DotA 2: 6.83 patch, The International 5 on the way!

[Roneblaster]

I love that all the characters talk. I hate shadow shamans model, and im super sad storm isnt a panada anymore, too.

And <3 tauren. My main in wow was a tauren warrior.

Stream isnt laggy at all for me. You jelly?

 

[Sinz]

Why is earth shaker a koala D: he looks so underwhelming art wise

 

[Ignatius]

Im not a fan of Earthshaker on all fours either.

http://blog.dota2.com/2011/08/570/ This is the silliest feature I've ever seen, but at least now my friends can measure how disappointed I'll be in them.

 

[Mota]

FINALSSS!!!!
I'll download em tomorrow

That Biofeedback's pretty cool. Be fun to see their state in big battles, close games, getting raxxed, losing winning etc

Who will win?

Navi or Ehome/Scythe

 

[Miharu]

rofl pudge pick

 

[Ignatius]

So, out of the 46 heroes in the pool this tournament, 45 have been chosen over the course of it. The only hero that hasn't been picked is Axe, poor guy.

 

[DJRome]

the models are too cartoony

 

[Miharu]

axe basically isn't viable because his disable's range is TOO ****ING SHORT

that and he needs considerable farm to be useful

 

[Ignatius]

He gets picked occasionally in competitive, he just needs blink more than most characters.

 

[DJRome]

kind of a waste honestly

 

[Mota]

Needs to farm VG and blink. Although I'm not a big fan of Axe, would've liked to see his model and spin animation

Really like the look and whip attack of Razor.

 

[Miharu]

He gets picked occasionally in competitive, he just needs blink more than most characters.

he hasn't been picked since .52e or some time around there, and only under 2 situations:

1) counter spider
2) creep skip as a trilane with at least 1 healer

since then sk has proven to be a much better counter due to caustic, and the 2nd strat simply loses to strong nuking trilanes

the razor model is nice; its a shame that he's fallen out of competitive play

 

[Mota]

Miharu sounds like a pro, knows his stuff.

I'd love to see you play

 

[Miharu]

there are replays of me up if you want them

the games are all pretty ugly though

 

[Mota]

Some feedback and voting whatnot. Prepare to disagree

A lot of the top comments are hilarious Comment away!

http://www.dota2feedback.com/

 

[Miharu]

New leaked hero portraits.

http://i.imgur.com/aPfxY.jpg

Really liking how TA and BH look in this.

 

[Ignatius]

Leaked sounds too: http://www.youtube.com/user/Dota2sounds#p/u/18/zPIK1MFOeQU

ES says Chaos Dunk.

This game is awesome.

 

[Miharu]

GROUND POUND

Based on what I've played of the beta so far, the engine is definitely up to the task for taking DotA to the next level; the engine itself is running up to speed, and graphics make the game look more polished/sophisticated without going overboard much like HoN did.

As for the skill level in the beta right now, a good chunk of the players are high level Euro/NA players, and the rest of the players are basically a significant step down from that; there aren't too many players in my particular skill bracket. As a result, you get some really ****ing lopsided games because you have the likes of mania/lacoste/demon and whatnot on one team against pubs...which results in a pubsmashing D:

But that's to be expected with the really small player pool right now.

Matchmaking looks really nice, and the interface overall just gives me high hopes for the game.

I can answer whatever questions you guys have as long as its nothing too specific etc.

 

[DJRome]

how easy will it be to find fair games for newer players and are there plans for a system that lets a group practice (i.e. modes not only live games)?

 

[Ignatius]

Here's a list of icons, including many placeholder icons that I really enjoy:

http://www.dota2.cyborgmatt.com/spellicons/

 

[Miharu]

how easy will it be to find fair games for newer players and are there plans for a system that lets a group practice (i.e. modes not only live games)?

Matchmaking is in place at the moment, but its fairly basic, since there's no rating system of any sort set up as of yet. But I imagine eventually it'll be a rating based system, and there might even be a separate que you can choose if you're a newer player (or the game might just place you in said que based on your # of games and whatnot).

What do you mean "plans for a system that lets a group practice"? Not quite understanding the question here.

 

[Mota]

Wow Miharu you already got the Beta?
I signed up during The International, but haven't checked since then.

What changes have they made since The International tournament?

Have there been changes to the hero protrait position, minimap position etc. I found the box taht had the heros damage, armour and stats was too small.

