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My experience on dota 2 so far.

YJRBqwXJcS··5 votes·773 views

-Valve has a system where if any sort of server issues happen you will be automatically granted a loss prevented and none of your stats will be impacted no questions asked.

-reports actually impact accounts in this game (especially on the same day, and even within the hour if the person has really been an asshole.)

-Controls are super flexible and are capable of being damn near as the same as they are in league. (at least for my control set up it is.)

-I haven't ran into one person intentionally throwing the game because they got mad at someone. (in both normals and ranked matches)

-Nobody gives up because first blood everyone still tries their best no matter what.

-The game balance is amazing, just because they got a champion doesn't mean they will have a upper hand. There are also all kinds of characters to choose from which makes each game unique (i haven't ran into the same team comp more than once and ADCs are not mandatory because you can also carry with melee characters)

-The most important thing is, Every game where I got fed I was able to carry because of gold advantage, exp advantage, and item advantage. Every game where I was behind i was able to comeback because i outplayed my opponent via good positioning and dodging key abilities they needed to stomp me. There hasn't been a single character i ran into who can just mash there head against the keyboard and win because they got fed.

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IA9hRfpP5q3 votes

The truth is out there.

Dota2 is a well lot balanced game. Proof?

**You can ban 5 characters per side. **

League has more playable characters but less bans and the community keeps asking for more bans but Riot refuses to put more bans in place , because in truth a lot of playable characters in League are not viable. If Riot placed more bans, we'd see how some champions are just outdated or so far behind vs the new bloated ones ( Ekko don't blink) .

4 more bans seems like a silly number to have a discussion about , but think about it if you had 4 more bans how different games would be.

And finally , items in League are designed to make you get ahead if you have the gold to get them. In Dota2 , items are designed for tactical purposes... a lot of items in Dota2 give you a tactical advantage not a raw one... having actives that can give you an edge in team fights or if you don't use em' correctly just screw you over. Unlike League there is no "Take this item and get more power, lel".

I could go on and on how the game is more balanced. Smoke of Deceit, Shadow Blade, Blink Dagger... and many other items that allows any hero to be played and be effective.

Dota2's balance doesn't rely solely on heroes but also in its itemization.

You can watch 10 Dota2 games and see so much action and so much hero viability. And then you can watch 10 League Games and see the same 15 champion picks. That tells you so much about game balance, but people are always fan boying Maokai Ekko Azir Caitlyn Lucian ...ect

To finish it off , Dota2 has a sandbox / custom game mode Dota2 has a better client (You can mix n' match your own skins!)(armor pieces for 90cents in the market) (Make the map look different? Announcers? Ect) Dota2 graphics are better , you don't buy a skin because of some "portrait" art that looks NOTHING like it looks in game.

Ect. ect. ect.

YJRBqwXJcS2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Whitney Houston,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=EjI0G3Q0,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2016-06-04T14:57:11.078+0000)

The truth is out there.

Dota2 is a well lot balanced game. Proof?

**You can ban 5 characters per side. **

League has more playable characters but less bans and the community keeps asking for more bans but Riot refuses to put more bans in place , because in truth a lot of playable characters in League are not viable. If Riot placed more bans, we'd see how some champions are just outdated or so far behind vs the new bloated ones ( Ekko don't blink) .

4 more bans seems like a silly number to have a discussion about , but think about it if you had 4 more bans how different games would be.

And finally , items in League are designed to make you get ahead if you have the gold to get them. In Dota2 , items are designed for tactical purposes... a lot of items in Dota2 give you a tactical advantage not a raw one... having actives that can give you an edge in team fights or if you don't use em' correctly just screw you over. Unlike League there is no "Take this item and get more power, lel".

I could go on and on how the game is more balanced. Smoke of Deceit, Shadow Blade, Blink Dagger... and many other items that allows any hero to be played and be effective.

Dota2's balance doesn't rely solely on heroes but also in its itemization.

You can watch 10 Dota2 games and see so much action and so much hero viability. And then you can watch 10 League Games and see the same 15 champion picks. That tells you so much about game balance, but people are always fan boying Maokai Ekko Azir Caitlyn Lucian ...ect

To finish it off , Dota2 has a sandbox / custom game mode Dota2 has a better client (You can mix n' match your own skins!)(armor pieces for 90cents in the market) (Make the map look different? Announcers? Ect) Dota2 graphics are better , you don't buy a skin because of some "portrait" art that looks NOTHING like it looks in game.

Ect. ect. ect.

Not to mention supports are actually impactful in this game. O you were about to kill that fed juggernaut who got caught out? damn no can do, dazzle just came in and made him immunte to death so the juggernaut turned on you and before the buff wore off.

Twiggles2 votes

My experience when I tried.

"No locked camera? Dafuq?"

(I don't have the patience to get used to unlocked right now. Sue me.)

YJRBqwXJcS2 votes

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My experience when I tried.

