DOTA 2 or HON which do you prefer?
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HoN used to be the better game but they got detracked. Too much focus on cosmetics. They also lost a couple of their more talented hero designers. The marketing wasn't good enough.
Dota right now is an overall better game. Good heroes, thriving esport community, making all the right moves.
HoN is indeed much faster. Hero turn rate is the biggest difference in the two games. HoN heroes repond faster, have faster animations and stuff.
LoL is for kids, girls and casual gamers.
Dota right now is an overall better game. Good heroes, thriving esport community, making all the right moves.
HoN is indeed much faster. Hero turn rate is the biggest difference in the two games. HoN heroes repond faster, have faster animations and stuff.
LoL is for kids, girls and casual gamers.
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I've spent a fair amount of time playing all 3 of the Big MOBAs. Played League 1st, Hoped on HON when it went F2P, at that point I heard talks of dota2 and small number of beta players. Then when I got the invite to the beta I hoped onto dota2. I've been playing tons of MOBA's even besides these 3 like Prime World, Soltice Arena, Strife, Dawngate, Infinite Crisis and currently Hero's of the Storm Alpha. Here is my take on the whole LOL vs Dota2 debate and my thoughts on HON.
Hon was first pay to play and at that time thou I never thought of buying the game but I was aware of the scene and actually viewed Hon Tour games and casts of Hon games very often. This was also the time I started playing league Season 2 basically because it was free. Without a doubt I knew that Hon was a better game, more hardcore and closer to the original Dota mod. League was just what I could get my hands on cause it was free. Hon was amazing, Hon had so many amazing things in it that at the time were unseen of eg the shop search bar, in game builds (skill builds and item builds), great graphics and a fast engine. Basically everything you see in dota2 today was "taken" from hon. Dont misunderstand my statement. Hon was the NEXT GENERATION of MOBA's after the Original Dota mod. All the interface gimmicks we see on dota2 that we love were more or less already present in HON. After some research that was basically because IceFrog helped out in the creation of HON and later got a contract with Valve and applied the same things in Dota2. So I understand how that happened.
The sad fact is Hon is pretty much Dead as far as competitive scene and publisher support. S2 games basically are making new moba games like Strife. Even thou I still play Hon on and off and really deep in my heart Believe that HON takes the MOST skill to play at a high level because of the SPEED of the engine. Dodging skills and landing them is alot more tricky in HON. But as it is, HON is going to remain in its current place of 3rd place.
League is NOT BAD, league is the reason I got into MOBA's. I heard of dota all the time but never got into it cuz it was so UNNEWB Friendly. League is Newb Friendly and that is a good thing. Dota2 is now the real deal, I see it surpassing league in the next couple of years. Then again league is not leaving the scene anytime soon.
TLDR: Much respect for HON, sadly Dota2 has taken its place as a preferred 'hardcore' next generation MOBA. Deep in my heart Hon is the better game, a tad bit more hardcore then dota2. Why? Its engine is mad fast. Play it to believe it.
Hon was first pay to play and at that time thou I never thought of buying the game but I was aware of the scene and actually viewed Hon Tour games and casts of Hon games very often. This was also the time I started playing league Season 2 basically because it was free. Without a doubt I knew that Hon was a better game, more hardcore and closer to the original Dota mod. League was just what I could get my hands on cause it was free. Hon was amazing, Hon had so many amazing things in it that at the time were unseen of eg the shop search bar, in game builds (skill builds and item builds), great graphics and a fast engine. Basically everything you see in dota2 today was "taken" from hon. Dont misunderstand my statement. Hon was the NEXT GENERATION of MOBA's after the Original Dota mod. All the interface gimmicks we see on dota2 that we love were more or less already present in HON. After some research that was basically because IceFrog helped out in the creation of HON and later got a contract with Valve and applied the same things in Dota2. So I understand how that happened.
The sad fact is Hon is pretty much Dead as far as competitive scene and publisher support. S2 games basically are making new moba games like Strife. Even thou I still play Hon on and off and really deep in my heart Believe that HON takes the MOST skill to play at a high level because of the SPEED of the engine. Dodging skills and landing them is alot more tricky in HON. But as it is, HON is going to remain in its current place of 3rd place.
League is NOT BAD, league is the reason I got into MOBA's. I heard of dota all the time but never got into it cuz it was so UNNEWB Friendly. League is Newb Friendly and that is a good thing. Dota2 is now the real deal, I see it surpassing league in the next couple of years. Then again league is not leaving the scene anytime soon.
TLDR: Much respect for HON, sadly Dota2 has taken its place as a preferred 'hardcore' next generation MOBA. Deep in my heart Hon is the better game, a tad bit more hardcore then dota2. Why? Its engine is mad fast. Play it to believe it.
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