dota 2 from a HOTS players perspective

[J_cob]

I'll just say that I have played dota up untill 2013 but I quit it for HOTS and I didn't remember how dota works.
I will mention a few things that I do not enjoy about dota:
1. Delayed movement. A lot of you might not understand what I mean by that but I'll try to explane- if you move in dota, there will be a small delay untill your charecter will change direction while in HOTS It's instant.
2. Toxicity. Boy o boy I haven't seem so much toxicity in any game. God forbid you be bad at the game or even make one minor mistake because you will just be yelled at your tryhard teammates.
3. Main menu. I think that the main menu of the game is a bit to confusing. You get a bunch of stuff tossed right at you and I think it could be tightened up.
4. Map position. This may sound really stupid to some, but it's hard to get used to the map being in the bottom left, when I've been playing HOTS with the map being in the bottom right. I end up clicking on the map by accident a lot.

But really I'll just say that yall should chill out and stop caring about casual matches so much. What good will it do if you will just yell at a new player and tell them to uninstall the game :D

[Atlas]

Dude I love Dota but I totally understand about those 4 points. I felt the same way.

Let me start with 4. You can change the minimap to the other side in the settings.

1. This is called the turn speed. It varies from hero to hero. It is super hard to do perfectly but pros know all the heroes turn speed and can even caluclate a 5 hp escape because they knew the other hero couldn't get them. It is part of what makes Dota harder than other mobas (there are many other things too).

2. I know man. I am sorry about this. Know that we aren't all like this.

3. I I agree. When I first started I felt very overwhelmed by everything. But you get used to it.


But the main tip I can give you is that you will get used to it in time. Just keep playing.

[Zagryzaec]

1 it's called turn rate. It adds complexity and allow to balance meelee and ranged heroes.
2 it's no worse then most other free competitive games and much better then for example Lol. It also strongly reflect your toxicity.
3 DotA is a complex game. This menu is nothing for those who play it.
4 you know that you can put minimap in the right corner, don't you?

[Just end trashbag.]

Originally posted by J_cob:

I'll just say that I have played dota up untill 2013 but I quit it for HOTS and I didn't remember how dota works.
I will mention a few things that I do not enjoy about dota:
1. Delayed movement. A lot of you might not understand what I mean by that but I'll try to explane- if you move in dota, there will be a small delay untill your charecter will change direction while in HOTS It's instant.
2. Toxicity. Boy o boy I haven't seem so much toxicity in any game. God forbid you be bad at the game or even make one minor mistake because you will just be yelled at your tryhard teammates.
3. Main menu. I think that the main menu of the game is a bit to confusing. You get a bunch of stuff tossed right at you and I think it could be tightened up.
4. Map position. This may sound really stupid to some, but it's hard to get used to the map being in the bottom left, when I've been playing HOTS with the map being in the bottom right. I end up clicking on the map by accident a lot.

But really I'll just say that yall should chill out and stop caring about casual matches so much. What good will it do if you will just yell at a new player and tell them to uninstall the game :D

Toxicity is okay, stupidity not at all

[BossGalaga]

Here's a collection of guides, tips and tutorials since you say you're not familiar with the game.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=630339657

As far as the UI, as already mentioned, it can be changed to your liking. You can adjust this in the options.

[J_cob]

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

1 it's called turn rate. It adds complexity and allow to balance meelee and ranged heroes.
2 it's no worse then most other free competitive games and much better then for example Lol. It also strongly reflect your toxicity.
3 DotA is a complex game. This menu is nothing for those who play it.
4 you know that you can put minimap in the right corner, don't you?

Like I sayd before, I play HOTS and I can tell you most players wont mind if you're bad or not or even better, you can find a group in party finder and they'll help you out.
I have played league a bit before and what I gathered from it is that you're teammates will either be very friendly or very toxic.

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by J_cob:

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

1 it's called turn rate. It adds complexity and allow to balance meelee and ranged heroes.
2 it's no worse then most other free competitive games and much better then for example Lol. It also strongly reflect your toxicity.
3 DotA is a complex game. This menu is nothing for those who play it.
4 you know that you can put minimap in the right corner, don't you?

Like I sayd before, I play HOTS and I can tell you most players wont mind if you're bad or not or even better, you can find a group in party finder and they'll help you out.
I have played league a bit before and what I gathered from it is that you're teammates will either be very friendly or very toxic.

I played HOTS for a while and it has its own aesthetic charm but speaking from a technical aspect, HOTS is like the Candy Crush of mobas. It's like LoL Jr. And the fact that Blizzard, with their not so great track record as of late, kicked the HOTS esports scene to the curb kinda drives that point home. And hell, HOTS games are over so quickly and it's so hard to die if you're a semi-competent player, that you rarely have time to bang out some trashtalk on the keyboard.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with playing a simple game for fun but if you go from HOTS into Dota 2, you're gonna have some growing pains, but if you stick with it, you will be rewarded by the complexity and depth of Dota 2.