Heroes of the Storm

[ooba]

Hi,

Tried seeing if there's a thread for Heroes of the Storm.

It's the new MOBA from Blizzard and has heroes from previous Blizzard games - for now there are Heroes from WoW, Diablo and Starcraft. The game is currently in the final stages of Alpha and is pretty polished. More heroes are being added and I anticipate beta invites to be going out in a month or so.

I think HoTS is to other MOBAs as what Hearthstone is to Magic - it reduces a lot of the complexity in order to increase accessibility. And they've tried to rework some of the core concepts. So if you're coming from a LoL\DOTA background, here are the immediate changes you'll see
a) There's no last hitting in the game
b) There is no gold and no items
c) Hero customization is through talents every third level or so. For example, some talents might help you reduce ammo from structures ('Demolitionist') and others might help increase the damage output of your abilities or reduce mana cost. The talents system still needs to be properly balanced as some of them are much better than others - but it works for the most part.
d) XP is shared across the team
e) Everyone on the team get's their ultimates at 10. You can choose between two ultimates.
f) Currently, there are five different maps in the game. I think this will increase in the future.
g) There's more emphasis on map objectives and team work.
h) There isn't an extended laning phase - the action\team-fighting starts very early
i) Also, the games are quick. 20-30 min sounds about average for a game.

Think of this as an arcade MOBA - it's shorter and simpler - probably won't replace your MOBA of choice but something you can play a couple of games at night .

Anyway, if you're playing the game - add me: ooba#1734

[xRECKONERx]

I've been wanting alpha access for MONTHS

[ooba]

I've been wanting alpha access for MONTHS

Check your Battle.Net - some people have the icon pop up there without getting a mail about getting into Alpha. They've been opening up a lot of accounts to Alpha over the last week or so. (Every since they moved the game to the production server)

Rumour mills have been strong about Beta starting soon. People think it will be announced at BlizzCon.

[Anatole Kuragin]

I've been wanting alpha access for MONTHS

Check your Battle.Net - some people have the icon pop up there without getting a mail about getting into Alpha. They've been opening up a lot of accounts to Alpha over the last week or so. (Every since they moved the game to the production server)

Rumour mills have been strong about Beta starting soon. People think it will be announced at BlizzCon.

Thanks for the heads up about the Bnet notification thing, will check that out.

[bv310]

I've got it! My battle.net tag is bv310 #1740. I might not be able to play that much yet, as my laptop/connection are kind of really bad.

[chamber]

I got an invite to this yesterday.

[xRECKONERx]

i legit don't understand how I haven't gotten an invite yet

[Anatole Kuragin]

i legit don't understand how I haven't gotten an invite yet

same here

[Anatole Kuragin]

I got into the evolve alpha in like 3 days

[xRECKONERx]

yeah Ive always gotten into alphas/betas pretty quickly. I applied for HotS like a year ago

[chamber]

I applied for HotS like a year ago

same

[killerjester]

I've been wanting alpha access for MONTHS

Check your Battle.Net - some people have the icon pop up there without getting a mail about getting into Alpha.

Accurate. I'm in.

LimiteR#1817

[xRECKONERx]

oh uh yeah

ive been in for awhile

zagana is beast

[Maestro]

Just downloaded this today, though I've had access for a couple months now.

First thoughts on gameplay are that everything seems OP, but then again I'm coming from League. Towers having ammo and becoming useless after a bit is kinda... fun. That, and I like seeing monsters I know cower and then join me instead of getting gored like in the original WC3 where a lot of them originate.

I've only played Raynor, Tychus, and Tyrael so far. Tyrael has #ALLOFTHEGAPCLOSERS and an awesome combo, Raynor just never gets touched, and Tychus is the King of Kite.

THING #1 I THINK SHOULD TOTALLY BE INCLUDED IN (MOBA of choice):

That fucking "Try" button in the shop is my favorite thing. For those who don't know, go to the Hero shop, look on the bottom left on a Hero you don't own, click "Try" and it'll let you use the Hero and start a sandbox-type game where you can level up or reset minions / structures / CDs / talent choices all with buttons in the top-right.

[Maestro]

Also, I'm Maestro#1198 and I added you, ooba.

[Klazam]

I need this

[xRECKONERx]

i usually play 2-3 games each day just to get my dailies done so add me if you feel like partying up (xp boost woo!)

reckonerX#1716

[ActionDan]

Hmmm.

[TheButtonmen]

Got this and loving it.

Recks is also a big let down who never accepts game invites.

[xRECKONERx]

Got this and loving it.

Recks is also a big let down who never accepts game invites.

UMMM thats bc you don't inv me?

[TheButtonmen]

Whatever you say Mr spends 2 days in bnet menu's

[xRECKONERx]

ummmm

[TheButtonmen]

[TheButtonmen]

Don't make this a house of lies mr i spend 2 days afk in battle.net menus and ignores TBM.

[TheButtonmen]

Recks finally accepted.

We were matched with quality players.

Amazing games ensued.

Tassadar out damaged everyone.

Please send help.