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are they updating the game again?

took a year plus break, then when i came back i noticed a bunch of changes. like quira having an infinite W quest and guldan having self healing on his E quest now

googled it and apparently there were 3 balance updates this year alone? and all of them have a bunch of stuff?

is the game no longer maintenance mode? i know we got a bit of stuff over the years but this seems like a lot more then usual.

Edit: HOLY SHIT HAUNTED MINES IS BACK IN RANKED

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u/Hatsune_Miku_CM — 3 hours ago

Stranglethorn Vale - Custom Map

I've always thought it was dumb that my favorite Blizzard game only had one map. So I decided to imagine and create my own. I chose my favorite WoW zone, Stranglethorn Vale, as the battleground. Instead of Horde vs Alliance, for this map it's Booty Bay against the Bloodsail Buccaneers.

Here is an Imgur link to a fully detailed and colored map, along with a wire-frame map for easier viewing.

Here is a Google Drive link to the detailed and colored map in all its glory (3840x2160).

The Map: Stranglethorn Vale

This map is a vertically symmetric, three lane map that pits Booty Bay (left side) against the Bloodsail Bucaneers (right side). Between top and mid there a large jungle with two troll mercenary camps and two naga mercenary camps, along with four objective spawn points. There are also two mud pits that behave like the mud pits in Alterac Pass. Between mid and bottom lane there is a thinner jungle with two boss camps and one objective spawn point in the middle of the Gurubashi Arena.

The Objective: Recruit Swords for Hire with Coins

Heroes will have to fight for chests that contain coins, and then turn in those coins to summon swords for hire to march down their lanes.

Each chest spawns with 3000 base health and contains five* coins. The first two coins are dropped when the chest reaches 67% and 33%, with the final three coins dropping when the chest is destroyed. The first chest spawns at the 3:00 minute mark, with each new chest spawning 1:30-2:00 minutes after the previous chest is destroyed. The timer pauses while swords for hire are on the lanes.

The chests spawn position is in batches of three. Two will spawn in the northern jungle, one on the red side and one on the blue side, and the third will spawn in the center of the Gurubashi arena. For the first three chests in a game, the first two will always spawn in the northern jungle with the third spawning in the Gurubashi arena. Afterwards, the ordering will be random except for a rule that two chests can not spawn in the same place or same side of the northern jungle twice in a row.

*Chests that spawn in the Gurubashi arena after the first batch of three have two extra coins, compounding each time. These extra coins drop evenly as the chest is destroyed. Only three coins still drop when the chest is completely destroyed.

The coins that fall out of the chests are picked up by the first hero to walk over them. All coins are dropped on death and can be picked up by any other hero. Coins are immediately turned in when a hero carrying them enters their hall of storms, unless their team already has swords for hire on their lanes. If a hero has extra coins after completing a turn in, the extra coins will stay with that hero, and can only be turned in after all their swords for hire are dead.

The first turn in a team completes requires eight coins, with each turn in requiring two more. However, more swords for hire will be summoned on each subsequent turn in.  

Turn In Number Coins Required Swords Hired for each Lane
1 8 1 Ogre, 1 Goblin Zepplin, 4 Swordsmen, 4 Archers
2 10 1 Ogre, 1 Goblin Zepplin, 6 Swordsmen, 6 Archers
3 12 1 Ogre, 2 Goblin Zepplins, 6 Swordsmen, 6 Archers
4 14 1 Ogre, 2 Goblin Zepplins, 8 Swordsmen, 8 Archers
5 16 2 Ogres, 2 Goblin Zepplins, 8 Swordsmen, 8 Archers
 
This pattern will continue if a single team completes the turn in more than 5 times in a single game.

Each sword for hire has the following stats:  

Sword for Hire Base Health Base Attack Damage Base Attack Speed Base Attack Range Abilities
Ogre 3800 150 0.67 1.5 Smash: After a delay, deal 350 damage and stun enemies for 2 seconds in a small circle in front of the ogre. 10 second cooldown.
Goblin Zepplin 1200 120 0.5 10.0 Summon Sapper: While attacking, summon a goblin sapper. 15 second cooldown.
Goblin Sapper 800 60 1.0 4.0 Kamikaze: Sprint towards a structure and explode, killing the sapper and dealing 400 damage.
Swordsman 1000 25 0.67 0.9
Archer 660 50 0.67 5.0
 

The Mercenary Camps

There are three mercenary camps for each side of the map. The trolls have three warriors and one shaman; they march down top lane. The naga have three frost witches; they march down mid lane. The sea giant is a boss camp; it marches down bot lane. Mercenary camps do not despawn while swords for hire are summoned.

Each mercenary has the following stats:  

Mercenary Base Health Base Attack Damage Base Attack Speed Base Attack Range Abilities
Troll Warrior 3000 60 0.8 1.25
Troll Shaman 1500 50 0.8 8.0 Summon Healing Totem: Summon a healing totem with one health that lasts 20 seconds and heals nearby minions and mercenaries for 250 health every second. 30 second cooldown.
Naga Frost Witch 1800 60 1.0 8.0 Frost Arrows: Auto attacks slow enemies by 20% for one second. & Forked Lightning: Deal 200 damage to enemies in a cone in front of the naga. 15 second cooldown.
Sea Giant 12000 300 1.0 2.0 Wave Surge: After a short delay, deal 450 damage and knock back enemies in a circle around the sea giant. 10 second cooldown.
 

Engagement Bait

Thanks for reading and viewing my custom map.

  • I'm no game designer but I did try to make the map in a way that is both thematic to the jungle and fun to play. Do you see any problem points with how I created it if this map was real?
  • Who is your main hero that you play the most often, and would they fare well on this map?