"No locked camera? Dafuq?"

(I don't have the patience to get used to unlocked right now. Sue me.)

double click the character's portrait and it will lock on

or if you hold spacebar (you might have to bind it to spacebar) the camera locks

Dehitay3 votes

{quoted}

double click the character's portrait and it will lock on

or if you hold spacebar (you might have to bind it to spacebar) the camera locks

You actually have to bind your spacebar to your player lock on and then double tap spacebar while holding it down on the second tap. It's incredibly annoying if you're used to League's system.

But otherwise, I have had absolutely no problems with the game. I think they do a lot of things better than Riot. The completely free champion roster is an obvious balance advantage over League. Having to save up 60 games worth of IP to buy one champion has an obvious flaw once you've played DOTA2. Unlike Riot, they have the balls to display their active player count for anybody to see cause they don't do things to piss off the playerbase and then hide everything to cover that fact.

I honestly wish I didn't have so much invested in League already. If DOTA2 had come out first, League wouldn't even exist.

YJRBqwXJcS2 votes

{quoted}

You actually have to bind your spacebar to your player lock on and then double tap spacebar while holding it down on the second tap. It's incredibly annoying if you're used to League's system.

But otherwise, I have had absolutely no problems with the game. I think they do a lot of things better than Riot. The completely free champion roster is an obvious balance advantage over League. Having to save up 60 games worth of IP to buy one champion has an obvious flaw once you've played DOTA2. Unlike Riot, they have the balls to display their active player count for anybody to see cause they don't do things to piss off the playerbase and then hide everything to cover that fact.

I honestly wish I didn't have so much invested in League already. If DOTA2 had come out first, League wouldn't even exist.

pretty much this is how i felt, but when riot lied about solo queue and refuses to just give us what we want when people don't like dynamic queue i'd rather spend most of my time learning dota 2

Zoeeee1 votes

{quoted}

My experience when I tried.

"No locked camera? Dafuq?"

(I don't have the patience to get used to unlocked right now. Sue me.)

I can only play locked, tried it once in league and I fed. I normally just right click on the minimap to see if something is happening, but it makes using to harder.

Zoeeee2 votes

That sounds like heaven compared to league.

YJRBqwXJcS2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Crusty Juggler,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=EjI0G3Q0,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2016-06-04T14:39:38.080+0000)

That sounds like heaven compared to league.

also you don't have to buy an entire skin. You can buy individual pieces of a skin set and combine it with other skin sets.

For example fisherman fizz if i wanted to wear just his hat i would wear just his hat.

you can do that with all the characters in the game.

Zoeeee2 votes

{quoted}

also you don't have to buy an entire skin. You can buy individual pieces of a skin set and combine it with other skin sets.

For example fisherman fizz if i wanted to wear just his hat i would wear just his hat.

you can do that with all the characters in the game.

It's just a matter of the high learning curve of Dota. Having to learn everything from scratch.

YJRBqwXJcS2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Crusty Juggler,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=EjI0G3Q0,comment-id=000200000000,timestamp=2016-06-04T14:54:41.520+0000)

It's just a matter of the high learning curve of Dota. Having to learn everything from scratch.

true, but you can just stick to normals. its not like you don't get anything out of playing normals either, sometimes you get free parts of a skin set just by playing. I don't know if they still do this but people with new accounts get this chest that gives you some stuff for free.

IA9hRfpP5q2 votes

I'm so happy this is finally opening people's eyes. Dota2 has a even steeper learning curve that might see daunting at first... but I feel like its totally worth it. However, I still keep SMITE for short and fun games. xd [slayer-jinx-catface]

BeeCuz1 votes

My experience with DOTA 2 so far...

"must have steam installed on a hard-drive (no portable media permitted) and admin status."

https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/XNeOogeL9_sibI7DF1zPKA--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9NDUwO3E9OTU7dz02MDA-/http://wallpaperswa.com/thumbnails/detail/20120425/long%20hair%20illustrations%20fantasy%20art%20artwork%20female%20warriors%20dragonsoul%20persian%20swords%201600x1200%20w_wallpaperswa.com_91.jpg

YJRBqwXJcS1 votes

{quoted}

My experience with DOTA 2 so far...

"must have steam installed on a hard-drive (no portable media permitted) and admin status."

https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/XNeOogeL9_sibI7DF1zPKA--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9NDUwO3E9OTU7dz02MDA-/http://wallpaperswa.com/thumbnails/detail/20120425/long%20hair%20illustrations%20fantasy%20art%20artwork%20female%20warriors%20dragonsoul%20persian%20swords%201600x1200%20w_wallpaperswa.com_91.jpg

damn i dont know what to do about that

DREADN0UGHT1 votes

I tried DotA2 once. Maybe it has to do with ADHD or something, but I couldn't feel confortable with the HUD... So much clutter.

stealthfox941 votes

I tried Dota, didn't care for it.

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