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I’m looking for the Focus Ability 2 achievement. 100,000,000 damage. Will this do it?

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Like most games this doesn't "bloat" the game imo. The beauty of dota is how wide, expansive, and indepth the game really is. Relating dota to minecraft is a fucking sin imo because minecraft adds a ton of useless fucking blocks that do nothing. and in your average play through wont use 50-60% of the content. in dota sure you might not play half the heros so you might claim you won't use 50-60% of this shit either. But you will play AGAINST the heros you refuse to play and you MUST know how they work. so you WILL interact with almost everything in this game with meaningful impact.

I think in asking "When is it enough?" you run into the problem of the game being just numerical changes to abilities and items until the end of time. Yeah you can have map changes and other non-numerical changes alongside the big patches too, however at what point are we just shuffling the power levels of different heroes and items around until the game dies? I agree that the game is getting rather large for new players as they have absolute mountains of info to learn before they become any good at the game, but for the current playerbase (which, lets be real here, there aren't many "new" DOTA players these days) it's a large shift in experimentation and playstyle changes that aren't just "buffed/nerfed the numbers on this thing". The fact that some of the facets and innate abilities aren't 100% perfect yet is similar to when talents were first released. some heroes got really interesting and game-changing lvl25 talents and others just got stats or GPM. Over time however, we started to see the talent system (as well as shards and aghs upgrades) become ways for the developers to tweak heroes depending on multiple different barriers to entry. Do they want it to be a Gold entry like aghs? Maybe an XP entry like talents? Shards cannot be bought until min 15 (previously 20) and so on and so fourth. These arent just "fixes" to old problems, they are fundamental changes to the core of DOTA 2 and that will happen over time as the game becomes older. You seriously cannot expect the game to stay perpetually in the "old DOTA" era and still be fun and competitive. It would have been solved for years and the changes would just be numerical as I said before. Some people even cry and whine about new heroes that weren't ported from DOTA 1, which is just plain stupid because it would be so stale. Think about every single live service that has lived as long as DOTA. Even other MOBA games like LOL, Smite and even fucking Paragon have changed fundamentally from their old versions as new concepts are added like New map objectives, New ways to gain powers and the like.

totally agree with u. i feel like dota needs a HUGE rollback update.

weird to ask, honestly the answerd was "yes" why yes you ask, simple every year dota gets a gameplay update some small some bigger then others, the adding of the watchers, the gates, removal of the jungle small shop, map overhauls, adding Neutral Items and so on. games like dota while fun on their own require updates to change the meta and keep things fresh, and for a while the playerbase wanted new changes and big ones, the result was this patch wich you need to understand is new patch things are broken need to be reworked, but still it is a great patch because it allows for playstyles that where into the game but not quite there, for example best example is Venge Spirit she was known to be a Support but was play as Carry sometimes for her damage potential, now with facets you get support facet and carry facet taht makes her viable as a carry thanks to her facet that makes her range attack count as Melee and facets like venge spirit are an example of facets being done right, however they need balance but now Icefrog have a new tool to create new playstiles for the heros WICH if im being honest it is what Talents where sold as, but never quite realise the potential since there was an optimal path to take and few heroes have talents that you may think twice before picking it. overall i insist that this patch was good like Talents where and jungle items where, keeps the game fresh makes you excited to play and try new things even if the first month or so its a bit of a chaotic mess, also PERMA BAN CHAOS KNIGHT they went a bit crazy with his facet

Complexity has always been the the trade mark of Dota. People who want more shallow/simple gameplay loop can go play other games.

Thanks man. It would be great if you add timecodes to dialogs that are from pathfinder pack.

It's not cool, I still haven't played a single match since I saw the patch notes

I think its good that they add new mechanics etc but they shouldnt be afraid to remove things aswel then imo

So much whining, one would say that this isn't one of the best updates so far.

poster has skill issue

Another game that comes to mind is Minecraft. The game became so bloated with all new items/blocks over the years..

Tbh ive not played dota 2 for ages because it always got boring and stale fast,but this new patch is actually cool. They gotta fix the map tho, its so damn colorful and chaotic i hate it. Bring back those good old dota1 maps. They were clean as f.

7.00 was the beginning of the end

Go play LOL

I think it's not feature creep, but more of every hero being more distinct from each other. It gives them less of a starter template where they fall under an archetype, and gives them a feel like they're from a different game altogether. So, Silencer not being able to be silenced is a no brainer. The game's supposedly universal rules no longer apply to him by default. It's important that a game changes by a hero merely existing in a match, with no action required. The burden of knowing every hero you are playing with or against has always been a Dota thing. Not for comlexity's sake, but for the nature of playing every match differently, outside of the new people you're playing with. If you were to take things further, it could be at a level of Master Chief versus Dirt Rally in a game of Tetris. The goal remains static. The gameplay is variable.

I like that they are shaking things up in Dota so it doesn't become too stale. However this time they were really lazy where half the heroes got completely new "free" stuff making them OP. The other half got nothing new instead had to sacrifice what they had so it could become "new choices". This is insanely weird and feel completely half-done at release.

innovations/changes are necessary in all forms even in games, otherwise things will be boring. maybe change your mindset to have more subscribers? lmao.

