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BattleHamster posted:I'm kind of surprised you feel like this. Leoric's health regen post rework definitely seems different but I went and looked at self-healing numbers before and after and I'm still getting on average around 40k per 15-20 min match. The total dependence his self healing now is required of hitting a target and keeping it on a short leash based on the number of characters that are faster than Leoric while he is draining makes it incredibly tough to reliably keep yourself in the game. His total purpose right now seems to be to hold a lane down (and lose it if he is against anything with mobility, of which most of the current popular heroes either are mobile or have long range attacks that protect them from bad touch short range, his meandering walk) and die in team fights.
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Macaluso posted:Greymane owns Greymane in theory : Wolfman with Gun Greymane in practice: Throws jars of piss. Takes every piss jar talent. Every time. This is fine.
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Sep 8, 2017 22:32
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Toshimo posted:Greymane in theory : Wolfman with Gun I'm sorry you don't like the very effective piss jars
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Sep 8, 2017 22:39
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Power Bottom posted:Stage Dive ETCs perform well in pro games because being able to pull a tank out of nowhere on an isolated enemy means that you're practically guaranteed to get that kill. Stage Dive also means you can put a tank on top of an ally getting ganked, something that can save them from dying and missing soak.
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I know this is probably not at all viable from a marketing and $$$ standpoint, but I wish they would take a month or two of no new heroes soon and just focus on two very significant balance patches. There are a lot of heroes that have very outdated designs or are victims to significant power creep/have weaknesses that far outweigh their strengths
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Sep 8, 2017 22:50
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No Wave posted:he's the only tank besides muradin who has an escape. ??
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Midnightghoul posted:I know this is probably not at all viable from a marketing and $$$ standpoint, but I wish they would take a month or two of no new heroes soon and just focus on two very significant balance patches. There are a lot of heroes that have very outdated designs or are victims to significant power creep/have weaknesses that far outweigh their strengths They can do that after they release my boy Junkrat
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Sep 8, 2017 22:56
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Yeah ignore that part i guess. Even counting anub who i forgot stuff like iron skin should functionally count.
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Sep 8, 2017 23:07
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Are the skins and other new stuff that's been added along with this Kael'thas event such as the Jaina Lich skin, limited to this event only, or can they also be gotten from normal loot boxes after the event is over?
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No Wave posted:This seems overdramatic. Stage dive and mosh are very useful abilities quote:his sustain is good quote:and he's the only tank besides muradin who has an escape.
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Sep 8, 2017 23:18
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ETC isn't as good as the other tanks because his initiation, stun, AND mobility are all rolled into a single ability. Additionally, his secondary CC is a radial knockback, a cc type that's notoriously difficult to use properly and, unlike a slow or a stun or a root, can potentially save enemies by knocking them away from your team on accident. ETC basically has the same problem that Leoric has - if you gently caress up using [Key Ability], you've wasted a ton of your potential and there's nothing to be done for it except wait for it to be off cooldown again.
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Sep 8, 2017 23:27
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Counter point, he hits people with a guitar and that makes him the best. Check mate nerd.
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Toshimo posted:Greymane in theory : Wolfman with Gun This is entirely because the rest of his kit is so strong that he really doesn't need to talent into anything else.
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beejay posted:I wonder if Dustin Browder left because of what the game was becoming or if him leaving opened the door for it to turn into this. I mean there were questionable decisions when he was in charge but at least it felt like there was passion behind the game. Also Browder really cared about the ranked modes. Now it just seems like they are content with making QM players and skin addicts happy. Follow the money I guess. I just wish they were a little more serious about growing the game. It could be a great alternative to other mobas if it just had the playerbase in ranked. Would you invest lots of money/more money in a game with a very small player base that was pretty much dead on arrival despite a few attempts to increase the amount of players? Hell no leave it on life support/maintenance mode and suck it dry with as little effort as possible.
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Sep 9, 2017 02:47
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Nothing says "maintenance mode with as little effort as possible" like a huge themed release of a long-requested character completele with animated announcement trailer and an in-depth making-of feature.
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Im_Special posted:Are the skins and other new stuff that's been added along with this Kael'thas event such as the Jaina Lich skin, limited to this event only, or can they also be gotten from normal loot boxes after the event is over? I really doubt they're limited, they put effort into making a Jaina legendary and they're gonna time gate it and screw themselves out of more sales? The only ones to really expect that stuff from are seasonal events, because those are coming back anyway and you pretty much always know when.
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Aaod posted:Would you invest lots of money/more money in a game with a very small player base that was pretty much dead on arrival despite a few attempts to increase the amount of players? Hell no leave it on life support/maintenance mode and suck it dry with as little effort as possible. I'm not sure the playerbase is especially small, unless we're comparing it to PubG or whatever. In any event they're certainly not in "maintenance mode"--there's a new hero every 3/4 weeks, quite a few skins, balance changes and feature additions. Blizzard has a pretty large team on HoTs afaik.
