Agreed -- I think it would be cooler if there was an all-picking phase and you were locked into that for the match. But having never played the game no idea if that would work out.
Overwatch
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The problem you are having is you keep calling it a MOBA.
This is Unreal Tournament meets Tribes meets Team Fortress basically. Not a MOBA at all.
Grayson Carlyle
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If they have a CTF or Domination mode for this (has it been asked in any Q&As?), then I will probably play it a whole lot. But payload isn't my style. CTF and Domination both work very well with their distribution of archetypes.
Derpa
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Only having 6v6 is a turn off for me, I'd like the option of more or less. Which hopefully will happen if they have staple PC features like D-servers, custom maps, and so on.
I think the issue is the maps are all made by Blizzard (I think?) with certain objectives in mind which are tuned for certain squad sizes. If it was open-ended CTF like Tribes or something you'd have a good argument for arbitrary squad size but if the maps are more tuned than that I think keeping static squad sizes is a good way to go.
Chris
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Sorry Blizzard games are VERY feature light nowadays. Expect a chat room patch a year in. You'll play the 5 maps with the one game type which they have spent millions of man hours balancing and that'll be it... the basic gameplay with be outstanding though, think how good combat feels in Diablo 3.
I played it today for a while (I'm at blizzcon). It's a fun game definitely; but very very TF2. Maybe this is why Valve and Blizzard came to an agreement with DOTA2 'You guys are taking DOTA? Ok, we'll do our own TF'.
khorum
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LOL yeah they went and lawyered up into a settlement over the DOTA/WC3 IP thing. Imagine the gall to be suing Valve over DOTA2 while knowing that you had a whole team basically reskinning TF2 back at the office.
Tigole gave a huge shoutout to TF2 at the panel today though. Saying that comparisons to TF2 are a huge complement but they're doing a different kind of game somehow.
Tigole gave a huge shoutout to TF2 at the panel today though. Saying that comparisons to TF2 are a huge complement but they're doing a different kind of game somehow.
Tigole is so full of PR bullshit you basically just ignore anything he spews. Actually, that pretty much goes for all the speakers. They're trained marketing cattle now.
'TF2 is a great game, but ours is different ... we have different goals ... be more accessible and provide a new and different experience.' Gaaargleburguglelgugleeerruglur
Accessible. More accessible. SO MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE!
'TF2 is a great game, but ours is different ... we have different goals ... be more accessible and provide a new and different experience.' Gaaargleburguglelgugleeerruglur
Accessible. More accessible. SO MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE!
Teekey
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From what I understand, atleast at Blizzcon, duplicates were allowed and you could swap characters between deaths.
I am hoping they adopt a DotA/LoL-style character selection though, that you use for the duration. It would make team composition a bit more strategic rather than a clusterfuck free-for-all during the game.
Metzen is generally a fairly emotional dude. I think he is going through manopause or is on drugs, maybe both.
It's the firstnewIP Blizzard have done in the better part of two decades; the bloke was probably incredibly worried about people not liking it and is now giddy with relief. Despite the whole "coked-up rockstar" image, he is still basically a giant nerd doing the equivalent of starting a new RPG campaign with his friends...except there's millions of them.
