Heroes of the Storm

[Ruien]

Is anyone out there playing HotS? It is a very casual MOBA but has a nice variety of maps and heroes. Plus who does not want to play your favorite Blizzard pixels and have epic battle clashes.

One thing from my playing is it seems very balanced so far. There are some lame characters that are weaker than the rest but there is not 3 or 4 stand out heroes that just dominates like LoL has (Or well did have when I use to play).

If you have not given this game a shot I would recommend it.

[drave]

Is it ONLY other humans to play against? I dislike that d-.-b

[road doggy dogg]

Is it still in Beta? I played a bit of it during Alpha. It's definitely much less stressful than Dota 2.

I'll play with you sometime. My Bnet battletag is (if I remember right) tonavin#1510

[Ruien]

@Drave

You can play against the computers. You may play against the computer on different difficulty too in custom matches if you prefer. You have the option to play against the computer with humans or with other computer players.

@RDD
It officially released on the 2nd. I played it during Open Beta. Hit rank 19 but have went back to doing quick matches because they are enjoyable. Really dislike how people can do Hero League with a full team. That should only be for Team League. Hero League should be solo or queue with 1 friend IMO.

Will add you to my battle tag next time I get on. Don't remember mine because I sold my account and made a new one to play HotS.

[road doggy dogg]

Nice. I'll have to redownload the game (I wiped much of my HDD in anticipation of a format that never came to fruition) but I'll try to get on tonight

[Ruien]

I added you Mr. RDD but I missed you last night.

[road doggy dogg]

Ahh I thought that was you who added me. I saw you online, by the time I got in from ADVENTURING irl I was kinda tuckered and not in the mood to game. I'll be outta town this weekend but we'll defs play next week

[Ruien]

Good stuff.

[drave]

Ahh I thought that was you who added me. I saw you online, by the time I got in from ADVENTURING irl I was kinda tuckered and not in the mood to game. I'll be outta town this weekend but we'll defs play next week


Are you gonna INGRESS out of town?

[road doggy dogg]

Going to egress out, actually

[drave]

This game is fun as hell :D

[road doggy dogg]

It is... add me to bnet dogg

we should all play

[Ruien]

Drake what is your tag?

[drave]

Drave82#1289

[drave]

Sent request to RDD

Cannot play a lot though, probably on weekends mainly.

[road doggy dogg]

holy crap @Hasney pushed this thread all the way down to like bottom of pg1...

@Ruien that was fun, let's play again soon.. you use Skype or anything?

[Ruien]

Heck ya it was fun. I do have Skype but I tend to only use it when my girlfriend is not around (All weekdays until late when she gets home from work). Basically, anytime before 10:00pm central time we can Skype it up.

[road doggy dogg]

I find it easier to coordinate that way, though I must admit I really like the ping system HotS uses. Makes it very easy to see when someone wants to hit an objective etc. I didn't feel very lost at all

though I do like the voice chat stuff just bc I have no self-awareness at all when I play sometimes so it's nice to have someone barking orders when I am picking daisies

[Ruien]

Haha good stuff. Will you be around tonight? It is my off day for the gym so I can play more than 1 game this time.

[road doggy dogg]

Maybe. I have softball after work, not sure if we are going out for beers afterward or not. Game's at 6:30 so if we don't go out I'll prolly be home around 8:30 est

[Ruien]

Good stuff. We need to get Drave involved some time too.

[drave]

Saw you online as I was logging off last night.

Weekends are best for me, family and work stuff and what not. Definitely need to get things going though.

[road doggy dogg]

I'm busy Saturday night with poker but that won't be an all night thing. Friday night wanna try? I usually do Dota 2 on Fridays but I could go for a diff moba...

[road doggy dogg]

Assuming drave84 isn't welcomed to the world by then :love:

[Ruien]

I am fine with getting some games in on Friday. As long as Drave does not call me Noid again >< :(.

[drave]

When they say "Difficulty: Easy/Medium/etc" are they talking about the how hard it is to effectively use the character? Such a fucking noob at this whole MOBA thing.

Also, HOLY SHIT AT YOUR RECORD NOID! You play the game a lot :kiss:


Since I left work today I have to work Friday :( I wouldn't be on until 11PMEST or later anyway.

[Ruien]

Ya, I had a like month period where I was addicted. Don't play as much/quit playing ranked games awhile ago. Also helps Steam is having their sale.

Easy/Medium/etc refers to how hard the hero is to use effectively.

[Ruien]

Really helps that the games typically only go 20 to 25 minutes.

[drave]

I have zero characters purchased so far, but just have 4k gold too. Saving for someone but unsure who yet. So far, I tend to like the ranged assassin classes, though Kerrigan is fucking sweet too.

[road doggy dogg]

I only have I think 3 or so unlocked from my time playing Alpha. I have like 14k gold or something but no idea what hero(es) I would like to spend it on

[drave]

Definitely not playing healers, fuck those guys.

[road doggy dogg]

that fucking Chi Chi panda or w/e the fuck is so damn annoying

[drave]

I threw all of Kerrigans tentacles at her so hard today.


