What DON'T you want to see added to the game?

I was sitting around thinking about what kind of new DGs, items, mechanics, etc. would make the game more fun when it occurred to me that quite a few people must have things they're sick of from other games they absolutely wouldn't want to see added.

So what makes your list?  For me it's stealth/invisibility.  Honestly I'm sick of this kind of power and in DG it could be particularly frustrating, walking into 2v1s or worse.  I think the ability would be one of those abilities which would make people forbid duplicates of whatever DG had it in custom games

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personly i would really like to see some stealth DG's in the game... add another level of strategy to the game(and mabe an tem for invis as well)

 

but geting back to the OP... my listy of crap tha does NOT need to be in the game:

  • -em (Easy mode) where XP and gold income are increases.
    • Reason: there is no reason to dumb down the game for those you can't handle it.  it just ruins it for those who can actually play the game.

  • Global VOIP (as in listening to you opponents and teammates) without a mute for specific players
    • Reason: next time i play an FPS where some idiot has simpsons quotes blazing over his VOIP i'm going to find him and strangle him with his mouse cord.

  • Micro Payments for patches
    • Reason: Paying for an expansion is fine... or even a map pack here and there... but if you make me pay $1.99 for V 1.X0 i fill just quit right then and there.  you can pay for X.00... but nothing lower than that (and that better means new DG's and Maps)

  • Story Mode
    • Reason: yes the Demigod have cool backstories... yes they it would be interesting to see them on the gam engine... but do NOT make a story mode for this game.  this is suppost to be an online RTS/RPG multiplayer game based on popular WC3 custom maps... not a linar story book game.  leave the story in the text and maybe a make a movie latter down the line, but no stor mode.

well thats it for my list... probably more stuff that i would not like to see in game but those r the main ones.

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What DON'T you want to see added to the game?
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stupid crap like more flashy graphics for new heros/units. noone cares about that, WE WANT GAMEPLAY AND MORE VARIETY.

i dont want to be able to have multiple of the same heros in the game either(more that 1 reg for example), EVERY SINGLE GAME HAS A REG OR UB its getting boring.

Global VOIP (as in listening to you opponents and teammates) without a mute for specific players
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agreed.

unfortunately people are also going to say "dont add enemy items/mana bars",which i disagree 100%, it is needed in this game.

 

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Quoting TheScottishAlien, reply 1
personly i would really like to see some stealth DG's in the game... add another level of strategy to the game(and mabe an tem for invis as well)
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I hate stealth. It does not require any skill, just huge amounts of patience only 12 year old kids can muster to wait for a DG with less than 10% hp to walk past and hitting him once to get a kill. Stealth has ruined WOW PVP as far as I'm concerned. Only attacking weak enemies and only joining in a fight for the last percent of hp to get the kill without really ever helping out. Which would also be the downside of having one in your own team. They don't actually help you out, untill they can get some direct benefit from it while not being at risk. Ofcourse this only goes for PUGs.


-em (Easy mode) where XP and gold income are increases.
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/shrug. It should be however obvious before joining a game, so that you don't have to join several games, finding out they want to -em, and look for another one again, rinse and repeat.


Global VOIP (as in listening to you opponents and teammates) without a mute for specific players
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Agree. Talking to your opponents would be nice in the lobby, like chat and teamchat sort of. But usually it ends up being an opportunity for attention for the kids..


Reason: next time i play an FPS where some idiot has simpsons quotes blazing over his VOIP i'm going to find him and strangle him with his mouse cord.
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I would support you in court :grin:


Micro Payments for patches

Reason: Paying for an expansion is fine... or even a map pack here and there... but if you make me pay $1.99 for V 1.X0 i fill just quit right then and there.  you can pay for X.00... but nothing lower than that (and that better means new DG's and Maps)
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Agree, and payed DLC, what it essentially is, tends to become a reason to release a half assed game, and then having to pay to get it up to version 1.0. In the end you've spent 80 bucks only to realize you only just have all the content the studio promised it would have at retail.  Micro payments for other stuff are fine, as long as they are not gamebreaking, meaning that ppl that don't buy it should still be able to play with ppl that do.


