First Blizzcon dedicated a large HOTS segment, then the Overwatch hero skin promo, now this.
They really want HOTS to gain some kind of relevance, which leads to the question, why wasn't it more popular before? I don't play MOBAs so for those playing LoL/Dota 2, why is HOTS like some unwanted child?
I don't know how it is for others, but HOTS is generally lacking the usual expression of personal skill other MOBAs require and show, things like last hitting (and in some MOBAs also denying), emphasizing kill streaks, itemizing your hero to be cost efficient and adapt the needs to the current state of the game, all of these are absent from HOTS. Oh, and levels are also team wide not personal.
Ferrair - you know how WoW clones usually end up failing because people say, "Why would I play a slightly different but less polished/complete version of WoW when I could just play WoW?" Well, same thing in the MOBA space. LoL/DotA are entrenched titans that aren't going anywhere, and HotS is a different approach that just can't gain the same traction. The Heroes Global Championship that started recently is a good step in the right direction. I'm not a big fan of MOBAs, but from what I've seen, HotS is more fun to watch because it's easier to follow, there are more teamfights, and the matches are shorter.
I can stomach 15 games of a MOBA for a free (and pretty cool) mount! Thanks, Blizz.
OH FOR FUCK SAKE!
I don't want to play your shifty LoL rip-off blizzard, stop trying to make me.
Guess I'll multibox until the other team surrenders 15 times.
Cute, they can try whatever they want I will never play that shitty Casualcrap! They would have to pay me 200€ so I install that shitty Game.
Can you get this vs AI? If so I might have to find a 'friend'.
The saber looks nice, but not nice enough to make me play 15 games of blizzard's failing 'moba'.
I'd rather play neither. MOBA's are the colon cancer that the RTS genre (which was actually interesting) shat out during its death throes on the toilet after suffering a heart attack from eating too much junk food and hanging themselves from the light fitting whilst jacking off.
Fuck MOBA's.