Gameplay Flaws, no dynamics.

The biggest gameplay flaw I've seen so far is the fact that battles are quite boring. Here are two things you usually do:

1) Fight creeps. If you are the TB then one ability will finish all creeps off quickly, if not than this is a chore of micro-managing your DG clicking on each enemy to attack or w/e (at least the rook has a ranged melee attack which can hit enemies "nearby" not like the oak, vampire, or undead thingy who must be told exactly which enemy to hit and often stand there looking dumbfounded (bug).)

2) Fight demigods. This is where the fun should be, but its pretty linear. You do your "thing" vs the demigod. Either you kill him, or he runs off, or you run off, or you die. Nothing exciting. There is no strategy, no trying to corner that DG by using the creeps to your advantage. (creeps usually cause nothing but poking damage to any DG, I expected there to be real danger from creeps where while its usually a stalemate vs two sides, creeps are not just pushovers.) In DOTA creeps helped the enemy hero kick your ass or vice versa, you position yourself using creeps as a moving wall, while trying to disadvantage your oponent by eliminating their moving wall.

 

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Reply #1 Top

I think #1 stems from the fact that there's no "Attack Move" command.

As for #2, you're talking about an upgrade to creep AI. Should be coming along eventually.

Reply #2 Top

I agre with the creeps idea.  That was kinda fun in DotA.   However, they may just not have that part implemented yet (I imagine it to be a low prioty and it would certainly make the AI more complex)

Reply #3 Top

There is attack move.  It's hold Alt and right click.  It's kinda buggy though.

 

I do find the game a bit boring compared to Dota.  I'm not sure what it is but I haven't played a 5 vs 5 game yet.  Most game I played so far are just 1 vs 1AI.

Reply #4 Top

Why the hell would you play 1v1? It's a team game. There's not a single 1v1 recommended map.

Reply #5 Top

1v1 is much more boring than team games.  Try some 3v3's :).

Reply #6 Top

Unless you do it with AI, good luck with 3v3s :p

Sat in a game for half an hour last night and couldn't get a 3v3 consisted of all players and no AI started.