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Heroes of the Storm |OT3| Chromiehounds

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Apathy

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so the claw on Hanamura was just misdirection, and it probably being the diablo skin to try to take talk away from the Dva speculating that was going on
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
I'm down with more / all
Overwatch
heroes added
 
Kadin

Kadin

Member
Complete newb here to the MOBA genre. I've dabbled with LoL way back when and I didn't enjoy it (played a few hours at most). But I love the Blizzard universe and a friend keeps reminding me that this is a good entry to the genre. I've played it a few times and liked it but get easily overwhelmed with what's going on, talents to take, etc.

Is the best way to approach this overwhelming feeling by focusing on just one character and playing them until I really understand them completely and then later choosing another? Rinse, repeat?

I'm of the opinion games like these need you to be able to play multiple characters at any given time to complement the team, or is that really more an issue later when you get into ranked stuff? Basically, can you enjoy the game for a while at least by just focusing on one character?
 
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Alur

Member
Kadin said:
Complete newb here to the MOBA genre. I've dabbled with LoL way back when and I didn't enjoy it (played a few hours at most). But I love the Blizzard universe and a friend keeps reminding me that this is a good entry to the genre. I've played it a few times and liked it but get easily overwhelmed with what's going on, talents to take, etc.

Is the best way to approach this overwhelming feeling by focusing on just one character and playing them until I really understand them completely and then later choosing another? Rinse, repeat?

I'm of the opinion games like these need you to be able to play multiple characters at any given time to complement the team, or is that really more an issue later when you get into ranked stuff? Basically, can you enjoy the game for a while at least by just focusing on one character?
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Play it the way you want. Try out a few and find the one that clicks, play them til you're comfortable and/or see another who tickles your fancy and go from there.

You do need to play multiple heroes to do ranked, but that's a while down the road. You'd need 14 heroes at level 5 to even unlocked ranked anyway.
 
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brian!

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Best healers atm are malf and lucio. Uther, auriel, and rehgar are all good situational picks too, though uther will be receiving a rework soon.

Tbh they are all pretty good atm, cant really think of a shitty healer right now
 
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Oscar

Member
Kadin said:
Complete newb here to the MOBA genre. I've dabbled with LoL way back when and I didn't enjoy it (played a few hours at most). But I love the Blizzard universe and a friend keeps reminding me that this is a good entry to the genre. I've played it a few times and liked it but get easily overwhelmed with what's going on, talents to take, etc.

Is the best way to approach this overwhelming feeling by focusing on just one character and playing them until I really understand them completely and then later choosing another? Rinse, repeat?

I'm of the opinion games like these need you to be able to play multiple characters at any given time to complement the team, or is that really more an issue later when you get into ranked stuff? Basically, can you enjoy the game for a while at least by just focusing on one character?
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I'd say first figure out what role you like to play (Tank, Assassin, Specialist, Support/Healer) then lock down what hero you enjoy the most for that role.

Then just focus on that hero until you feel comfortable branching out and doing the same thing with a different role.

Obviously you'll have to get familiar with the maps and their objectives.

This game is more focused on map awareness for objectives and team fights. So just learn the maps and your preferred role in a team fight.

Edit: There are sites out there with guides regarding popular builds. You can use those to get a good idea of what talents are good atm.
 
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Alur

Member
Right now they are showing a retrospective of HOTS so far. Kind of what we thought the HOTS timeline would be.

Apathy said:
Will they be doing something on twitch for the release of 2.0?
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https://www.twitch.tv/blizzheroes

Launch event with a few personalities and a showmatch series on Hanamura between Dignitas and Fnatic. After the first game of the series, they are going to reveal the new 2.0 cinematic which will also show the next hero to be released after Genji.
 
scoobs

scoobs

Member
Karsticles said:
With the free character pack, I am going to give this game a try. What should I know before diving in?
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It's a team based game, and objectives matter. Get good with a handful of heroes and take them into quick match to get used to all the crazy different maps.
 
