Dewar Posted October 9, 2013 Oh believe me, I'm not a good pudge at all, but once I've gone 1-10 I usually am smart enough to stay out of the way at least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ack Posted October 10, 2013 http://weneedwards.com/meathook/ become the pudgemaster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted October 12, 2013 Wow why did I never jungle tinker before, it's so good. It's like batrider where you go in to the jungle and farm 1-2 camps while stacking another and you get 10-15 minute BoTs, soul ring and bottle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted October 13, 2013 Wow StarLadder grand finals were crazy, it was like TI3 all over again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted October 17, 2013 6.79 patch notes are out. http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=109826 What the Fuck... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted October 17, 2013 Gold for ending a spree changed from 75->600 (3x->10x) to 125->1000 75->600?! You gotta be kidding me! Those fucking pieces of shit are ruining DOTA2. Nice going nazi valve. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roswell47 Posted October 17, 2013 75->600?! You gotta be kidding me! Those fucking pieces of shit are ruining DOTA2. Nice going nazi valve. ded gaem, volvo disband? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted October 17, 2013 6.79 patch notes are out. http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=109826 What the Fuck... Seriously so much is scary and cool about this!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hermie Posted October 18, 2013 Bloodseeker loses the speedcap with Thirst active. Result: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted October 18, 2013 Just finally getting to reading these patch notes. What's the point of the Buyback change? Were people really using it to just go and farm more? Edit: Hmm, using an item or ability to commit suicide when you have a x10 spree seems like a good idea. Edit2: And jungling took a major hit. No sweat off my back because I never did it much anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted October 18, 2013 I thought of NP when I saw it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted October 18, 2013 Apparently Dark Seer and Bat took a hit, but Enchantress, Chen, and Np jungle faster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted October 18, 2013 Is that because of character specific buffs being stronger than the overall jungling XP nerfs on those characters, or am I misreading something in the patch notes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dekjo Posted October 18, 2013 Edit: Hmm, using an item or ability to commit suicide when you have a x10 spree seems like a good idea. That seems a bit extreme. How many items/heros have the ability to suicide? I think Bloodstone does, right? And Pudge, of course. Anything else? I guess you can die to a neutral. But if you got 10x kills, things are probably rolling for your team, I'd think. If things aren't, then you're really carrying them and you'd lose money/time that could be used for gaining xp/gold/kills. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted October 18, 2013 Yeah, but 1000 gold could pretty easily swing the balance back the other way. Watching Crispy (who is one of the folks playing with Brad over at Giant Bomb) he routinely gets up to 5+ kills in a row. He was already getting nervous about dying and giving up too much gold after the last streak breaker gold buff. I can't imagine what it would feel like to run around with a 1000 gold bounty on your head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted October 18, 2013 Your kill streak persists if you suicide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dekjo Posted October 18, 2013 Well there you go. Had no idea, but makes sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 18, 2013 Is that because of character specific buffs being stronger than the overall jungling XP nerfs on those characters, or am I misreading something in the patch notes? I think the reason DS and Bat take a hit is because they're all about killing a ton of creeps at once - stacking, and using ion shell/firefly. Those others he mentioned focus more on taking out a single camp at a time. Since HP of the Big Creeps was nerfed WHILE XP overall was nerfed... Chen/Ench/NP/etc. probably end up leveling at about the same pace, given the slightly increased speed of kills, and a slightly decreased speed of XP gain, all while still gaining gold a bit faster (since big camps are easier to kill). Meanwhile, DS and Bat get less XP, same amount of gold. I hope that made sense. U: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted October 19, 2013 I'm nowhere near experienced enough for these patch notes to seem that scary to me, but I hope people give them the benefit of the doubt. Reading through them it doesn't seem like they intended to nerf things outright, but balance the heroes in relation to other changes they were making to XP and gold. There were a few things like IO's change that looked like direct nerfs, but the rest probably were just in reaction to the other changes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted October 19, 2013 I dunno forbin, these was this one guy ona forum saying that they have ruined his favourite character. 4eva. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ack Posted October 21, 2013 I love that all patches seem to be in favor of changing up the meta, making it more diverse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dekjo Posted October 21, 2013 Any chance we'll get a Dota Today episode with the new patch? Or is that side project just completely dead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted October 21, 2013 First pro match of the new patch happened, NS picked in all 3 games, and in a 1 role. Also Lich is now bannable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 21, 2013 What. Are they playing pro games on the test client? Or did they sneak the patch into the main client without me noticing? EDIT: LOOKS LIKE THE LATTER. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted October 22, 2013 Apparently steam thought i'd hate this patch so it just went ahead and uninstalled dota 2 for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites