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

[QUOTE=John Madden;47724445]Is it true that if you're good you can win with any hero? I want to buy stitches but I heard he's bad and I don't want to waste my precious gold.[/QUOTE] Play for fun, not to win. I mean it's one thing if the hero is so horridly underpowered that you have to be carried 100% to win, but as long as that's not the case just play whoever you want to play. Someone like Stitches will always be effective just due to his CC, it's like Thresh in League. Even if they destroy his numbers, there's just so much in his kit that keeps him from being useless.

Muradin is my favorite. I'm pretty good with him

[QUOTE=John Madden;47724445]Is it true that if you're good you can win with any hero? I want to buy stitches but I heard he's bad and I don't want to waste my precious gold.[/QUOTE] if you use your abilities and use them in team play, either to CC healers, or other people who need to be killed ASAP. Like kael, since he's a huge damage dealer, stuff him in your stomach. If it's a healer, you put him in your stomach. Get the idea? I just have a free account, but if you use your abilities to help your team, you won't ever not be useless You might not win because the rest of your team doesn't understand it's an objective based game instead of just killing each other repeatedly, or they're just tards and pick skills horribly, and engage in fights they shouldn't, you just cannot do anything about that

[QUOTE=John Madden;47724445]Is it true that if you're good you can win with any hero? I want to buy stitches but I heard he's bad and I don't want to waste my precious gold.[/QUOTE] he's good, you just need a team that actually fucking follows up on hooks/devours They nerfed his slam build, so he lost nearly all his damage output.

I had me (Thrall) and a Kael mid on Sky Temple and their Hammer was harassing us from a bush. Basically Kael pussed out every time I wanted to push on her, because with tornado and wolf root we could have easily killed her whenever we wanted, but he literally thought it was impossible to do the damage in time. Got into an argument all game with him basically saying "I've played more than you ever will so shut up." He was Rank 26, I'm Rank 29. *sad trombone* The [I]very next game[/I] I'm with another Kael in lane against a Hammer and we fucking [I]destroyed her[/I] because every time I'd root, he'd tornado her and she'd die. Every time he tornado'd her, I'd root and and she'd die. It was like clockwork. It was amazing. He was a total bro too and knew how to chain his spells correctly. We rocked the shit out of that game even though we had no Supports too. Some people.

Teammates who know to combo their abilities with yours is the most fun in the game.

[QUOTE=CaptainHijacks;47731408]Teammates who know to combo their abilities with yours is the most fun in the game.[/QUOTE] I had 3 great ranked matches in a row. People went to objectives, people player their heroes. I didn't have to go full toxic, I didn't even have to afk and wait for the game to end. It was brilliant.

why are you even playing the game if you yourself even refer to yourself as a normally toxic player that afks?

[QUOTE=Covalent;47732208]I had 3 great ranked matches in a row. People went to objectives, people player their heroes. [B]I didn't have to go full toxic[/B], I didn't even have to afk and wait for the game to end. It was brilliant.[/QUOTE] So even though everyone played great you were still being an asshole?

[QUOTE=jiggu;47732756]So even though everyone played great you were still being an asshole?[/QUOTE] no, I was enjoying my team, and did strats with people, set up ganks and everything [QUOTE=Toyhobo;47732703]why are you even playing the game if you yourself even refer to yourself as a normally toxic player that afks?[/QUOTE] depends on the match, if I know it's totally lost - say, the enemy team is 10-1, or a heavy lead, I'll presume it's not worth my time to give myself a headache and get frustrated trying to talk to my team, and set things up, when they scatter around, and get caught on their own. The times I've won, and won greatly, we played together, we set up good team comps that worked together. People knew what they were doing, and we stomped. It's not all that common in pubs, but everyone meshing together is great. If people refuse, then yes, I will just farm camps and let the team lose.

[QUOTE=Covalent;47733198]no, I was enjoying my team, and did strats with people, set up ganks and everything depends on the match, if I know it's totally lost - say, the enemy team is 10-1, or a heavy lead, I'll presume it's not worth my time to give myself a headache and get frustrated trying to talk to my team, and set things up, when they scatter around, and get caught on their own. The times I've won, and won greatly, we played together, we set up good team comps that worked together. People knew what they were doing, and we stomped. It's not all that common in pubs, but everyone meshing together is great. If people refuse, then yes, I will just farm camps and let the team lose.[/QUOTE]Seems like you don't realize how easy it is to comeback in HotS. Deciding to let the team lose means you lost the game for your team, not the other way around. This isn't like every other MOBA where a kill lead means you're sure to win.

I do believe intentionally letting the other team win counts in the 'cheating' category for bannable offense. It's probably even rougher if you're doing this in ranked.

If you think that is cheating you don't know what actual cheating is. What he is doing is called being an asshole.

[QUOTE=Banned?;47734533]If you think that is cheating you don't know what actual cheating is. What he is doing is called being an asshole.[/QUOTE] I don't think it fits into the Harassment or Threat category, which other do you think that would go into if not cheating?

There needs to be an afk report option. If you aren't going to play just leave so your team will have a chance with the bot.

