Heroes Large General Thread - Page 249

On January 07 2015 19:59 Vallelol wrote:
Imho the biggest mistake of Blizzard is using the actual currency values instead of some sort of points you can buy, of course it's the same price in the end, but from a psychological point of view "950 BlizzPoints" always seems less

On January 08 2015 01:28 LaughingTulkas wrote:


It's still the Alpha, they could definitely change to this if they think it makes sense. I'm sure there are marketing studies on this that show what the effect will probably be.

Also, the prices are obviously an experiment in themselves. It's not a released game yet, so they can play with the prices and see what people will buy. They need to set the prices high enough to support the game and make the profits to make the game worthwhile, but they also need to set the prices low enough that people will buy them. I'm pretty sure they are in "information gathering mode" on the prices and that the prices when the game is released will be pretty close to what the market will bear, so there's no sense whining about it much. Just vote with your wallet!

On January 08 2015 05:37 Hider wrote:


Unless they have made surveys (which they haven't too my knowledge) on how the high prices of champions impacts the players wililngless to continue the game, then they do not have the required data to my a comprehensive assesment of the pricing structure.

On January 07 2015 23:55 snailz wrote:
only objection i have with the game is gold-gain. i dont mind its slow, i like unlocking things, and 7 heroes in rotation is really a lot. what i hate is that game forces me to level those heroes (cuz i want dem moneyz) on my ranked ladder -- so i go from big losing streaks when leveling to big winning streaks when playing heroes i like. i though after sc2 they would bloody learn why ranked/unranked is important.

also, why the puck would you not make heroes more expensive, but have every game reward 100 gold or so. when i earn 20 gold after a loss i feel depressed, a coin for a minute of my time. its sad and its not supposed to be. oh and one more thing, even when i consider buying a skin, fact that the price is in euros and not some made-up currency is really, really turning me off. i dont want my brain to know exactly how much it is willing to spend for something as trivial as an animated horse.

finally, i know blizzard thinks highly of themselves, but after sc2 and d3 i really cant shake this impression they are putting out lazy, overpriced products out there, and this obnoxiously limited amount of heroes available is really not helping their cause. instead of making every hero so expensive, why not make (A LOT) more heroes, so that unlocking progression is the same, but there is a lot more diversity. if they wanna immerse us in their universe, it would help if every game didnt have 2 novas, 2 raynors, etc.

On January 08 2015 12:54 Brian333 wrote:


5. Lots of cheap heroes puts more stress on Blizzard to release heroes quickly otherwise people will run out of things to spend gold on. The entire point of a F2P model is for that threshold to be hard to achieve. Even as is, you make around ~14k gold a month casually. Assuming Blizzard releases one max price hero a month, you will earn enough gold to eventually buy every hero but it will take time. If the max hero price was lower, people would complete their rosters much faster and there would be less incentive to play the game as much. If the max hero price is lower but Blizzard makes up for it by releasing more heroes, that just means they exponentially increase their own workload and risk compromising the quality of the heroes.

On January 08 2015 14:32 Tephus wrote:


I feel like having a good fun game should be incentive enough to play it.

On a similar note, I just can't get into this game. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I keep trying it, play a couple games, and get completely bored of the heroes I'm given. I go in wanting to play, hit the hero selection, and sigh. I've bought one hero, used him maybe 6 times, and haven't touched him since, which completely kills my desire to 'farm' more gold.

I basically only play now with a stack of friends.. Maybe the game just isn't designed with my playstyle in mind, which is too bad

On January 08 2015 17:42 MarlieChurphy wrote:
Anyone have any solutions to the 8 second game hangs that often occur (assume because of asset loading, same issue in SC2 and D3)?

On January 08 2015 14:32 Tephus wrote:


I feel like having a good fun game should be incentive enough to play it.

On a similar note, I just can't get into this game. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I keep trying it, play a couple games, and get completely bored of the heroes I'm given. I go in wanting to play, hit the hero selection, and sigh. I've bought one hero, used him maybe 6 times, and haven't touched him since, which completely kills my desire to 'farm' more gold.

I basically only play now with a stack of friends.. Maybe the game just isn't designed with my playstyle in mind, which is too bad

On January 08 2015 19:57 Jayme wrote:


Maybe you just don't like the game.

This isn't a bad thing and it really surprises me how often people try to force themselves to like a game for something crazy like months...but maybe you just don't like the game.

It's okay not to like it

On January 09 2015 09:21 fezvez wrote:
I am a bit sad that the games tend to last longer than what was advertised in my memory. Typically, a game last for me between 22 and 32 minutes, so 27 minutes on average (checked when I uploaded my replays to hotslogs). I have the memory that we were supposed to play for 15-20 minutes, but these cases are exceedingly rare, often because of a one sided stomp.

Perhaps it's because I soloQ, and we are not as efficient for taking down forts. The good thing is that I still have fun, but when my wife asked when the game will end, I used to underestimate the remaining time. Well, it's still much better than Dota 2.

Edit : Damn, just checked Hotslogs, and the average time is around 23 minutes. I must play very defensive...

On January 09 2015 09:34 xDaunt wrote:

I mostly solo queue, too, and my average game time is around 23 minutes. I get in far less trouble with my wife when I play this as opposed to LoL.

On January 09 2015 10:06 lestye wrote:
I'm at average 17 minutes Haunted Mines, 20 minute average everything else except Garden of Terror at 26 minutes.

I think GoT needs to be retuned, it's so boring and long. My least enjoyed map.