Heroes of the Storm 2.0

[PewPewGG]

Why no bonus for WoW or D3? (

[Emerald Archer]

I used to play HotS a lot, then got bored because tbh it was just shit, the progression system was horrible, I wasn't working towards anything and just didn't enjoy myself anymore.

Went on today, definitely sparked my interest again, the level system is awesome. Probably won't go back to playing it a crap ton, but I'll throw a few hours into it a week I think. When I don't feel like playing WoW.

Was awesome getting a bunch of free stuff though :P Even if you don't plan on playing it, go in and get the free stuff. Opening chests are always fun.

[Deleted]

Well, the teaser was about this great beast coming to the game, with such a revamp we could see a big hero incoming, like Deathwing, but nope.

I understand why they did it, it's because that was the only way of getting people to pay attention and actually watch the stream.

Except idiots on reddit lunged onto the rumours of Deathwing coming to the game. Maybe you people should stop hyping yourself up at literally every announcement, it would help greatly

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I don't play Moba and everytime I load in to HOTS, every map is alien to me, there's no guide on what the objectives are, whether its to destroy the nexus or to do some other stuff.

Most of my time I just run around hoping someone wins so we can move on.

If only there was any kind of text to notify people, a loading screen of sorts.

[topitopi]

This game is just awful. I tried doing the 15 for the genji in November and couldnt. The WoW mount looked cool enough that I was able to grind it out but darn I'd rather have my teeth pulled. Somehow, the 5 games this time around felt even worse. The player base is terrible. The maps and objectives are haphazard. The characters are just fan service. It's sad to see Blizzard keeps having to do these promotions to bring people like myself over but what they dont realize is that, unless the experience is fun, we (the skeptical player) will knock out the 5 rounds and uninstall. Not a good recipe for growing a game

[Maconi]

What's going to stop people from throwing games? I mean, you don't have to win the games, right?

Won't that just drive people away?

I doubt Blizzard cares about the player experience right now. They probably just want to use this event to artificially boost the active player count to fool investors into thinking the game is still worth their time. I'm surprised they've managed to keep it alive this long and the new loot box system is an obvious attempt at trying to salvage some kind of profitability from the game.

[Deleted]

This game is so bad. They are using models from their other games. There is no real work behind it, only the skins. But 10$ for one skin? WTF? It is maximum 3 people's 4 days work.
I will not understand MOBA-s: same map over and over and over again. The match making is 30mins and the game is 1 hour long at least...

[Emerald Archer]

the new loot box system is an obvious attempt at trying to salvage some kind of profitability from the game.

Clearly you don't know how it works then. The loot boxes in total would lose them out on money, because we're getting for free what a lot of people would spend money on. Instead of having to pay for skins, we just get them from loot boxes you can get easily for free.

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There is no real work behind it, only the skins. But 10$ for one skin? WTF? It is maximum 3 people's 4 days work.

That price for skins is the norm in Mobas, it's just how the game is funded. Purely cosmetic items. Some skins definitely take more than 3 people doing 4 days of work, but a lot sure wouldn't take much work. That's just how Mobas work. It's the genre. Pay to look pretty.

[kamuimac]

can we by pass it like with wow promotion via games vs ai or they are smarter and forced playing vs living oponents ?

[HitRefresh]

All they do is keep making more incentives to play their shitty game, instead of actually changing the fucking game.

It's such bullshit they are calling it 2.0. All they did was change the rewards system to be like Overwatch's, and add an Overwatch map with more Overwatch characters, with no change in how the game functions.

The reason people aren't playing your game isn't because they weren't getting enough rewards, or that they don't have enough characters to play, or that they don't have enough maps to play on.

[Serissa]

honest question, do many people still give a damn about this game?

i'd actually like to see a poll about how many people still play or at least follow it occasionally.

I will reinstall it. Claim hero-pack then uninstall again

[FelPlague]

feels weird that this post is about nothing but heros of the storm but goes into wow general instead of heros of the storm general (most likely something to do with the code of only wow general things can go on the front page?)

[Arvandor]

crap game!
crap presentation!
crap videos!

the golden age of blizzard are definite over!

[Deleted]

All they do is keep making more incentives to play their shitty game, instead of actually changing the fucking game.

It's such bullshit they are calling it 2.0. All they did was change the rewards system to be like Overwatch's, and add an Overwatch map with more Overwatch characters, with no change in how the game functions.

The reason people aren't playing your game isn't because they weren't getting enough rewards, or that they don't have enough characters to play, or that they don't have enough maps to play on.

Nah the reason people aren't playing is because the game is shit lol. Having more characters, maps and rewards won't change that.

The game is a fan-service that players get railroaded into if they want skins/mounts/whatever for the games they do enjoy.

[Ferrair]

Except idiots on reddit lunged onto the rumours of Deathwing coming to the game. Maybe you people should stop hyping yourself up at literally every announcement, it would help greatly

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If only there was any kind of text to notify people, a loading screen of sorts.

Now that you mentioned it, i went back and checked, oh wow i totally didn't see them at all because the loading takes so long i just alt tab and afk in wow while it loads.

Definitely gonna be in hots next week, gonna be faster to throw some games for the dva skin.

[Draigar]

so..why not people?

[Deleted]

I doubt Blizzard cares about the player experience right now. They probably just want to use this event to artificially boost the active player count to fool investors into thinking the game is still worth their time. I'm surprised they've managed to keep it alive this long and the new loot box system is an obvious attempt at trying to salvage some kind of profitability from the game.

I doubt changing the system from them earning more money to them earning less money is "profitable"

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This game is so bad. They are using models from their other games. There is no real work behind it, only the skins. But 10$ for one skin? WTF? It is maximum 3 people's 4 days work.
I will not understand MOBA-s: same map over and over and over again. The match making is 30mins and the game is 1 hour long at least...

The fuck have you been smoking? Matchmaking is less than 2 minutes and the games are as short as 10 minutes, 25min tops.

[GreenJesus]

I haven't opened the game since last summer but the update made it look pretty cool. I didn't realize the amount of skins and heroes that have came out since I left. I probably spent 40 minutes just brosing the different skins available.

[Deleted]

Do we have items and personal hero level system yet?
No, alright, no thank you

yeah stick to your shit cancer mobas and leave us alone

[GreenJesus]

I doubt changing the system from them earning more money to them earning less money is "profitable"

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The fuck have you been smoking? Matchmaking is less than 2 minutes and the games are as short as 10 minutes, 25min tops.

Not necessarily. Them giving you some free stuff is like giving a free sample. Your brain makes the connection that it likes opening crates. That is y they give you 7 free EPIC crates that contains at least 1 epic item. It creates a feeling of "opening these boxes makes me feel good" Playing isn't giving enough to satisfy that feeling. Have to buy MORE!

[Deleted]

This game is so bad. They are using models from their other games. There is no real work behind it, only the skins. But 10$ for one skin? WTF? It is maximum 3 people's 4 days work.
I will not understand MOBA-s: same map over and over and over again. The match making is 30mins and the game is 1 hour long at least...

this isnt boring shit fest lol or dota. Hots has a lot of different Maps