Capa Langley Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Some of us on IRC have been giving this game a try and so far we all love it. The game is still in beta as of right now, but it is still rather polished. This game is basically DotA from WC3, only as a standalone game. Visit the link below to read more about it. http://www.facebook.com/heroesofnewerth A guide for new players: http://honwiki.net/wiki/New_Player_Guide Current list of active players from OCR: Bahamut TehDonut Tensei Another Soundscape zircon Ashamee garian EdgeCrusher BardicKnowledge Halt sixto Anso's roomie C3lly Eulogid fivre bladiator k-wix Sporknight Arek Clefairy SirChadly Dr. Tran dhsu newt hemophiliac relyance My uncle and myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehDonut Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Testimony: I LOVE THIS GAME. GET IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 You're too good at this game Donut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashamee Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Edge, after the way he raped twice in one night, "too good" is a rather huge understatement. He's fucking INSANE at this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garian Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 i love the game but i need a lot more practice, i usually have no idea on what to buy and often forget to use my spells against enemy heroes. also guys don't forget the NDA, etc etc. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Yeah about the NDA, that basically means we can't really talk about heroes and game mechanics and stuff in this thread? Eitherway, this game is tons and tons of fun. I guess it's sort of a combination of tower defense and WoW pvp, with maybe the whole team-aspect from tf2. Definitely worth trying at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brithor Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 How does one get a key for the closed beta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 How does one get a key for the closed beta? Someone who has pre-ordered the full game gets 3 beta invites to send out. There's lots of people here who have already done this, so someone might be able to send you one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I loved playing yesterday, even though Donut is a cut above the rest of us (too much denying!) I can't believe how much more fluid the game is than DotA -- you've really gotta see this one in action to believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 i love the game but i need a lot more practice, i usually have no idea on what to buy and often forget to use my spells against enemy heroes. also guys don't forget the NDA, etc etc. :\ Me too garian, after Wes got all butthurt. The next couple of games I started to get the hang of it. But yeah, BUY THIS GAME. So worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Me too garian, after Wes got all butthurt. The next couple of games I started to get the hang of it. But yeah, BUY THIS GAME. So worth it. Because getting frustrated is the same as butthurt. Why are you acting like a douchebag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 ^Hey now, both of you are at fault -- Baha shouldn't have expressed his frustration so directly, and Halt should be better (you'll get there). Much <3 both of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Fantastic game - played four matches today, having never played DotA before, and I'm already loving it. There goes my weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I preordered, but waiting on server issues to work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajax Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I approve of this game. Though I occasionally feel like rage-quitting over balance issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwing Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Looking at the videos it looks exactly like WC3, even the animations. Is that legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaif Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I'm surprised to see a thread about this here, though I don't know why. This game can be pretty fun, though I tend to get frustrated when I always play against the same imba chars lol. I haven't been playing recently, in hopes that they will balance things some more. Maybe I'll play one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capa Langley Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Yeah about the NDA, that basically means we can't really talk about heroes and game mechanics and stuff in this thread? Actually... "All participants in the HoN beta test now have express permission from S2 Games to communicate and discuss Heroes of Newerth publicly. This includes forum discussions and talking to friends and family. Our embargo on media relating to HoN (videos, screenshots) is still in full effect and we'd kindly ask our testers not to disclose any game related media to those not actively in the Heroes of Newerth Beta." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Yeah, I was just about to post what Yosho said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Well, I guess I'll just post this then (news about the next update): I wanted to throw out another update of things we're currently working on: 1.) Spectator / Replay Interface: This is an interface specific to spectating or watching a replay. It will have more information and options to expand & collapse lots of detailed information panels. 2.) Practice Mode: The ability to locally create a game on any map, play as any hero, give gold, give experience, spawn other heroes and units, change heroes, etc... This change will allow you to experiment in the game and test maps (when you get the editor ) This will also disallow single player games on remote servers which will increase our server capacity. 3.) Chat Server Scalability: We've just recently streamlined the Chat Server's speed and CPU usage and are working on making it fully scalable. This is the last piece of the puzzle for system wide scalability. 4.) New Heroes: We will continue to push out new heroes. Here is a list of the next group of heroes we're working on. (a) Maliken: New strength Hellbourne hero ( Andromeda: Vengeful Spirit port © Sand Wraith: Mercurial (Spectre) port (d) Panda dude: New hero based on a panda (we had to do it guys!) (e) Diseased Rider: Lich port We will also be working on other polishes, tweaks, balances, mechanics (game pausing), etc... while the rest of this is going on. Can't wait for the pandabear guy! Either way, last game we played was the best one so far IMO, teams seemed quite balanced for most of the time and nearly all of us got up to level 25 with some crazy teambattles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Practice Mode, fuck yeah. Will give me time to work on alot of things. PS. DS you need to play with us sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehDonut Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 So you can see your stats and make a sig with this site...click on "help i can't see my account" then click on signature tab. http://www.honage.net/ladder/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I don't want a sig because my stats are so much worse than yours donut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixto Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Played it last night with Wes, Yosho, Donut, and Ashamee. I didn't know what the hell was going on at first, but then I started to get it. Pretty fun game. I even managed to kill Wes after he killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 i gots a beta key :3 ill join you guys sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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