Have you seen a trend in heros being picked?

LOL at Templar Assassins Trap skill, ITS A TRAAWWPP

Can't be real, but oh well.

how easy will it be to find fair games for newer players and are there plans for a system that lets a group practice (i.e. modes not only live games)?

From what I read there will a rating or ranking system that matches you with players of similiar perceived skill.

By group practice, do you mean just creating a game specifically for your team and practicing team co-ordination and timing.
In WC3 this was failry easy, a lot of different DotA modes.

 

[Ignatius]

That's definitely real, it's the placeholder icon because they don't have the actual art for it done yet. As the beta currently stands, that's what the icon is.

 

[Miharu]

Wow Miharu you already got the Beta?
I signed up during The International, but haven't checked since then.

What changes have they made since The International tournament?

Have there been changes to the hero protrait position, minimap position etc. I found the box taht had the heros damage, armour and stats was too small.

Have you seen a trend in heros being picked?

LOL at Templar Assassins Trap skill, ITS A TRAAWWPP

Can't be real, but oh well.

Yeah, I got into the beta, but it wasn't through the public signup. Basically you have to know people inside to get in right now.

No major changes have been made to the in-game UI as far as I can tell, but they've been reworking the UI for the chat channels and whatnot. The spectating system is really neat, and auto camera is actually quite amazing.

Can't really determine much of a trend based on AP games, since I think that's all that's available via matchmaking at the moment (I haven't played anything else).

I <3 TA's new portrait soooooooo much

 

[Mota]

Wow the bots in Dota 2 sound amazing!

A lot better then the attempt of bots in War3 DotA, they were terrible lol

http://blog.dota2.com/2011/10/twice-the-blood-shall-i-shed/

 

[Ignatius]

So, has anyone gotten an invite, and per chance does anyone have a spare invite from their 2 extra?

 

[Mota]

Checked my emails, no dice

Jakiro's and Batrider's fire spells be epic!

 

[Miharu]

Only the newly invited players will get 2 extra keys for now.

They said something about giving the older beta players extra keys sometime in the near future.

All of the spell animations are surprisingly well done; to be honest I didn't quite know what to expect from the visual aspect of the game, and Valve hasn't disappointed in the least (except the sf model that sucks ***).

 

[Mota]

My computer specs probs wont do the game justice anyways lol.

I agree on SF, at times it looks okay, then I see SF in DotA 1 and he's just epic swagger boss man.

 

[Mota]

Awwww yeahhhh.
http://blog.dota2.com/2011/11/the-crusade-continues/
DragonKnight and OmniKnight! Tanky as heckles.

Omni looks a tad old veteran, and DK looks BAMF Gundam lol.

 

[PantyRaider08]

I am crossing my fingers to get a beta key. Sent my survery yesterday.

 

[Miharu]

Apparently the first wave of keys went to people with low-end computers who had played more than 500 games.

 

[Ignatius]

Well that's disappointing, because that's me.

 

[PantyRaider08]

My comp specs are moderate, but I've played the game since it came out. I tried LOL, but it just wasn't the same for me. : /

 

[Browny]

I will buy this, I played DotA religiously... HoN/LoL ruined it with their attempts to cater towards the 'hardcore' and 'casual' crowd respectively and lost the simple fun in the game

I hope to hell they dont make anything 'unlockable' or force players to deal with matchmaking >_<

 

[Mota]

Mmm new SF ult is acceptable
Razes are still lacking something in the arm raises of SF, needs more epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJrlUSIN8A

No doubt I'll buy the game but until then DotA 1 works just fine <3

 

[S l o X]

Where can I go to learn the basics of DoTa? Kind of want to know about DoTa 2 before it comes out officially.

 

[Browny]

Well to learn it, play it?

A bit hard if you dont have Warcraft 3 TFT though... HoN is very similar and still free to play I think? Id def recommend that over LoL since HoN is basically a dota clone, LoL introduced some new elements which likely wont return for dota 2.

 

[Mota]

If you can get Warcraft 3 TFT, through legal means of course *cough* and download something like Garena.

HoN is free and similar to DotA, but still quite different. Definitely this over LoL though.

Apart from that, just look at guides and more importantly, watch videos and matches with commentary.

 

[Ignatius]

Second wave just went out, anyone fortunate enough to get in?