Heroes of the Storm - It's like if Blizzard made Smash Bros. but not! - Games

[QUOTE=Banned?;47166837]If you're using quick match then it literally just throws teams together. There isn't a real rhyme or reason to it.[/QUOTE] You have a source on this? It really doesn't seem that way to me. I know hotslog isn't official and stuff but I started playing guys around 1500 MMR and now I'm mostly playing guys in high 2k's and low 3k's.

[QUOTE=Banned?;47166837]If you're using quick match then it literally just throws teams together. There isn't a real rhyme or reason to it.[/QUOTE] That only happens after 6 minutes generally. If you're in a queue for that long it either gives up or relaxes the matchmaking requirements so heavily it only seems like it's given up. Beyond that you're generally matched with people around the same mmr as yourself.

Would Nova be considered pubstompy or legit strong? My teams always seem to have major issues with her, but from what I've read online, she isn't really considered to be top tier.

I think she leans more towards the pubstompy side. The thing about this genre is almost every hero/champion/etc is viable in soloqueue but a lot of them are never used because the pros don't use them. Like at the highest level of play some heroes are indeed less powerful than others but below that it honestly doesn't matter. This genre is all about being comfortable with what you play. If you try to play the "cancer picks" but you have no idea how to play them you're gonna suck. Or if you try to play the "bad picks" but you know everything about them you can stomp some fools.

Buying an XP boost was the best thing I could ever do with the Vikings. I'm getting like 300k XP per game along with the holiday bonus.

I just played a game with the most absurdly assholeish, stubborn Muradin on Dragon Shire. Nonstop shit-talking, sitting mid and refusing to help in teamfights because he was "soaking XP", and all in the name of "this is just my warm-up game for when my Hero League team comes on in 30 mins" Fuck MOBA communities.

[QUOTE=Masamune;47173303]I just played a game with the most absurdly assholeish, stubborn Muradin on Dragon Shire. Nonstop shit-talking, sitting mid and refusing to help in teamfights because he was "soaking XP", and all in the name of "this is just my warm-up game for when my Hero League team come son in 30 mins" Fuck MOBA communities.[/QUOTE] I can't wait for them to implement a proper report system and get bannin'

So my friend really wants to play with us but he's too fucking lazy to get his own key. Anyone here got a good source of places that have regular giveaways?

Falstad represent. [editline]20th February 2015[/editline] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GJ7eueZ1wY&t=52s"]He survived.[/URL]

[QUOTE=BoxinShrimp;47174977]So my friend really wants to play with us but he's too fucking lazy to get his own key. Anyone here got a good source of places that have regular giveaways?[/QUOTE] I just skim the new section here and check the sub reddit for giveaways. I'll let you know if I see another one.

Yo how's Gazlowe? Goblins are my favorite race in WoW so I'd love to play him.

[QUOTE=Skyward;47178056]Yo how's Gazlowe? Goblins are my favorite race in WoW so I'd love to play him.[/QUOTE] He's pretty good on certain maps and on womb combo teams.

I love Rehgar but his E is really just bad.

Damn level 9 to level 10 takes a while. Is level 10 the max level?

[QUOTE=Masamune;47180247]I love Rehgar but his E is really just bad.[/QUOTE] His E gets good once you get the increased range/increased slow at 16. [editline]20th February 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Hellsten;47180276]Damn level 9 to level 10 takes a while. Is level 10 the max level?[/QUOTE] For heroes, yes.

When will Rexxar be in(and cho'gall)? [URL="http://heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Rexxar"]They were shown to be in the game in the past.[/URL] I'd really love them to get in. Rexxar's bonus campaign was so fun in WoW, and Beastmaster is probably my favorite hero (visually) in DOTA. With them adding a micro heavy hero, I honestly hope they up the ante of current upcoming heroes. Beastmaster could have micro, gazlowe should be able to micro his turrets, and maybe some of the other heroes with summons could potentially gain micro control as well. I think it'd be make sense for Gazlowe's turrets to be able to choose a target, even as an upgrade.

I'm looking forward to Kael'Thas, I imagine he'll be fun. Always thought his big nuke ability from WC3 was awesome, hope they adapt it to Heroes. And Sylvanas too, with the dark arrows ability, she'd be cool. Shame orbs don't really exist in this game, though I guess it could just be her passive.

How do you even counter Nova?

[QUOTE=Hellsten;47181130]How do you even counter Nova?[/QUOTE] If takes a little while but you can train your eye to see a cloaked player pretty easy if you look hard enough. Then you just have to shoot her with a skillshot to break the cloak and try to CC her. You can also take hits from her sniper ultimate to save team-mates. She can be hard to go against if you are a squishy hero though.

[QUOTE=ryfry99;47181305]If takes a little while but you can train your eye to see a cloaked player pretty easy if you look hard enough.[/QUOTE] This is still the single dumbest fucking system in the game, hands down. No proper stealth detection, you just need to [I]look real hard.[/I]

Considering there's no items, how exactly do you expect them to implement a stealth detection system? Considering Nova is ranged so distance doesn't matter much, and Zeratul has a dash?

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;47181382]Considering there's no items, how exactly do you expect them to implement a stealth detection system? Considering Nova is ranged so distance doesn't matter much, and Zeratul has a dash?[/QUOTE] Make towers detect stealth like every other aRTS.

[QUOTE=Banned?;47181351]This is still the single dumbest fucking system in the game, hands down. No proper stealth detection, you just need to [I]look real hard.[/I][/QUOTE] Wait, is that for real? I haven't played enough of the game to know, but that's bizarre if true.

[QUOTE=Linkuya;47181429]Wait, is that for real? I haven't played enough of the game to know, but that's bizarre if true.[/QUOTE] Its the same as SC2's Dark Templars/Terran sniper dudes, i honestly dont find it that hard to find them. That and nova is so easy to dunk

I heard it was harder to see cloaked units on lower settings but I think it's fairly easy to spot a cloaked unit on ultra.

[QUOTE=ryfry99;47181674]I heard it was harder to see cloaked units on lower settings but I think it's fairly easy to spot a cloaked unit on ultra.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm on ultra too and I can't understand what people are talking about, seems incredibly obvious almost every time.

My main gripe with it is how annoying it is to see them but not have an AOE available or off-cooldown to deal with themthem. But spotting them is not a problem at all.

[IMG]http://f2.braxupload.se/a01bl0.jpg[/IMG] That was a good round. I'm just zooming all over the map sniping camps.

I just got my Closed Beta invite and tried playing, but I can't see anything besides the HUD. I hear all the sounds and what not, but hardly anything is being displayed. Anyone else have a similar error? EDIT : Updated my graphics drivers. Silly me.

ETC is bullshit.