting to healing lane creeps to squeeze more self-regen out. She went from the easiest healer to play to the hardest by quite a margin, I think -- and I've hit Diamond 1/Master while maining support and tanks. That said, Second Opinion at 13 is loving amazing and you can gently caress up entire teams repeatedly with that if you're good. I had a match where I got 7 Displacement Grenade casts in 10 seconds. I think the new design is an improvement, but the impact has been an overall rather large nerf compared to her previous version. I anticipate buffs in the future.
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Sindai posted:I don't think that's true taking into account KT's quest. According to the math blog with the quest finished he has 51% more damage at level 10 and 31% more damage at 20 than 4% scaling heroes. Oh! Fair. Though, if your team is Plat and on voice coms you can 100% deny his base quest. Goon TL group did just that earlier. He had Malf to help set up and still never finished it. Then again folks will get better with him in time, but folks will dodge better too. I got to play KT the next game vs a Cho'Gall team, meaning I had only 4 targets to possibly root or chain and still got it by level 13 
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Sep 6, 2017 01:33
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I thought on the ptr healing somebody at full health not only used 0 energy but also activated your trait. Did they change that? Also yes, 20 upgrade for March applies talented drain hopes.
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Sep 6, 2017 01:47
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lol acheive 30 take downs in winning games do I have a year or more to get this done or what
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I mean if you're really struggling go for AI games or, y'know, get gud
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i think medic is actually worse now. her mana management wasnt bad before, and i keep finding myself running out of energy in teamfights whereas before it would last. no additional regen unless healing also forces you to waste energy on full hp allies. the problem with her having 0 escapes was only intensified by removing cleanse.
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siotle posted:I thought on the ptr healing somebody at full health not only used 0 energy but also activated your trait. Did they change that? No, this works. The issue with her new trait though is that even if you have your healing beam running constantly, 2% hp per second is kind of a trickle. Her old trait was only 3% or 4%, I think, yet it felt much more powerful. I pretty much agree with SKULL.GIF in their assessment. Mechanically and conceptually I love the rework, but her numbers feel undertuned somewhat significantly. Relin posted:i think medic is actually worse now. her mana management wasnt bad before, and i keep finding myself running out of energy in teamfights whereas before it would last. no additional regen unless healing also forces you to waste energy on full hp allies. the problem with her having 0 escapes was only intensified by removing cleanse. While I agree that she's a bit of a sitting duck right now if someone dives her, what did Cleanse change? You haven't been able to self-cast Cleanse for probably a year or more.
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SKULL.GIF posted:She went from the easiest healer to play to the hardest by quite a margin, I think -- and I've hit Diamond 1/Master while maining support and tanks.
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Gobbeldygook posted:It's hard to evaluate Morales' grenade talents because there is a 100% chance KT will be on my team and he doesn't like Morales moving enemies around. This issue falls squarely in the category of "Not Rosa's problem."
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Mind over Matter posted:No, this works. The issue with her new trait though is that even if you have your healing beam running constantly, 2% hp per second is kind of a trickle. Her old trait was only 3% or 4%, I think, yet it felt much more powerful.
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Sep 6, 2017 02:20
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BrianBoitano posted:I mean if you're really struggling go for AI games yes that's very helpful advice in silver league, where one person can for sure carry an entire team dead set on being loving retarded
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Sep 6, 2017 02:21
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NeurosisHead posted:yes that's very helpful advice in silver league, where one person can for sure carry an entire team dead set on being loving retarded As tcjimbo reminds me every time I play with him, I am a garbage dumpster fire of a player at this game, but when I queue with a bunch of silver goons, I pubstomp. So, yeah, if you are even halfway decent, the only thing keeping you in silver is you.
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Toshimo posted:As tcjimbo reminds me every time I play with him, I am a garbage dumpster fire of a player at this game, but when I queue with a bunch of silver goons, I pubstomp. So, yeah, if you are even halfway decent, the only thing keeping you in silver is you. you can't queue as a group in HL?
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NeurosisHead posted:you can't queue as a group in HL? yes you can it's called team league.
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You have until the end of the month, and it counts both kills and assists towards your progress.
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NeurosisHead posted:yes that's very helpful advice in silver league, where one person can for sure carry an entire team dead set on being loving retarded Team League and queue with non-silvers. /Join SAGoons, TeamLeague, and team league. Download Discord. Or, y'know, get gud 
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Further reminder that, if you think you're below your true rank, then on average your team will have an advantage against other teams and you will climb. Unless, that is, the problem is you (mechanics, drafting, shot calling, managing lanes / exp, managing teammates & morale) Streamers who decide to do smurfs never ever fail to climb.
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Apparently this is a known bug, but I can't actually buy K'T, it keeps telling me I have a pending transaction. Anyone else experiencing this or was the CS guy full of poo poo?
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Relin posted:is that so, i didnt realize since i usually dont have the chance to take it. i dont understand blizzard's crusade against healers tbqh I don't know for certain, but my suspicion is this basically boils down to the issue they had with Ancestral Healing. They want healers and supports to use their long cooldown "Oh poo poo, gotta dig deep" options to save their teammates, not themselves. A symbiotic relationship of "You keep those fuckers away from me and I'll keep you alive." Which is all well and good in coordinated team play, but when you're teamed with five fuckuloids from No-Eyes VI, it breaks down as the team that can dive the enemy support better wins every team fight. Now, there are exceptions certainly. Divine Shield, Aegis, Palm. They're all self-castable. Tyrande and Morales's new semi cleanses attached to their abilities can be self cast. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the devs wish they could change that, though. This is all just my speculation, of course. I have no inside information. But it really seems like they want supports to be reliant on outside defense in the majority.
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Wow QM has been agony today. Is everyone drunk or something?
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BrianBoitano posted:Further reminder that, if you think you're below your true rank, then on average your team will have an advantage against other teams and you will climb. Unless, that is, the problem is you (mechanics, drafting, shot calling, managing lanes / exp, managing teammates & morale) I feel like the problem is more that you need so many wins in order to rank up. A 60% win rate in this game is considered quite good. Assuming 20 minutes a game you would need to play 125 games * 20 min/game = ~42 hours to go up one league. Now if you have a 55% win rate, which is still very decent, you're looking at 85 hours. That's probably a couple months of playing for someone whose job isn't to play HotS.
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