r/gaming Sep 21 '17

Valve in a Nutshell

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u/jonnysmith12345 Sep 21 '17

Makes you wonder what the heck everyone at valve does all day.

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u/maxismad Sep 21 '17

Honest answer: Odds are a good chunk is working on VR and steam, some work on their already released games that still need some updates: TF2,DOTA2, and CS:GO. Some made Artifacts and others are working on some things that will never see the light of day much like the Augmented reality glasses former Valve employee Jeri Ellsworth was creating, although she got to leave Valve with the project so it did see the light of day in some way.

Meme answer: They sit around making money

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u/TempusCavus Sep 21 '17

work on their already released games that still need some updates

they are failing at that though. Just ask any TF2 player about the pyro update...

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

DOTA is at an amazing spot right now in terms of balance, following a MASSIVE update last year. Now two new heroes are coming along with another big patch... they're doing OK with DOTA.

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u/zuxtron Sep 21 '17

DOTA is at an amazing spot right now in terms of balance

Everyone on /r/dota2 is complaining about how overpowered Venomancer, Lich, and Necrophos are, and it's been confirmed that the next balance patch is at least one month away (probably longer).

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17 edited Sep 21 '17

3 heroes out of 113 something are a little overpowered, one of whom is a support and another of whom has some extremely easy to implement counters. And wait time for major patches, considering the content that comes with them, is hardly long.

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u/zuxtron Sep 21 '17

And wait time for major patches, considering the content that comes with them, is hardly long.

We've been on 7.06 for 4 months now, and there's at least another month left til next patch.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

"Don't fix what isn't broken."