6.79 Changelog - Page 36

On October 18 2013 05:25 Paluth wrote:
IO, Batrider, Naga, Troll, Elder Titan, Life Stealer, Outworld Devourer, Visage. Why do these heroes have to be picked/banned in the first phase of 95% of all the pro games played? Just the fact that these heroes where nerfed makes this patch awesome in my opnion. Now I can actually be surprise while watching the early draft. Eventually things will settle down and some combination of heroes will replace the current 8 heroes. But then Icefrog can again mess things up, and the game resettle and the cycle continues. Change is what makes a game like dota great. Image 2 consecutive internationals with similar metas? That would just be sad. Just look at the vods of international when a captain chooses a hero thats not standard the crowd goes wild. People don't really like to watch the same thing over and over just executed by diferent teams.
This patch makes more heroes viable in pro games, and so gives more room for teams to have unique playstyles. And that makes the game better to watch. As far as playing is concerned, it doesnt really matter. Unless you are one of those ppl that can only play a couple different heroes and suddenly you are nerfed, there are tons of possibilities for fun picks at pubs.
Of course there are a ton of non-hero changes that could cause problems. But maybe it could be great. The patch is just so big thats hard to tell. In general I'm quite happy with this patch and looking forward to playing with it as well as watching it being played.

On October 18 2013 07:04 bNoLuck wrote:
I really love Dota and all and I can really understand some of these changes..But this is it for me.
If these changes get implemented I'll tryout LOL and if it's too horrible I'll stop playing games entirely.
I don't even see the need behind this..The current patch wasn't even close to being figured out o.o

On October 18 2013 07:17 Pegas wrote:
To quote someone :

For the idiots who are crying now, you wanted change, you got it:
Stale trilane meta is destroyed(You want stale metas, head to LoL)
Regen Pooling and Bottle-Crowing nerfed(into the ground, now rune-control actually counts for something)
A whole new take on Roshan control. Now it won't matter as much which side you're on. You want the Aegis, vision is crucial.
Major nerfs to ratdoto: buyback nerfs, Shadowblade nerf, even the jungle nerf. NP is now "viable" instead of OP.
Many of you seem to have forgotten or never actually saw the changes that made Dota what it is today. 1 skill, 20sec BKB Naix, Frenzy Viper/Razor, Carry Treant, they all came and went. This is Icefrog's way of balance. Welcome to Dota scrubs.

On October 18 2013 02:52 Testuser wrote:

The CD is for giving it to someone else.

Also, it'll be interesting to see how teams will do in the future, since this means pulling is basically over. Or well, you just can't pull a ton to your carry anymore.

On October 18 2013 07:25 Hurricane Sponge wrote:


I think you mean 'pooling'. Unless you actually meant pulling, in which case I'm confused because I didn't see the part in the notes that kills pulling.

On October 18 2013 07:31 sumsaR wrote:

Some (incorrectly, I argue) use "pulling" instead of "pooling" as the phenomenon of support buying regen items to others.

Then again, I think the same thing about people who use the term "ganging" instead of "ganking".

On October 18 2013 07:29 lowercase wrote:
I love the nerf to NP's treants. If you're not careful you're going to feed the opposing team with them. Overall good changes, but some of the nerfs to jungle creeps are going to be a nerf to chen/enchantress/helm of the dominator as well.