  • Which hero do you think would be the most overpowered on this map?

  • If you're familiar with Stranglethorn Vale in World of Warcraft, what's your favorite detail on the colored map I created?

u/DavedDude5 — 6 hours ago

Has there ever been a hero as broken as Qhira is right now?

I apologize that I don't have exhaustive research or stats but can anyone remember a hero feeling as OP as Qhira feels right now? I vaguely remember Zarya being super strong for a brief amount of time but they hotfixed that after several days.

Now that I type this I suddenly remember Murky being banned sometimes. What was up with that?

Anyway, am I off thinking Qhira is S+ tier right now or is it just recency bias?

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u/Psilocybin_Prescrip — 11 hours ago

Heroes of the Storm Fighting Game Roster Idea (Biased as hell)

I always thought a Hots style fighting game for Blizzard would be very cool, so I decided to conceptualize a roster. Honestly it was a lot harder than I thought it would be, not only trying to get recognizable characters, but doing my best to include characters not in the game itself was pretty hard (they really started to whittle down the selection towards the end of Hots active lifespan.) I think I did OK, but it is definitely super biased to my personal interests so I'm curious who you guys would add/remove. I think (done properly) all of these characters could have very interesting kits. Characters like Rehgar and Kharazhim would obviously not be healers.

Side note: It was very difficult to find Starcraft characters that weren't already in HotS haha

u/MrForeskinII — 6 hours ago

How do you counter Johanna and Abathur?

This combo keeps coming up and it just makes johanna borderline unkillable + have enough damage output to murder pretty much anything. All the while abathur can sit in lane untargetable all game as per usual. Abathurs recent changes are especially gross in QM, he needs a nerf asap.

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u/ASValourous — 17 hours ago

I Finally hit platinum 5

Yep nothing else i just wanted to share that after years of playing i hit plat. Not gonna lie this patch helped quite a lot... I was just spamming qhira XD thanks for reading have a nice day

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u/PresentBluebird5778 — 12 hours ago

Semi Serious Rank question

So i've climbed to Gold 1 before from Bronze 5 (covid no lifed it playing all day lmao). The next season I won all my placements and got placed in...Bronze 5 with almost no points? explain that to me? All my rank points are pure win, started with nothing.

Since then I quit really trying to climb and I just play. But I'm getting 27 pts per win. Why am I stuck in wood league? What is that? I got leavers a few times because my internet spiked out. That hasn't happened in like over a year, but I'm still being punished for it? I'm not emotionally effected by it I really don't mind, but i'd like to know the reason and mechanism as to why the game chooses to give me 20pts and team mates like 150.

Also WM best girl in Bronze. People find her too complicated to play so I get her to myself. And the other team doesn't know what to do about her, so low key mildly carrying is easy. Bronze is fine as a casual player. But... why though?

u/daydreamgg — 14 hours ago

Coming back

Hello everyone! Im getting back to see how the games is after heard they have made a lot of balance to the game the last year or so.
Where are people looking for data on heroes and builds now a days? i only find icyveins updated. I want to find tier lists of heroes and how they work today. Maybe a youtube channel?

Looking for QM for the moment to give a spin to the changes, but stats on QM dont seem to be accurate at all in icyveins. Thanks !

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u/RedNatus — 12 hours ago

Can't do anything, no store, no vs ai, no quick match, i can't even see the store or how much shards and gold i have

I don't understand what is happening i was playing Ranked yesterday against my better judgement and it just happened...i abandoned it to play Darkest dungeon for awhile and i thought by today that it would maybe be fixed, but it is still the same...
I was wondering maybe i am being banned, cus i was a bit mean to one guy 2 days ago calling him a feeder, cus he was shitting on my friend who is a new player(healer) for his own mistakes....but i don't have any messages or emails that i have been banned or anything...so is this like a bug...and if yes what do i do?

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u/Zlobno_Gnomche — 17 hours ago

Me and Cyrus just keep whacking them!

In this clip you will see very very high level right clicking mechanics! You can also see here that the enemies are taking the best approach for content: single file engage, not all full HP, and no flanking!

u/paulypocket666 — 1 day ago

What the hell is this? I tried reinstalling games, cleaning cache, check files etc

I don't understand what happened. is it region thing or something? I am in UK.

u/No-Cicada-2440 — 24 hours ago

No Heroes, no collection, no loot - Cannot play (EU)

Yesterday, right after a game, i couldn't play anymore. The game shows I don't have any heroes (or other items), thus i cannot play. I asked in the General Chat ingame and other people seemed to have the same problem. I couldn't find any fix so far

I tried scan and repair, deleting cache, restarting, using a vpn, switching regions.

https://preview.redd.it/w2wau80hlhkh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=9cc6bcc2f46d7b96819220656e1ed758736df14f

I can play in the other regions (Americas, Asia) - There I don't have the problem

Does anyone have a fix or is having the same problems?

edit: this answer just came from this thread https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/heroes/t/my-game-won%E2%80%99t-load-my-profile/6394/138

https://preview.redd.it/uxafyl0waikh1.png?width=1126&format=png&auto=webp&s=17a39f66fe9e1444014d1ea758e781cde93efed5

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u/cs_goaway — 24 hours ago

Me after learning Whitemane

I only play ARAM and avoided picking Whitemane because I always ran out of mana. Finally learned how to play her and I’m now confident in my build and the rotations - and she’s amazing! I can’t believe I slept on Whitemane for this long.

u/Josh3321 — 1 day ago

any one else playing on steam deck?

just tested hiw hots are performing on steam deck and it worked pretty wel. only issue is the work mouse is not the best so tomorrow il bring a gaming mouse

u/MysticoN — 1 day ago