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Reputation: 65I remember an interview where Valve said they were making their first f2p game. Pretty sure TF2 doesn't count considering it was already out at the time.
Reputation: 19Mmmm... the art style is to my liking.
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WE ALL SHALL BE FREE!
Reputation: 59Looking at those screens, I prefer DoTA2.
Looks more crisp and what have you.
oh wow, i really like those graphics, i wasnt looking forward to dota 2 and still kind of am not, but i may now be willing to buy it.
i was completely expecting them to take the darker hon look, which i hate, Hon looks like a turd a shined up turd
I'm really excited for DotA 2, although I'm notoriously horrible at MOBAs.
U sound mad. Just sayin.
Yeah I agree, even though it looks "cartoony" its rather cool looking. Second picture didn't exactly look like first to me though but maybe its cuz I dunno.
I just hope the movement feels more similar to HON than LoL and then it'll probably be me go 2 when HON is down game.
And I must say I hope I catch one quickly or all the bastards who used to play DOTA forget how to play because I'm sure I would recieve quite an asswhooping at first.
It's actually funny how people have no idea why SF/Doom have 6 skill boxes, kind of shows how much HoN/LoL have clouded dota ~.~
Reputation: 59Here or in general?
I admit to only playing SF once during my dota time, and I don't remember if he even had that 3-split skill back then(really far back). Or maybe my memory is a bit fuzzy. But I've seen the HoN incarnation and such so I knew what it was all about
Come to think of it, the HoN SF still has the 3-skill thing so it's only LoL that have clouded dota![]()
Well, i wouldn't know in general as im in SEA and i still play dota competitively here. But from what i've seen of the onrpg forums, not alot seem to know much about dota >.<
Never tried LoL. HoN's gamepace is slightly faster than dota, quite a fun game to play TBH. But i'll stick to dota ^-^
Edit: SF/Doom has 6 as
Shadow fiend's first skill -> Shadow raze has 3 cast range (hence the 3 icon) so one is a close range raze, mid range, and long range. They do not share cooldowns so if used properly it can be a 900 damage nuke.
Doom has 6 as his devour skill allows you to "learn" the skills of the creep you've eaten, so if you eat a centaur, you'll get it's AoE stun+Aura(fills into the 2 empty boxes)
Reputation: 64im likin it already, bring it! its gonna be free too i heard, there goes the competition
Wow really looks amazing. Cant wait for the release!
All them neutral camps...
Reputation: 610http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dota-2010/1187567p1.html
GameSpy: What is DOTA 2's business model? Will it be free-to-play with microtransactions (similar to other recent MOBA games), or will it be a traditional purchase-to-play product?
Erik Johnson, Project Lead: We haven't announced pricing for the game just yet.
So it's not F2P, B2P or P2P yet, let's stop making crap up, k?
I like how everyone is complaining about the art. It's the gameplay that matters guys.
I've been waiting for DotA2 forever now. I don't care if it beats LoL or HoN. I'm going to play all three because DotA is amazing anyway.
Looks amazing. As for people who were expecting HoN graphics you're not too smart.
This is Dota2, meaning they're going to make it similar to dota1, and dota1 was cartoony. Connect the dots there.
As for the pricing I'm pretty sure it's going to be B2P and eventually be F2P with a cashshop like all dota games.
Reputation: 119Oh right I forgot what the name of the DOTA counterpart to that was...lol still there are blank spaces there...I wonder if it's just gonna sit there just for that one character or if they're gonna be adding stuff to each of the other heroes.
I dunno in the end DOTA is DOTA, I'm not very competitive about it and I rarely play nowadays so if dota 2 is more competitive I don't think I'll bother. It'd be neat to play but if there's nothing really new besides better graphics and a mentor/better matchmaking hopefully I don't see it warranting the price of a new game. Lets hope valve actually does something interesting with this though.
Reputation: 59They have a lot of new modes and has some sort of mentor system, where you can get rewarded or something for helping new players. It was probably made to "cure" the toxic community these types of games usually have.
And there's more stuff that I don't really know as I'd like to atleast have some surprises in store when I get the game.
Going to be awesome to see it at gamescom :3
Reputation: 52Clockwerk is just more robot though, that seems more like a mask than anything. Still seems to resemble Meepo in a way with the shovel, the roll on the back, etc. It's not like they're keeping exactly to the DotA models since some of those have already been updated for WoW. Even some of the already revealed heroes have some slightly altered appearances. I just want Meepo, only reason I'll play DotA2... and maybe Phantom Lancer.
Reputation: 19
I laugh at that dude saying it will be just another copy-cat, whilst the makers of DotA actually aid in the help of DotA 2.