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digmouse
China6330 Posts
On March 19 2014 02:12 Ottoxlol wrote: wow ppl saying mass effect and lol are not casual games, what the hell are you smoking In which world Mass Effect is casual? | ||
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Talack
Canada2742 Posts
Models seem to be slow paced (or maybe it's just me) and I don't understand if there is itemization or abilities or what. I wish there we some better MOBA gamers playing this because the current roster seems kinda bad at them. Still alpha though, hopefully improves a bit. | ||
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Lokian
United States699 Posts
By the looks of it, the movement is as slow as dota and league. I have yet to compare the viewing field to lol or dota, because it depends on the field of view to see why it looks slow or fast. Horses are pretty fast. But I gues they can make it faster by increasing the map size and movement speed. As of right now, it looks faster than most games. forcefields are really strong in some maps... just like in sc2, they can be game changer. raynor's hyperion being the answer to all spell seems boring too. althrough, its quite easy to dodge hyperion on certain maps like black hearts bay because of how open the map is.. | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
click to open it with trembling fingers while almost shouting "YES!" see the following title: "<your name> -- Boost a Character to Level 90 When You Pre-Purchase Warlords of Draenor!" become very sad | ||
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whiteLotus
1833 Posts
On March 19 2014 03:32 figq wrote: see that you have a new email from Blizzard in folder "Promotions" (where you've usually gotten beta keys) click to open it with trembling fingers while almost shouting "YES!" see the following title: "<your name> -- Boost a Character to Level 90 When You Pre-Purchase Warlords of Draenor!" become very sad are you from NA ? if not, dont even check it  | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
What do we mean by casual? Like a game such as SC 2 I see a casual as someone who doesn't play that much. Same with dota. They just get on an play for fun every now and then. A hardcore is someone who plays a lot and is trying to get better. Mass effect however, we just play it for the story so I can't see how we would be casual lol. I don't get it. HOTS looks like a lot of fun. From what I have seen it really does spice up the genre. I like how it has different maps. While a lot of the heroes are similiar to dota heroes like pudge for example, I don't think that it is a big deal. I hope I get a beta key :D | ||
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Shaella
United States14828 Posts
there, are we done with the stupid conversation yet? I don't have very high hopes for HotS personally after seeing what I have of it. It doesn't seem to have any vision | ||
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Trizz
Netherlands1318 Posts
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Ansinjunger
United States2451 Posts
I doubt Blizzard is thinking in terms of what is a casual, but rather what is a paying customer. Those hero prices are rather high. | ||
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Irave
United States9965 Posts
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Lokian
United States699 Posts
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
If by casual, it is meant "anything that's not an e-sport," then yes, it is "casual." Though, to be fair, it's not exactly a difficult game either. --- As for Heroes of the Storm, I'm actually quite excited for it. I tried DOTA 2 and liked the gameplay, but the problem with games like DOTA and LoL is that they require a significant time investment to be good at, and if you're not, then people yell at you. That's not my idea of fun. With HotS, it looks like matches will be shorter, and there will be a more friendly learning curve, so I can just play a match or two a week, maybe, and still enjoy myself without having to put a huge investment into the game. Ultimately, HotS doesn't appear like it's trying to compete with DOTA and LoL for the MOBA e-sports scene, but offer a more casual alterative for people who like the genre but don't want to be mlg esports pros or whatever. | ||
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Kishin2
United States7534 Posts
On March 19 2014 14:32 Coppermantis wrote: As for Heroes of the Storm, I'm actually quite excited for it. I tried DOTA 2 and liked the gameplay, but the problem with games like DOTA and LoL is that they require a significant time investment to be good at, and if you're not, then people yell at you. That's not my idea of fun. You can invest bursts of time over a long period, or you can commit yourself for like, a few weeks and you'd be decent. If you do it with Dota, it would simplify learning other, more casual games. I'm pretty interested in HotS, just because it's something new that's interesting to learn about for a short period of time. Wouldn't ever replace Dota or anything though. | ||
