Heroes of the Storm (HoTS) General Chat Thread

IRL_Sinister

Alright, considering I got this Forum created I might as well bring this to everyone's attention. Regardless of what my opinion about this game will be I have NO DOUBTS this will be a controversial one amongst the community.

Arguably one of the most successful gaming franchises of the last decade (and more) and the original base for creating the now acclaimed DOTA series, Blizzard have officially announced their version of the game.

Heroes of the Storm

This has just been announced alongside Blizzcon schedule being released to the public.

For those of you big into Blizzard games this should be a wrench among the spanners.

In order to avoid a sh*tstorm of negativity (and positivity) I will refrain from posting my opinion in this post.

[Will try and keep this as updated as I can - DISCUSS]

Heroes of the Storm Wiki
Heroes of the Storm website

Dustaz

I like blizzard games, but dota is in no way a blizzard game.

Its far too early to even guess but from the way they were talking last blizzcon this will be a diversion but not near the level of 'srs bsns' that Dota 2 and LoL are.

n1ck

I hate the artwork, looks like a pisstake comic.

SeantheMan

n1ck wrote: »

I hate the artwork, looks like a pisstake comic.

The artwork is by a guy called "Carbot animations" , the video anyways, he does a series of funny videos relating to Starcraft 2 (another Blizzard game)

I don't think his cartoon will reflect the end products style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7M3Bj5nXso

Gummy Panda

I look forward to it. Big fan of bliz games.

n1ck

Alright, considering I got this Forum created I might as well bring this to everyone's attention

Was that really necessary? haha.

From now on i'm gonna post with "Considering I am a member of boards.ie, I might as well bring this to everyone's attention.

IRL_Sinister

n1ck wrote: »

Was that really necessary? haha.

From now on i'm gonna post with "Considering I am a member of boards.ie, I might as well bring this to everyone's attention.

Yes. And yes, you should.

Magill

Blizcon going on atm so some new videos of this... quite interesting. Looking forward to it a wee bit tbh.

Trailer - Typical awesome trailer from bliz

Gameplay

Oh... i almost forgot to praise the creator and sole reason this forum exists.. *Thank you Sir IRL_Sinister for this wonderful MOBA forum... mighty one.

n1ck

Liked above post for the last line.

All hail the mighty leader IRL_Sinister, creator of the forum!

Gunmonkey

Two demo matches from Blizzcon, have to say it looks nice.

And yes, that was an Epic Tauren Chieftan on the Red team in the second match

YouSavedMyLife

Will try this out for sure but there is something about the art style that i really dislike. Maybe its cause of the fact they have been using the same style in every game since Warcraft 3...

SeantheMan

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Will try this out for sure but there is something about the art style that i really dislike. Maybe its cause of the fact they have been using the same style in every game since Warcraft 3...

LOL is basically a copy of the WC3 style though in fairness.
I think the games looks really good, signed up for beta...but I don't expect a chance to play it as usual

All praise forum creator and his mighty creative skills.

Gummy Panda

I want to ride around on a unicorn with diablo

SuperChar

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I want to ride around on a unicorn with diablo

So do I,except Diablo will look like a murloc

IRL_Sinister

This is all going better than I expected ;,,,;

Could you mail me your autograph Sinister?

Game looks decent anyway, different in it's own way to other MOBA but with Blizzard backing it I'd say it'll be a winner. I don't think it will surpass DOTA 2 by any means but you never know.

cherryghost

Anyone still following this? Latest videos has me interested.

SuperChar

well i cant wait for the beta to drop

SeantheMan

Yeah I'll play if/when the beta is out and if I get a beta key...which I never seem to get

IRL_Sinister

New video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2m05UV-E8I

Frolick

I wonder if EU is going to get a Tech alpha, but the lastest QA I got the impression that any sort of a beta is a good bit away

cherryghost

Sounds normal for Blizzard games tbh.

wonderboysam

looks very slow and dull from watching streams on twitch, I'll still give it a bash though! doesn't help that I don't really know whats going on!

cherryghost

Anyone still following this? Still not sure what to make of it, but as it's Blizzard, I have no doubt it will be a polished and complete experience

delta36

Yeah, I'm still keeping an eye on it. Be quite interested in the beta when it comes out, looks like it's changing up the standard MOBA format enough to make it feel different.

