DOTA 2


    If you have no vision of adjacent areas you can watch the minimap all day and still get ganked. But yes, carrying a teleport scroll is key to getting out of sticky situations.

    I openned a "mapcore" chat, so if you want to join, just search in groups chats and open it. It will open every time you launch the game(and create the room if nobody is in yet).

    Hope i'll learn ya nubs how to play Doto

    Quote from Sentura

    Here's a few points I can talk about (been playing dota since '07):


    • There is a lot of "art of war" elements to the game that new people won't notice, and you can tell a lot by how the enemy heroes act in lane. If they're moving towards you, ignoring the creep line, there's a good chance they've got a friend in the woods right next to you and looking to kill. Move back ASAP.


    I think you may have touched down on my favorite aspect of MOBA's with that tip. A lot of the lessons taught are directly applicable to the game.

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    I know this thread has been dead for a while but these news made me post it here anyway, they are throwing around the gameplay a lot in a coming patch.

    http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=109826


    Sorry for the double post I posted then couldnt figure out how to edit/multiquote


    Anyways some comments on the patch:


    1) The buyback penalty seems brutal. You dont gain gold from creeps/neutrals until the actual time you would have been dead passes AND they add 25% to your next death. Is that to make turnarounds easier?


    2) Is denied experience considered negative experience?


    3)Interesting to see how the new day/night cycle affects night stalker. My guess is positively


    4) I like the random roshan. I really didnt like the aspect of exact timing for major creeps


    5)1000 gold for a killing spree block. I like that


    Seems like they want to make a turnaround more viable with the general changes.

    Denied creeps give 18 exp split between eligible units, which is then doubled for melee. Now it could be considered 36 exp split as it's doubled for everyone. As a comparison melee/ranged creeps usually give 62/41 when not denied. So it's not negative but it is heavily reduced. This will mitigate its importance in mid-lane but allow off-laners to soak up more.


    Fair warning: This is three hours long.


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    Quote from AlexM

    I think you may have touched down on my favorite aspect of MOBA's with that tip. A lot of the lessons taught are directly applicable to the game.


    It's definitely also one my favorite points of MOBA. That and the ability to make a big play, being alone and taking out 3-5 heroes.

    Quote from AlexM

    I think you may have touched down on my favorite aspect of MOBA's with that tip. A lot of the lessons taught are directly applicable to the game.

    I can do nothing but agree to this and it's probably why I can't stop playing it.


    I really think that you're onto something when you say that they have been trying to figure out how they can give the players more opportunities for turnarounds. To me this is something really good both for me as a player and a fan of watching pro-dota. The whole buyback thing is something I love too, sure it has been cool seeing buybacks flying all over the place but what this "nerf" brings is more penalty for dying and that's just something I can't get enough of.

    Moreover, unless you figured this out yourself, they are bringing a lot of new heroes into the "meta" as it's called as well as nerfing others. Many supports (and others too) that hasn't been used as much before have been buffed a lot. I truely hope this will introduce or re-introduce some hero-pick line-ups that hasn't been seen so much lately.

    I really hate this Diretide debacle. When developers use phrases like "gamer entitlement" it's often laced with arrogance, but in this instance it's justified. In /r/DotA2 they were even looking for a Volvo courier to commemorate... what? Spamming an unrelated subreddit with a bad in-joke, spamming negative reviews on metacritic, finding CyborgMatt's phone number and harassing him in real-life? Unfortunately this has also given the message that if fans complain loudly enough and disruptively enough Valve will comply. And nobody actually likes Diretide, the draw of the event is it allows you to grind for a higher frequency of cosmetic item drops.

    Anyway, in other news, the delayed update they were planning to release instead is here now with two more heroes.


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    Never even heard of this diretide thing before. Is this a separate game mode or is it part of the main game for a period of time?


    The new characters look cool. Begging for an all spirit team

    New update coming with hopefully some new heroes : legion commander is teased on Frostivus, some people are talking of Winter Wyvern, Arc Warden and Wraith king !


    And a bonus rampage :

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    Pretty cool patch indeed, haven't played Frostivus yet (dunno if there's any change since last year?). Legion Commander is really badass and I just love how Valve is not going for the "big boobs"-approach like Riot Games.

    On that note, here's Guinsoo everyone!

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    EDIT: For those who don't know, Guinsoo was the second developer of the Dota 1 map which Icefrog took over.

    Pendragon is another controversial figure that used to work on DotA1 but now works for Riot Games. When League launched he deleted the DotA1 site and replaced it with a League advert. Stay classy.

    They recently added Jinx who was the first non-child female character not to have huge boobage, although she is flat as a board and in a bikini so it comes across as a fetish more than anything else.

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