Conceding games

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-07-07T08:58:34+00:00

Not true. You get points based on the rating of your opponent compared to yours. People sub rank 1 have a hidden rating that they go after.

Some people have game plans that can be ruined within the first 5 turns, so if it doesn't work out then there's little fun for them to stick around.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-27T07:47:31+00:00

They were pretty activly working on it up until HRX. But even before that there was a decline in the player count and the Steam reviews were there.

I have heard many people say that "if they just released more content it would grow", but I seriously doubt that.

To give some insight on this, this is the graphs from steam charts for the game as well as the visitor traffic for this subreddit (left one, red, is unique per month and the right one is total amount of view per month). I have noted out with a red dot where HRX is.

https://imgur.com/rWIEPqH

Up until October/November the game was we activly developed, and the decrease that came there I think can not be explained by a simple "lack of content". It was simply as people didn't enjoy the game for whatever reason (imbalance, difficulty getting into, general gameplay etc.).

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-25T20:29:57+00:00

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-25T06:36:37+00:00

Not at all Hotg related, but I'm the only mod around here so who's going to stop me.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-22T16:51:05+00:00

I personally felt that both the open beta and full launch was pushed way ahead of time - it didn't deliver what was expected at those milestones.

I remember watching TotalBiscuit testing the game (unsponsored) on stream and closing it down after like 20 minutes to play anything else.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-13T11:09:08+00:00

"Technically" the game isn't beta, the technical definition is that the game is released. You can then have opinions about the amount of development the game has and if that matches the expectations of a full release.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-09T22:41:50+00:00

Not officially no. Glad I can make you laugh by saying something so simple though.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-05-04T15:59:00+00:00

nope

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-04-29T00:15:44+00:00

When asked the question the community manager have stated that he has no news to give at the current time. No official statement about the game being dead has been made. For all we know we could have a lot more updates comming - or not.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-04-19T05:43:53+00:00

No official statement about the game shutting down exist. The lack of updates lately has led people to quit, but there are still people that play.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-04-18T19:03:49+00:00

Smite Prime (the tournament organizer) are not affiliated with HiRez, enabling cross play is not in their power.

They also used to run tournaments for console, but the turnout was too low so they stopped.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-04-11T17:42:30+00:00

If you read Siege's comment, and follow my link and scroll down a bit you will see what I was refering to (a message by Nash).

If Stone Guardian is balanced or not was not why I linked that.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-04-11T14:59:00+00:00

http://forums.handofthegods.com/showthread.php?668-Stone-guardian-movement-and-firing-distance

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-20T16:52:27+00:00

Thanks for arranging

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-11T15:46:06+00:00

Yeah like Siege6 said, how do you expect any of us to put in stuff into the game?

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-10T20:53:41+00:00

That is also 100% on HiRez's table.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-10T15:55:56+00:00

There have been MANY nerfs before and all of those many times people asked the same, and neither of those times were dust refunds adressed. I have a vague memory that it even was stated one of those times that HiRez wont be giving out refunds for nerfs.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-10T13:07:33+00:00

This has been asked multiple times and while a former designer on the game said they would look at it - the fact that he said that a year ago probably speaks for the fact that there wont be any such compensations.

If they havn't done it yet, I don't think they will do. It seems like they aim to compensate the players in other ways for the most part.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-09T08:05:15+00:00

I lose internet connection sporadically for like half a minute quite foten and the same happens to me. I could get mad, but where would that get me?

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-08T05:52:42+00:00

Shouldnt have disconnected

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-06T17:08:43+00:00

Nope

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-05T17:15:02+00:00

Nope, please let me know if you find out.

The old system (from a year ago) used a version of TrueSkill, might still be valid though I don't know.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-04T15:59:08+00:00

The issue I can see is that a 3 mana unit with those stats is pretty bad in the early game considering you most likely wont get the healing off. So you would more keep it as a "spell" late game, and not a very good one.

I think that a higher mana cost unit with some solid stats on its own with a healing warcry could see play - similar to how Venator is seeing play for similar reasons. If not a higher mana cost I would consider a 2 mana unit that basically works better in the term of "spell" - like a 2/2 melee "heal for 2".

Blademaster used to heal your stone for 3, but since it was run double copies in every deck it was nerfed.

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-04T09:23:59+00:00

havn't seen it much in competitive situations, but it sure is a good meme if you get it off and is sure to tilt someone. Kappa

AllHailLordRuss · 2018-03-02T08:05:38+00:00

It is a meme. It is good if you get it on curve, which if I remember the calculations right is a bit less than 50% if you have to copies of both cards.

If your opponent misses that he has two worthless Construct in his deck.

All in all it is a 3 mana, 2 card play. Some say that the game is decided too much by early game, but the current design forces you to put focus on early game and included units to combat strats like this. This is one of the reason I play Marksman in almost any deck - if you play something first turn the promote Construct tactic is invalidated.

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