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- HotS dev team still investigating rank variance
- Gem-only skins are a bad idea. Forcing us to buy the bundle to get them is worse.
- If you are looking at everyone's profile during draft, you are just hurting yourself.
- That was our fastest game ever
- Masters player, lose first placement vs Masters, next game all Plats. Is this a good system?
- Focusing on the 2018 HGC Structure
- Matchmaking in HL is the worse its ever been
- Leaver Protection Needs To Be Implemented In Hero League
- Why do 10 games matter more than 300 games?
- Why is Hanzo using two finger bow draw instead of thumb draw like any other Japanese archer?
- A New Era for HGC ANZ Commences in 2018
- Healer nerf actually turned out to be ok (?)
- Apparently Ultralisks dont drop regen globes anymore
- I went 9-1 in placements and went from .... wait no one cares.
- We need an official comment on the ranked situation. Ignoring the problem will make things even worse
- Roll20's Justing is guesting on Trollin' HGC tomorrow. Share your questions here & we'll ask them on the show!
- AFK'ers getting random heros in ranked. How is this still a thing!?
- So today i went 8-2 in placement games,and got master 1000....
- I just wanna say thanks to Blizzard because I can finally gift lootboxes to my friends.
- Junkrat tip. For when things aren't going your way.
- An Ode to Hero League
- The early placement games are way too volatile to mmr
- IMO Nova's Ghost Protocol as baseline is too much. Make it so she must work fot it like Jaina for her Ice Block
- Why can’t Hanzo jump over entomb with his trait?
- Is everything less responsive or is it just me?
| HotS dev team still investigating rank variance Posted: 18 Dec 2017 05:43 PM PST
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| Gem-only skins are a bad idea. Forcing us to buy the bundle to get them is worse. Posted: 18 Dec 2017 07:36 AM PST I may be late to the party, and if I am, I apologize. There was a lot of discussion about Alexstrasza's skins being obtainable only with gems when she was revealed at Blizzcon. After Alex came off of her bundle sale price, the cost of her skin bundle jumped to 2,000 gems, and you can't buy the skins without buying the bundle. Is anyone buying these bundles? I mean, if you're getting our money anyway, why not just allow us to buy the tints we want for a reasonable price? Or... I dunno... go back to the way things were, when we could buy anything for moneys if we wanted to? [link] [comments]  | ||
| If you are looking at everyone's profile during draft, you are just hurting yourself. Posted: 18 Dec 2017 11:09 AM PST I know why you are doing it. You want to find people who don't belong in the same game as you and get evidence that placement games are broken. But all you are doing is hurt yourself. You are getting worked up. You are, before the game, looking for someone to be the scapegoat. You are going to pay those players who you don't feel belong in your game so much attention you will pay less attention to the things that help you win. If you are the type that can't stop themselves typing in the game you will not only tilt yourself but also tilt others by getting into arguments. You can't control who is in your games. Has it hurt you in the past to not know what ranks the other players had last season, before the game starts? If so, how? Just talk with your team and draft a hero that you think will help you win the game and then play. You will achieve better results than obsessively looking through everyone's profiles during draft. [link] [comments]  | ||
| That was our fastest game ever Posted: 18 Dec 2017 02:42 PM PST | ||
| Masters player, lose first placement vs Masters, next game all Plats. Is this a good system? Posted: 18 Dec 2017 12:29 PM PST Is this sort of volatility good for the game? Does it increase the quality of matches or help people land where they belong? Or does it only add pointless chaos, stress, and enable unfortunate toxicity? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Focusing on the 2018 HGC Structure Posted: 18 Dec 2017 03:23 PM PST
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| Matchmaking in HL is the worse its ever been Posted: 18 Dec 2017 08:42 AM PST Hello there, GM player every season, played this game since the start on a dailybasis, played with some competitive amateur teams, I play HL every day etc... I love your game blizzard and I play it every day. Please don't take everything I say as elitist or jerkish, this is a reality for a lot of people playing this game. Yet, I don't want to click ready to play HL anymore. I used to have fun playing it and even though i was like others complaining already about matchmaking before (eg when you get the 3 'worse' GM's vs the 3 'carry' GM's and its usually 70-30 for them and you complain about that, but lets face it all these players are decent enough to play at GM level and its just the game.) now im actually happy to see any and I mean any player i ever saw before that reset (hello seifer!) .Getting plats 5, plat 4, plat 3 vs triple GM's (example here! