So Dota just released a new comic.

Chromatic Eagle·2/13/2015, 7:56:50 PM·13 votes·2,956 views
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And it's pretty good. Never expected the Crystal Maiden to be so, upbeat. I like how they seem to be making comics for each new item and/or champion.

Basically, when are we going to get little things like this Riot? I don't think this was vital to Dota's plot (it has plot?).

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DG Ashabel2/13/2015, 10:44:25 PM12 votes

At this point, DOTA2 actually does have plot when compared to League.

When was the last time you played it? Beating the tutorial unlocks a special book that contains various information about the game's world and an epic poem about a minor item, and every character has a huge multi-paragraph story. Plus every single set of cosmetics has its own lore about how it was created, and sometimes additional lore for how it was obtained by the hero (Rylai's Frost Avalanche and Mortred's Manifold Paradox both have that).

That's pretty much why Riot's decision to delete the lore and reduce it to promotional trailers in this particular season is so embarrassing. I don't know if you've been following news, but among both existing and future MOBAs, only Gigantic doesn't have some sort of narrative content attached. And even Gigantic has lore, plus it has an excuse of still being in alpha; they're busy finalizing the game itself.

darkdill2/13/2015, 9:25:34 PM6 votes

Whenever Riot decides to give the lore team actual wages.

Rune Ocarina2/13/2015, 11:11:16 PM3 votes

I gotta say, this interested me to play Dota 2. I'm sadly never gonna see this from LoL, though, am I? I mean, sure, we got the Amumu music video...but I don't care about him.

Ethereal3112/15/2015, 10:05:19 AM1 votes

Not to mention that CM also got some character in her as well. Winter Wyvern too. Hell, they're even making their own memes and jokes, unlike Riot as of recently with just sticking to the same old jokes.

Fuaztin2/17/2015, 9:03:24 AM1 votes

'Send death threat to Lina' XD I love when lore makes a prescence in story.