Breaken wrote on Jul 24
th, 2012 at 10:15pm:
I hated dota such a horrid game. Or was that heroes of newerth. Ne ways Let me know if its any good.
I've only played around 12 hours or so... but i can say its much harder to understand the game compared to LoL. After putting in 12 hours into LoL i felt i had understood the game pretty well... and all the rest was just refining my twitch skills to get good at it.
For Dota 2 i still feel very lost at times, for example it was only the late stages of my last game when i realized i could use my level up upgrades to upgrade stats as well as abilities.... Those kinda extra choices definitely make coming up with decent builds a tougher job. Though the word is to upgrade yer abilities first and then upgrade yer stats.
The shop window is smaller and its less intuitive to navigate. There's no free teleport, you need to buy scrolls to do that, though there are items courriers that will bring items to ya.
Active Skills on items seem to be more important than passives... so ya need to be skilled in that area as well.
Stuns last alot longer, so ya gotta run away quicker if ya get into trouble. Abilities have a significantly longer range it seems, and the map is bigger.
Getting yer last hits in is much more important, and denying others their last hits (killing your own creeps and towers) seems just as important.
Having all champions available is a little daunting for noobs like myself.
Now having said all that... I'll be sticking with Dota 2... its harder, but seems to have a bit more depth to it... to me i think you'll see the games differentiate between those that like to drive automatics and those who prefer stick shift.