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chaokel
Australia535 Posts
THANK YOU We’ve recently taken action against one or more players you’ve previously reported for bad conduct. Thanks for your help in making the Dota 2 community a friendlier place. Feels nice to get some feedback that reporting the trolls and afkers works. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On January 20 2013 04:47 Nightmarjoo wrote: Well swarm isn't really a skill you want to use often since it gives your opponents gold. I've always just gotten a single point in it for the vision it gives. What do you gain from maxing it early? Higher damage, longer duration = more -armor, shorter CD (which is very noticeable). At the point where you're maxing it second, its strength in teamfights becomes considerable, and you don't really care that it's giving gold. 8 second-long Swarm means the enemy can often wait it out if they engage/disengage properly. 20 second duration means you absolutely HAVE to kill the beetles or get wrecked by the damage/-armor. | ||
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acker
United States2958 Posts
It's much easier to appreciate the difference a good support player makes. Feel sorry for the people I play with, though. | ||
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Cool Cat
United States1644 Posts
i don't really care whether it's public or private | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On January 20 2013 05:25 Cool Cat wrote: i want a mmr so i know if i'm getting better i don't really care whether it's public or private Honestly, I agree in the context of other games, but I've never felt I've had a problem gauging my own improvement in DotA. BW was sort of the same way, though the tools for visible rating did exist regardless--the sheer number of things you can do better, and that you know when you do better means that you can pretty much always have a sense of your own improvement even without a direct indicator. | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
On January 20 2013 04:49 chaokel wrote: Feels nice to get some feedback that reporting the trolls and afkers works. I submitted a report 60+ times and didn't see this message, yet.  | ||
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Cool Cat
United States1644 Posts
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Andre
Slovenia3523 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
On January 20 2013 05:28 cecek wrote: I submitted a report 60+ times and didn't see this message, yet. I think it's a bad sign that the first thing I did after reading this was to check the TL Report Queue in shock that there was a post so terrible it generated 60 reports. @.@ A question about DotA: What happened to Morphling? Kinda dropped off after TI2. I know he got nerfed hard but was it to the extent that he has no role in a team comp any more? | ||
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Incze
Romania2058 Posts
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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Cool Cat
United States1644 Posts
edit: morphling i mean | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On January 20 2013 05:42 Itsmedudeman wrote: Not sure what people are on, but while I was playing League I've never heard anyone shit talk anyone else for being a few ELO lower than them, especially considering you can go +- 100 usually. Maybe outside the game people will say shit like "lol are you like 800 ELO dude?" but then that's still blind unless they know you in game. Did you play after LoLKing started becoming commonplace to use? People would actively dodge games where you don't pick one of your top 3 highest winrate heroes. | ||
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toemn
Germany915 Posts
On January 20 2013 04:50 TheYango wrote: Higher damage, longer duration = more -armor, shorter CD (which is very noticeable). At the point where you're maxing it second, its strength in teamfights becomes considerable, and you don't really care that it's giving gold. 8 second-long Swarm means the enemy can often wait it out if they engage/disengage properly. 20 second duration means you absolutely HAVE to kill the beetles or get wrecked by the damage/-armor. beetles do damage? never noticed. i always used them to stall pushes when i attack a tower. 13-2 score with weaver so far. love this hero. :D | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On January 20 2013 05:44 toemn wrote: beetles do damage? never noticed. i always used them to stall pushes when i attack a tower. 13-2 score with weaver so far. love this hero. :D Beetle damage and -armor is actually really strong. ESPECIALLY the -armor. Beetles apply -1 armor every time they attack up until the moment they die. If the enemy team doesn't kill the beetles fast (awkward to do if you time your cast such that they have to deal with the beetles as the real fight is being engaged, and not just as a stalling skill), the -armor stacks very high. The key is you can't WASTE Swarm. You have to use it at a time when they have to choose between dealing with enemy heroes or dealing with the beetles, not just kill them off for free. If they choose to ignore the beetles, they take significant damage and the increasing stacks of -armor. If they focus on the beetles, well they just spent ~4 seconds doing nothing but attacking beetles. | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
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Ratch!
Peru258 Posts
On January 20 2013 05:28 cecek wrote: I submitted a report 60+ times and didn't see this message, yet. Weeks ago I had this message poping like 4 days in a row. They do take care of some idiots. | ||
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Stancel
Singapore15360 Posts
On January 20 2013 05:49 TheYango wrote: Beetle damage and -armor is actually really strong. ESPECIALLY the -armor. Beetles apply -1 armor every time they attack up until the moment they die. If the enemy team doesn't kill the beetles fast (awkward to do if you time your cast such that they have to deal with the beetles as the real fight is being engaged, and not just as a stalling skill), the -armor stacks very high. The key is you can't WASTE Swarm. You have to use it at a time when they have to choose between dealing with enemy heroes or dealing with the beetles, not just kill them off for free. If they choose to ignore the beetles, they take significant damage and the increasing stacks of -armor. If they focus on the beetles, well they just spent ~4 seconds doing nothing but attacking beetles. Did Swarm come after Weaver's ghosts skill (marchers?) was removed, or was there something else before Swarm? | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On January 20 2013 06:01 DoNotDisturb wrote: Did Swarm come after Weaver's ghosts skill (marchers?) was removed, or was there something else before Swarm? Watchers replaced by Urna Swarm in 6.61 (summoned beetles that can Burrow and suicide for a silence). Urna Swarm given to Nerubian Assassin in 6.67 and replaced by Swarm. | ||
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