Dota 2 player since early 2013ish. I am not a designer or anything just a big fan that loves individualtity and if everything is op nothing is op mindset. Also Notail's wise words:" Dota 2 is just a weird game you can do a million things and everything can work." Things like this keeps the game fresh instead of 'figured out', I am pretty sure we all remember the late game stages of the patch where everything is stale and people are shitposting, complaining about new patch, picking the same hero becoming insanely predictable not enjoying to watch and so and so on. You could say, but buff X hero and nerf Y hero. But that only temporarily places a band aid and until people figure out the next thing( or the next big patch) you would still be playing the same game just slightly less frustrated, but still frustrated. Also 6.88 was wildly considered by most people as far I remember/know the most balanced patch, yet icefrog still brought 7.00 with talents. Yet he wasn't scared of changing the things here and there and actually trying new things. Examples of the things they added and why ( again my humble opinion). Talents were mostly added to make so that heroes could differ depending on the stage on the game. A big example is before if you played support in the early days, you had very little control of your own potential once the midgame/late game arrives. Since most of your potential was tied to spells and not to items considering late game you still had to give up quite a bit of farm. Now they have the option to choose between strong midgame focus and peak there or stall and go late game and become an extra ‘core’ on the map. It’s giving more option for players to differ their playstyle and not just tied to:” Take it or leave it.” Things like neutrals were mostly encouraged to people go jungle and make them not snow on the map. Creating a bit of fear not knowing where everyone is, but again to spike differently. In the early stages of the neutral items, I remember (if you follow the pro scene) old liquid/nigma stack would pick Huskar and just stack neutral items when they weren’t tied to a single slot to make big 20-25 min powerhouse. Facets are again sort of the same principle as talents. But rather for drafting wise. I picked X hero I get countered but at least I have a secondary option to go for that makes us able to play and without differing too much. Innates I could give you the example of people were forced to skill a certain skill or else they lose a big potential of their heroes’ strength >> Kunkka almost always going for tidebringer and therefore skilling torrent or x mark would just feel weird. Now he can still cleave, but not as strong at lv 1 while having torrent potential. The only ‘problem’ (I say it’s amazing some people find it stupid) that most people have. It’s that they (Valve) encourage the players themselves to ‘fix’ all of the lacking parts. A current example is that with the current facets and innates some weren’t really focused on certain heroes compared to others. You could definitely notice where they spent more attention (dawnbreaker sun) and some don’t >>> Mirana inntate/ alch 250 extra gold. But that’s a balanced thingy and trying to balance that is sort of impossible at this stage and that’s the overwhelming part. On the other hand like I mentioned before it’s needed (you don’t want to be able to control everything, some kind of variances is needed). TDLR: The changes are made so that heroes could differ on the occasion and not exclusively tied to a certain role. Patches don’t stall out when people figure out the meta and just stick to it. Encourages refreshing the mindset and have not 1 thing dominated, therefore have teams/players control of their individual playstyle and not tied to some 'rules'.

I 100% agree. Feature Creep (or scope creep) is generally what this is called. The Facets are World of Warcraft Specializations, where you can be core or support in Dota 2. The innates are passives for everyone. The other big change was mana being shown on opponents always. This removes what they used to call Skill Cap for those who select opponents. I also didn't like the map changes last year, that was unnecessary scope creep as well. I considered Dota going through feature creep when they added heroes like Marci and Muerta and primal beast - where the abilities are vector based. So now you've got simple heroes like Wraith king with 1 button, all the way up to selecting vector ricochets bouncing off trees and such. Sometimes adding features is nice, and sometimes they aren't - I believe the game has gone full-blown chaos mode. I believe they have to do this for pro players, as they figure out the meta and hero winrates and stick to that immediately...but as for casual pub ranked games, its too chaotic to ever be able to predict the outcome. Magic the gathering went through this over the decades too. It went from 2/1 creatures for 1 mana being considered strong, all the way up to god only knows what features graveyard cycling with artifact affinity and removing graveyards from game etcetc. Its almost unplayable for anyone but pros.

so uh what are you talking about. Dota didnt steal heroes from other games. smh.

The algorithm deems it worth for me to listen.

removing useless traits, like +hp and hp regen from the levelups would help the build get the desired upgrades

The more I play, the less I like the Dash change. I still think the sprint change was needed but the implementation still feels overkill.

This game is amazing, I'm totally hooked and can't stop playing.

The link for the changes is broken FYI. Interested in hearing more about the changes based on the whole transcript though.

love it. would you be willing to rebalance skills? melee damage or melee tankyness?

Was just reading your patch notes and saw you editing it in real time. Some interesting changes here for sure.

evade in poe is the same as armor in d2. Evade only applies to "attacks" with an accuracy check. so you can't evade a casted spell like firebolt, just as armor wouldn't increase the chance of a firebolt missing in d2. I realize this is different in your mod, I'm just speaking about the original way they work in both games.

I can't wait to panic sprint across the arena while trying to survive against a boss for the first time and somehow win in the end. That feeling of fear you get the first time you make it as far as possible in a new area is so genuine.

main character not zagreus im sad

23:16 the clutch of a LIFETIME

excited for this one; congrats on gettin' an early test!

7:30 THEY DIED?!

Nice video. Can you contact with me?

Note to self, get this guy's microphone. Keep up the good work!

also can you respec your build or part of it?

how long is this game?

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say less, I'm sold!

The holy relic + warrior's fervour combo is great with mask of madness. Also I banish all defensive traits as soon as they show up, and prioritize pickup range early on

Get a better mic. Most basic 20usd Rode boom mic will make you sound 10 times better.

im sceptical, warframe turned into a mess of neverending gimmicks so i think ill avoid soulframe just in case it goes off the rails.

Good review. Also, are you going to update Salt guard for the steam release of Salt and Sacrifice?

Not a bug - morning star is tagged as both melee and projectile (same with ring blades). Also your run is a good demonstration of how weak swordsman is

Sage is the most awful class ever. 10x worse than any other character.

This looks pretty fun and unique! Appreciate the overview!!

Great late-game video thanks! How many hours did you put in the game? I'm at 30 and on my way to unlock the Sage but I have far less gold than you 😁