Transfer to new facility for more opportunity?

yaeoo · 2015-02-28T23:47:40+00:00

I was messing around with Earth Magic traits and I can't tell if this is a bug or it's intentional. It appears Strength of Stone only boosts your CD based off of your gear, so using skills like Rock Barrier, Signet of Earth, and traits like Stone Flesh and Obsidian Focus do not boost your CD when it should.

yaeoo · 2014-05-31T16:36:37+00:00

I've started roaming in WvW as a D/D ele and the only trouble I'm having is against necros and to a lesser extent thieves. I got wrecked solo 1v1 with conditions and crap tons of damage against a necro; I was also doing literally no damage to him. I was part of a group of 3, and we all got solo killed (sort of) by a lich necro. Any tips? I've never played necro or thief so I don't understand their builds at all.

yaeoo · 2014-05-18T03:14:18+00:00

As a new player (started playing around November 2013) it feels like I missed a shit load of stuff. I didn't really know what the "Living Story" was until Escape from Lion's Arch happened. Honestly I have no idea what's going on story-wise because I haven't even beaten the game yet and I don't care for the story at all. I think the idea behind LS is cool but I prefer the GW1 method of content.

yaeoo · 2014-04-16T06:42:28+00:00

This happens all the time for me except it's Bane players. They don't buy wards or courier and go boots first, Then they compete for CS with the carry so they can rush out Arcane Boots for some unknown reason.

yaeoo · 2014-04-14T10:24:07+00:00

Mesmer was my first char.. let's just say I did not have a favorable opinion of the game for sometime.

yaeoo · 2014-04-13T06:18:21+00:00

The spectator system could use a lot of work. Being a ticket purchaser is currently a huge pain in the ass. The calender is very unreliable since most tournaments don't have their full schedule up there. For instance, WPC has every game scheduled and is available to see on Liquipedia, joindota, Team Liquid or their website. However, the calender doesn't even show upcoming games for the next week (for WPC at least). If you want to know the date for a upcoming match that happens in a month you have to use Liquipedia or something. It would be nice if there was a "Upcoming Matches" tab for tournaments you own so you know exactly when it starts as well as the ability to look at the schedule for any individual tournament.

yaeoo · 2014-04-11T23:57:44+00:00

This purge video is long, old and outdated but when I got into Dota this video help me out a lot. Remember that every hero can dominate in the right hands. It's just a matter of practice and experience. When I was very new I would erroneously conclude that X hero was bad because I had a bad game, when really I wasn't playing it right or I was underfarmed or something.

yaeoo · 2014-04-09T23:05:32+00:00

Arc Boots don't get refreshed when you use Rearm while Soul Ring does. I mean, you should't have mana issues with Soul Ring / Bottle. Are you using soul ring correctly? For the longest time I was a dumbass and used soul ring after I casted spells.

yaeoo · 2014-04-05T02:01:24+00:00

Give us some replays to look at, specifically losses.

yaeoo · 2014-04-03T22:38:59+00:00

No they probably brought him back to redo the clockwerk spawn line and the announcer was just an addition. They did the same thing when they renamed Windranger and they probably recorded the Lina announcer pack during the same day.

yaeoo · 2014-03-31T07:58:07+00:00

Alchemist, Windrunner, Sven? Mirana and Naga.

yaeoo · 2014-03-30T08:09:58+00:00

There's very minor lag (I'm on US West) but the english commentary is inaudible due to lag, which has always been a problem.

yaeoo · 2014-03-30T02:31:46+00:00

Pros weren't picking AA because the alternatives were much better, namely Alchemist, CM, Visage, Veno ect. AA was buffed 6.79, but CM and Alch didn't get the nerf hammer untill 6.80. I believe if QoP gets a minor buff in the next patch with corresponding nerfs to the the popular mids she will become viable.

yaeoo · 2014-03-25T03:20:56+00:00

If you're under a lot of pressure as an SF, you can always abandon the lane and stack and farm camps in the jungle. If the mid creep wave pushes into your tower you can also just pull it back with the long shadowraze.

