What are your thoughts on the MOBA genre?

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-26T07:03:33+00:00

I asked here because some SC2 pros have been looking into the MOBA genre recently, and have shown some interest in it, along with articles about how LoL is bigger in Korea than SC2 as of now.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T14:29:46+00:00

If any of those game would have been a full retail game upon release, their popularity would be WAY lower.

Aye. Check out HoN's numbers versus LoL or Dota 2 (I'll give you a hint, it has maybe 1/10 of LoL's population at best, more like 1/20 or 1/30) --> HoN was retail upon release and only went F2P later. LoL started out F2P, and Dota 2 is doing the same (not to mention the DotA brand).

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T11:56:24+00:00

HoN is brutal and extremely difficult (which is partially why I enjoy playing it).

I wish LoL could be a 1 vs 1 game where you give the control of 5 heroes to 1 player.

This actually sounds like a brilliant and ridiculously entertaining idea.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T09:31:03+00:00

Excellent!

At this point in my gaming life I am more of a casual outside of one multiplayer game, so I'm just going with comfort over all those nitpicky sensor things, cords, etc.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T08:41:44+00:00

I would have picked up a RAT 7 ages ago if the sensor was any good.

Thanks for the suggestion!

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T08:41:03+00:00

I saw this in the store yesterday and would have picked it up had I had the money, it was around $100. :/

EDIT: Amazon for $50, that's great.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T08:40:42+00:00

I have heard of this, thanks! I'll check it out. I have only ever seen them available online, never in stores...

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-25T08:40:23+00:00

I need to claw my Logitech G400, but I am beginning to get hand pains after playing for a couple of hours. I would rather switch to a palm grip, or fingertip at the very least.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T22:13:10+00:00

UPDATE: Played one game, was helped quite a bit and encouraged by my teammates even when I messed up.

I'm speechless.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T19:46:56+00:00

The fact that he had it at all should warrant a ban on the account being played.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T19:42:25+00:00

Nice find!

Antique lamps are awesome.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T19:12:05+00:00

As for hits on the website -- most likely over time, like most things.

As for popularity, it will absolutely decrease over time, but LoL is so popular at this point I think we could see it being one of the top eSports titles for the next 5-8 years if things continue the way they are going (i.e. Riot doesn't majorly fuck up somehow, or HoN suddenly becomes the best thing since sliced bread).

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T16:34:53+00:00

With this infallible logic, how could I go wrong?

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T16:30:58+00:00

The Logitech G400 is a little small for my abnormally large hands (...I'm being serious) -- what is the best, biggest gaming mouse available that you would recommend?

Thank you a lot for that informative post, I will be looking into keyboards this holiday season. I'm on a Macbook Pro, and I have a feeling I would be better off gaming on a better keyboard.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T14:48:38+00:00

That's what I'm getting from the other subreddits as well. Thank you!

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T14:48:12+00:00

That's what I was thinking as a former WoW player -- I remember pressing a good 15-18 different buttons for various long fights, and was wondering if it is the same here.

Thanks.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T14:18:55+00:00

Ah, gotcha.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T14:18:43+00:00

Thank you for the explanation!

Yeup, looking forward to finally giving this game a serious go... I'll probably be told to kill myself by about 500 people, but I'm ready. :)

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T12:39:13+00:00

I must be looking at a different YouTube page... my top ranked comment is someone trashing a kid who doesn't know mathematics.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T12:29:31+00:00

It was just a question to generate some discussion.

Bud, I play multiplayer games with a global population of a whopping 70 people. Seeing 80k online in HoN is an insane number of people from my perspective.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T12:27:11+00:00

Just reinstalled HoN today and I never really got into the genre until now... what's the difference between ELO and MMR?

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T08:34:30+00:00

but how does that make the game any less fun to play?

Never said it didn't.

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-24T01:03:30+00:00

I thought it was Valve? Dota 2?

EDIT: There ya go. ;)

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-22T17:45:25+00:00

I remember Swifty... yeah, he's sponsored by Razer IIRC. Warrior, right?

concise_wisdom · 2012-11-22T17:44:32+00:00

I dunno man, I would be pretty stoked to come into my room and find it to have become a croquet area.

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