Heroes of Newerth

[Ganthor]

Heroes of Newerth

This is Defense of the Ancients but with more heroes and more items. I never played DotA so I'm still trying to learn all of this game, I think there are 59 heroes. The game is in closed beta atm and I got an invite from a guy I was playing Darkfall with, and I'm not really sure how you get invites. I think they'll be an open beta soon since they are selling pre-orders already.

I'm having a good time with this game since it provides good pvp fun and has quite a bit of strategy involved. The best part is unlike MMO's the heroes start each match at lvl 1 and have to be leveled up while killing creeps or players so I don't have to worry about grinding up crap.

If you played and enjoyed DotA, definitely check this out.

[TheShoe]

Fuck Heroes of Newerth. Its all about League of Legends.

League of Legends Index

Pros over HoN:
-FREE TO PLAY (micro transaction based with currency earnable through gameplay)
-Much more shallow learning curve
-MUCH friendlier community
-Match making
-Summoner spells/masteries/runes... (It's adds a persistent element to the game. You are the summoner, and level up outside of matches gaining talents, runes that add stats, and spells, while you control the champion which is basically the same as in other DBGs)
-Grass... patches of grass that you can run into to hide/set up ambushes
-UNIQUE heroes. they arent just dota clones.

I used to play HoN but started up on LoL to see which I liked better. LoL is better IMO due to all the points mentioned. if any of you assholes are playing, add me on there... I'm TheShoe of course, and I almost always play Fiddlesticks.

edit: HoN is free now, but it is in open beta. LoL will always be free.

[Hytek]

Thx for the linkage TheShoe.

LoL looks massively gay tbh. I know it all comes down to gameplay, at least imo, so I'll have to give it a shot as I'm a big DotA fan tho not HoN.

[TheShoe]

hahaha... yea they kinda WoWd it up with the graphics. it is MUCH more light hearted, hence the lighter learning curve and less HXC community.

[Ganthor]

I will concede that yes, HoN community is:
- much more competitive, so you get lots of nerd rage
- very steep learning curve to start out

But the game has 60 heroes, which means plenty of original Heroes that were not in DotA.

The gameplay more closely resembles DotA so int characters get weaker late games and you need a balanced team to have an agi carry to win late game. I've heard with the items in LoL the int characters continue to get stronger with their abilities making them rediculous late game.

I don't know how match making is ever a positive, there is PSR values to determine how good people in HoN are and you have a host and balance the teams yourself ensuring even teams.

HoN has many gametypes to play:
Banning Draft - a random pool of the heroes is chosen and each team takes turns banning 1 hero at a time until 4 heroes are banned. Then the teams take turns picking so it's not just a rush to grab everything.

Random Draft - a random pool of the heroes is chosen and you take turns picking, same as BD but without the bans. Both this and BD you can see the heroes the other team is picking.

Single Draft - each player gets 3 random heroes to pick from, 1 str, 1 int, 1 agi. You can trade with others on your team as in other modes if you don't like what you get.

All Pick - you just pick any hero, the other team sees what you pick so you can counter pick other heroes if you pick to quick.

I don't know how I feel about the Summoner idea in LoL since I haven't played it yet, but I kinda don't like the idea that there are levels you can't see the others have that effect their ability to own you. With HoN it is all about learning the items for heroes and abilities and how to play as a team, no persistence.

Edit: Anyone wishing to try out Heroes of Newerth just follow this link and setup an Alienware account for free and you can get a beta key. http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/hon-beta-giveaway/

[choad]

on as Batlaser, hit me up.

[Rabid]

Originally Posted by TheShoe

Fuck Heroes of Newerth. Its all about League of Legends.

League of Legends Index

Pros over HoN:
-FREE TO PLAY (micro transaction based with currency earnable through gameplay)
-Much more shallow learning curve
-MUCH friendlier community
-Match making
-Summoner spells/masteries/runes... (It's adds a persistent element to the game. You are the summoner, and level up outside of matches gaining talents, runes that add stats, and spells, while you control the champion which is basically the same as in other DBGs)
-Grass... patches of grass that you can run into to hide/set up ambushes
-UNIQUE heroes. they arent just dota clones.

I used to play HoN but started up on LoL to see which I liked better. LoL is better IMO due to all the points mentioned. if any of you assholes are playing, add me on there... I'm TheShoe of course, and I almost always play Fiddlesticks.

edit: HoN is free now, but it is in open beta. LoL will always be free.

LoL is a great game.

[TheShoe]

I usually play as Fiddlesticks, but recently have been playing Jax, even though EVERYONE on the LoL forum says he's UP... I also Like Alistar.. I'm pretty good with support as that guy.. PULVERIZE > HEADBUTT INTO TURRET > EVE STUN > DEAD

Edit: Re: what Ganthor said; HoN is for HARDCORE assholes that love to fap to DotA. LoL can be pretty comeptative, but the community is actually SOMEWHAT accepting of nubs. if you suck in HoN all other 9 players will berate you the whole game. In LoL one or two might mess with you

[Rabid]

I never played DotA or HoN, but LoL is one of the best pvp games I've played in a long damn time. It's competitive enough, but not really to the point of being a cock stroking contest.

I'd actually like to see a skill base action rpg based off LoL along the lines of how survival project and nox were like.

[Rabid]

I think I may start playing LoL regularly again their are just no other decent pvp games around really atm that I can stand aside from CoD4 which I'll be playing a mix of that as well.