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Ryuu314
United States12679 Posts
On March 19 2014 14:32 Coppermantis wrote: If by casual, it is meant "anything that's not an e-sport," then yes, it is "casual." Though, to be fair, it's not exactly a difficult game either. --- As for Heroes of the Storm, I'm actually quite excited for it. I tried DOTA 2 and liked the gameplay, but the problem with games like DOTA and LoL is that they require a significant time investment to be good at, and if you're not, then people yell at you. That's not my idea of fun. With HotS, it looks like matches will be shorter, and there will be a more friendly learning curve, so I can just play a match or two a week, maybe, and still enjoy myself without having to put a huge investment into the game. Ultimately, HotS doesn't appear like it's trying to compete with DOTA and LoL for the MOBA e-sports scene, but offer a more casual alterative for people who like the genre but don't want to be mlg esports pros or whatever. I have a feeling that if you expect people to not yell at you when you play Heroes after it goes live/wider beta, you're gonna have a bad time. That said, every game of Heroes from what I've seen is wayyyyy shorter than the average game of Dota or LoL. | ||
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Dandy_Moustachu
France422 Posts
On March 18 2014 23:52 Plansix wrote: Yeah, because all the companies made so much trying to make the next WoW. blizzard trying to make LOL or dota 2 is a sure fire way for it to fail. They have to make their own game and beig something new to the table. Otherwise they are just doing what everyone else did for WoW and failed at. Also, I love the comments about how good Blizzard was "back in my day". Because they didn't take a ton of flack when D2 was released and could only run at 800x600. No one freaked out at all about that back in the day. Edit: casual players are people who play candy crush. Blizzard isn't making a game for them. They are making a game for my fianceé, who loves games, but is in a band and don't have the time to learn dota 2 or LoL. 800x600 came wit LOD, D2 was 640x480 :D After watching a few stream, I just wan't to play this game IMO | ||
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ETisME
12681 Posts
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SoleSteeler
Canada5457 Posts
Enjoying reading up on heroes and heroes that will be introduced later! (example and another example). Also, this game will 100% be competitive. It's a Blizzard game for one (lots of players, lots of popularity). Especially if there is a ladder system later (which I think they said there will be). It's definitely not too "dumbed down" or "simple" to not be competitive. Not to single any of you out, but reading the past 20 pages of this thread I thought, "When will people learn?". People said War3 wouldn't be competitive because it's too easy, people said SC2 would have too low a skill ceiling to make a difference, but people were dead wrong about both games. Even SC2's skill ceiling seems to be getting higher and higher as the months go by. Certain Koreans are just pushing themselves further and further ahead... I know the skill required is very different compared to other RTS games, but my point is players = competitiveness! Anyway, I'm stoked. I can't wait for a beta invite. >_< | ||
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Ogww
Finland224 Posts
Punishing from mistakes seems very hard as damage is so low and heals so powerful. When you make a winning trade, your opponent can just walk away to regen and he loses nothing as there's someone else to get the XP anyway. I'm afraid soloplay in this game will suck but I hope playing as five makes up for it. | ||
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
On March 19 2014 18:44 Ryuu314 wrote: I have a feeling that if you expect people to not yell at you when you play Heroes after it goes live/wider beta, you're gonna have a bad time. That said, every game of Heroes from what I've seen is wayyyyy shorter than the average game of Dota or LoL. I don't expect people not to yell, but the shorter game times will, hopefully, mean it's at least less intense than the other games. We'll have to wait 'till launch, of course, but given that the "hardcore" community seems to be looking at this and dismissing it as an inferior knock-off, perhaps the players more inclined towards rage will not be present. | ||
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pNRG
United States333 Posts
I love the idea of all the Blizzard heroes and villains battling in a combined universe, but I'm not sure there will be enough depth to keep it going forever? New maps? New heroes? Neverending addition of new skins? | ||
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