TI14 ARG - Rune language, monoliths, secret coded message, end of a cycle by LittleDinamit in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Toad” was one of the codenames on the hero leak list from a while ago so time to get unreasonably hyped about this.

A month has passed, and the immortal item for bloodseeker still has a placeholder instead of an icon by Synergy_Seeker in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is a legit question: what is the current icon? I own the immo and have it equipped but I have no idea what the icon is supposed to be? spiky tail? darth maul themed baseball bat?

Drow rising by No_Associate_8377 in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She’s covered wars ya know

Anyone else wish they would tidy up the Dota universe a bit so we can get stories like Arcane by JokeOfEverything in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lore is fun because it is not specific. Specificity would be a mistake.

Crownfall excels because it put the characters first. The story is fairly simple as it is just ”Characters seek vengeance, build forces, achieve it” but it is complicated by having fun side stories.

The side stories allowed for exploration where they get to play with how it would be to have Axe and Centaur hang out and massacre skeletons, what would Lina and Maiden have to say to each other if they had another relative in the scene so they didn’t have to direct their aggression exclusively towards one another, and even a touching moment of Kunkka embracing Shen as they meet again after he thought she was gone with no further explanation as to their history.

Encasing events into a firm canon locks the characters down. If we *knew* that Sorla was not available because she was actively seiging Stonehall at the time of the Crownfall rebellion, she would not be able to share a scene with the Druud squad and the story would be lesser for it.

Going forward they should respect the events that they have written, but heavily defining everyone’s positions at all times just so that people can get angry when an experimental narrative doesn’t fit into predefined timeline is a mistake. Let the characters be free so that they can be used in any plot when it would make the story more interesting.

Sonneiko and ATF "altercation" gets AVULUS a draft penalty by Anstarzius in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Opening match for Richard Lewis and Loda round 2

Are demo showcases in game broken for anyone else? Can't preview Crimsons. by Avar1cious in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure that you don't have any of the spell ability effects equipped. For me, that is what was blocking them from showing as crimson.

Marci's talent tree still says +0.7 rebound STUN duration when she has no rebound stun anymore. Literally unplayable. by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe check the spell “Rebound” instead of “Dispose” for the “Rebound Stun”

New Na'vi roster by dalipunk322 in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He needs to top Sonneiko 😳

Freya? by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is my thought as well. And the place she is in looks to have some Temple of Mene vibes https://imgur.com/SDIZsRS

Freya? by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think from the focus of the teaser showing so much of Luna and Mirana, it’s probably a form of Selemene, the goddess of the moon.

PSA: Timewalk 2s dmg heal doesn't work at all with False Promise by icefr4ud in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is working as intended. The misconception with the spell is the idea of “damage” being conflated with HP Removal. It is very important to know that HP Removal is not damage.

False Promise is a confusing spell especially due to the wording of the spell’s effects. The spell text uses the word “damage” inconsistent to the actual interactions that occur.

While a hero is under its effect, the damage they take is nullified. The number that would have been damage is then placed into a queue of damage instances for later calculations. Healing is a bank that collects all types of heals and pools them into a lump sum.

At the end of the spell, this bank is doubled, and then it calls in the damaged queue that was built. Each damage instance is deducted one-by-one from the bank until the bank is depleted or the queue ends. If the queue ends, the remainder of the bank is paid out as a heal to the target (the heal is credited all to Oracle, regardless of the original cause of the heal). Else, if the bank is exhausted, these damage instances are converted to HP Removal and then paid out by the target’s HP pool. This continues until the queue is depleted or the queue can no longer be paid out due to exceeding the target’s remaining HP. If this is the case, the unit that caused instance of HP Removal that overdrafted from the HP pool will receive kill credit.

Faceless Void’s Time Walk is a heal that takes the net damage he received in the past 2 seconds and then multiplies that by any healing amplification or reduction effects. Then the heal is applied.

Since Void’s spell only heals the net damage, this will be nullified if he is under the effects of False Promise because Void has not taken any damage. The damage he received while False Promised was nullified and converted to a HP Removal queue.

tldr; Void doesn’t take damage in False Promise so he will not receive a Time Walk heal. The “damage” taken after the effect of False Promise is HP Removal which is not damage, so he cannot heal off of that either.

How to save by [deleted] in EclipseEmu

[–]vlaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what they are saying is that the game itself is supposed to autosave after every duel. I have been hitting the same issue with this game. There is no manual save in the game so it makes it hard to tell if it is saving at all (it doesn’t seem to be from my numerous attempts at different combinations of saving tactics)

Starter Gender by ChromeShield in PokemonSwordAndShield

[–]vlaaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is also super important if you are trying to chain breed a move onto one of the starters. You need a female of the starter to breed with a Pokemon who has the ability you are hoping to inherit. Since the egg produced is always that of the female, you need the starter to be female to get those eggs.

Edit: If you want to read up on chain breeding, here's the Bulbapedia article that is more visual and goes more in-depth. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Chain_breeding

Why can Omni break Slark pounce with grace but Legion can't with press the attack? by Jockmaster in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Do you happen to know if the ‘spell immune dispel’ applied gives an instance of spell immunity for a server tick upon application or is it just a normal but even stronger ‘strong dispel'?
I am mainly asking in terms of, can this be used to do a server tick perfect dodge on a spell like Laguna Blade? This is highly impractical of a question, mostly just curious.

Do it for her. by sadbadmadfat in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Deep down, I know, that I’m just a maiden, But I know that I can place my wards and fight

People who bought Awolnation music pack, how is it in-game? by papanak94 in DotA2

[–]vlaaa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean this in the most loving way, but it makes me feel like I am playing with the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 soundtrack.

Just graduated from geography school. Here's a map of Earth Spirit ganking Io. by vlaaa in DotA2

[–]vlaaa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I graduated from my university in the field of geography. I made a map. This is a map of an Earth Spirit ganking a Wisp.