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From the Bullpen: Designing the Talent System Really good blog from Dustin Browder breaking down Muradin's talents and the situations when he picks them. I really like how dynamic the system feels in general. However, it can be a little awkward when you pick a talent and later realize you...

Good for her. She's a decent player who's cute and entertaining. She should get all that lonely nerd money

Wait what? All of the support classes can talent into a more offensive spec.

Regarding matchmaking:

Xaldren#1414 here. I forgot about the whole wiping business. Kinda sucks that the xp isn't going to roll over into beta/live. I don't think that's going to stop me from playing though since there are a lot of nuances in learning the heroes.

So Tyrael can get two path blocking abilities, on both Q and E. I haven't tried it yet, but if you get both, you could steal merc camps by Q-teleporting onto the pad and then using E to push them further away after the enemy clears the camp for you. Kinda situational, but it seems like it'd be a...

Wife got an iPad Air for work so I installed HS. The game runs like butter on that thing. So much better than the iPad 3.

I don't understand the tunnel vision on Blackheart's Bay. I played two games yesterday where people just wanted to team fight and turn in coins and let the cannonballs win the game. I don't think many people notice that the cannonballs prioritize structures from outside to inside with the core...

Capture the flag just wouldn't work in HoTS due to the nature of lanes and forts. If they wanted to take lanes and forts out altogether, then it could maybe work. Still, 3 of the maps feature retrieving something to benefit your team (Mines, Raven, and Pirate) even if it's not a flag that you...

Tyrande's owl is a pretty underused scouting ability. The most obvious use is for scouting the initial surge on the watch tower on the Pirate map. But in terms of map control, I've seen people use it to scout merc camps or tributes, which is really clutch. A real pro can pop moving Nova or...

That's fair, changed my stance to mercs = team fights. That's an interesting point. I've never seen anyone hiding in the smoke or clutter around the turn in. I normally just ping the map to say I'm turning in and someone usually comes along to block.

I didn't embed it bc it's not really worth a watch, just a point of reference for the curious. I've never tried the Raven tribute thing, but that sounds like a legit plan. In the Mines map, I was on a team once that completely ignored the mines the first time just to go for mercs. That was...

Do we have any legendary players on this forum?

Heroes of the Storm (Gameplay) - Sonya, The Barbarian (DQ#26) I was looking for a Sonya vid and found this guy harping about staying in a lane to soak xp. Maybe it's just my lack of MOBA experience, but I've kinda felt that after level 4, it's not strictly necessary to lane farm / push towers...

Psi storm was a really good change for Tassadar. He was never really a true healer with his long CD shield, so giving him some battle presence outside of Archon was really nice. I'm thinking Sonya's skill cap might just be too high for me. I've been grouped with a few Sonya players who just...

If you void terror, does the deathrattle still trigger? I thought it didn't.

I'm a big fan of Gazlowe. Being able to solo siege giant camps at level 4 and knights at level 7 is pretty awesome. Run in, drop a turret, drop a bomb, and start swinging (laser if it's a knight camp). Both his ultimates are useful too, one for team fighting, the other tears through buildings...

3:30 PDT now... Except now I don't have time to play anymore >.<

Home early, but the game is down. Grumble... Technical Alpha...

Nova's really strong, but I wouldn't say OP. She's squishy, and she can be pretty easy to take out if focused in team fights. Triple Tap can be interrupted too (see 18:30 in the vid) so while it's strong, it can be countered. I went up against a Nova + Zeratul once where they were just...

So in that leaked screenshot, "Practice" becomes "Adventure". Have they said what'll be going in the fourth slot?

Patch Notes TLDR Version: - Zagara added - UI smaller - Li Li healing nerf - Murky tuned - Tassadar's time warp changed to psi-storm, area damage with a lot of +damage talents - Sonya's whirlwind buffed

I think my favorite part about this game is that you can be behind on levels / team fights, but still win if your team focuses on objectives / pushing to the core. I just won a game where we were dominated in team fights, but they just kept trying to team fight rather than getting skulls in the...

Zagara sounds really interesting, like playing zerg in SC2:Zagara Hero Week Spread creep, summon minions, nydus tunnel around the map. Also, Anu'barak teased, too.

Meh, I don't want to spoil it for myself. The tutorial was fun, so I trust that Naxx will be too.

Where's this date from?

Level them all to 10 for the gold. Play arena with gold. Read the arena guides on ihearthu.com or watch streamers/youtube

DeerNadia's Stream Jaina playing HS. She's a decent player too who made rank 40 legendary last season. Worth a follow on twitch, except that she normally streams at night.

In the very least, I could see it being a strong pick in arena

Of the 25 beasts, the majority are decent. Angry Chicken, Hungry Crab, and Captain's Parrot are clearly the worst. So 12% chance of pulling a dud isn't bad. 8% chance at King Mukla or King Krush isn't bad either.

Brode just clarified:Twitter / bdbrode: Webspinner can get any ...

Hunter card, spoilered for size:

What's up with this? New treasure goblin uber boss?

I think it's the animation for drafting (speed boost from following just behind someone)

Played a bunch this weekend and just hit level 12. The game is really fun with minor hiccups when rejoining games. I tossed them ~$40 for the hero bundle just to try out a bunch of different ones, but I still have about half of the roster locked. I've been playing mostly Warrior or Support and...

Cool. My gaming time is really sporadic bc I'm usually spending time with my wife in the evenings. But I'm free this Saturday night, so I should be on. Xaldren#1414 I'm actually really surprised I got in. My beta profile settings literally has Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Mac Mini) as I never...

Woo! Got into the technical alpha. Excited, but this is my first MOBA

Miracle isn't the only Rogue deck (I just like watching the mighty fall)

Using that logic, the nerds who designed Google Glass should've made it easier for glasses wearers rather than having to buy new glasses