So this happened. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOGlfCjdbI[/media]

[QUOTE=ryfry99;47734647]There needs to be an afk report option. If you aren't going to play just leave so your team will have a chance with the bot.[/QUOTE] There are so many people who stand there and aren't AFK, they just think the game is over because the other team got to level 2 about 4 seconds earlier than you did and so they stand there doing nothing. So it can't be one of those pop-ups that give you 15 seconds to click and confirm that you're not AFK.

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/5aJP4n8.jpg[/img_thumb] 5:55 win on first golem 50/50 in ranked. God was that hilarious.

I've heard of some bug with the snake on lili? Two people asked me if I go snake build and one of them explained that I should do it because there's a bug that gives me more heal at level 7. Is this true or were they just unaware that's what her talents do and it's intended? One more thing, what talents should I pick at levels 1,4,7? So far I went to for her healing brew buffs and the totem at 4.

Currently the Snake heals when it attacks, and Snake attacks three times at once talents are stacking, so LiLi has a "targeted" heal.

Snake is bugged right now. I don't know if it's a good or bad bug but I saw people bitching about it the other day.

And blizzard have said it's unintended and will be fixed apparently.

It's pretty incredible how trash Sonya is now. The increased cost to Seismic Slam was a pain but more than workable, maybe even a little bit needed because it was her only viable build for getting damage on targets. Now Slam is completely fucked with it's increased damage coming way too late (16) and it's splash damage coming earlier but nerfed. Her most reliable creep clear was nerfed too and it makes it difficult now to even solo a fucking Bruser camp late into the game because Whirlwinds healing is shit now. I have no idea what they were trying to do with her changes unless they think she was too good, which is hilarious considering how weak she already was.

Kael'thas worth the $10 price tag or save for gold buy?

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;47745902]So don't ask how but I just now heard of this game, and it looks sweet, maybe this will fill the void that LoL filled before I got bored of it?[/QUOTE] you'll get bored of this pretty quickly if you're on just a free to play account and don't play it mercilessly to unlock some heroes most of them cost 10,000. If you don't have dailies, which give you a max 800 gold sometimes. You'll gain maybe 200-300 through others. If you don't have dailies, you get 30 gold per match. 30, gold. Out of 10,000. So either you use what you get when you level up 1-40, which is 2000, like every 5 or 10 levels or something, with a Stimpak in there somewhere. It gets pretty boring when you want to experiment with other heroes, but you're not allowed too.

The only problem about buying heroes with Gold is that you need own 10 to play ranked. I've only paid cash for one hero though, and every hero isn't 10,000, and not even all the good heroes are 10,000, so by the time I was account level 40 I had enough heroes to play ranked. E.T.C. is the best Warrior in the game right now, and he got fucking [I]buffed[/I] last patch, and he is only 2000 Gold. Lili and Malfurion are solid Support heroes and are only 2000 Gold each. Raynor, Tychus, and Valla are all cheap and good Assassins. Frankly, some of the most expensive heroes are some of the more shit. Also weekly half off sales for heroes (cash only) if you're patient and wait for one you want.

[QUOTE=Covalent;47746254]you'll get bored of this pretty quickly if you're on just a free to play account and don't play it mercilessly to unlock some heroes most of them cost 10,000. If you don't have dailies, which give you a max 800 gold sometimes. You'll gain maybe 200-300 through others. If you don't have dailies, you get 30 gold per match. 30, gold. Out of 10,000. So either you use what you get when you level up 1-40, which is 2000, like every 5 or 10 levels or something, with a Stimpak in there somewhere. It gets pretty boring when you want to experiment with other heroes, but you're not allowed too.[/QUOTE] You get a stimpack that increases gold after level ten and many heroes cost 2000 - 4000 gold. You get gold from leveling up, then you get gold from leveling up heroes. Leveling yourself gives up to 2000 at specific point and each hero gets you 500 from only getting them to level 5 - super easy when you get the stimpack. C'mon man, I have like 6 heroes after 2 or 3 days not counting the free ones that change so you can get even more gold. It's not that tough. As you reach level 10, you should afford at least 3 heroes and it only gets easier from there for a week or so with the stimpack letting you level them up to 5 and get 500 each from those whilst leveling up and getting even more gold.

[QUOTE=CaptainHijacks;47747226]You get a stimpack that increases gold after level ten and many heroes cost 2000 - 4000 gold. You get gold from leveling up, then you get gold from leveling up heroes. Leveling yourself gives up to 2000 at specific point and each hero gets you 500 from only getting them to level 5 - super easy when you get the stimpack. C'mon man, I have like 6 heroes after 2 or 3 days not counting the free ones that change so you can get even more gold. It's not that tough. As you reach level 10, you should afford at least 3 heroes and it only gets easier from there for a week or so with the stimpack letting you level them up to 5 and get 500 each from those whilst leveling up and getting even more gold.[/QUOTE] Most heroes are 10,000 or 7,000. I think at least 4-6 or so are 4,000. Then the rest are 2,000 or 3,000

[QUOTE=Covalent;47748360]Most heroes are 10,000 or 7,000. I think at least 4-6 or so are 4,000. Then the rest are 2,000 or 3,000[/QUOTE] 6 Heroes are 2000 and 6 are 4000. That's 12 cheap heroes you can get right at the start to get your gold quantity up, and even then as I mentioned before there's a free rotation.

Open beta is tomorrow isn't it?