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It's always weird when people try to do a "But it's (Maybe) the smallest blizzard game!" thing. As if even the lowest population blizzard game probably doesn't easily dwarf a lot of other games.
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How do I play Garrosh without getting endlessly kited and killed, his trait notwithstanding. He has no escape and no damage. Apart from git gud, I mean. e: turns out the key is not to chase like a dumbass lordfrikk fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Sep 9, 2017 |
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Sep 9, 2017 11:41
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lordfrikk posted:e: turns out the key is not to chase like a dumbass New thread title... Maybe it was once a thread title?
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I just unlocked Valeera from a chest. Bought the Ivory Demon Hunter skin with shards for the heck of it. Really fun so far.
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lordfrikk posted:turns out the key is not to chase like a dumbass
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Can you ice block the hunt to cancel Illidan's travel? I've always assumed he'd just end up landing at my feet as ice block ended, since projectiles with a lock on and travel time don't stop moving.
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lordfrikk posted:
This should be on every loading screen
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banned from Starbucks posted:This should be on every loading screen
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Aaod posted:Would you invest lots of money/more money in a game with a very small player base that was pretty much dead on arrival despite a few attempts to increase the amount of players? Hell no leave it on life support/maintenance mode and suck it dry with as little effort as possible. I cannot possibly put into words how wrong you are. HOTS's playerbase is huge, thriving, growing, and the same could be said for its professional scene. Every bit of effort that Blizzard puts into HOTS farts out income like you wouldn't believe. Now, granted - HOTS is not nearly as enormous and all-encompassing as League or DotA, but that doesn't mean it's small - it's just contending with two games that had several years' worth of a head start in building a playerbase and delivering content.
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Power Bottom posted:I cannot possibly put into words how wrong you are. HOTS's playerbase is huge, thriving, growing, and the same could be said for its professional scene. Every bit of effort that Blizzard puts into HOTS farts out income like you wouldn't believe. Now, granted - HOTS is not nearly as enormous and all-encompassing as League or DotA, but that doesn't mean it's small - it's just contending with two games that had several years' worth of a head start in building a playerbase and delivering content. It doesn't feel like it. I got a friend who when we queue looks up every player on hotlogs, and there is a massive variance in mmr between players in most games. Also if you play steady at all you get used to seeing the same players again and again. We play on US West Coast if that matters.
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It does. HOTS gets very little cross-server communication to prevent latency from getting too high. You can change what server you play on in the settings, under Language and Region.
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Some how I get into QM games faster in HOTS than I do in Overwatch half the time. I really think doing the Overwatch events/HOTS 2.0 changes has really increased the user base. Whenever a new character comes out every single game you see a player who most likely paid real money to have it on release day with the new skins. I see hots just like those mobile games, and I am sure since its Blizzard there are enough whales out there buying up everything to keep it well supported.
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Olaf The Stout posted:It doesn't feel like it. I got a friend who when we queue looks up every player on hotlogs, and there is a massive variance in mmr between players in most games. Also if you play steady at all you get used to seeing the same players again and again. We play on US West Coast if that matters. No Wave fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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God why is the loading screen art so lovely. Don't ever have a loading screen that's not done by that RaspbearyArt guy ever Blizz
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KTZ is insanely fun, wow.  Also Dreadlord Jaina owns, I just wish she wasn't 2,400. appropriatemetaphor posted:looking forward to karl, chains look dope Karl is Kael, it's a reference to an old dota joke. 
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Cuntellectual posted:Also Dreadlord Jaina owns, I just wish she wasn't 2,400.
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Midnightghoul posted:2017 will be the year of the support* I WILL SHOW YOU A MONSTER! MMAgCh posted:About a week and a half from now she'll be 1,600! Hm. I've got 600 shards and I was going to get Star Lich KT but I might just save for that, then.
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Stukov really owns a lot, Pox Populi and shoving a Butcher who jumpes on my Nazeebo into the horizon forever.
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Cuntellectual posted:Karl is Kael, it's a reference to an old dota joke. what a fool i've been
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He kinda looks more like a Karl anywho.
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Cuntellectual posted:Also Dreadlord Jaina owns, I just wish she wasn't 2,400. I picked up one of the Theramore Jaina skins because it was only 140 shards and got in a game with a Thrall. "Jaina, it's been a long time." "Not long enough."
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Cabbit posted:Stukov really owns a lot, Pox Populi and shoving a Butcher who jumpes on my Nazeebo into the horizon forever. Wait is that really the name of an ability? 👌
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Macaluso posted:Wait is that really the name of an ability? 👌 A talent, but yes.
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