• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        27 days ago

        That makes me worry about how inaccessible Dota is.

        The biggest problem for me with League was the items: There are far too many to choose from and I don’t have time during a match to figure it out. So I need to plan what items I want before the match, but I can’t be guaranteed to play the character I was planning on. So I need to preplan a build for 5 different characters before quing, and then deal with some of the most toxic people bitching all game anyway.

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          27 days ago

          The item issue for new players has mostly been solved nowadays with recommended builds, you can’t go THAT wrong using them exclusively for lower tiers

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            27 days ago

            To be fair it has been quite some time since I’ve played it. Glad to hear the item issue is less of a problem but it’s still poor game design (if you’re going to have people use the recommended option why bother having the options at all?).

            The two biggest reasons I have no interest in trying again is how long the matches take, and how incredibly fucking toxic people were last time I tried it. I don’t know if that has improved at all, but from what I hear it sounds like it’s still pretty toxic.