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Alur

Member
Supposed to be live at 12 PM PST. Who knows when it'll actually go up, though. Sometimes they are early, sometimes late. I'd imagine this one is big enough to cause some issues so I'd bet late.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Alur said:
HOTS is updating. 1.15 GB or so for me.
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huh I changed to Americas in the region/account and the play button changed to update... so if I get the patch now, will I still have to get it again tomorow I wonder?

edit: apprently so because when I select Europe again, it asks me to update which I assume takes it back to the previous version.
 
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Alur

Member
Here we gooooooooooooooooo

PWp55XE.gif
 
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SashaNein

Unconfirmed Member
Rhaknar said:
huh I changed to Americas in the region/account and the play button changed to update... so if I get the patch now, will I still have to get it again tomorow I wonder?

edit: apprently so because when I select Europe again, it asks me to update which I assume takes it back to the previous version.
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If you don't want to play between now and 2.0 going live you can switch to US, download it, then when we get it your button will just change to 'PLAY' on EU. At least, that's how previous patches have worked for me.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
SashaNein said:
If you don't want to play between now and 2.0 going live you can switch to US, download it, then when we get it your button will just change to 'PLAY' on EU. At least, that's how previous patches have worked for me.
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ah really? I might leave it then I probably wasnt going to play tonight. Thanks for letting me know

Mobius and pet octopus said:
Waiting for this to launch. Getting all the overwatch characters lol (gonna pretend I'm playing a fps)
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they work shockingly well in the game actually (I mean, not entirely surprising as even in OW their abilities always looked like they would work in a moba)

im super fucking excited for Li Li announcer pack, legit too not sarcastically :3
 
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Alur

Member
If you download patch and try to log in, you can see the 2.0 splash screen on live...and then it says it's down for maintenance :(
 
Kadin

Kadin

Member
Alur said:
Play it the way you want. Try out a few and find the one that clicks, play them til you're comfortable and/or see another who tickles your fancy and go from there.

You do need to play multiple heroes to do ranked, but that's a while down the road. You'd need 14 heroes at level 5 to even unlocked ranked anyway.
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Oscar said:
I'd say first figure out what role you like to play (Tank, Assassin, Specialist, Support/Healer) then lock down what hero you enjoy the most for that role.

Then just focus on that hero until you feel comfortable branching out and doing the same thing with a different role.

Obviously you'll have to get familiar with the maps and their objectives.

This game is more focused on map awareness for objectives and team fights. So just learn the maps and your preferred role in a team fight.

Edit: There are sites out there with guides regarding popular builds. You can use those to get a good idea of what talents are good atm.
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protonium said:
I recommend that you try all the heroes on the free, weekly rotation that look interesting to you to settle on one or more heroes that you enjoy playing. You can also use the shop's Try Mode or Training/VS AI games for this evaluation.

It will take a long time to "completely" understand a hero because of the number of maps, heroes and changing meta so don't feel pressured to do so. Learning the general gameplay and maps is important since that knowledge will be transferable to any hero you choose to play later on.

I wouldn't worry about diversifying your roster just yet. Just keep in mind that you will need to have 14 heroes at level 5 to play un/ranked modes.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I appreciate the suggestions, I think I have a good idea how to approach this now along with getting some hands-on help from my friend who is slowly pulling me back in. Now seems like as good a time as any to really get in and learn the maps and overall fundamentals.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
any of you fools going to stream opening all the veteran boxes so I can partake in drinking your tears?
 
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Alur

Member
This fucking pop pop mic. STAHP

Rhaknar said:
any of you fools going to stream opening all the veteran boxes so I can partake in drinking your tears?
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Why would there be tears? They are free, you're guaranteed a legendary in at least one box for every 100 levels you've gained in 1.0, and honestly the drop rates for HOTS loot boxes appear to be way better than Overwatch.
 
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Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Today is the first day I can remember where I am at work and looking forward to playing some HOTS when I get home. Hooray for big updates.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
what are those numbers underneath the characters now?

is it so you can see everyone's talents?

Alur said:
On the stream? Yeah that's how they display talents in pro games now.
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how the fuck do you remember what those little icons are on every hero :D
 
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