IRL_Sinister

An old WoW guildy of mine is in the Alpha. He's writing a set of blogs on our old website. They can be read here He's a pretty funny guy with a chill attitude so they should be a good read for anyone interested.

dibkins

Got myself an invite last night to the Technical Alpha. Going to try it this evening. Not sure what to expect to be honest, but since i'm a support at heart, i'm really looking forward to trying some of the more unusual heros.

Companion box

So got into the technical alpha over the weekend, its really polished so far. Think league of legends dominion mode, remove all the items, remove all the last hits and add in talents, crazy class abilities and a bunch of different maps.

I did really enjoy dominion for about a week until i realised how little depth there actually was to it, hopefully theres a lot more under the hood here.

SuperChar

I got a key but I can't install it for some reason
Any advice

dibkins

It shares a lot with Smite in terms of differences from dota/lol I think. It has replaced smite as my go to MOBA now though. I was playing lol last night and it all just seemed a bit...overwrought after the nicer simplicity of hots and smite.

Deffo has it's faults, but I'm more than willing to stick around while they sort them out! And holy crap brightwing is fun!

Companion box

Being able to play as a few classics blizzard characters as well as a freaking siege tank is pretty awesome.

dibkins

Bought Abathur over the weekend, holy crap he is fun!

BeerWolf

dibkins wrote: »

Bought Abathur over the weekend, holy crap he is fun!

How are you all playing this?!

Companion box

Alpha invites, luck of the draw. Very polished though from what i have played.

delta36

dibkins wrote: »

Bought Abathur over the weekend, holy crap he is fun!

I'm surprised to hear that heroes are available for purchase, considering it's in alpha, however polished it may be.

Companion box

Transactions need testing too, the whole thing is synced to your bnet wallet so nothing is lost if things are reset or broken.

dibkins

BeerWolf wrote: »

How are you all playing this?!

I know someone who knows someone who got me into the alpha!

All the purchases you make are refunded to your bliz wallet when it enters beta (or maybe when it is released fully). Things are kinda expensive.

I bought the starter 10 hero pack. I'm also sorely tempted to get this:




Edit: I caved and got it.

dibkins

I have now unlocked the cutsey aeroplane version \o/

Also, so glad they did away with the runes. Illidan with shields was...scary.

Orizio

Will Blizzard actually bother releasing this? Zero hype or anticipation. Its even deader than Starcraft at this stage.

delta36

Orizio wrote: »

Will Blizzard actually bother releasing this? Zero hype or anticipation. Its even deader than Starcraft at this stage.

It is still only in closed alpha. I imagine they'd wait a bit closer to knowing when it was coming out before trying to build hype. If I recall, hype was only really built for Hearthstone was there was talk of an open beta.

Orizio

Hearthstone filled a niche and offered something relatively new. HotS hasn't even gotten these two things going for it.

julan

Really looks cool

dibkins

So, apparently my 3 stack got streamed to 500 people on a crushing defeat last night. Oops.

Taylor365

Got a key for the alpha.

Whats this like at the moment?

dibkins

I haven't played some WoW expansion came out:P Generally great though. Just dive in and see what happens.

ferrigan101

Is this into Beta yet? Just noticed a mate on Real id playing it....

dibkins

Not till Jan, but they are sending out waves of Alpha invites the last few weeks.

Woden

Is anyone playing this? I've been in since Alpha but only started playing recently. Its in closed beta now. It's the first time i've really tried a MOBA and at the moment i'm rubbish!

Anyway I'm interested in playing with others if around. I'll dig out my battle tag when I get home.

[edit]battle tag is Woden#1375[/edit]

cherryghost

I have a spare key if anyone wants one, PM me.

EDIT: Gone already!

Dcully

Ah missed yet another key,keen to play this.
Is it noob friendly?

Orizio

Dcully wrote: »

Is it noob friendly?

Very.