Compendium was fine, quit being a fucking nerd. You could get pretty much everything by playing. This stuff though? I’m eh on it.
Nothing wrong with how the Compendium was done. This event is pretty bland though.
Compendium was bullshit. Again, tens of millions and Valve took months just to give players what they were promised. Was a scam.
And does this even count as an event?
Are you even surprised about Valve Time™ at this point? Shame on you. (also 30 man dota 2 dev team lol)
I guess it counts as an event. A shitty one though.
When they get tens of millions with the promises of giving back to the players, I expect something. So far, they’ve been taking content back.
I’d rather get good content late than shitty content early
Unfortunately, you’re getting shitty content late.
New Zeus model coming soon?
you guys seem to know your shit give me some tips on how to kunkka.
hope they make him look even more like an nigga.
This patch fucking sucks
why
The event is terrible and has made All Pick largely unplayable due to the absurd volume of bad players instalocking PA in spite of their inability to CS?
People are abandoning/feeding/raging because of event results.
Reports are even called for if somebody picks PA and, heaven forbid, doesn’t have the arcana.
I haven’t been able to enjoy a normal match without this crap this entire patch
I’m so fucking sick of PA. This game would be better if she was removed entirely.
Competitive tier list for November:
Yeah I’m sick of seeing PA too. I don’t think she’s OP so it’s not that bad, but it does get tiresome seeing her almost every AP game. At least the event should be over soon.
Is it me or do offlane heroes feel pretty weak this patch?
She’s not OP, just really really fucking annoying.
Also, Tier 1 37% winrate? What? Skywrath isn’t doing too hot either.
And holy wow @ Windrunner’s win rate. I think she’s the worst hero in the game, that number kind of reinforces it.
U P D A T E B O Y S
6.83 coming out probably this week. It’s up on test servers.
http://www.dota2.com/shiftingsnows/
Notable changes:
- First rune spawns are now both Bounty Runes that are twice as effective (50/50 gold/xp to 100/100) [No more early first bloods based on RNG of runes. YAY!]
- All Illusions now deal 25% less damage to structures [LOL GET FUCKED NAGA AND TERRORBLADE]
- Melee and Ranged Barracks bounty reduced from 352-370 to 100-150
- Melee and Ranged Barracks now give 125 and 75 gold to each player, respectively [Means less advantage overall for getting a set of rax, no more getting 1k gold advantage AND having lane dominance]
- Buffs to Greevil’s Greed on Alch [Not sure if this will make him not-shit tier though]
- Bloodseeker added to Captain’s Mode, Bloodrage no longer amplifies outgoing damage if the damage has the no-reflection flag
- Track bonus gold for self increased from 150/200/250 to 200/275/350, 4 second CD at all levels [HUGE buff to BH, may get picked in heavy ganking/aggressive lineups now?]
- Brew armor nerfed, Thunderclap’s slow on heroes nerfed, Thunderclap CD increased
- Chaos Knight’s Reality Rift now 50 mana, which should allow him to cast 3 spells in a fight instead of 2
- Chen’s Test of Faith now teleports all of your units to you when cast on yourself, teleport has same delay as hero teleport, can now have 2 creeps at level 2, 3 at level 3, etc. [Nice buff to help Chen push and multitask]
- Clockwerk’s Battery Assault damage buffed [YAY! This hero needed a buff.]
- Crystal Maiden got a lot of buffs [But will probably still suck]
- Dark Seer literally takes no damage now (+1 starting armor)
- Death Prophet’s Strength growth reduced from 2.2 to 1.9 [GOOD FUCK THIS HERO]
- Disruptor’s spells are now less mana intensive during early game [Maybe we’ll see more of him now]
- Drow’s Illusions now get bonus agility from her ult, bonus is still disabled for illusions if heroes are too close
- Earth Spirit nerfs [Just as I was starting to learn this hero, of course]
- Enchantress literally a racecar at 335 base movement speed
- YOU CAN FORCE STAFF HOMING MISSILE LOL
- Io/Wisp no longer has a turn rate
- Lifestealer can now control Infested creeps and gains their sub abilities [Example: Infests a Centaur and can control it. He could Blink in while inside the Centaur, Stomp, pop out, Rage, Open Wounds, kill people]
- Lina’s spells got more expensive but now do more damage, Stun scales better [Will probably still suck]
- Lion’s Mana Drain’s damage tick is now instant, killing illusions instantly
- Night Stalker’s Crippling Fear now 50 mana (down from 90), Darkness changes enemy heroes’/buildings’/creeps’ night vision to a max of 675 [Pretty good buffs, unsure if he’ll still get picked up]
- Ogre Magi’s Fireblast got its damage and cast range reduced [Ogrereaction, if you ask me. If he got a cast point increase to prevent getting fogged so often that would be a good balance]
- Queen of Pain’s Sonic Wave now goes through Spell Immunity and is pure damage, but does less damage than her old version [Good buff, makes Wave relevant all game]
- Skywrath Mage’s base agility reduced from 18 to 13 [Probably unneeded nerf, his competitive win rate is at an abysmal 40% but still gets picked a lot]
- Slardar’s Sprint buffed, Amp Damage’s CD reduced to 5 [Good buffs, hero still has problems though]
- Sniper’s Shrapnel no longer hits buildings, has charges, mana cost reduced, duration slightly increased [probably unplayable now]
- Techies add to Captain’s Mode [So no one will pick him]
- Windranger buffed AGAIN [Still probably garbage]
- Some starting support/regen items cost reduced
- Bottle will ALWAYS slow a courier regardless if it is empty or not [RIP BOTTLE CROWING FOR GOOD???]
- Diffusal Blade no longer a Unique Attack Modifier [Should make this item way more viable now]
- Medallion of Courage can now be cast on allies to give them armor [Awesome!]
Overall not the biggest patch, but an interesting one nonetheless. Also, have a Winter Wyvern Easter egg:
PA has been a bitch since 2003.
PA is one of the only legit physical burst damage threats.
PA was also much worse to deal with when Blur pretty much turned your fucking hero model invisible. Fuck that shit. She’s fine as she is right now; I’m just glad the stupid event is over.