League of legends.

[Sparkplug234]

Does anyone else here play league of legends?

and if so who is your favorite champion?

 

For those thinking what is league of legends... its basically dota, made by the same guys actually just updated, though tbh its alot easier then dota.

[Nadril]

League of Legends is pretty much just a bastardized version of DoTA and far inferior compared to Heroes of Newerth, which is much more of a true port to the game. Not only is LoL planning on having micro transactions (for heroes and such) from what I remember your stats outside of each individual game actually matter somehow. It's just a terrible idea to turn such a competitive game into such a mess.

 

Either way HoN is much superior to it and there is a reason why a lot of the big clans have already moved over to it and not LoL.

[Sparkplug234]

Nice rant, but all it sounded like was "I don't know much about the game but its bad!!!". Like i said it isn't as hard as DotA, HoN is a lot more hardcore and it isn't free so there are a fair few differences.

[Nadril]

Nice rant, but all it sounded like was "I don't know much about the game but its bad!!!". Like i said it isn't as hard as DotA, HoN is a lot more hardcore and it isn't free so there are a fair few differences.

 

I don't know the ins and outs of the game, sure, but I've watched a quick look on it and have (somewhat) read up on it as well. The micro-transactions certainly really rubbed me the wrong way, selling things like heroes is just a terrible practice to do. Sure, HoN is going to cost money ($30) but I would rather pay that, get constant updates (and they are releasing a very solid map editor + SDK with it) other than have to buy a lot of heroes in order to be competitive with others, and then have to buy new heroes when they come out. In the long run I am willing to bet a player can easily spend more money on LoL than they do in HoN.

 

 

Am I right on the stats thing though? I remember hearing about it briefly in the quick look, but I watched that a few months ago. Really I just don't see why (other than if you're too cheap to spend $30 eventually, even though you can easily get into beta for free now) you would pick LoL over HoN.

 

 

 

If you really wanted to I could always throw you a beta invite to HoN and let you see the differences for yourself. If you enjoy the genre than trust me, as someone who just started playing (the "hero arena" genre) HoN is a great game.

[Sparkplug234]

I don't doubt HoN is a great game.

The micro-transaction thing to me is minor since there is nothing that cant be earned in game besides skins which are 100% for visual reasons... sure if you want your favorite hero fast its easier to buy it.

Yes, there is an overall level and stat bonus's outside of the game known as the summoner level which allows them to have masteries and runes., and these can have an effect on the game but over all isn't huge and once you have more competitive games most people have their masteries set up and runes set up for their hero and its really a fair game.

I also agree HoN is probally a better game for people who are hardcore enough to get into clans and play competitively but for social play League of Legends is a really fun game.