Letter not for Icefrog...

[ohwhat]

I love Dota, but it is slowly becoming a "carrry" oriented game... and boring... It think these suggestions need a look to improve the game but maintaining all the balance it has long created....

Why not create two modes:
1. QUICK RESPAWN - [divide the respawning time by 10-20 ... 1 minute becomes more/less 5 secs]
Although aegis will not have its use... maybe give it additional functions like respawning on the battle, with full mana and hp. But most of the effect of this command will be on battle. "THERE WILL BE MORE ACTION". Thus making it more lively and fun to play.
This will give noobies a fighting chance, to improve their game, Not just being pawned everytime!!!!... Then they get superfrustated, thus flooding the game with insults!!! :-)... This mode will surely give the players Manners and surely Reduce Leaver counts on Genera.
Give it a label something like "-fs" or Fast Respawn Mode.

2. Dash - [additional abitily for all heroes: give X5 movement speed for 1 secs and after X.2 movement speed for 1.2 sec, cooldown of 15 secs.... needs more improvement]
Although this is too much to handle, but from what I what I see this will give this game its competitive edge... This will give same hero (with different controller) its unpredictablity and have different builds everytime/ maybe not always. One thing for sure with this mode "THE PROS WILL BE SHINNING FROM THE NOOBIE-CARRY". :-)....
This will give dodging heroes like QOP, POTM, and Migina vulnerability since they are hard to catch often times.
It will be -da for "Dash Mode".

Hope to see this soon... in newer versions, I'm counting on it. Even if you don't include my name to it, but surely it will IMPROVE DOTA.

by ohwhat...

[CaTeTo]

oh......
my......
god.....

[matthe88]

There is the command -fs allready xD hehe

There are three possibilities to improve the game:
1st: Clans are too scared to use "not used" heroes. People slowly start to use heroes like i.e. visage/dr but they should use more heroes^^

2nd: http://forums.dota-allstars.com/index.php?showtopic=240609

Icefrogs takes some ideas from this article.

3rd: DotA is a strategy game but everyone goes for late game tactics because they seem to be the easiest way to win. Imo they should play more pushing strats, more healing strats, more "all heroes of 1 team in a jungle" or something like that. Try to play lame strats with mass stunners xD This is always better than late game.

[Loki-tama]

carry oriented games can be boring ~_~ , would love to see pure 5 v 5 ganking dota.

[Flex-]

many ppl dislike the whoule late game thing but theese ideas are horrible

[frozensoul30]

I think blink dagger era dota was more fun even if only 20 or so heros were used in competetive play. No one complained of a boring game as much back then. Honestly i think blink dagger should be brought bak to normal but the blink range should be shortened and price should be increased(as stated by someone in the mentioned article).

The new dota made many players kind of obsolete. Case in point vigoss and ars-art who were ganking monsters bak in .48b days. Even though they could they didnt want to adjust to the new farming game style which sucks balls. I predict huge changes in next version.

[ohwhat]

yess.... you're all right... but for Dota to improve, have a trial for these 2 modes.. These really needs a look for what I believe...

[Flak]

retarded

[JSN1]

hey, icefrog here


no -gaymode in plans yet, sorry.

[grasucontrabasu]

the autor must be so damn noob
dude, if noobs like you respawn faster they will go from 0/10 in one game to 0/20 maybe
go play ai

[ohwhat]

why r u like... that...!?? Just ssuggesting right... These are just trial modes.
This respawn thing will surely make the game more interesting, also fast paced... from 1 hour average game to just maybe 30 minutes...

I you don't like so be it... :-)... Ur just.... hmmm

[grasucontrabasu]

dude trust me, it is way better to start dota with playing ai
you try that and then you'll get the ideea of the game

[oppenz]

well, it also boring to see 10 daggers and 10 bottles in 1 game (back in 6.48)

[amimamimo]

6.48b is boring. but 6.52e is more boring! sigh!

[abuseyoumerc]

Dont you understand... dota IS boring!

damn it is fun to play but its downright AWFULL to watch... get over it.

I'd rather watch freaking counterstrike for all I care then a dota game (and yes i've watched dota so my opinion is a valid one)

GL HF playing dota, but not watching

[Sunie]

DotA is a lot of fun to watch.. especially in a tourney setting.

[AVGn00b]

@sunier not?dota is 10times boring now then b4 as it slow paced and rice orriented while older dota was imbalanced and like only 15heroes was being picked but it was more fun 2 watch and 2 play....

[Forkxx]

Migina? xD

#5. You reach the point! .48b times were so funny with dagger but now, what happened with heros like Tiny? They're droped out from the (professional) games. And was so funny to see Tiny owning with the combo! ;D

Hope for good chances! The back of the original blink Dagger is one thing I agree.

[Sunie]

I've been to a couple live dota tourneys, and I've found a lot of the games to be very interesting to watch. I guess it's difficult for people who don't know much about the game to understand some of the amazing things that some players can pull off. I'll always remember watching mym vs emg at the first Fire and Ice lan. There was a huge crowd, and a lot of cheering. It was really exciting, and very thrilling.

[Stoitchk0v]

Vp was never boring to watch for me....more VP like teams and np