Blizzard Dota

[quote=caucheka]looks like complete crap at the moment. i don't care about the art style but just listening to them talk about it makes me facepalm so hard trailer: - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1JDEnrVK8 game mechanics: -you no longer have to hit creeps to get gold, you gain it just by being near them when they die. gold is also share amongst teammates that are also nearby, even if you are the one to last hit the creep. -turrets have an ammo system and can hold a max amount of ammo that generates every few seconds. turrets that are out of ammo just shut down completely and wait to generate a piece of ammo before firing, making turrets effectively worthless because of how weak this makes them. -boots replaced by the mount mechanic from wow. -killing neutral creeps captures their camp, which spawns appropriate units in the nearest lane. it also doesnt leave up defenders and enemies are free to come take it from you after a channel. -a similar creep camp mechanic works with the giant monster ala baron nashor. except that instead of giving a gold bonus and buff, it walks to mid lane and pushes for your team, easily slaughtering minions and even outranging towers. character choices: -new (and some old with new designs) characters have stupid blended designs from multiple universes. notable examples are the dwarven marauder character, characters riding mounts from other universes, witch doctor from diablo 3 holds a trolls head as a fetish trophy and has a zergling skull -another notable example that requires its own bullet is the thrall 'fiasco'. thrall was an obvious candidate but they didnt think he looked 'epic' when compared to grom hellscream. so they wanted to give him a mount (and decided to use a stupid cyberwolf robot thing) but had the problem that the entire model had to be person sized making thrall even smaller. which then made them add the mount mechanic for no real reason and leave thrall the way he was before. -character choices and character designs to look more 'epic'. the ghost character is nova because shes 'more visually appealing than the standard ghost model'. arthas is included because 'arthas is awesome he has to be in it' even though they had no design agenda for a death knight type character. tassadars model from sc2 was changed to be more 'epic' (they added this totally rad floating crest thing that adds nothing to the character' -theres a siege tank hero that in siege mode out ranges towers. also has mines, bombs, and an aoe cone pushback that easily handles the worthless minions. -also the retarded murloc marine is in it character design - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Il8TBtH3Hg&NR=1 tower mechanic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwny4lY_fhI&feature=related minions sharing gold - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKeuKXklOGk&feature=related neutral creep camps - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvG0zl4SHTk&feature=related boss creep mechanic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWV_exMncLM&feature=relmfu siege tank hero - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alX0IfPBNrg&feature=related some actual gameplay (sadly its a short video) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZjgsIFy8yc&feature=related[/quote]

[quote=Wintermond]Really, it's Blizzard who make this game. No matter what it sounds like at the moment, I am pretty sure they make something fun and addicting out of it.[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]Is this a joke? Sure looks like it.[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf]No last hitting? Guess LoL will never be called the most casual moba ever again.[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]The neutral camps joining the minion waves is possibly the only innovative and potentially fun aspect of the game. The rest of it just seems stupid to me. Towers with ammo? Come on, Blizzard. Playing as SC2 heroes would be pretty entertaining. I wouldn't want to spend money for it though.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]from what i've seen its free if you own sc2 like how the original dota was. everything else is sourced from videos that were displayed at blizzcon. tried to post all my sources at the bottom.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Soon-ish TM Fking lawled.[/quote]

[quote=PotatisFarfar]I am gonna play it ;D.[/quote]

[quote=Nighthawk][quote=PsiGuard] The neutral camps joining the minion waves is possibly the only innovative and potentially fun aspect of the game. The rest of it just seems stupid to me. Towers with ammo? Come on, Blizzard. Playing as SC2 heroes would be pretty entertaining. I wouldn't want to spend money for it though. [/quote] That and Siege Tank. Doesn't look all that interesting though, character design is shit.[/quote]

[quote=JunSupport]I really hope they can match LoL in balance and anti-fun designs. I can't stand HoN because of how often people rage and leave. Blizzard should be aiming for what LoL's got so we actually have a variety of MOBA to choose from.[/quote]