I'm in the beta. I don't really want to say how I got a beta key, but I got in through a very generous person. If I ever get my own keys to give away, 2p2 will be the first place I go.
I've only had time to play 4 games so far, 3 last night. I actually like this game a lot more than HoN. It's a lot of fun when you win and really annoying when you lose.
I started off just picking Intel heroes in a row, so I've been Lich, Lion, Witch Doctor, and Enigma.
I won with Lion and lost with the other 3. I liked Witch Doctor more than the other 2 I lost with. He just fits my playstyle a little bit. I'm not really a fan of those heroes that have more aura and healing type abilities as I don't know how to play them. I like the nukers that do burst damage.
On the other hand, I think Pudge is so OP. I don't really know how to judge balance in this game, but I don't think I've ever seen anybody do bad with Pudge. Pull you back with his hook and then he just smacks you a few times and you're dead. For a big fat guy he can also run pretty fast.
Last night I faced a team of Pudge, Morphling, Sniper, and Riki and we lost the game in about 25mins. All 4 of them are super strong. I'm not even sure how to stop them - but i'm a noob so I don't know anything.
And the last annoying thing in this game is, well 2 things. 1. People who think everyone knows how to play this game. It's not as bad as HoN, but a lot of people expect that everyone knows how to play this game and what they are doing. I just go into the games telling people I'm not very good. And 2. So many people disconnect from this game and then you're down a man. Last night I lost a game 3v4 because of so many disconnections.
It's a fun game though. I'm glad I got a chance to play it and hopefully I can get better and figure out what I'm doing. Right now I'm just trying to play every character and figure out what they all do. Maybe by the time I get through half of them I'll finally start to figure it out.
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Originally Posted by printingmoney
I forgot to mention when you play with an arranged team do you play against other arranged teams or random pubs?
I think if you have 5, you get matched vs 5. If you have less than that then I think you get matched against randoms. I could be wrong though.