Story Mode

Reason: yes the Demigod have cool backstories... yes they it would be interesting to see them on the gam engine... but do NOT make a story mode for this game.  this is suppost to be an online RTS/RPG multiplayer game based on popular WC3 custom maps... not a linar story book game.  leave the story in the text and maybe a make a movie latter down the line, but no stor mode.
well thats it for my list... probably more stuff that i would not like to see in game but those r the main ones.
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Not sure what to say here. I play DG single player and I sort of miss a campaign. Usually it's a good way to be introduced to all playable characters. But the game does not lend itself for a story mode. There's no real story to tell as far as I am concerned. All DGs wanna fight to be ascended, round one.. fight! BUT I am a bit offended by the "it's supposed to be an online (..) game". I play this game however I want, and I want to play it like a single player game. That means for this game they only need good AI, which is reasonably simple enough. And what exactly is your reason for this to be left out? Just don't click on the single player button, and problem solved right?

 

What I don't want to be added is all sorts of mods which dumb down the game. Like lots of timers and statistics on your enemy. You are not supposed to know all the stats of your enemy just as much as he knows them. If you know all the items and skills he chose before you even come head to head, half the battle is already fought, and becomes an 'if x then y' game, which I think removes all the fun of the game. If you attack someone and he gets you down with a powerful spit, then you know how to respond differently next time. Also, having a timer for every little thing in the game dumbs it all down.

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personly i would really like to see some stealth DG's in the game... add another level of strategy to the game(and mabe an tem for invis as well)
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Honestly I don't see much strategy in stealth unless a whole slew of changes were added to the other DGs to counter it.  I really think every DG would need a reasonable counter to it.

I'd rather see a DG that has a sight debuff.  Regulus already fills the sneak attack role to some extent with his snipes from out of nowhere.  Maybe something like a smoke bomb that reduces sight dramatically as long as you stand inside of it.

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I hate stealth. It does not require any skill, just huge amounts of patience only 12 year old kids can muster to wait for a DG with less than 10% hp to walk past and hitting him once to get a kill.
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there already is a counter in the game for stealth, totem of revelation. it is the cheapest item in the entire game, so invisible heros would not be a problem if added.

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Micropayments for this game seems like it could cut up the playerbase quite quickly...

"I have the Albegon Assault expantion, the Amazom Map Pack, but not the Knights of Caldar or Atlantis Exploration packs, what games can I get in?"

Works for Oblivion because of no multiplayer, but...

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there already is a counter in the game for stealth, totem of revelation. it is the cheapest item in the entire game, so invisible heros would not be a problem if added.
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Is that really a good solution though?  Unless the stealth ability had some other major benefit you know that a 50g item couldn't be allowed to completely negate a core DG ability the entire game, and it would basically just mean that you lose a trinket slot every time you face said DG.  I really don't think that's fun.

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Like the others, I don't want Global VOIP, except maybe at the end scoreboard.

I don't want to be able to see my enemies mana, items, skills or citadel upgrades.

I don't want to see "dota_map_v1" when a map editor is released.

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Story Mode

Reason: yes the Demigod have cool backstories... yes they it would be interesting to see them on the gam engine... but do NOT make a story mode for this game.  this is suppost to be an online RTS/RPG multiplayer game based on popular WC3 custom maps... not a linar story book game.  leave the story in the text and maybe a make a movie latter down the line, but no stor mode.
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just to defend those who wants this. You don't really have to play the story mode do you? It could only add more fun to them.

What I don't want to be added is to be able to see enemy mana/inventory

 

 

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I don't want to see:

Fascist banning and punishing for players who don't wanna get lolocausted when they have a feeder etc. However a personal ban list would be fine so you can get rid of legit RQ's.

96 dg's. lol not gonna happen but lets keep it that way.

New maps that are not balanced properly. Can we please make sure all future maps are actually tested? Personally I'm sick of cata adn prison :P

Pay for DLC. Do not want. I'd love a full blown expansion pack though.

More 'junk' items. There are a lot of items in this game people are still exploring so let's not add more clutter needlessly.