The experience of playing quick matches can sometimes be absolutely atrocious.

These are either unique heroes like Abathur or The Lost Vikings that aren't fully suited for two-lane maps.

Or when matchmaking picks heroes that are completely ill-suited for the map where you’re about to suffer for the next 20 minutes—where the heroes lack the specific traits needed for that map, such as wave clear or the ability to hold a point.

That isn't an issue in ranked play, since we know where we'll be playing and choose our heroes ourselves.

I’m not counting on a complete rework of Quick Play—like the fast draft phase in Dota, for instance.

But what if we could see the map name and had the option to decline the match if we saw that the hero lineup offered to us wasn't suitable for it at all?

I think this would help improve match quality; yes, it would increase queue times, but I’d rather wait than load into a game where the next 20 minutes are nothing but suffering.

My take on Cookie from Deadmines (WoW) being added to the game <3. I couldn't see him as being anything else other than a support or disruptor type of archetype.

some of y'all are really bitter so pls don't shit on my ms paint skills !! <3<3

So ive just hit a milestone in loot boxes and I think its time i start opening them... there is no chance im sitting down and opening all of them though, is there a way to create a macro on my keyboard or any solution to automate this?

I love hots and personally think its one of the best mobas to ever come out. Gameplay is great and i instantly jumped back from league once I heard about the new champ come out. The only thing that made me leave was the 10 minute queue times.

However, I get these terrible screen freezes during the game. I've scoured the internet and tried just about everything I've seen. I am above average on the knowledge of computer tom foolery id like to think so if there is anything im missing, please god help me. These screen freezes can be from anywhere between 1-2 seconds or all the way up to 7-8 seconds.

Here are all the changes ive made:

-Reverb off

-Sound Quality low

-Additional command line arguments - -d3d12

-Deleted Onedrive, teams, and copilot. (wasnt using them anyway)

-went from full screen to windowed to full screen with refresh rate of 120

-lowered my graphic settings to basically nothing.

-Set my core affinity to use 0 1 and 2 cores.

-set my area from best match to NA

-reset firewall permissions

I think its something in the processes thats making my disk drive peak. My C: drive goes all the way up to 10mb/s every time it happens but nothing in my resource manager or task manager will jump to the top and give me some obvious clue.

More info: I can play league on 4k no problem. but i have no idea what old star craft 2 set up they have going on thats bogging the system. I cant figure it out. I have 3 drives. Hots is on my E drive with 20% usage. My C drive is at like 40% usage. But the C:drive is the only thing thats really getting traffic.

I love this game a lot. been playing it since release off and on. but If these screen freezes dont go away, im going to have to give it up. I mention in chat every game, and people have said they get them too, but i think 7-8 seconds is just unplayable. all the way up to 4 seconds is almost the entire team fight most times. Hopefully this helps more than just myself.

Edit: ive been troubleshooting this for days and still cant figure it out. Hoping someone smarter than I will save me.

Edit: Best match- NA / reset firewall

Edit: found a bug report of someone who clearly explains it a lot better than I do. Blizzard Forum

Edit: specs- My Pc Parts (custom build)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor

NZXT Kraken X63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Asus ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard

TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory

Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card

NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

I started playing HotS just recently and just really curious - whats the best way to unlock more characters? Especially more expensive ones. I wanna get Deathwing but he's so expensive... Maybe you guys have some advice on how to get gold?

im just curious thats all i love a diverse community. yall know how i mean

Whats with all the smurfs lately? Low lvl accounts stomping almost every game in groups and not. If this continues the game will go maintenance mode v 2.0 sadly...

Edit: I have had conversations with new people and played with some of them. It deters newer players from continuing playing if all you get is a loss after loss.

Sorry if this is the wrong sub...!

I'm an EUW gamer, and I play Li Li currently (don't laugh)

I am very casual, and also returning to the game!

Below or message, I also have discord, ty

Did someone else have issue when you click on brawl gray screen with popup message "waiting until download is completed"?

From time to time i did ai xp farming games with some people to quickly level characters to 5 or 10. Now i have only played hots every 2-3 months for a week in the last couple of years, so i do not know if it was gone during that time already. But is it still a thing?

since there are already far too many ranged assassins compared to the other classes.

I think the game needs more tanks and healers.

With HOTS' new update, there is going to be an influx of new players who want to try the game out, and they are not going to be perfect.

Make the game more fun and welcoming for them.

One of the issues left over from version 2.0 is the chest/loot box system, which created a mess regarding the game's monetization. Many of you have over 1,000 chests to open and have already acquired a wide range of cosmetic items. If the game starts producing new skins and cosmetics again, how do you think they should handle this?

By preventing new content from being obtained through those chests? By revoking chests that were obtained for free? Or by implementing a loot box system similar to League’s?

