It's a lot of fun.
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Dota 2 Reborn beta thread | Custom games and Source 2
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It's a lot of fun.
SteveWinwood
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Omni wars is great
so is HAM (not for people who don't play Dota)
league of Dota or whatever can be fun for how dumb it ends up
slide ninja slide isn't my cup of tea but people like it apparently
warlock brawl is dumb fun
I saw footman frenzy is out that's a classic from wc3
so is HAM (not for people who don't play Dota)
league of Dota or whatever can be fun for how dumb it ends up
slide ninja slide isn't my cup of tea but people like it apparently
warlock brawl is dumb fun
I saw footman frenzy is out that's a classic from wc3
Archer Wars
Just had a chance to try this bad boy out earlier this morning, and I had so much fun with it that I felt the need to give it some much-needed exposure here.
It comes with two maps, a large one for 10 players and a smaller one for 5. It's FFA and there are a handful of different archers to choose from. The gameplay reminds me of the Sniper Paintball maps from Brood War in that it revolves around using the cover of trees in the environment to juke and snipe the other players. As the round progresses you can learn or upgrade new abilities such as a second type of arrow, a cloaked bird that you can use to scout out the stage, and a powerful flaming boulder.
In the center of the map is the shop where you can buy from an array of items made specifically for this mode. This is good because it gives everyone a reason to occasionally make the risky trip to the center of the map, which is always visible and vulnerable to ambushes.
Oh, and you also have an ability that recharges every 10 seconds or so that briefly shows you the location of everyone else on the map for a second or two. I thought this was a genius design choice because it keeps the game from devolving into a slow, plodding game of hide n' seek.
It's a great game and very polished already. I'd love to see more people playing this, as it doesn't have a sizeable player base yet from what I've seen. Spread the word!
Just had a chance to try this bad boy out earlier this morning, and I had so much fun with it that I felt the need to give it some much-needed exposure here.
It comes with two maps, a large one for 10 players and a smaller one for 5. It's FFA and there are a handful of different archers to choose from. The gameplay reminds me of the Sniper Paintball maps from Brood War in that it revolves around using the cover of trees in the environment to juke and snipe the other players. As the round progresses you can learn or upgrade new abilities such as a second type of arrow, a cloaked bird that you can use to scout out the stage, and a powerful flaming boulder.
In the center of the map is the shop where you can buy from an array of items made specifically for this mode. This is good because it gives everyone a reason to occasionally make the risky trip to the center of the map, which is always visible and vulnerable to ambushes.
Oh, and you also have an ability that recharges every 10 seconds or so that briefly shows you the location of everyone else on the map for a second or two. I thought this was a genius design choice because it keeps the game from devolving into a slow, plodding game of hide n' seek.
It's a great game and very polished already. I'd love to see more people playing this, as it doesn't have a sizeable player base yet from what I've seen. Spread the word!
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
holy crap i remember archer wars of back in the day.
just a question, can you still play a normal game against bots? (5v5 AI) /Dota2 reborn
just a question, can you still play a normal game against bots? (5v5 AI) /Dota2 reborn
Hm, not sure. The only game I played was a full five-man, so I don't know if it supports bots or not yet.
I'd wager a guess that it doesn't as of right now but might in the future.
ashecitism
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I played a couple of bot guided tutorials and someone in another trhead said he tried out regular bot matches.
SteveWinwood
Member
there is an option to select from the different versions (their version of use map settings) so it's definitely possible in the future but he probably hasn't done any of that since it seems to be super low on custom game creators priority lists
he's talking specifically archer wars
ashecitism
Member
Oh, I took "normal game"/5v5 as, well, normal game lol. Since AW is FFA.
SteveWinwood
Member
oh maybe it is I'm not sure
ashecitism
Member
Yeah, he says 5v5. AW is FFA. And also asks if you can still do that in Reborn. There was no official custom game support in the previous version, so that only leaves regular bot games.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
heh, sorry for failing to write properly.
i meant normal game mode(5v5 but with bots) and thanks for the answers, i will install reborn then.
