Heroes of the Storm

Itzena_sl

shitlord
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so we can expect the beta around Blizzcon time then
How surprising said no one ever.
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Tenks

Bronze Knight of the Realm
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When is Blizzcon? They said on the HOTS subreddit that this is still just the final phase of alpha and does not mean when it opens back up that is closed beta.
 

sebur

Bronze Squire
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It won't be closed beta when it opens back up but they are implementing Bnet in to it now so they are clearly getting close to beta. They want your friends to see that you are playing it now. Pretty huge step forward imo vs what they have been doing.
 

Neph_sl

shitlord
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The Calm Before the Storm

Game down between Sept 29 and Aug 7 (9th in EU). Once they're back (in the final phase of Technical Alpha, NOT Beta), then no more wipes. If you spent money, you get this garish mount:

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Also custom games and replays will be re-enabled.
 

Tenks

Bronze Knight of the Realm
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They did say they will not wipe money/gold transactions. There is still a chance your account and hero levels could be wiped prior to release.
 

Ryoz

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Don't get too excited - I've had friends signed up for months that still don't have invites. Maybe they'll do more in the final phase of alpha though.
 

Korrupt

Blackwing Lair Raider
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Have they changed it so you can customize controls yet? Its hard as hell for my mind to right click to move and it sucked not being able to change that when I tried playing a few times.

The showing friends playing is a nice change also. I would probably play it a lot more if I could see my friends playing it on our lists. I swore though that early on it would show people in HoTS, at least I think?
 

Mures

Blackwing Lair Raider
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I remember reading they were adding hotkey changes soon, so if it wasn't added this last patch, it'll be in after their next phase starts.
 

Tenks

Bronze Knight of the Realm
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Yes you can rebind the keys now. I don't know if they made it so you can move abilities on the number keys list yet. That really needs to happen. Having your rewind or other active move around from key to key makes muscle memory nearly impossible.
 

Ryoz

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I don't think I won a single game last night out of the 6 I played. Love playing support until you play a game where you have no one worth supporting. Can't wait til they throw out more invites on this.