well, all the intentions goes to TI 7 its back to normal again, a bit dropped on number since people got bored, no new item, bosses etc. a new map is not that hipe since if not finish yet.

has literally nothing to do with it, ebf has had consistent playerbase since like march, people just prefer playing meme dota clones like dota x100 and birzha memov thats all it is really; ebf is still 9th but the way the top10 works is that the 9th and 10th spot are picked randomly from the top 15

and the reason people prefer those mods? XD

because people like memes and being overpowered, thats all it is, same reason casual mode is played more than hardcore in ebf

not so sure about overpowered thingy cause most of people are leaving ng+ anyway no matter what mode they in. and not so sure about that casual reason tho, but from my perspective i dont wanna to play hardcore without pre-team (minimal duo) on my side cause i dont wanna to wasting my time with a bunch of egomaniac build (lame build are still here eg:no immunity,4 people picking midas on r 2, carries build crappy items, afking, going forward to axe like a noob and get axe on, cant do nothing on techis round and so on... same old song but more diff to lift up the game since the mech are change), those lame build maybe still works on casual since the error margin is quite huge, but on hardcore its less margin, so 9/10 games with crappy team = lose = bad day.XD

Originally posted by PAIN!!!!:

not so sure about overpowered thingy cause most of people are leaving ng+ anyway no matter what mode they in. and not so sure about that casual reason tho, but from my perspective i dont wanna to play hardcore without pre-team (minimal duo) on my side cause i dont wanna to wasting my time with a bunch of egomaniac build (lame build are still here eg:no immunity,4 people picking midas on r 2, carries build crappy items, afking, going forward to axe like a noob and get axe on, cant do nothing on techis round and so on... same old song but more diff to lift up the game since the mech are change), those lame build maybe still works on casual since the error margin is quite huge, but on hardcore its less margin, so 9/10 games with crappy team = lose = bad day.XD

You need to learn to play Solo :P pick void and make sure your team can handle you for the first 12 levels :P

I still play, but you need to update heroes with fail abillity, example Lone druid, or monkey king, nerf magic damage

@brightsky : been done it ages ago, been soloist since ebf was born and fin it countless times.the issue was veteran were not actived and new comer find it hard on early rounds, and when they fin it, they bark about how ez it was(ng+) (even tho they were dragging out from that mud).i'm not saying it cant be done but its hard when you playing as lowest tier heroes and must carryout the team.

@alarak : magic damage is not as you are claimed, yeah you might find it OP on early game, but as game progress and it have max 400% (even its said you have 1k++ magic amp with high tier of dagon and octarine core its only 400% not 1000%++) while bosses can reach 80%++ magic resistant even you have minus magic resistant eg: -120 items, its not truely 80-120 = -40, so yeah magic output not that great like you said.i do say its a bit lower.