On LOL v DOTA v HON - Page 3

On March 20 2013 17:24 publicenemies wrote:
I think Hon is probably the best game in term of visual and gameplay.
Hon doesn't have that slow turn rate thing in Dota 2 that made it hard for people who are not familiar with Dota 1.
The gameplay is fast pace and actions are constant unlike professional LoL games where there may only be a total of 10 kills by the end of a 50 minutes game.
There is no rune/masteries which make it very easy for an inspiring pro to start playing at a serious level rather than grinding and trolling all the way to level 30.
In the end, the only reason why Hon isn't the most watch MOBA is because of S2 horrendous marketing strategy.

On March 20 2013 06:45 Steveling wrote:
How many players average in hon?
On twich it's always like 2-3k people watching so I figure it's dead.

Whoever is still lingering on this should move to doto2.

On March 20 2013 17:56 Canas wrote:


Not to mention the shitty balance of the game, of course

On March 21 2013 16:44 Manit0u wrote:


HoN Tour streams get average of 8-10k viewers. There are usually >100k people online whenever I log in to the game. Sure, the game is dead...



How? The game has the same imbalances as DotA, except in HoN they took some steps to remedy some of them (first rune spawns later, you can't buy revelation wards for the first 2 minutes of the game, there are additional ramps near the pit which helps alleviate the hellbourne/scourge advantage etc.) while in DotA 2 they left all of the most glaring issues intact.

On March 26 2013 08:27 Manit0u wrote:
The only real imbalances pros have been mentioning lately was how Ophelia (Chen) is way too good. Especially how she combos with Storm Spirit (Eul's). Enemy jumps your carry you cast return on him and use the wand so he can't be harmed and gets ported back to base. You can also lift him up, use ult and he comes back down with tons of hp, then you use your mekansm and you have singlehandedly reset the teamfight. There's a reason why Ophelia (Chen) and Wildsoul (Sylla) are usually the first 2 heroes being blind-banned at the start of most matches. The next best thing being Tundra (Beastmaster). Most complaints are about DotA ports and how strong they actually are compared to S2 heroes (in competitive HoN usually ~7/10 heroes will be DotA ports, mostly Tiny, Enigma, Treant, Puck, Sand King, Crystal Maiden, Necrolyte, Leshrac. That's not counting the three mentioned previously if they don't get banned for some reason). Typical DotA carrys aren't that good in HoN though, it's mostly initiators/support/junglers.

On April 01 2013 01:20 Manit0u wrote:
My initial imbalance whine was the map, not the heroes. Dire/Hellbourne having 2 towers near the Roshan/Kongor pit, ancients right next to the tower on the Dire bottom lane, better jungle pathing etc.

And speaking of heroes and meta, I can't stand people constantly whining about S2 heroes being imba when it's DotA ports (with slight changes or not) that are being used/banned the most in competitive play. Obviously new heroes introduced by S2 aren't as OP as people claim them to be.