Dota 2
Custom Hero OMG
MDK Jan 25, 2022 @ 9:59am
The biggest problem with this gamemode.
The gamemode is great. I have very little issue with gameplay. There are probably some issues, but I trust they will get resolved. The gameplay itself doesn't bother me. It is the lack of key features that is making the experience so much worse.

The game does not punish leaving at all. This makes it so that in public games some people will just leave if they have a bad start or don't like the skills they got. I would say that a game where all 10 people stay to the end is very rare. There has to be some form of punishment for leaving. Otherwise there will be people in almost every game who just leave unless they get a good build. Essentially they only play if they get to have the most fun. This is an effect that might also spread. People might start thinking: "Well if those people are doing it why do I have be the only one that is forced to play with bad builds". It also puts a strain for honest people. I had to make up my own rules. I will only leave a game if 2 other people in my team leave first. Most people will probably agree that is fair. Having to play 3 vs. 5 seems unreasonable.

There is also no way of reporting or even muting griefers. I had 2 games in a row where a guy was just hurling profanities in Russian. In the second game he started chain feeding.

If the situation get any worse there won't be anyone playing the game since it's quite boring when most games end up stopping since one team left.

I don't know if this a good solution, but it would be rather funny if people who tend to leave start having less skill options. So if they leave a couple of times they get 1 less choice of skills in the next game (both in the begining and during the game). If they leave enough times they can only receive random skills. They will have to finish a game with the penalties in order to get them reduced.
Last edited by MDK; Jan 26, 2022 @ 4:11am
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Firetoad  [developer] Jan 25, 2022 @ 8:35pm 
We are working on it
-Michaellod- Jan 27, 2022 @ 5:01am 
agreed 90% games someone leaving and funs ruined for everyone
Peppawes Feb 2, 2022 @ 9:52am 
yeah,totally agreed. came to the this discussion thread to see whether anyone is facing this issue and am glad im not alone.

The game mode has so much potential apart from the ones who ruin it.

I do like the punishment system posted above and perhaps can complement it with a punishment system like ARAM where players are stripped of their ability to reroll/choose heroes during the drafting phase until they complete a punished game.

Perhaps a suggestion to further improve this game is to adopt a ranking system, where players are able to track their progress and climb up the ranks to further incentivise players to continue playing so as to prevent slow matchmaking issues.
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