So. Hard.

[road doggy dogg]

That reminds me of a fanfic I <s>wrote</s> read once

[Ruien]

Illidan is soooo much fun to play. Anub and Jaina is great too.

[road doggy dogg]

I haven't tired Illidan yet. Have a buddy who plays Azmodan pretty regularly and he seems quite fun.

I honestly have played Muradin the most. Very simple hero to play but so effective. All those stuns.

[Ruien]

Love Muradin too. He was the first hero I used and bought. Healer wise I enjoy Uther and Rhegar the most. Uther is a stun machine. Guess he is more CC then healing but hes awesome.

[drave]

Excellent Resource:

http://www.heroesfire.com/

[road doggy dogg]

i'm sick all day doggs

anyone wanna play

[Ruien]

Maaaan, I won't be home until like 7 or 8 central time. Going to be my gym time on right after work then pick up the little one.

[road doggy dogg]

that's cool.. I'll prolly be on tongiht as well

[drave]

Probably much later tonight.

Have to go to the hospital for two tests for drave(84) at 4 & 5 EST. No work tomorrow, should be up later...... probably 11-12 ish.

[drave]

Is when I can get on -.-

[Ruien]

My plans changed but should be ilon in about a hour. At the gym currently.

[road doggy dogg]

Hey @Ruien

Sorry about last night, had some GNA irl crap to deal with. Eventually made it on and played a couple with @drave but secs wanted to kick it with both yall

[road doggy dogg]

fun games today

loving Nova so much right now

[drave]

Man, that 1st game we had was fucking tits. We had what.... 6% core and then we won somehow :D

[drave]

I think when the three of us are synced up, we will dominate PvP. Need to get cyHeisenBorg in on this shit.

I tried both DOTA and LOL and did not care for either. This one is much more fun.

[road doggy dogg]

Haha yeah that was madness! I thought our goose was cooked then I grabbed the Temple and just said F it and we wonz0rs. woo!

I played a Quick Match after Ruien went offline and didn't do so hot. I died 3 times relatively quickly (~5 minutes in) and this one guy on my team was getting a little agitated. At one point he asked me "Nova why aren't you attacking", probably because I had the one talent that makes my autoattack 3x slower. I ended the game leading our team in Hero damage, kills, XP contribution, and had the least deaths, but it was definitely a rocky start. (we lost the game btw)

Yeah can't wait until we all get on. Will be super fun times!!!

[road doggy dogg]

Dota and LOL have a really annoying "startup" time in each game. The laning phase, which is basically the first ~10 minutes of every game, is like a mini feeling out process. Feels totally unnecessary.

Honestly though the most annoying thing is, after one team takes a rax, you have a fairly good idea whether they can easily win the game at that point, but you have to wait another 30 minutes to see it unfold. So fucking annoying.

[Ruien]

We dominated earlier today. Illidan is so much fun in quick matches. He just eats everyone.

[road doggy dogg]

I love Nova so much. I might buy Illidan too, didn't realize he was only 4k

[Ruien]

That final game we played was badsass. Stoke their boss for a come from behind win. What made it better even was Dave being like, they are there in full force! Before we went in.

[drave]

Haha, yea. Whole team was there and it resulted in a Quad Kill before they fell.

[road doggy dogg]

fuck yeah

every guide I read for Nova is all, "Take Rewind because being able to do your rotation 2x is OP!" which I kind of agree with, but being able to do 2x Precision Shot is ldshglsdgh;dghs so good

[drave]

Making lunch rn. mid-day break from Dad stuff.

It took 3-4 heroes to effectively take me down last game. It was kinda funny because I cold sense their frustration. As we progressed, I was immediately targeted every encounter, hehe.

[drave]

http://www.heroesfire.com/hots/talent-calculator/arthas#sbxH

This is what I normally run.

[drave]

awwwwwwwwww booooooooooo

[road doggy dogg]

patch notes

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/19818499/heroes-of-the-storm-ptr-patch-notes-august-10-2015-8-10-2015

too tired/about to go to bed to jump into them

but woo @ this:

Diablo III and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls players who log in to Heroes during the three weeks following the release of the upcoming patch will permanently receive Diablo in Heroes of the Storm.

glad I didn't spend gold on him yet :D

[drave]

Nice.

[Shadow]

Same here. Also the whole 50 treasure goblin thing and getting to level 70 in Diablo 3 means a free mount. Can't wait.

[road doggy dogg]

Cho'Gall is hilariously fun to play. I was playing with a friend but we weren't on Skype or anything so it was a little messy, but you just launch spells constantly, it's amazing

[Shadow]

I can't believe they made a hero that can be controlled by two different people. It's hilarious that it works.

[road doggy dogg]

I haven't kept up with the "eSports" scene of HotS so I don't know how competitively viable he is, but he's definitely a blast to play in Quick Matches

[road doggy dogg]

New PTR notes

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/19998381

RIP Nova :wavesad:

[drave]

Man, haven't played this since last June :(

[road doggy dogg]

I admittedly haven't played a ton the past few months either. When life settles down for ya we should get a few games in