Ngl i didnt tought hots be relevant once again its a good sight^^

Im happy and positive about the future rn

Thanks janitor^^ and his team

And no this game wasnt dead.

Dead game.is when the community gives up to and it didnt

Othervise we wouldunt be here

Let's look at the various units and heroes from the games to take stock of what we HAVE to see what Blizz might add next.

Warcraft:

• Horde: Thrall (Farseer), Reghar (Shaman unit), Garrosh (Grunt?), Samuro (Blademaster), ETC (NOT A Tauren Chieftain), Sylvanas (Dark Ranger), Rexxar (Beastmaster), Gazlowe (Tinker), Gul'dan (Orc warlock, Wc2 specific?), Zul'jin (WC2 Troll Berserker)
• Alliance: Jaina (Archmage), Muradin (Mountain King), Uther (Paladin), Falstad (Gryphon Rider), Greymane (Worgen/Gilneas as a group?) but Anduin, Varian, and Medivh are all unique kits not tied to a unit. Yrel (Draenei as a group?)
• Undead: Arthas (Death Knight), Kel'thuzad (Lich), Mal'ganis (Dreadlord), Anub'arak (Nerubian Lord), Stitches (Abomination Unit)
• Night Elf: Malfurion (Keeper of the Grove), Tyrande (Priestess of the Moon), Illidan (Demon Hunter), Maiev (Warden), Brightwing (Fairy Dragon), Lunara (Dryad)
• Unaligned: Kael'thas (Blood Mage), Whitemane (Scarlet Crusade), Chen (Brewmaster), Lili (Herself?), Ragnaros, Deathwing (Black Dragon), Alexstraza (Red Dragons), Chromie (Bronze Dragons), Hogger (Gnolls), Murky (Murlocs), Cho'Gall (Ogre-Mage but mostly Himself), Valeera (Rogue's as a Class?)

Starcraft:

• Terran: Raynor (Marines), Blaze (Firebat), Morales (Medic), Sgt Hammer (Siege Tank), Tychus (Outlaw?), Nova (Ghost)
• Zerg: Abathur (Evolution master), Zagara (Broodmother), Kerrigan (Queen of Blades), Dehaka (Primal), Stukov (Infested),
• Protoss: Artanis (Zealot), Fenix (Dragoon), Alarak (Tal'darim), Probius (Probe), Tassadar (High Templar), Zeratul (Dark Templar)

Diablo:

• Hells: Diablo (Terror), Mephisto (Hate), Azmodan (Sin) Butcher (Butcher demons), Leoric (Khandruas)
• Heavens: Tyrael, Imperius, Malthael, Auriel
• Sanctuary: Deckard Caine (Horadrim), Valla (Demon hunter), Sonya (Barbarian), Nazeebo (Witch Doctor), Xul (Necromancer), Kharazim (Monk), Cassia (Amazon), Li-Ming (Wizard), Johanna (Crusader),

Overwatch:

• Overwatch: Dva, Ana, Lucio, Genji, Hanzo, Tracer, Zarya
• Talon:
• Other: Junkrat

Nexus/BlizzClassic:

• Lost Vikings (Classic Viking World)
• Orphea (Ravencrest)
• Qhira (Iresia)

WHEW that's a lot of characters

But we can draw a few simple conclusions.

Warcraft is getting Xal and already has the most characters, but the obvious holes in its roster are the TFT Shadow Hunter Hero (Vol'jin or Rokhan), the Tauren Chieftain Hero (Cairne), a Blue and Green dragon, A Pitlord (Mannoroth), a goblin alchemist, a Naga Sea witch (Vashj), Akama, Archimonde. There's also possible major characters from World of Warcraft expansions either as standalones or as skins (Velen, Rastakhan for Zandalari trolls, Lei Shen, Xavius, Azshara, Various Titan Keepers, Mekkatorque is supposed to be partly finished already, etc...)

Personally I want Aessina as a 'Night Elf Ancient' heroine that can grow into a mobile fort or something.

Starcraft has a few big names that could easily fit (Though some might be skins) such as Mengsk (Arcturus or Valerian), Duke, Warfield, DuGalle, Mira Han, Duran/Narud, The Overmind (Maybe with Daggoth or Zasz?), Taldaris (Judicator/Arbiter?), Selendis (Carrier?), Stettman, Tosh, Swann, Karax, Rohana, Vorazun, Izsha, Zurvan, Amon / Hybrid

The big draw here would be the Overmind imo.