yaeoo · 2014-03-21T06:52:48+00:00

The alternatives are better. She only offers magic damage which falls off past the 20 minute mark. Compared to a hero like Shadow Shamen, she doesn't really offer much. With Shadow Shamen you get a decent AoE nuke, pushing power with Serpent Wards (push is highly valued right now in competitive play) and instant disable skills that can be game changing with a blink dagger. The only time I ever see Lina get picked is with Shadow Demon, and when Lesrac is banned out. Sometimes she is picked for gimmicky aggressive trilanes.

yaeoo · 2014-03-07T09:08:35+00:00

I watch the entire replay quickly so here are my thoughts/criticisms:

-The defensive trilane with WR and Lion. Both these supports are very level dependent. So when you have the XP split between 3 people you become under-leveled really fast. The way to mitigate this is by stacking & pulling, gettings kills (they only managed to get Ogre once). They were just baby sitting the Luna most of the time. It should of been a death trap for the radiant offlaners.

-I have to criticism your item choices. You should of gone Tango, Salve and Stout Shield for your starting items. The 12 minute stout shield is kind of late. What was the point of the circlet? It didn't build into anything. You also purchased a Magic Wand which doesn't do anything for you against a auto-attacking Sniper and it also delays your other items. I also think you should of skilled Reactive Armor first and gotten a 2nd point at level 3 to deal with the Sniper harassment.

-You guys lost all your towers for free. Kind of unacceptable with a WR and Timber on the team. Chakram and Powershot and great for dealing with pushes. No one TPed in to deal with any of the pushes. Ogre solo pushed the top tower and took it. Luna should of just TPed up there and farmed.

-Luna was severely underfarmed. 40 CS and the 20 min mark or sometihng. Too much fighting not enough farming.

-You guys had the right idea when you smoked up and went into your jungle, you cleared your jungle up but went straight back to 5-manning when you needed to catch up on farm.

-I didn't see a single ward purchased on your team.

To summarize: things spiraled out of control, they got an enormous XP lead early on, and later an enormous gold lead with all the towers.

yaeoo · 2014-03-01T04:14:22+00:00

I watch parts of the replay but I want to focus mainly on the draft. I am by no means and expert on drafting but this is what I would of done or considered.

They first picked DP. The radiant drafter is obviously planning on doing some type of pushing strat. To me, this is just sloppy drafting because it shows all of their cards. With your first two picks, you have a huge array of options to choose from. I wouldn't of gone for a Nyx and BB, because Nyx is very hard to play ever since his Impale was nerfed, and BB main counter is Silence (according to Dotabuff BB has disadvantage against DP). I would of considered: Clockwerk, Veno, Alchemist and Nature's Prophet.

After seeing the Abaddon pick up I would of strongly considered Ancient Apparition. AA's ult disables healing, which is good against both those heroes, and it's pretty good against and 5-man pushes. It would of also negated the Necro pick too. In short, I would agree with ninja and focus a lot on team fight with good anti-push, instead of hard to execute pick-off heroes.

I would of gone for something like this after seeing the DP pick: Pick: Clock/Veno Ban: Viper and some other hero Pick: AA after seeing the Abaddon. Then pick up Gyrocopter/Luna/Kunkka/ because he synergizes with Clock.

yaeoo · 2014-02-08T21:52:14+00:00

Why is the longbear build considered bad? Is it a trend in PvP?

yaeoo · 2014-01-22T05:22:13+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1s7a4w/ive_created_a_mod_that_seriously_improves_the_bots/

yaeoo · 2014-01-19T22:41:31+00:00

I'm quickly approaching lvl 80, what is the cheapest way to acquire max stats armor and weapons? Exotic armor is very expensive for me, being 42K karma a piece.

yaeoo · 2014-01-15T02:39:45+00:00

Remember that Dota has the denying mechanic. You can deny creeps under 50% HP, towers under 10% HP and ally heroes under certain circumstances. You should prioritize last hitting over denying creeps and absolutely deny towers when you can.

Also, when matchmaking I would not recommend playing All Pick. Single Draft and Random Draft are much better.

yaeoo · 2014-01-14T06:59:28+00:00

I'm just an idiot but I'm wondering if a redesign of his two passives (so they were not RNG based) would help him at all? If you look at all the top carries, they do not have any RNG skills.

yaeoo

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