I want to see some new features, without features being added this game is just staying in the same spot in terms of progress toward launch and expanding the player pool to newcomers. These are just some of the features I'd like to see before they launch the game
Training systems implemented. The last hit tutorials that already have their strings in the files, restricted pools, a no stats matchmaking pool that lasts for ~40 games or until the player opts out/shows consistently high results (filter out the smurf accounts). A voice narrated guide that shows how to play four different roles (support/carry/ganker/pusher) demonstrated by lich, sven, nightstalker and venomancer.
Coaching. Have another player with microphone who can talk to you, the person playing can type to the coach or use microphone also. Can draw on your map like an announcer can.
Community made guides with a voting system. Similar to hon, this would show up in the beginning of the game, giving 5-6 paragraphs or less about how to play the hero, the skill build and some recommended items. The guide with the top rating would be showed as default, with the user being able to switch between all of them. This helped me a ton when I started playing hon and I would be even worst at dota if I did not read guides.
Tooltip text system, whenever someone says push, furion, rhasta or some other dota jargon, the word becomes clickable and a tooltip shows up explaining what that person means, with a check box that says disable help within the tooltip so experienced players don't have to deal with it.
A revamped UI for practice games. Right now it's god awful. It should layout all the games available, their names, and their rule sets. When I first played hon, the no stats custom games helped me learn the game without worrying about stats.
Finally I think milestones/achievements should be put in for players who just love being rewarded. A weekly reward system that gives you a bag with 2-3 random items in it would be great for hooking players in.
At the very least, the practice game ui/tooltips/training system/guides needs to be put in before the game launches and starts getting new players into the dota genre. The other features are just icing on the cake but I still would like to see them put in.
edit: As far as heroes go I'm hoping for at least war chief, surprise troll warlord would be greatly appreciated. Medusa can sit on the backburner for all I care, spectre 2.0.
