Dota 2 General Chat XXXII - 6.88 will make the ancient summon robot miners and TPs will be free

[Rockeiro]

[QUOTE=Chaos Creator;50407673]according to his twitter info:
"Former Product Manager on the Riot Esports team."

[editline]also[/editline]
Extra 10 seconds on google shows he's worked at riot since 2011 [url]https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonsteinonline[/url][/QUOTE]

so he's a filthy casual

[Vomitself]

[QUOTE=Chaos Creator;50407673]according to his twitter info:
"Former Product Manager on the Riot Esports team."

[editline]also[/editline]
Extra 10 seconds on google shows he's worked at riot since 2011 [url]https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonsteinonline[/url][/QUOTE]

Oh, so he's very biased

[jp_rsardeto]

Mirana Aghs is so good

[Hammer Nipples]

To be fair, there's still a ton of really poorly designed DOTA 2 heroes however I can't think of any big gameplay design things that scream poorly designed to me other than maybe BKB as a concept

[unlimi_Ted]

[QUOTE=Hammernipples;50409476]To be fair, there's still a ton of really poorly designed DOTA 2 heroes however I can't think of any big gameplay design things that scream poorly designed to me other than maybe BKB as a concept[/QUOTE]

up until they were all merged into Physical/Magical/Pure the damage types were pretty confusing

I [i]still[/i] don't understand what chaos damage was

[editline]28th May 2016[/editline]

and if I'm being honest I still don't know what the different armor types do either. they are never referred to in the game itself.

[Sammun]

20 fucking deaths, dagon build and still dares to call others trash and tell me we lost because i didn't build blademail, Peruvians are nothing but scum
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Ren2WdP.jpg[/t]
And yet another game where people die like mad, why is it so damn hard to look at the map and stay safe?
ps: think I went overboard with the hp items.

[suttles]

Woah, 2gd is casting[URL="https://www.twitch.tv/taketv"] overwatch[/URL] now.

Also, is the battlepass worth buying? I don't plan to play dota anytime soon, so I'm probably not buying it just yet.

[Lysander32]

[QUOTE=Suttles;50409659]Woah, 2gd is casting[URL="https://www.twitch.tv/taketv"] overwatch[/URL] now.

Also, is the battlepass worth buying? I don't plan to play dota anytime soon, so I'm probably not buying it just yet.[/QUOTE]

Only if you plan to spend a lot more to get the stuff that's worth. If you dont want to spend upwards of 40 dollars to get the terrain, I wouldn't call it worth. It's not a great battle pass. I just bought the 10 dollar one and I'm done with it.

[Rarara]

[QUOTE=unlimi_Ted;50409576]
I [i]still[/i] don't understand what chaos damage was.[/QUOTE]

If I recall, chaos damage did 100% damage to everything, unlike hero damage which did 50% damage to structures.

[Enternode]

I suppose it's all a matter of balance

You want it easy enough so that it can be understiod by anyone that looms into it

But not easy enough so that the game holds your hand thus raising the skill floor too high ir lowering the ceiling too low

It's hard and I cam commend for reasonable attempts

The way Dota is structured is leaning towards being harder and isn't perfect by any means but does a well enough job to keep reasonable balance and still be fun, and that's pretty fucking great

[jp_rsardeto]

[QUOTE=unlimi_Ted;50409576]up until they were all merged into Physical/Magical/Pure the damage types were pretty confusing

I [i]still[/i] don't understand what chaos damage was

[editline]28th May 2016[/editline]

and if I'm being honest I still don't know what the different armor types do either. they are never referred to in the game itself.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it took me a while to know that heroes, towers and creeps have different armor type

[garbage ellie]

[QUOTE=unlimi_Ted;50409576]up until they were all merged into Physical/Magical/Pure the damage types were pretty confusing

I [i]still[/i] don't understand what chaos damage was

[editline]28th May 2016[/editline]

and if I'm being honest I still don't know what the different armor types do either. they are never referred to in the game itself.[/QUOTE]

it was easier to understand in wc3 dota since they actually had icons and information in the game on each unit with different armor/attack types. in dota 2 that stuff never carried over.

[Rocko's]

Just got back into Dota 2 and all that and have a huge burning question, is there a reason why mangoes can't be stacked because damn are they handy but they can't be stacked at all.

Also what is the best game mode in the arcade besides IMBA?

[Dzonintz]

Because they would be too strong, stack 3-4 of them on a roamer while having other slots available 5 minutes in is unreal.

[Enternode]

I don't think there is a hero in the entire pool I am worse at than Silencer

Whenever I choose him because I forgot I suck at him I lose or make no game impact besides an ultimate

[editline]29th May 2016[/editline]

I don't understand building Aghs on him either

The whole point of Curse is so people are forced to cast spells thus making it stronger

But if you force them not to then it does like 35*6=210 magic damage which is shit

And both have the same duration so it's IMPOSSIBLE to cast a spell

I think it's the most pointless aghs upgrade in the game.

[dirty_ape]

[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;50401436]You can literaly smash the other team with treant.
Nobody expects a supporting tree to hit like a truck at lv.1[/QUOTE]

Uhhh. That's the ONLY thing you expect a treant to do at level 1.

