I never understood this argument. Dota2's graphics are way better in several aspects. Not only are they technically more advanced and require a better video card, the developers also paid huge attention to the little things, which are really noticeable if you play a long time. The only downside to the graphics anyone ever talks about is how they're too "plain" or how they all blend together and the heroes don't stick out enough. IMO, this makes the game more aesthetically pleasing, you never have to strain your eyes to understand what's going on.

A few examples of little things the developers have done with the graphics aspect:

-Whenever you use Armlet on any hero, their "arms" always glow. This means that Broodmother with her 8 legs has her front 4 legs glow, Venomancer has his top little "fins" glow, etc. This must have been a bitch to code, but it's really awesome how Valve made the effort to be this consistent.
-Timbersaw changes looks depending on if he's being hit or not. If he's being hit, his passive skill "Reactive Armor" makes the heroes armor suit cover his head as well, whereas normally his head is sticking out.
-The Shadow Fiend requiem animation is just awesome. It's literally like a bunch of dark energy comes out of him, whereas in HoN soulstealer just shoots purple lines out of himself.

The ONLY thing HoN does better than Dota2 imo is the netcode. Even on a really low ping Dota2 units still have a slower reaction time than in HoN. They've fixed it quite a bit since beta and after a bunch of games you no longer feel it, but I'm sure anyone switching from HoN would notice it.

Dota2 has no MK, ha!

I want it to have more colors, cuz I'm kinda getting sad playing dota2 even if dota2 is better built up than hon ^^

Nagasiren is the rally of dota


takes all the fun away from the game

I have to agree with this. Super dumb fucking hero, but you have to admit it's fun for the team using it if you can set up big combos with it.

Btw Pitbul, Pirat, I'm about to get a fresh Dota2 smurf. You guys wanna play?

na done with mobas for today, gonna relax and watch some series until ti3 starts


navi vs orange 21:00
and grandfinal 00:00 or was i missinformed?

yeah that's about right

I'd like to see Orange go to GF, but I think Na'Vi gonna win. Then I think Alliance will beat Navi

i think navi will beat orange and allaince will beat navi


however i want to see navi win it all

what about anti mage or phantom lancer? they are annoying as well tho i assume phantom isn't popular in high tier games
the games i specced when AM was picked his gpm/farm went through the roof and he's just rape autoattack hero

tourney starts in about 1 hour right? im down for a game smack add me i'm still on pitbulol

Those heroes are both good but I wouldn't say there's anything gay or overpowered about them. Naga ulti is just really gamebreaking because it can set up so many things. Still, there are ways to counter it so it's not completely imbalanced.