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRVpVTKW4AAo9bm.jpg:large) is just not fun at all. You get 4 level stomped and thats about it. I might be over reacting but I probably won't exaggerate when I say 80% of my games are that one sided. Ofc sometimes I get the good people vs only plat diamonds and we win in 7 mins, but whats the point? Some people will say that some plats/low diamonds win games in there but 99.9% of them DO NOT belong there. Their positioning, decision making and ability to press buttons is clearly 2-3 standard deviations far from the average ability of a master player (not even talking about GM). One of my friend even got a SILVER 1 last season in his game. ?????!! Every game is even more a coinflip than before. Its just not fun AT ALL. You get into draft room and you already know you wasted 15 mins of your life or won 200 quick points. Even with the most positive attitude in the world there is 1% chance that you can win that game. Nowadays me and my friends just play QM waiting for scrims and those scrims is pretty much the closest to enjoyment we can get. We are scared of HL. Some people just started playing other games instead. If i didnt have those, I'd probably would have stopped playing already. Also, with this system, some players will get a false sense of accomplishement or superiority, which isn't there since their skill or decision making hasnt changed at all, only the portrait. It was already the case before with the previous system (Nexus games was a great example of this, difference between competitive players and only HL players) but now you are just giving them false hope, which might get taken away on top of that. The result is that these players will get even more frustrated simply because of the portrait while their inner ability to play the game hasnt been touched at all. The work you do is awesome, that Perf match making was a great idea, I get hyped by every champion release, but can you do something about people that clearly dont belong in master 1k to where they should? Cap the placements at diamond at least? If that cant be done, at least give me hope that something might be done in the future and that issue isnt just overlooked like many others (reconnect feature, replays, swap in draft in HL, nazeebo superstition, chen globe talent, hanzo q lvl 4 not working on monsters etc etc etc etc ....) :( NB : I rant cuz i love this game and its a shame the QoL in HL is insanely frustrating counter productive and unfun. TLDR : Don't play HL if you care about your sanity. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Leaver Protection Needs To Be Implemented In Hero League Posted: 18 Dec 2017 07:51 AM PST If a player is gone for some X amount of time there needs to be a "safe to leave this match" option. It's ridiculous to punish all five players for one player not connecting for whatever reason. 4 + 1 AI VS 5 is not skilled based, it's not fair, it's not a measure of who is a better player. Especially in "ranked" played. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Why do 10 games matter more than 300 games? Posted: 18 Dec 2017 02:04 AM PST I wasted so much time climbing from gold 4 to diamond 4 last season, and because I went 4-6 in placements I'm back to Plat 5? Do you understand how frustrating it is to see hard earned progress in the ladder just vanish? I have friends who never touch this game placing higher than me. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Why is Hanzo using two finger bow draw instead of thumb draw like any other Japanese archer? Posted: 18 Dec 2017 01:09 PM PST I notice this while AFK in the main screen. I feel like the HotS/(Overwatch?) team doesn't seem to pay attention to details (edit: on Hanzo). In Japan, archer uses thumb draw with a special glove. While Hanzo has a glove, his draw is a two finger draw. A draw that is not used in Japan at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_draw#Japanese_draw_and_release Mediterranean style draw are historically not used in Japan. The absolute closest instance I can remember is three finger draw in China which is uncommon and mostly used in ritual or hunters. Beside that one case in China, I can not remember any Mediterranean style draw in East Asia, whether it be Korea, Mongolian, etc. Another example of not paying attention is the dragon on the core in Hanamura having 4 fingers, which are not Japanese dragon. It should be 3 fingers, unless Genji/Hanzo are secretly Chinese/Korean/etc. Chinese Dragon can have 2 to 5 fingers depending on era different amount have different popularity (now the most common is 4 or 5). Nowadays, Korea usually uses 4. In Japan, 3 fingers have been basically the standard for hundreds of years now. Since Overwatch is set in the future, dragons in Japan should have 3 fingers. [link] [comments]  | ||
| A New Era for HGC ANZ Commences in 2018 Posted: 18 Dec 2017 01:41 PM PST
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| Healer nerf actually turned out to be ok (?) Posted: 18 Dec 2017 03:14 AM PST In this wolrd of whine, cry and constant complaints, i just want to note that the dreaded healer nerf seemed to work rather well in the end and change the meta as was intended? Double healer is still absolutely viable while not necessary. Healers are still as impactfull as the other classes. So good job Blizzard. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Apparently Ultralisks dont drop regen globes anymore Posted: 18 Dec 2017 03:33 PM PST
