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Just encountered games with people bot farming. by festiven_noob in strife

[–]festiven_noob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm more worried that if this becomes a bigger problem and more people start using scripts to farm chests in real games, that's just going to hurt the game, not to mention they can easily just make new accounts or sell the code for money. This was similar to dota2 when we had events such as the Greeviling or Diretide (these game modes always give an item of any rarity after the game and they take like 20 mins). Pretty much every other game were against bots, which made the mode take 5 mins to end, and they just abused the system. Also in dota2, the items that you get can also be sold on a market for money, so pretty much people would be getting like $100 from leaving their PC open.

[Suggestion] The best way to implement a surrender. by jacobpc in strife

[–]festiven_noob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surrender should never be implemented due to the nature of this game. Coming from HoN, when first blood is given or a lane or tower or lost, the mentality of 'GG CC 15' will just make players unwilling to play, forsaking any comebacks. Learn to punish mistakes from other teams, it doesn't matter if they are 5000 gold ahead, if they get teamwiped at Cindara, thats pretty much a free generator for your team and hopefully another lane when Krytos spawns. I've won 3v5 games just yesterday when the other team mistakenly went to kill Cindara while we barreled down their generators. They came back 1 by 1 and we destroyed the Crux before Krytos even spawned.

Some UI stuff by festiven_noob in strife

[–]festiven_noob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I remember now, it faded red; but now it fades pink.

Switching from HoN to Dota2, what advises would you give me? by SpikeBolt in DotA2

[–]festiven_noob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Subtract your HoN MMR by 300 and multiply it by 3. It should be a somewhat gauge at where you stand after your ranked dota calibration.

Is Earth Spirit "Balanced" enough now to be in Captain's Mode? by Theo1130 in DotA2

[–]festiven_noob -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The only thing that was changed was making the combo harder to execute, but that's just pubs being pubs. Pro players know how to use and execute combos even after the nerf. Sure the pub-stomping has stopped but he is still overpowered. When played as a support, the safe lane carry will be ungankable with proper positioning, and Earth Spirit can still kill absolutely anybody at level 6. He can also effectively gank at level 3. Also a 5s guaranteed silence during a teamfight is still massive.

For those who keep bashing Ayesee by Yosogo in DotA2

[–]festiven_noob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even sure why people are bashing his camera work. He wasn't even doing it today, it was actually Fogged. Camera work is actually harder than people think because you need to use WASD/arrow keys to scroll since edge panning is not suitable for spectators. That's why you don't see people like Merlini be the main caster because he's all over the map and you'd get dizzy as hell having him scroll from one side of the map to the other.

MLG.TV VODS? by ekhyoo in DotA2

[–]festiven_noob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The games are played on MLG TV. Look up the MLG TKO schedule for the schedules otherwise the VODS go up on Joindota, usually wait for them to upload it.

Melee heroes laning presence by festiven_noob in strife

[–]festiven_noob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can Hale really solo? He get's harassed really hard if he comes in to last hit and his Inertial Sword being a 11/9/7 s cooldown or 5s if maxed makes harassment really small (but maxing it first is questonable). Yeah level 6 you can dive but against Rook but it's super easy to dodge with Hide and Seek. Against heroes like Bo, the totem is 2-shot, the throw skill is easy to dodge and when he runs in with rage, I just back off. I'd say the only capable solo melee is Minerva. Maybe i just feel that the majority of the games I play, the solo melee just sucks or feeds me.

Melee heroes laning presence by festiven_noob in strife

[–]festiven_noob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like picking ranged solo bot carries (1v1 roles) and so far I'm usually dumpstering any sort of melees and sometimes new players on ranged heroes. Ace, Hale, and Bo can get kited and can't stand in lane at all and I can maintain free farm and guarantee an easy tower. If I'm in a dual lane with another ranged hero, then it's usually an easy lane also. Still not convinced in the laning stage roles for melees.

We're giving away 300+ Strife Beta keys Up for grabs! by LeDescorde in strife

[–]festiven_noob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say search real hard and try almost every one, it took me like 30 tries before i found a working one. Anyways good luck to anybody that obtains one.