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[eosos]

God I don't want this to be free to play. I like being able to play the other heroes to see how they work and find out ways to counter them. Maybe there could be a free to play version where you have to buy heroes and a $50 version where you get all the heroes for life. You still have to purchase cosmetic things though. I doubt it though

 

[LiK]

I guess it is new thread worthy.

damn right it is

 

[hteng]

"ahhh fressssh meattt'"

 

[Neki]

God I don't want this to be free to play. I like being able to play the other heroes to see how they work and find out ways to counter them. Maybe there could be a free to play version where you have to buy heroes and a $50 version where you get all the heroes for life. You still have to purchase cosmetic things though. I doubt it though

If it was free to play, it'd be more than likely all core content would be free, I don't think they'd follow the LoL model of unlocking heroes.

 

[eosos]

If it was free to play, it'd be more than likely all core content would be free, you realize this right?

I do not. I was assuming it would be like LoL

 

[Neki]

I do not. I was assuming it would be like LoL

I'm assuming they'd follow the micro transaction model for cosmetic changes/bundles, but I'm hard pressed to believe they would lock characters. Anything is possible though.

 

[eosos]

I'm assuming they'd follow the micro transaction model for cosmetic changes/bundles, but I'm hard pressed to believe they would lock characters. Anything is possible though.

Well if that's the case then I'm all for F2P!

 

[Jenga]

God I don't want this to be free to play. I like being able to play the other heroes to see how they work and find out ways to counter them. Maybe there could be a free to play version where you have to buy heroes and a $50 version where you get all the heroes for life. You still have to purchase cosmetic things though. I doubt it though

If it's F2P I really doubt Valve will follow LoL's example

they've already said it's gonna be straight up dota

 

[Evlar]

Fantastic.

 

[Ikuu]

Hope they allow mods like HoN, can't imagine playing that with Right-Click Deny.

 

[angular graphics]

 

[Ikuu]

Supposedly someone messed up and a Dota2 update got posted at the TF2 Blog.

 

[Kyaw]

That is such a messy list. NEED BULLET POINTS!

 

[Goon Boon]

With every patch list leaked it feels like its getting closer and closer to release. Techies, we'll meet again soon.

 

[NG28]

With every patch list leaked it feels like its getting closer and closer to release. Techies, we'll meet again soon.

But you also see stuff that seems like it should have been done a long time ago, like Doom Bringer only now being able to devour lane creeps.

 

[luffeN]

http://i.imgur.com/rOliN.jpg[MG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4e3Nw.jpg[MG][/QUOTE]

Where can I find this? I am interested in translating it if it isn't just a joke xD

 

[Mechazawa]

Hmm, I didn't know they were carrying over all the heroes/summoners/whatever from Dota too.

 

[Hasemo]

Hmm, I didn't know they were carrying over all the heroes/summoners/whatever from Dota too.

This is supposed to be old DOTA with a few tweaks and new engine.

 

[rezuth]

Two Valve games in one year? I feel spoiled.

Can't wait though.

I thought Gabe said they are gearing up for more releases.

 

[close to the edge]

I hope not. Denying is a stupid mechanic imo.

Why? I think it's a good mechanic to keep the early game from becoming too stale and lets skilled players set themselves apart more easily, if that makes sense.

 

[Syril]

Hmm, I didn't know they were carrying over all the heroes/summoners/whatever from Dota too.

They'll have to change some of them since part of the cast are heroes from WarCraft and a few are outright taken from other works.

Why? I think it's a good mechanic to keep the early game from becoming too stale and lets skilled players set themselves apart more easily, if that makes sense.

Asking as someone who knows how DotA works but never played it, how are ranged characters not overwhelmingly favored at this?

 

[MurkyZebra2417]

Asking as someone who knows how DotA works but never played it, how are ranged characters not overwhelmingly favored at this?

They are favored in the whole early game, thats why you should have a good lane setup so that there is no lane with 2melees vs 2ranged.

 

[FoxSpirit]

Yay, female fire mage. Bummed when they made her male in HoN, she was made after the famed Lina Inverse after all.

We don't have a single screenshot of this yet, do we?

 

[Tomat]

If this is true, I'm honestly not sure if I'll be playing Heroes of Newerth anymore.

 

[ElyrionX]

Why? I think it's a good mechanic to keep the early game from becoming too stale and lets skilled players set themselves apart more easily, if that makes sense.

I acknowledge that. But it creates too much "work" to do in the early game. I'm kind of lazy so I never really bothered with denying.

 

[Archie]

Asking as someone who knows how DotA works but never played it, how are ranged characters not overwhelmingly favored at this?

There are certain items to make last hitting easier and melee heroes lose less exp on denies.

 

[Cirruss]

Asking as someone who knows how DotA works but never played it, how are ranged characters not overwhelmingly favored at this?

Its true its a little harder for melee characters to last hit/deny against ranged characters, but iirc, when you deny a creep from a ranger char they only gain 50%xp whereas against mellee chars they are denied slightly less and gain 75% xp from the deny.

 

[JaseC]

Yay, female fire mage. Bummed when they made her male in HoN, she was made after the famed Lina Inverse after all.

We don't have a single screenshot of this yet, do we?

Nope, and the Dota 2 blog hasn't been updated since it went up despite being labelled as "a place where you can get information on our progress as we build the game."

 

[Ikuu]

Should probably be a new thread but wow, Valve is putting up $1m for the tournament http://www.dota2.com/

 

[Teknopathetic]

Uh, yes, that should be a new thread. That's kinda massive.

 

[Acidote]

Hm, I was surprised to see the website is in Spanish too.

Expect a gameplay blowout by GamesCom.

 

[picklecannon]

Should probably be a new thread but wow, Valve is putting up $1m for the tournament http://www.dota2.com/

Holy shit. Going to play dota 2 full time with my old dota buddies!

 

[thetrin]

I've always wanted to play DOTA, but the community is full of raging man children, which leaves me happy to completely ignore it.

I really hope DOTA 2 isn't the same, because I actually want to play it.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Supposedly someone messed up and a Dota2 update got posted at the TF2 Blog.
http://i.imgur.com/297s4.png

Just chiming in about this...

I asked people who monitor activity on the TF2 blog 24/7 and actually have bots that record changes to the blog and stuff and they confirmed to me that, that particular update was never posted on the TF2 site.