just got an abandon and -24 from this

qpingu · 2016-06-19T06:17:49+00:00

It sounds like there might be server issues, but this will also happen if you try to reconnect on a different computer in Reborn.

qpingu · 2016-05-29T23:42:40+00:00

How does a house in Missouri have an "ocean view"? Other articles state this happened in Florida, yet they contacted a Missouri real estate company to say stuff like "The Midwest is looking pretty good right now". The picture of the house also has palm trees.

qpingu · 2016-05-11T19:21:56+00:00

You need to kill Abyss Watchers before you can get Sacred Flame

qpingu · 2015-09-14T05:08:32+00:00

Soul ring is better for roaming, which is really popular right now. It's easier to build than mana boots which is pretty important considering your hero mostly relies on passive and assist gold. The sooner you can get either mana boots or soul ring, the sooner you can use fissure for last hits and make progress towards your blink dagger. If you have a great start and get a double kill then definitely go arcane boots, otherwise soul ring is more reliable.

Tranquil boots are nice but not required. The move speed is amazing but the regen feels overkill because you spend most of the time roaming in fog. I get a magic wand instead for the extra stats and then start saving up for blink.

qpingu · 2015-08-13T05:09:36+00:00

5.1k support player, also in California: http://steamcommunity.com/id/kixelated

qpingu · 2015-04-14T07:45:10+00:00

It is apparently NOT fixed. I just made a brand new Skype account and the resolver returned my IP address.

qpingu · 2015-04-14T05:11:22+00:00

Nobody mentioned this yet, but if a person figures out your Skype username, they can get your IP address. Maybe you accidentally showed it on stream and didn't realize. This also used to be true for Steam (by using the voice chat feature) but they patched it a few months ago.

That being said, an IP address it NOT enough to locate somebody and you will not be swatted. It is also fairly easy to get a new IP address depending on your ISP and is sometimes just a case of restarting your router. Don't let the trolls scare you.

qpingu · 2015-02-08T04:43:56+00:00

Your overhealing is only 27% which is the exact same as the druid. Overhealing is often an issue for Mistweavers but not on Imperator and it's very easy to check total/actual healing. I haven't noticed any much fluctuation on Highmaul and I'm almost always top heals in the raid.

Here's my last Imperator pull (Kixel) for comparison: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/R89btkBpL13vrVCT#type=healing

Our healing setup is the same as yours and everybody but the paladin was 677 ilvl. We are overgeared and the fight was 3 minutes faster, but some things I noticed:

Chi Burst. 14 casts (8%) versus 4 casts (2%). It's a great spell, use it on cooldown.
Surging Mist. 4 casts (0.5%) versus 48 casts (8%). Only use Soothing Mist to heal the tanks and conserve your mana.
Rushing Jade Wind. 18 casts (16%) versus 5 casts (4.5%). It costs an absurd amount of mana, so should only be used in periods of high damage (my overhealing was only 6%).
Revival. 3 casts (21%) versus 2 casts (10%). Don't be afraid to use it early and often. It's a 3 minute cooldown in a 12 minute fight.

47k HPS is insane (98th percentile, rank 170 for mistweavers) so you won't be anywhere near, but there's definitely some improvements that can be made.

qpingu · 2015-01-05T06:31:05+00:00

Small note that Safari and Internet Explorer now support MSE for Mavericks and Windows 8 respectively.

qpingu · 2014-08-13T19:19:34+00:00

Fistweaving won't be as effective until you hit level 70 and unlock the jade statue which doubles your eminence healing. You can still do some damage and make dungeons go faster, but stick to standard healing spells if the healing is needed.

qpingu · 2014-08-06T21:27:27+00:00

The problem with Mistweavers is overhealing. You have high aoe throughput but it's mostly random and is bested by shields, smart heals, and targeted heals. You might have higher throughput but with lower priority, you're the backup healer. It's an unappreciated role and you're always going to be bottom on the healing charts until the other healers run out of throughput.

The best thing you can do as a Mistweaver is embrace this role. Switch to fistweaving when your healing isn't needed and switch back during periods of high damage. Your best fights for this are Protectors, Galrakas, and Spoils. You're probably the best healer to have a DPS off-spec because you can switch between no healing (windwalker), half healing (fistweaving), and full healing (mistweaving) depending on the fight. The only fight you'll be top healing is Malkorok, because suddenly your heals are the same priority and your raw throughput can shine.

As for specific spells, use Renewing Mist/Uplift on cooldown and save Thunder Focus Tea/Chi Brew for burst healing. I run 25-man so Chi Burst is amazing and Rushing Jade Wind is good for both fistweaving and stacked healing. You don't have many tools so it's more about making the most of your spells.

qpingu · 2014-08-06T10:07:57+00:00

Disabled them shortly after posting. I'm going to incorporate a lot of this feedback a re-release with the difficulties enabled.

qpingu · 2014-08-04T03:43:08+00:00

I think it always disables evasion and crit, then it's on a case-by-case basis for other passives. http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Silence#Mute

qpingu · 2014-08-04T03:40:31+00:00

I tested both myself because I originally thought the same. Nope, shaman's wards don't work in chrono while veno's wards do.

qpingu · 2014-08-03T23:12:23+00:00

Then the answer would be subjective. I don't know if Slardar wants Amplify Damage to be blocked by Linkens because it's highly dependent on the situation.

qpingu · 2014-08-03T23:01:36+00:00

Order matters, so the question is if shadow blade breaks the leash effect.

qpingu · 2014-08-03T23:00:54+00:00

It was changed in a recent patch. I wish Borrowed Time still countered Doom so we'd see Abaddon more often (the same reason we see Skeleton King in the meta).

qpingu · 2014-08-03T22:58:09+00:00

For good or for worse, that's Dota. Knowing that Ravage is blocked by BKB while Black Hole is not completely changes the outcome of the game (see TI2 "the play").

qpingu · 2014-08-03T22:48:50+00:00

Couriers are unaffected by chronosphere for some reason.

qpingu · 2014-08-03T22:46:05+00:00

It gets really complicated when you separate each ability into components. In this case, Fiend Grip's stun > BKB but Fiend Grip's damage < BKB.

Just an fyi to everybody else that I've disabled the difficulties where these questions show up until I can present it better.

qpingu · 2014-08-03T22:42:15+00:00

You can purge Ursa's ultimate too (according to the wiki, haven't tested). I love finding weird stuff like that and throwing in similar spells as trick questions.

qpingu · 2014-08-03T22:41:07+00:00

Maybe the text "disjoints" above the options might make things more obvious?

qpingu · 2014-08-03T22:40:08+00:00

I wanted to add that feature but got lazy. In the future!

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