I've got a few flaws to point out here.
Since I'm in NA, there's no such thing as "high-level", and in "low-levels" all I see are genesics, blade hunters, lurs. Maybe you should nerf rampage, knight mode and blade master mode. In high-level it may be useless, but down here newbies give up and leave. You are not going to get any good players like this.

HocusPocus

Germany214 Posts

January 14 2011 13:02 GMT

#302

edit: nvm

Slon20

Netherlands206 Posts

January 14 2011 16:09 GMT

#303

I'm not really good yet, but the pubs are way too easy, so add me to the playerlist plz.
Slon. 581 EU

GSang

United States51 Posts

January 14 2011 17:03 GMT

#304

can i get added to the play list even though I just started playing

GSang 868 NA

BlackMesa

Kenya338 Posts

January 14 2011 17:09 GMT

#305

I've been playing this game a lot and it seems many of the heroes are imbalanced. Abel with his ridiculously strong nukes just dominates midgame until lategame when tanks are stronger that they can actually win fights.

Vorix

United States4 Posts

January 17 2011 06:04 GMT

#306

Is there a channel you guys generally hang out in. I am new and looking for someone to generally teach me basics of the game

justjuice

New Zealand165 Posts

January 17 2011 06:54 GMT

#307

On January 17 2011 15:04 Vorix wrote:
Is there a channel you guys generally hang out in. I am new and looking for someone to generally teach me basics of the game

Hi there Vorix the channel is written on the first post, it's cityoftempest

Vorix

United States4 Posts

January 17 2011 07:14 GMT

#308

Oh oops, thats what i get for skimming it haha.

assajocuna

Korea (South)125 Posts

January 17 2011 09:56 GMT

#309

i'm writing this from notebook.

New patch coming soon. Within this week i guess. New ice hero will be out,
and there will be a lot of buff, nerf coming. Also when lobby is full it'll auto-start.
At the beginning of game, everyone has to choose hero within 10 sec and after
they all select, the game will start. (newbie friendly, start at the same time)

Character selection screen is now on dialog box like sotis and other hero games.

I can't get on battle.net but it'll be on kor server first and will be translated later.

justjuice

New Zealand165 Posts

January 17 2011 10:30 GMT

#310

Wow nice! Will we get a translation of the patch notes? I'm really curious on the nerfs and buffs!

ZapRoffo

United States5544 Posts

January 17 2011 20:13 GMT

#311

Questions: Could someone explain Ron to me? Why is he good? I tried him, his auto-attack is the worst, none of his skills seem to have good effects other than continuous damage (I'm unclear whether they keep doing dmg if people move away from the initial spot or not) or do particularly good damage.

What am I missing?

Also, is there any difference between Zava's melee and ranged auto attack?

And on the flip side of Ron, Dwarven King seems soo good, and so easy, just by massing attack stat and mana items and spamming tanks. I've never seen someone not own with him. What makes him not as good?

GSang

United States51 Posts

January 17 2011 22:57 GMT

#312

EDIT: lol nvm in a legit match dwarf is balanced

justjuice

New Zealand165 Posts

January 17 2011 23:42 GMT

#313

Guys this is a map that gets balance tested by Korean pros all the time and it's just stupid for people to post here complaining about the supposed imbalance in their pub game. Any hero can dominate in a pub game and the mapmaker is looking at Korean tourney results for balance ideas.

bobbeh

Canada101 Posts

January 17 2011 23:43 GMT

#314

Pubs work like this

Either your hero completely rape the other guy hero, or his hero completely rape yours

Sometimes you both won't be able to kill each other(too quick + slow abilities, slow dps + run away easily etc etc) and you will get bored and start fighting with low health or stop running away even if you could, out of boredom

Zeroes and janne d'arc easily own ppl that don't move

ABCZerg

26 Posts

January 18 2011 00:03 GMT

#315

@Zaproffo: I started CT with Ron and I found that the poison damage was quite good. Farming's no problem with poison ball, which costs 100 (I think?) and is quite effective both in terms of damage and radius and once you get insect king, it couldn't get any easier. I usually go 5~7 mana, then pump all minerals on damage and then get hero kills with manapotions. This usually is enough damage to wipe most heroes. What makes him special though, is his slow, which fixes movement speed at 2.75. When they're slowed, you can literally land all your skills on him while you're able to scurry around, dodging all his spells. This allows him to hardcounter some of the heroes that are considered "strong" like Genesic and Blade Hunter. I'm no pro by any means so my opinion may be flawed, but from what I experienced and read, this seems to be the reason Ron is considered good.

assajocuna

Korea (South)125 Posts

January 18 2011 00:37 GMT

#316

@ABCZerg: Yes that's the reason why Ron is considered strong. He is the melee hero killer.
Only character that is good against him as a melee would be LurCellant with the hook. But heroes learning the blink strike ulti can get near you and slow you to death. It depends on the mindgame.

Dwarf King is good but his nuke altogether doesn't do much damage compared to other heroes. In fact i don't think there is any hero that outputs weaker overall damage in nuke. Only when all his tanks are placed, that's when he is strong. Even then, if there is a high hp hero around, he can just go straight in, charge toward Dwarf and kill him in seconds. (ofcourse it's not as easy as it sounds but he is in no way op.) The strongest point dwarf king has is base defense with tanks + scan.
You can scan where the enemies are and defend your base well.

PS. I'll translate the patch note when it's done

i've tried the ice hero and his nukes are fairly weak but he can be one of the best
support hero. Very very annoying to play against.

FairDestroyer

United States50 Posts

January 19 2011 14:52 GMT

#317

Love playing this mode.

I can't open the replays the OP posted in first post. Any advice on how to get it to work or can someone else link me to another replay or VOD of some high level play? Thanks.