EPTim not sure what "ACCOUNT STATUS: TECHNICAL ALPHA" means though.
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Mensol
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im not sure what "ACCOUNT STATUS: TECHNICAL ALPHA" means though. | ||
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FHDH
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On November 08 2014 05:17 Mensol wrote: I just realized i have this game on my battle.net account lool. im not sure what "ACCOUNT STATUS: TECHNICAL ALPHA" means though. That's what they are calling this (which is clearly a beta by normal standards). | ||
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sushiko
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Sn0_Man
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TMG26
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sushiko
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Also ranked play | ||
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paralleluniverse
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30 heroes. 1 mage. | ||
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sushiko
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Only gripe I have is the fact that the map isn't known till after picks.... | ||
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paralleluniverse
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There's no mechanism in ranked mode that equalizes the hero pool used in the draft between both teams. So the game gives people who buy more heroes with real money an unfair and undeserved advantage, by being able to more readily pick the best hero for the situation given both team's current picks. "Hero selection is where the strategy begins." No shit. That's because picking the right hero matters, it can be critical for determining whether you win or lose. The game officially allows people with real money to buy an advantage, which is pay to win. | ||
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paralleluniverse
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On November 08 2014 09:10 sushiko wrote: Glad to see 5man teams are ranked differently, time to get a 5man na team going and ready for ranked Only gripe I have is the fact that the map isn't known till after picks.... The map is known before picks. | ||
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sushiko
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Oh that's good. I was looking at screenshots of the pick phase and it only showed the map after heroes were locked in. Must've missed something In terms of pay to win, you need to be account level 30 to play ranked, akin to LoL. You'll have a lot of gold by then to buy an ample amount of heroes, so it won't be as big of a problem as you make it to be. | ||
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Kupon3ss
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On November 08 2014 09:22 paralleluniverse wrote: So ranked mode has just been detailed at Blizzcon: http://www.heroesnexus.com/news/1238-blizzcon-2014-heroes-panel-live-update There's no mechanism in ranked mode that equalizes the hero pool used in the draft between both teams. So the game gives people who buy more heroes with real money an unfair and undeserved advantage, by being able to more readily pick the best hero for the situation given both team's current picks. "Hero selection is where the strategy begins." That's because picking the right hero matters, it can be critical for determining whether you win or lose. The game officially allows people with real money to buy an advantage, which is pay to win. Did you think it would be anything else? | ||
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paralleluniverse
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On November 08 2014 09:28 Kupon3ss wrote: Did you think it would be anything else? No, not after they announced draft mode at Gamescom. Before that, I was expecting blind picks. But what I expect doesn't change the fact that hero picks matter (which is why they're adding it), and hence HotS now allows people to buy advantages with real money, which is pay to win | ||
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sushiko
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FHDH
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Don't hand-wave this. There are good reasons from a design and business perspective Dota2 has open hero pool. On November 08 2014 09:38 sushiko wrote: Can we follow thread rules, let's not discuss p2win for a game in alpha and only 30 heroes. Don't debate someone saying it is P2W and then ask for the last word by invoking thread rules dude. | ||
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Sn0_Man
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sushiko
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paralleluniverse
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On November 08 2014 09:39 FHDH wrote: You can't make heroes truly diverse and make hero selection matter and limit people to a handful of heroes and be balanced for people who pay and people who don't all at the same time. One of those is going to be sacrificed. Don't hand-wave this. There are good reasons from a design and business perspective Dota2 has open hero pool. Don't debate someone saying it is P2W and then ask for the last word by invoking thread rules dude. Exactly. | ||
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Plansix
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FHDH
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On November 08 2014 10:10 Plansix wrote: Its exactly the same at LoL and that game is fine, ranked is acceptable in that system. Why are people shocked by this, as if it was going to be any other way? Its not perfect, but Blizzard isn't making the game for charity or to get people to install their own personal GameSpot their computer. This is 100% what I expected given what we've seen of their design so far. Only one poster in this thread was unsure about it. It's a bad design for reasons I think we've discussed (but we can rehash them now if necessary) including why the League comparisons are actually quite bad. | ||
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