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| I went 9-1 in placements and went from .... wait no one cares. Posted: 18 Dec 2017 08:57 PM PST There's a bug. Blizzard is fixing it. Relax and play some Butcher in Quick Match. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2017 09:11 AM PST After two (well, technically 1.5) resets HL is still unplayable. It keeps matching gold with masters leaving everyone frustrated. Playing ranked now is just a waste of time and nerves. We waited until Monday but now we really need a blue post explaining the situation. Will there be a third reset or reseeding ranks from the last season's end? Either decision will be bad for PR but pretending that the problem doesn't exist would be even worse. More players are leaving Hots, and we are talking about the most experienced and dedicated part of the playerbase, people that play HL. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2017 01:42 PM PST Roll20 Esport's, Justin "Justing" Gapp will be joining Trollin' HGC as a guest tomorrow night (12/19/2017). We'll be tailoring the show around his rise in esports and thoughts on competitive Heroes in the last year. We'll be taking down questions here and trying to fit as many as we can into the show. Reply to this thread with your questions for Justing regarding GCWC, Blizzcon, Roster Moves, Shot Calling & more! Catch the show live on Twitch.tv/TrollsGG at 7:30pm EST TOMORROW! Thanks for your input in advance everyone! [link] [comments]  | ||
| AFK'ers getting random heros in ranked. How is this still a thing!? Posted: 18 Dec 2017 06:17 AM PST I am not sure I can find a more frustrating experience when playing ranked. Someone pre-picks a hero, let's say Nova for the sake of the argument, and goes AFK. Then someone bans/pick Nova. Then the AFK guy just gets a random hero and the game continues as if everything is fine. How the hell is this still a thing!?! Obviously it's annoying to have someone basically not participate in a draft, but besides that you just know you have to waste your time with a game that just might have been an unfair quick match - with someone AFK. I cannot imagine this being a hard issue to resolve. If someone has not picked a pickable hero during the draft, mark them as AFK and dissolve the lobby... [link] [comments]  | ||
| So today i went 8-2 in placement games,and got master 1000.... Posted: 18 Dec 2017 04:40 PM PST ...after being plat 5 in previous season.This is ridicolous. https://imgur.com/a/TUVSz Fun fact,only first 2 wins were plat games.Then i was playing with masters and even GMs from last season. Blizzard, please 10 games shouldnt matter THAT much. [link] [comments]  | ||
| I just wanna say thanks to Blizzard because I can finally gift lootboxes to my friends. Posted: 18 Dec 2017 12:02 PM PST Not as good as gifting actual skins, but close enough. Dear Blizzard, I finally have a good reason to spend money on HotS. Gifting lootboxes to my friends is endlessly more satisfying than stupid gem only skins. Thanks. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Junkrat tip. For when things aren't going your way. Posted: 18 Dec 2017 11:07 AM PST With the new changes to globes and having to maintain a more consistent lane presence, sometimes you're a lone Junkrat in a lane that you just can't win. I've had some pretty good success in turning that tide around with some drastic minion repositioning. Simply use your mine too launch the mage minion over to your side, then safely kill it and collect the globe. It's not the most graceful solution, but it helps to stifle your lane opponent from getting that extra bit of regen. Then you can return to raining down sweet explosions from afar. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2017 12:45 PM PST Perhaps you have heard, Of Hero League's state, If described in a word, I'd use 'bugged', which is great.
I have saved so much time, Since the matches aren't long, That I have written a rhyme, To describe ranked in a song.
I've never climbed out of bronze before, Despite all my hardships each season, But now I have placed diamond 4, And my skill can be the only reason.
I can't wait to be on a pro team, But the ladder I'll need to climb faster, I should think about starting to stream, After all, I just hit master.
Rome was not built in a day, And I had believed that until, So quickly I flew up the ladder, Despite teammates, "you're feeding", they'd say, But turns out my feeding was skill, And now "performance" is all that will matter. [link] [comments]  | ||
| The early placement games are way too volatile to mmr Posted: 18 Dec 2017 12:48 PM PST hey my name is PikaBane and this is my first post, I've never really had a need to post anything untill now...been creeping on here for awhile tho. I've finished these last couple seasons high Masters and D1 and I'm currently playing this game more than I ever have. I also placed 1000 masters this season before the reset(where I placed last season as well) and I was ready to grind GM this season early on. I lost my first 3 placement games which were all really close and after that the last 7 of my placement games I played with all Gold's and Plats and I knew immediately something was wrong. I then proceeded to place Plat1 which is lower than ANY placement I've ever had sense the seasons started. I am a way better player than I was a year ago. This is either a bug or a flawed system but it needs to be addressed and fixed. The reset did not fix anything Also I can link my bnet profile or hotlogs profile for proof if needed [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2017 08:14 AM PST Make it unlockable by 50 (+/-) Qs This should also make Q talents more attractive [link] [comments]  | ||
| Why can’t Hanzo jump over entomb with his trait? Posted: 18 Dec 2017 01:41 PM PST Doesn't make sense logically as he's some agile monkey but also would give such a squishy hero some form of extra mobility [link] [comments]  | ||
| Is everything less responsive or is it just me? Posted: 18 Dec 2017 03:21 PM PST In the title. I feel like there's some degree of input lag not related to ping since this patch hit. Can't figure out what it is but it seems some of my abilities take a fraction of a second longer than they used to. Anyone else noticed this? [link] [comments]  |
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