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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2725 Posts
January 25 2020 07:27 GMT
#204361
Out of curiosity what position(s) do you usually play?

I could see this patch being kinda ass for pos1 and pos3 atm. There's enough strange shit going on mid that you'd get some variety, but I could definitely see those two positions being worse than they have been in the past, not better.
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 07:53:38
January 25 2020 07:51 GMT
#204362
On January 25 2020 16:27 Fleetfeet wrote:
Out of curiosity what position(s) do you usually play?

I could see this patch being kinda ass for pos1 and pos3 atm. There's enough strange shit going on mid that you'd get some variety, but I could definitely see those two positions being worse than they have been in the past, not better.

i play all positions but i ended playing mid and 3 and 5 for whatever reason this patch out of necessity for my now-RIP stack. i actually enjoy 3 the most in this patch because theres so many stupid strength heroes


if i do start up current dota2 now i just play turbo which IMO is way better at getting to the heart of what modern dota2 is and as a bonus also ends faster on average
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44280 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 08:01:55
January 25 2020 07:59 GMT
#204363
The patch made me fully switch into support (tho admittedly half the reason is that the support player of our stack farms abit too much which cost us alot of games so we put him on offlane and i just willingly switched out)

On January 25 2020 15:22 rabidch wrote:
tbh i dont like playing (watching is OK) this patch very much at all. been playing old dota versions and enjoying it despite missing some things like backpack and individual couriers

I still dislike the addition of the neutral items like i think it can be really stupid at times and heavily unbalanced.

But i don't dislike it enough not to play it.
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atrickmoses
Profile Joined January 2020
1 Post
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 09:40:57
January 25 2020 09:40 GMT
#204364
Bot edit.

User was banned for this post.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 14:10:39
January 25 2020 14:01 GMT
#204365
Also, not all neutral items are of same strengh in their particular tier, some items are downright op and others literally worthless unless you meet some incredibly low % criteria.

Even tho i dont like it that much overall, i think it's fun because of the said rng, but when it comes to competitive, there's too much on the line for that...

Imagine winning TI because you got Apex with a morph on your team, the other team can't predict that.
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
January 25 2020 15:05 GMT
#204366
if you got apex it means its a 70+min game, so its a tossup anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44280 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 16:21:10
January 25 2020 16:20 GMT
#204367
Better example would be heroes like skywrath getting clumsy net (suddenly that hero has atos lol), or your team has zero orchid builders and you need silence then suddenly your carry(who could not build orchid first without forsaking his bkb lets say) gets mindbreaker suddenly the problem is solved and is suddenly the strongest hero in the game at that moment

The problem i think is when a team is behind mostly then picks up some crucial neutral items like i have seen so many times an underfarmed w33ha from the minor and major comepletely just goes straight for the big items and is unaffected by the problems he had earlier in the game because of the neutral item pretty much fills him up with items for armor/damage/stats as if he was never behind in the firstplace.

It is a problem for progames but isn't much for players like me. It is even more random runes but at least runes can be controlled and expected which gives a room for outplay if you want that advantage. Neutral items pretty much gives advantage according to icefrogs desire completely
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6600 Posts
January 26 2020 00:10 GMT
#204368
every time I have a 70+ minute game it's a lot of fun, I feel like they're doing something right lol
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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-26 09:30:05
January 26 2020 02:20 GMT
#204369
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I'm so sorry

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Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2725 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-26 05:29:58
January 26 2020 05:28 GMT
#204370
I don't think the raw randomness is a problem, as some of it makes for interesting decisions in terms of strategy in the proscene... for example running a WR mid and knowing you can just rush for your first major item because t1 items will carry them stat-wise through to that mkb/bkb. Or running Arc Warden mid and going 4 wraiths + treads means you know arc will already be strong so your neutrals will boost up other people. The shit you're gonna get is random, but you can value heroes that basically use any of them higher than ones that specifically want a particular set. That kinda thing.

Honestly I think netural items just need to avoid dead items. Iron talon and PMS feel like they have a lot of situations where they're just useless to your team. Also shovel needs charges so it's not just unanimously the most appealing t1 drop.
Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
January 26 2020 08:41 GMT
#204371
Maybe neutral items should get a net worth value. That was good neutral item rng can get balanced out by higher kill bounties.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-26 09:58:20
January 26 2020 09:38 GMT
#204372
On January 26 2020 17:41 Slomo wrote:
Maybe neutral items should get a net worth value. That was good neutral item rng can get balanced out by higher kill bounties.

this is really the core issue with neutral items, that they are not tied to a networth value and given for simply killing a jungle creep. it messes with the bounty resource system of dota2 and is difficult to balance because what can be useful for one hero is useless for another and theres no choice in the matter of what kind of shit drops.

how i think it should be balanced is that except for 70:00 minute items teams can get neutral item token for a selection of cheap, medium, and expensive items, of which the tier can be divided into different sets of items. that way theres less randomness of usefulenss, theres a networth tied into the item, and the item can be balanced more around what it actually offers for a cost.

also fucking get rid of all neutral items that are simply recipes. if anything, make them still functional but upgradeable into its "final form".

my idea for 70 min items is that they work the similarly as now, but every 1 or 2 minutes teams get more chances to get the other (not the same) kinds of neutral item drops

another gripe i have about neutral items is that they just drop on the floor. i have seen many a time where neutral items are lost because hero was unable to pick it up or accidentally killed a neutral creep and it happened to drop a really good item and the other team picks it up first. or because said player is playing a micro hero with units unable to pick up item and has to walk all the way over to the spot to get it (yet another nerf to micro heroes) -- this can happen when enemy hero is standing in the area but not close enough
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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
January 26 2020 14:12 GMT
#204373
Now Jerax, OG is falling apart
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
January 26 2020 14:52 GMT
#204374
What is happening? I left for a weekend to learn how to ski and now my team is falling apart.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
January 26 2020 15:55 GMT
#204375
2020 and dota 2 still uses lower bracket system, i'll continue my crusade.
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44280 Posts
January 26 2020 17:00 GMT
#204376
On January 26 2020 23:52 Slomo wrote:
What is happening? I left for a weekend to learn how to ski and now my team is falling apart.

Should've never have ski'd. I blame you for this.

On the bright side we know that OG aint winning this year so hey the TI10 championship is ripe for the taking.
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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
January 26 2020 17:25 GMT
#204377
On January 27 2020 02:00 goody153 wrote:
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On January 26 2020 23:52 Slomo wrote:
What is happening? I left for a weekend to learn how to ski and now my team is falling apart.

Should've never have ski'd. I blame you for this.

On the bright side we know that OG aint winning this year so hey the TI10 championship is ripe for the taking.

we said that many times before and they end up winning

congrats OG for winning a third TI in a row
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
January 26 2020 18:12 GMT
#204378
On January 27 2020 02:00 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2020 23:52 Slomo wrote:
What is happening? I left for a weekend to learn how to ski and now my team is falling apart.

Should've never have ski'd. I blame you for this.

On the bright side we know that OG aint winning this year so hey the TI10 championship is ripe for the taking.

I agree on the first part.

Hope they announce something on tuesday after true sight then.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32748 Posts
January 26 2020 19:00 GMT
#204379
OG will probably pick up two pubstars or semi-pros off the streets and still win TI10.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
January 26 2020 19:32 GMT
#204380
rumour says sumail midone and saksa sooo
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
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