On May 21 2013 21:45 GGitsJack wrote: HoN still going strong after nearly 3.5 years of playing :D still prefer this over dota2 and I won't even begin to mention the other shitty game.
Is it really? I got the impression that SG and the bigshots would switch over to dota 2 any time now.
Old pencils carry Reelo together with a few topshots from HoN recently switched to dota2.
On May 21 2013 21:45 GGitsJack wrote: HoN still going strong after nearly 3.5 years of playing :D still prefer this over dota2 and I won't even begin to mention the other shitty game.
Is it really? I got the impression that SG and the bigshots would switch over to dota 2 any time now.
Old pencils carry Reelo together with a few topshots from HoN recently switched to dota2.
On May 21 2013 21:45 GGitsJack wrote: HoN still going strong after nearly 3.5 years of playing :D still prefer this over dota2 and I won't even begin to mention the other shitty game.
Is it really? I got the impression that SG and the bigshots would switch over to dota 2 any time now.
Old pencils carry Reelo together with a few topshots from HoN recently switched to dota2.
No reason to switch from HoN with all that juicy pricemoney. SG also stated they will never switch from HoN unless all tournaments die out.
My name on HoN is Ostreidae and I still I play daily. I am 1450, but I regularly play at the 1600 level. I'm pretty friendly and don't mind sharing what bit of knowledge I know.
If anyone ever wants to join up, feel free to whisper me in game or msg me here. HoN is much more enjoyable when you aren't solo quing T_T
most of my friends that i play with are 1600+. Since I'm out of the range, I only get like .15 mmr for a win, even if I'm crushing dreams left and right. I don't really like to solo q, so it's whatever. I guess I could pump it up if I really wanted to.
On May 31 2013 05:03 Boblion wrote: Still stuck around 1570-1600 SQ lol. Quite hard to get higher if you don't play with friends or go mid.
Also fuck reworked pred and elder. And fuck people who pick empath to go with him.
Then just go mid, be a complete dick about it if someone else tries for mid. Play nothing but gankers like gaunt or tanky carries/gankers like zepher/tremble. In the end gold and levels win games just gotta make sure your team has more.
On May 31 2013 05:03 Boblion wrote: Still stuck around 1570-1600 SQ lol. Quite hard to get higher if you don't play with friends or go mid.
Also fuck reworked pred and elder. And fuck people who pick empath to go with him.
Then just go mid, be a complete dick about it if someone else tries for mid. Play nothing but gankers like gaunt or tanky carries/gankers like zepher/tremble. In the end gold and levels win games just gotta make sure your team has more.
I don't really like to play mid since i mostly play support and semi ranged carries. I usually only get it if people pick side lane heroes/junglers and don't ask for mid.
Also i'm terrible with all the true mid heroes except maybe arachna (i.e: i have like 5 games with Peb / Dw / Bh / Fayde / Hag / Rally so i have no experience but yea maybe i should give it a try).
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I have seen sG running support pyro a lot lately with Zfreek. Can someone explain me what is so good about this hero ?
He just seems to be another Witch Slayer, i.e: a squishy mid hero with a stun and a huge magic burst... and most people agree that dual lane ws isn't that great. So why would you pick pyro when you can get Aluna, glacius, enge or even moa ? I don't understand. He is squishy, has no escape and his stun isn't exactly reliable. When i think about it witch slayer seems better on paper (more utility in lane) but he is still pretty bad. I'm not too convinced about support torturer too but at least you can argue that he has more utility.
Also i was so wrong about rally... he is amazing when played by good players.
Well mid works well because if you really believe that you're not the problem with losses going 1v1 in a lane you should win it handily and with that just get snowballing to victory.
I used to play support a lot in the mid 1550's having a hard time in solo queue getting MMR it wasn't until i decided to be the reason for winning rather then just not the reason for not losing that i shot up to 1700's.
In general I wouldn't play pure support roles until like 1650 where there is a tiny bit of team play from the team. I ward if no one is going to ward. I'll ward even if I'm the carry just because I need it for ganks and avoiding ganks and it helps everyone. It's cheaper then dying and helps protect you farming your way to victory.
I hated in Hon that they brought out a new hero evey week. Completly destoryed the game for me. I love the old s2 heroes like Puppet Master, Zephyr, Dampeer and Chipper :3 and I miss them a lot in dota2, but it was just too much for me. If I only play on 2 days the week getting overrun by a new hero every time is too annoying.
And yes I am sad about it, because to me HoN is more fun than dota, much more adrinerlin in hon :D
Nobody to explain me the support pyro stuff ? I'm really intrigued. + Show Spoiler +
On June 07 2013 03:26 Boblion wrote: I have seen sG running support pyro a lot lately with Zfreek. Can someone explain me what is so good about this hero ?
He just seems to be another Witch Slayer, i.e: a squishy mid hero with a stun and a huge magic burst... and most people agree that dual lane ws isn't that great. So why would you pick pyro when you can get Aluna, glacius, enge or even moa ? I don't understand. He is squishy, has no escape and his stun isn't exactly reliable. When i think about it witch slayer seems better on paper (more utility in lane) but he is still pretty bad. I'm not too convinced about support torturer too but at least you can argue that he has more utility.