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[PA Comic] Friday, March 28, 2014 - Aberdasher

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Vagina head.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    The hat looks pretty upset in the third panel.

    I think its feelings were hurt by not being appreciated.

    Is that a mechanic in HotS?

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Hah, Abathur appearing elsewhere? Dude was made creep in HotS.

    ...Heart of the Swarm. Goddammit Blizzard you did that on purpose.

    Oh brilliant
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Yeah, this is a Heroes of the Storm mechanic. Abathur generally just stays in the base. He's got a map-wide symbiosis ability that lets him attach to other heroes in the field, and he uses his moves while he's riding coach on another dude's head.

  • InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Yeah, this is a Heroes of the Storm mechanic. Abathur generally just stays in the base. He's got a map-wide symbiosis ability that lets him attach to other heroes in the field, and he uses his moves while he's riding coach on another dude's head.

    That's a pretty neat mechanic. I was reading the wiki on it a few days ago and thought it was more like the symbiosis ability in WoW only without any benefit ability for the hero he was leeching from.

  • JackdawGinJackdawGin Engineer New YorkRegistered User regular
    Knocking it out of the park today.

    And that comic title is pun-gold.

  • LinktmLinktm Registered User regular
    This is such a great game mechanic from the sounds of it. It's a shame that the design of League of Legends couldn't support something like this. Then again, I think this is why HotS is going to stand out from DOTA and every other MOBA wannabe on the street, because they're changing the mechanics of the genre to allow for new and interesting gameplay concepts.

  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    Now that Blizzard has beaten Valve to perfecting the "Play as a Hat" game, Steam is doomed.

    Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum
  • Adrian82490Adrian82490 Registered User regular
    @Gabe. You're in closed beta. When the game actually comes out I can bet you a tenpence that hardcore people are going to flood in, wreck your shit, and make you feel like you're awful at the game all over again.

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    But he might have more fun while feeling awful at HotS than with LoL or DotA2.

  • RedthirstRedthirst Registered User regular
    Adrian82490 wrote: »
    @Gabe. You're in closed beta. When the game actually comes out I can bet you a tenpence that hardcore people are going to flood in, wreck your shit, and make you feel like you're awful at the game all over again.
    I don't think that many hardcore people will actually change Dota 2/LoL for HotS. It is mostly aimed at casuals with global XP sharing and such. Of course, many of the Dota 2/LoL players will try it out, but I doubt that many of them will stay for more than 2 weeks.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    HotS will undoubtedly have its own hardcore community.

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