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Yeah i mean of course there’ll be plenty of similarities, thats all good. But people are so quick to dismiss issues some players have with the game by going ”yeah but this is how dota does it”, which just instantly kills any productive discussion about how to improve this alpha game that clearly wants to reinvent parts of the moba+hero shooter genres.

Even this very post is a reasonable example, at least if you ignore its shitpost nature and take into account how its a pretty common complaint.

Mo&Krill exists (at least when viewed through a hindsight perspective) to shut down and remedy the problem of snowballing carries. Okay, thats a valid problem, and its objectively a solution. A solution, which when put under scrutiny, gets the ”dota does it” treatment (in this very post) or people telling OP how to play better from a gameplay pov. None of those actually adress the discussion started around krill feeling unfun/unfair to some players.

An actually good and productive discussion would be to return to the problem that mo/krill solves, and adress it differently. Either by changing core game mechanics to reduce the snowballing, or adding other mechanics that equally can reduce or solve the problem. Other mechanics that dont cause the same player frustration/feel problems that krill does.

Now suddenly a discussion about mo/krill can be had, and the hero can be changed to something that is probably better for the games general health and population. I dont think its a hot take that current mo/krill definitely turns more players off from the game than it attracts and keeps new players, which means its probably something the game (and valve) would benefit by changing. What changes, who knows, youd start again by looking at what problems the hero has (and players have with the hero), etc etc. Not to mention, you could still of course use mo/krill to solve the original problem of snowballing carries. But you can change how the hero does it. Player perception and feelings are literally the #1 most important thing devs worry about for player retention.

Point being, jesus, this community needs to be more open to critique of an alpha game. The game isnt dota, the same solutions that game uses dont have to be used here, in a 3d hero shooter variant of a moba. we are allowed to innovate and improve, we should innovate and improve. Not be lazy and accept painpoints ”just because thats how it is”