[{quoted}](name=Valkyrie Witch,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=pxiWr1Nx,comment-id=,timestamp=2015-01-21T07:11:09.497+0000)
Not.
Both games (and also Dota) have their strengths and weaknesses. They are not the same. If you spend any amount of time in other MOBA's you will notice things that are better and things that are worse, and also things with no comparison.
I enjoy LoL
I enjoy HotS
I enjoy Dota 2
HotS especially is different, and not any more of a competitor to LoL than Battlefield is. Don't discriminate, play them all!
Very even-handed here. Good job. You caught me off-guard with this one, I was expecting a salty 'LoL sucks so bad' post but that's not what I got. I'm glad.
Just because I don't play LoL anymore, doesn't mean I don't have respect for the game's quality or success...
I think Blizzard amde the absolute right decision to not just copy LoL/DotA though... I don't think there's the potential for another MOBA made that way to succeed, the communities of LoL/DotA are too large and too dedicated to allow for another to get enough marketshare to succeed. Smite changed the formula a bit and has seen some success, and HoTS is changing it in a different way, so I have high hopes for it as well.