Heroes of the Storm (A new MOBA game by Blizzard)

[barcode120x]

Originally Posted by Spectacular_Insanity

They should just make a skin that's a gender swap. It would solve everything.

Might wanna keep that quiet, if Blizzard sees this option, they might end up charging people $20 for it. Heck, if they did, they might even do $5 gender change for each hero

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

That would only really work for the D3 stuff though. The skin would have to change the name as well, otherwise it could get a little... Awkward.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by Mr Hat and Clogs

Well it could have something to do with how many people played that particular gender as that class. I think I've seen like 2 male Crusaders compared to like bajillion female ones. Although Barb seemed more even split.

It's blizzard, 90% of WoW is female characters played by men.

But yea, skins... not exactly hard for them to do if they can make a Steampunk Kail.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Gender flipping skins are a bit harder than a character essentially changing their wardrobe.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by Mr Hat and Clogs

Gender flipping skins are a bit harder than a character essentially changing their wardrobe.

Barbarian may be tough, but Crusader only takes a head swap and mushing down two dumb boob armor lumps.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

And the voice kit, which isn't exactly cheap. Probably the animations as well would need tweaking, since his body would probably be a bit broader. Johanna's armour doesn't have boob plate.

There is also Valla, who'd need a lot of work.

Basic skins aren't something they can knock out over the weekend, gender flip even less so.

[Kyero Fox]

Voice Kit? Just rip shit out of Diablo 3. :P

[Kafriel]

Brightwing doesn't need a voice kit...or a gender change, for that matter Jaina would turn into Medivh, Nova becomes Tosh, Jim Raynor could be...uuuh, Mira Han? lol, iunno.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Haven't tried the new stuff too much yet, but my god the Butcher is a killing machine. Almost suspect a nerf incoming.

[Kafriel]

New map is epic, there's a lot of room to move around, two lanes and a walking nexus that decimates everything Nice concept for the stage. Butcher is definitely in for some...adjustments.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

I still haven't had the new map, and I've played about 8 games today.

[Kafriel]

With Kharazim's patch, new A.I. difficulties are now available! And the exp cap has been lifted!

While they are indeed a world apart from your casual (now called "adept") A.I., they're still bots. They improved quite a bit though:

- They can now initiate lane trades and punish hard if you're not well positioned.
- They have learned how to dodge skillshots, even Kerrigan's pretty hard to dodge WE combo. (Anub'Arak dodged triple tap by burrowing, I didn't even know you could do that...because nobody plays him o_0)
- They also initiate boss fights and seem to prioritize objectives and lane pushing over camps.

EDIT: Looks like it's back to how it was before...but I definitely had 2 games with normal exp on veteran A.I. yesterday. Today's elite games were down to the usual 70k.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by Kafriel

With Kharazim's patch, new A.I. difficulties are now available! And the exp cap has been lifted!

While they are indeed a world apart from your casual (now called "adept") A.I., they're still bots. They improved quite a bit though:

- They can now initiate lane trades and punish hard if you're not well positioned.
- They have learned how to dodge skillshots, even Kerrigan's pretty hard to dodge WE combo. (Anub'Arak dodged triple tap by burrowing, I didn't even know you could do that...because nobody plays him o_0)
- They also initiate boss fights and seem to prioritize objectives and lane pushing over camps.

EDIT: Looks like it's back to how it was before...but I definitely had 2 games with normal exp on veteran A.I. yesterday. Today's elite games were down to the usual 70k.

If I'm playing a tank in PvP, I always play Anub'Arak. He's one of the best tanks in terms of sustain.

Now, in PvE, I play everyone except for Murky and the Vikings.

[Kafriel]

I've played him, but I can't say I'm a fan. One of the best tanks in the game is, surprisingly, Kerrigan (especially after her talent remake), but from warriors, I generally prefer Tyrael/Johanna, because they can get the amazing combo of regen master + increased healing. Compared to them, A'A leaves a lot to be desired in terms of damage, while his CC is predictable and situational. Still, whatever floats your boat, I've seen people using all sorts of crazy builds and somehow making it work.

[Hooves]

Any changes to Butcher in this patch? His Furnace Blast initiation is ridiculous last I recall.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by Hooves

Any changes to Butcher in this patch? His Furnace Blast initiation is ridiculous last I recall.

Not that I've seen. You might want to keep your escapes off cooldown if you're facing the Butcher in PvP.

[Hooves]

Finished my 20 placement matches, get put in rank 19.

Rank 19 -> Rank 7
Rank 7 -> 10
10 -> 3
3 -> 10
10 -> 7

Then finally, with a 13 win streak I reached my goal at rank 1.

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[Kafriel]

with a 13 win streak I reached my goal at rank 1.

Gratz on that, must have been pretty hard solo.

[Wigwams]

Blizzard has introduced Recruit a Friend to HotS.

If anyone is interested just click this link to be my recruit:
https://us.battle.net/account/creati...rid=L9MVWDPVL2

You get Free rewards by signing up as a recruit, players who are Lvl5 or below can be recruited too.

Also this week has 50% bonus XP.