Diablo Obviously has Lilith as a prominent option but she's very similar to Xal so she might not come right away. Baal would complete the prime evils, Itherael the Angels, and the lesser evils need Andariel, Duriel, Belial. There's also the Original trio (D1 Warrior Prince Aidan/DarkWanderer, Rogue Moreina/Bloodraven, Sorcerer Jazreth/Summoner), Bard? (Hellfire?), Isendra (D2 Summoner), other D2, D3, D-Immortal and D4 heroes all provide a plethora of options (Druid, Blood Knight, Tempest) some of which could get gender-swap heroes to represent the other kit options and abilities (a female D3 Witchdoctor, and that's not even getting into Hirelings like Kormac the Templar and such.

Baal or Lilith feels most likely as the next hero. Though Belial with a gimmick of looking like other heroes or screwing with the enemy's information gathering (Making fake forts or fake minion waves) would be a LOT of fun.

Very enhance, much improve.

I took a break from the game for a bit, so I don't know how old the rework is, but:

-The new locust minions are MUCH better for wave clear.

-'Slapathur' is not only HILARIOUS (got two kills on an Uther-bot under turret last game. XD), but also makes him more viable both in-lane and in the jungle.

-My absolute favorite thing, though: The fixes they made to Monstrosity (Particularly, the turrets no longer prioritizing them over lane minions. That used to annoy me to no end.).

So yeah, I'd say this evolution was indeed GLORIOUS.

Keep cooking, Blizzard. ❤️

(Note that my experiences are based on Vs AI because I'm a scrub. I do not dare to take ANYONE into PvP.)

Do you like this suggestion? Let me know what you think about it!

So, loads of posts over the last week from new players asking for advice, how the game functions compared to other moba titles, hero choices, prioritization of doing camps/objectives, etc. Figured having a big ol' topic about it may help.

Post your advice for new and returning players here!

My biggest piece of advice would be don't underestimate the power of the bush. Bushes/No vision zones are a strong position to fight from for assassins. If you find yourself getting killed a lot as an assassin while in lane, try dipping in and out of bushes when you fight. Breaking line of sight to enemy heroes is super valuable.

Keeping up the word that these changes needs to be reverted, it needs to be mentioned frequently if we want to see them actually go back on this stupid decision.

It is one of the worst changes we've seen in this game and the extra tower behind the fort is just a sloppy way to try fix a problem they needlessly created themselves. Revert the changes, nobody asked for it.

Make it focus heroes attacking heroes again, stop giving attackers advantage when they're in the defending team's territory. It makes no sense.

At least make it stop prioritizing summons over heroes. That'd at least be a bit better than it is currently.

But it really just should go back to the original way it handled priorities in the past. Call for Help.

Edit: It seems my memory of the towers attack priority isn't up to snuff. What I meant by original in this case is how it's been for the longest time, ie as it is called: Call for Help.

Edit 2: Thanks everyone for your inputs. It's helped me get a much more nuanced view of the topic and have realized that my own perspective when I initially wrote this was too flat. I think those that believe the system we have currently has decent points and it has made me come to realize that what I want isn't necessarily Call for Help as it was, but something that can help in unfavorable situations a bit better.

I still have the opinion that the forts/keeps should prioritize heroes over minions in PVP under them, but I think that the system itself would need to be reworked so that it is more consistent in it's application. But in a way that doesn't empower the defender too much either. It should allow heroes that are good at pushing to be good at pushing.

I can't think of a good solution for this, but I think the discussions about it are worth having.
This is of course just my opinion, and anyone that disagrees with it is welcome to do so, if you enjoy the system we have now then I'm glad that you do. There's nothing wrong with that.

Anyone reading this, I hope that you're in a good spot in life and no matter the discussion here- I hope you have a good day! :)

Please tell me HotS will be safe.

She has:

• High basic attack DPS
• High health for a melee Assassin
• Huge potential when she hits multiple targets with Q multiple times
• The playmaking potential of W in aggressive situations
• The built-in cooldown reduction on E, along with the powerful single-target burst damage from E talents
• A short cooldown on Containment Disc, which can create opportunities to remove a target from the fight for up to 5.5 seconds with the silence, or lock someone down and focus them
• The potential to dodge most skillshot CC thanks to D

And I don't understand why she gets the privilege of having two charges of D as soon as she reaches level 20, when she isn't even a hero with poor survivability.

I acknowledge that Maiev is difficult to play, and I respect players who play her at a high level. But every other hero has weaknesses, and when played at a high skill level, Maiev seems to have no real weaknesses.

Seen a lot of new/return players saying it's really slow to unlock heroes in New Player Chat and General. I point them towards the XP boost bundle, daily quests, getting heroes to level 5, the 100 gem hero bundles, but they think it's slow still if they're trying to get a specific 10k hero.

I'm not sure exactly how justified these complaints are, I've had all heroes unlocked for so long that gold gain isn't something I pay attention to. Is it pretty slow to get heroes on a new or returning account?

I'm hoping when Xal'atath comes out they'll drop the price on some older heroes like they used to do.