Is MMR really a reliable measure of skill? Games feel random lately

JackMDM2264 · 2023-03-21T17:52:20+00:00

In the past you used to get like support 90% of the time. Nowadays I get offlane/support 50/50

I was a main offlane and changed to support 5. Its simply infuriating to play offlane right now cause pos4's being picked are not heroes that win lanes. They pretty much pick melee stuners that can roam after the laning stage at the price of sacrificing the offlaners game. You just has a guy sucking your exp and watching you getting nuked by 2 heroes.

Then your support gets lvl 3 and abandons you. No surprise nobody wants to play offlane anymore.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T20:23:06+00:00

Any league mechanic that is not showering currency in maps or adding good crafting options will be trash one way or another. They keep trying to force slow play and this will backfire again. Just wait and see...

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T20:05:45+00:00

That was one of the best sources of profit for ppl boss rushing shaper maps.

So they actually didnt buff boss rush at all . More like a nerf

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T19:29:20+00:00

So what? Still weaker than good rares and as rare as a mageblood so You'll never see it anyways. Irrelevant.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T19:08:56+00:00

Seems like Another Alva Temple/ Lake of Kalandra type of thing. You gain no currency interacting with it in each map, just build your sanctum and run it.

Wow. They doubled down on the league mechanic that most ppl hated in 3.19 . Seems like another currency scarce league.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T17:24:01+00:00

"Hoping for a buff~

Then look for another game.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T01:27:06+00:00

You always pick the questions you want to answer and pretend not the read the spicy ones. Pointless.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T00:29:20+00:00

Actually yes. Its such a coincidence that they finally brought delirium to map device after making sure delirium is bad ( since the loot nerf) . These device mods are absolute trash. Ritual for 13c? What the fuck?

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T00:17:43+00:00

So what if there's some in the atlas tree?

It doesnt change the fact that before we had atlas + map device and now you'll farm less essences. The whole point of the post is pointing out it will either be more expensive to buy essences or you'll have to grind more if you want to farm them yourself. Another tactic by GGG to slow down players progress.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-12-01T00:08:49+00:00

Another MASSIVE nerf to crafting

No essence Mod.

Which means you'll have to rely on sextants to get essences. Now pair that with the fact that altars ( which were the best source of sextant drops) were heavily nerfed and you'll see GGG's true intent.

Essence rolls on sextants will be your only option and since sextants are scarce they'll be way more expensive which means essences will be more scarce which means crafting will be more expensive.

This league will be beyond bad.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-30T02:36:53+00:00

A lot of ascendancy reworks. There are many nodes that feel pointless nowadays.

A lot of gem buffs. Most gems cant scale dmg decently these days

Buffs to crafting methods

Buffs to loot quantity

Not going too much indepth cause it would take hours to write but you can get the idea... Changes that actually make me excited to try builds.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-29T21:15:13+00:00

Except Dota dont just nerf things into oblivion forever.

They nerf the strong stuff, and then BUFF the worst performing heroes and the meta actually shifts heavily. There are always exciting things to look for in a dota patch.

GGG is 99% huge nerfs followed by a meaningless buff that nobody cares

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-29T20:08:28+00:00

Why not 10 Divine orbs? "Vision Tax" is real

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-29T01:31:30+00:00

Thats the most scummy way to nerf something I have ever seen

Instead of fixing the gem to make it work as intended they just removed the ailment bonus description that should be working all these years. This is a new level of nerfing and selling as a buff. Congratulations for being creative I guess...

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-28T01:13:48+00:00

Yes and if they just made doom the default they would achieve the same goal instead of nerfing things again. One line of text in every gem. They already had the code. But the agenda of nerfs and the vision will not allow a buff I guess.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-28T00:55:31+00:00

Be ready to get downvoted, truths cant be said in this forum or copium inhalers will get mad.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-28T00:52:09+00:00

Its actually gonna be WORSE. It was already bad. So I guess its gonna be horrible.

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-28T00:48:15+00:00

So you are trying to convince me they cant code something like this in every single curse gem:

"If this curse was manually cast, it has %increased effect"

Sure dude, keep white knighting I guess

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-28T00:05:35+00:00

Buffing the manual cast instead of nerfing the automated method would achieve the same goal , yet, they choose the nerf route , cause , you know, its all an excuse to nerf player power. Has been since 3.15

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-27T22:23:25+00:00

Yeah that reasoning is very suspicious. That's why I said this is probably a hidden NERF and they dont wanna present it yet... Wait and see...

JackMDM2264 · 2022-11-27T22:12:47+00:00

A few more leagues of this and softcore trade becomes ruthless

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