To anyone here who regularly checks the DotA 2 subreddit, consider subscribing and contributing to r/Dota2CustomGames.
It's in its beginning stages, but I think it has the potential to be come a great community for both fans of custom games and those who create them. I'm not a mod or anything. I just want to see the subreddit grow.
It's in its beginning stages, but I think it has the potential to be come a great community for both fans of custom games and those who create them. I'm not a mod or anything. I just want to see the subreddit grow.
ashecitism
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ashecitism
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You can play regular Dota, yea, but it's still pretty buggy compared to the standard client. Like I think at one point Naga could sell items off of her illusions and get 6 slotted by like 10 minutes.
TouchMyBox
Member
You can play dota reborn with other people playing dota reborn.
If regular dota works good for you, just continue using that for regular games for now.
Wait, what? I thought it hadn't yet been updated to work with Reborn.
ashecitism
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Eternal Gamer
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I have been playing Dota Strikers and it is a lot of fun, I can wait to see them adding new heroes to the roster.
Aside this, Skillshot Wars is my most played mode. Today I played Clockwerk in a normal game and I felt I improved my hooks, ha ha ha.
Aside this, Skillshot Wars is my most played mode. Today I played Clockwerk in a normal game and I felt I improved my hooks, ha ha ha.
Try Archer Wars and Reflex as well if you like Skillshot Wars.
Believe me they will come, but it will be a few weeks or months from now before good ones reach a state where they're ready for primetime. The beta tools are different from the alpha ones in some important ways that specifically affect maps of this type.
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Because time is a flat circle
ashecitism
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Not sure why this thread keeps getting buried.
Anywho... here's a relevant thread that I posted earlier today:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1072874
Anywho... here's a relevant thread that I posted earlier today:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1072874
ashecitism
Member
Yeah, there's not much interest atm, which is a bit surprising. Or maybe not given its state. Maybe later.
SuperChoco
Member
I think it is due to two things. One is that custom games are still fairly new, so in order for the more complex ones to be available, it would take time. Two, is that the Reborn beta is still relatively unstable, which makes it relatively annoying for whoever wants to play the games.
I have two ideas for custom games, but I haven't a clue about Lua so it'll take a while for anything to come to fruition.
ashecitism
Member
Yeah, good points. I also don't play it regurarly, because occasional crashes and all
. Also, it's TI season, and ESL Frankfurt was recently too, so maybe a lot of Dota fans are busy with those things and are not in the mood for this. And non-Dota fans just probably want something new that's not Dota, so Source 2 and custom games don't mean much here, even though the former is big news.
(and picked up Witcher 1 recently)
TouchMyBox
Member
I imagine people will be more interested once ranked matchmaking is enabled in the reborn client.
ashecitism
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ashecitism
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I see Cyborgmatt has been posting about Snipers Duel. Also made a reddit thread about it.
I made that thread.
Also, Snipers Duel just got some big updates as of yesterday. A ton of new stuff was introduced like custom items, blood effects for the insta-gib rifle, item treasure chest deliveries in the center of the map, shops at everyone's spawn area, and a bunch more.
ashecitism
Member
ohhh lol, I was focusing on '(by Cyborgmatt)' and didn't notice he's the dev behind it
ashecitism
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Does it mean that I would be able to play Green TD and Stronghold map once again?! YEY!
ashecitism
Member
If someone decides to remake them, then yes.
Green TD remake is already on the Workshop and playable. Still in alpha though.
ashecitism
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ashecitism
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ashecitism
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So... I have some questions. Currently I dont have Dota 2 installed on my pc but Im pretty sure Im going to do it for TI5 knowing that trying to watch games on populated Twitch streams is going to be an awful experience. They (Valve) said that in theory Dota Reborn should work better than vanilla Dota 2 on old notebooks.
So, is Dota Reborn my best option ? Does it work as they said ? Any known problems when using it to watch games ?
Thanks a lot in advance
So, is Dota Reborn my best option ? Does it work as they said ? Any known problems when using it to watch games ?
Thanks a lot in advance