I know! Support as we know it is dead. But the new Support role sounds varied and fun. And Solo Q never respected Support anyway. Plus it sounds like there will be a ton more gold to buy more stuff sooner. 20% more gold-per-time, plus the new "ambient" gold. I bet the intent is to let people sell and change up their build mid-game more easily, which would be fun. Can't wait for Lyra! Healing stations and portals. But a Support that can't tank (by the sound of it)sounds interesting.
I came very close to making Vainglory the first MOBA I could get into and remain gotten a while back. Vainglory probably got as close as HotS, as close as any ever got (likely because both strain to at least cause small cracks in the mold, and fill the bent forms with archetype- and traditional MOBA-mechanism-defying champions whose intricacies require more than a perfunctory glance and a dev spotlight video to correct assumptions from the former). With the new chests, daily missions and other shiny decoy trappings of simulated accomplishment (call me a sucker for the illusion of achievement, it does strange and wonderful things to my loins) - and more than anything another batch of wonderfully creative funny-faced arena murderers - I'm going to try again. I'm proclaiming my intent here in order to establish accountability. And when that fails, some light anxiety and platform-patriotic sense of duty.
I know what you mean—the "meta game" stuff lured me back too, but it can be a two-edged sword: - A losing streak or rude teammates* is frustrating. A losing streak or rude teammates that make you fail to get a limited-time bonus? Way more frustrating! - When you're getting tired of a game, a break helps you enjoy it more. But when the meta game compels you to play EVEN when you're tired of it, you end up enjoying it not at all. So welcome back, and enjoy the new meta game (it's fun!) but my advice: don't binge. Play a bit, and if it stops being fun, come back another day. Battle Royale is great because a bad match is still short. (But events like the 2 special cards earned this weekend require Third Wins. BR doesn't count.) * Cure for rude teammates: Touch Arcade guild!
Really liking all the changes made this patch. The new hero is pretty sweet. Although I seem to be having the same problem as last season. I'm getting teamed up with people that don't seem to know how to play which is resulting in loss after loss. Not a single win yet in a ranked match. Just have to keep plugging away and hopefully make it out of purgatory.
Oh how I wish people would stop picking Lance to lane with. Was in a ranked match earlier where I chose Fortress to roam with. My "teammates" were in a guild. One chose Lyra to jungle and the other chose Lance to lane. Ugh!!!!
I'm wondering if they're going to taper off the flow of the summer Krul cards. I already have 7 of them
I have 8 summer cards already. 6 krul, 1 each of the other 2. I don't think they'll taper off; in fact, they may increase: this weekend is a card event (get one for the third win Sat--starting 8pm Fri EDT; get one for the third win Sun). And the season daily boxes should improve with time, meaning more seasonal cards may pop up. But doesn't each summer skin need 50 cards? If so, that's 150 summer cards you'd have to find to get them all for free. 7 or 8 doesn't seem like so much suddenly...
They look like Alpha (umbrella "sword") and SAW to me. But I can see Ardan. Then again, some heroes already have Limited skins, while Alpha and SAW (and Krul) do not.
Yeah I was thinking that Catherine already has a limited skin but that shadow looks pretty beefy. Alpha is pretty thin. But I can see the umbrella sword. Time will tell
It's so annoying in battle royale when people get the new hero and so far not one of them has known how to use her they don't heal you and just keep throwing the sigil down as an attack while they just try to auto attack all the time. Had so many battles like this already, surely when a new hero is added you'd think they would at least read about their abilities if not only to know what they are fighting against.
Doesn't seem too bad I haven't played much over the last year and use to play constantly. People aren't very forgiving even one wrong move or click it seems you get shit for it. But overall still seems like it use to be really pretty much fine. Hardest part for me is finding people I want to play with.
Not sure what they did exactly to Fortress but I know he's been nerfed. He does so little damage now and is squishy. Also seems they gave CP Vox a huge buff. I thought his CP build was supposed to do very little damage to one target. He was dominating my roam Fortress with ease.
Played 2 ranked matches in a row with the same guy today. His name was BurnCalibur. First match I was Phinn and he was Joule. Our laner went afk so we forfeit. Second match I was Catherine and he was Skaarf. We were getting dominated all around so we forfeit. After the second match he sends me a friend request, which I accepted. He called me fu@$ing trash and asked why I kept rushing in so much. Then unfriended me before I could respond. I'm rank 3 bronze right now. He was rank 2 gold. I get frustrated with other people's play as much as he next guy but would never friend someone just to call them names. I'm sure his mommy and daddy must be so proud of their baby boy. Wth is wrong with people.
What's with the toxic 12 year old behavior of these people? It pushes new players, and other players like myself planning to return, away. Guess I won't be returning to the game now. People with this behavior take the fun off the game. Wish there was a way to report them or something
So I was looking at trying to get involved in this game, but the reports of growing toxicity (as with any MOBA, it seems) are putting me off. Is it worth getting invested, or should I just play something else instead?
Well, it's free to play, so you could always try it for yourself. I enjoyed my time with the game as my first MOBA, but I ended up deleting it for space because the lack of communication between team mates can be frustrating. Lots of rage quits, too, which leaves your team high and dry. I think if you have a team of friends it's probably fantastic. Like I said, it's a great intro to the genre because it's not as overwhelming to get into like LoL and DOTA2.