[MaxisOp]

[QUOTE=TeamEnternode;50411064]I don't think there is a hero in the entire pool I am worse at than Silencer

Whenever I choose him because I forgot I suck at him I lose or make no game impact besides an ultimate

[editline]29th May 2016[/editline]

I don't understand building Aghs on him either

The whole point of Curse is so people are forced to cast spells thus making it stronger

But if you force them not to then it does like 35*6=210 magic damage which is shit

And both have the same duration so it's IMPOSSIBLE to cast a spell

I think it's the most pointless aghs upgrade in the game.[/QUOTE]

1) Arcane Curse now slows for 18%, and it will stack with Agh's upgrade; it can act as a very strong global slow on top of the silence that can get doubled by your own Arcane Curse.

2) Arcane Curse doesn't tick down the damage nor the duration during periods where the affected user is silenced. Your theory about the lack of damage coming from Arcane Curse doesn't really add up here.

[jp_rsardeto]

Eh, there are better items you can get for Silencer imo. Aghs was good on him when Arcane Curse was Curse of the Silent

[The Error]

[QUOTE=jp_rsardeto;50411524]Eh, there are better items you can get for Silencer imo. Aghs was good on him when Arcane Curse was Curse of the Silent[/QUOTE]

Even then the +1 second of silence was a pretty big deal.

[Raccoon99]

About Lina's Fireball minigame, i think it hates me. Reason why is that i used all of my fireballs on the near middle (2, 3 and 4) and it kept on going either to the far left or right. Is it like that for you guys also?

[Enternode]

I've delt with some bullshit at my rank but this is just infuriating on so many levels:

[video=youtube;kCyhvW6VmGg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCyhvW6VmGg[/video]

I mean why would you do that? It's not like I did anything to (intentionally) piss him off. He's just one of those peruvian mic users that uses English swear words every now and then but you still can't understand what the fuck he's saying...

I would have gone and grabbed it but I was still managing my items and didn't notice where he put it.

To be honest I thought he went and put it in the fountain just to mess with me as a joke

And then someone on the enemy team came and took it...

Had to buy another one

While I could have had the quarterstaff delivered and then bought the butterfly how the fuck was I supposed to know he would do this?

[Jechtmania]

[QUOTE=Suttles;50409659]Also, is the battlepass worth buying? I don't plan to play dota anytime soon, so I'm probably not buying it just yet.[/QUOTE]

Technically due to the amount of quests and the way wagering tokens are reset every week it's better to get it and start using it sooner rather than later (you get more tokens to bet per week the higher your level is, but to get there early to make the most of it you'll need to fork out the cash :/ ).

You're probably better off just getting the level 1 pass and picking up anything you missed out on which you like elsewhere (trading/market) after TI6.

[Sammun]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/v93R43N.png[/t]
Seems I get more reports over builds or hero picks than actual trashtalking.

[TheAmazinRock]

[QUOTE=TeamEnternode;50411715]I've delt with some bullshit at my rank but this is just infuriating on so many levels:

I mean why would you do that? It's not like I did anything to (intentionally) piss him off. He's just one of those peruvian mic users that uses English swear words every now and then but you still can't understand what the fuck he's saying...

I would have gone and grabbed it but I was still managing my items and didn't notice where he put it.

To be honest I thought he went and put it in the fountain just to mess with me as a joke

And then someone on the enemy team came and took it...

Had to buy another one

While I could have had the quarterstaff delivered and then bought the butterfly how the fuck was I supposed to know he would do this?[/QUOTE]

A simple solution would be to play with friends instead of solo queueing with randoms. Otherwise, expect to buy your own courier and disable it from everyone else and maybe even disabling "help" from teammates.

There's no merit to MMR at all since solo ranked is nothing but garbage 95% of the time. A long time ago I did the 10 placement matches and wound up in 4.2k, despite losing 8/10 games. After that I have not won a single solo queue ranked game and my MMR is at 3.5k.

Each game I had to play a support, since we had people first picking mids and carries (except for one game). Needless to say my solo supporting skills skyrocketed, but it was not enjoyable in the slightest.

[fog]

[url]http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2397175681[/url]

how to beat megas: dont lose

[Sammun]

Fuck the AA quest
[img]http://i.imgur.com/0K28GjL.png[/img]
Landing iceblast and seeing enemies shatter is fun, but the rest of the hero makes me want to kill myself.

[ASIC]

This is some weird shit: [url]https://yasp.co/matches/2396848208[/url]

I have been trying to improve my radiance riki build.
I went Vanguard into radiance this time.

I wasn't able to succeed at the point of building radiance (radiance enemies to death), probably because I didn't ward the enemy jungle.

I have no clue how I managed to get the most hero damage.

[dannyketch]

> Radiance
> Riki

You wot m8

[ASIC]

[QUOTE=dannyketch;50412665]> Radiance
> Riki

You wot m8[/QUOTE]

I do it pretty often: [url]http://www.dotabuff.com/players/114854099/matches?hero=riki[/url]

[Rarara]

[QUOTE=Raccoon99;50411648]About Lina's Fireball minigame, i think it hates me. Reason why is that i used all of my fireballs on the near middle (2, 3 and 4) and it kept on going either to the far left or right. Is it like that for you guys also?[/QUOTE]

Always pick the far right.