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Is it just me or the new solo matchmaking RANKED got worse? With this new style in which teams have 35 seconds to discuss strategy, about 90% of the games I played the team don't discussed strategy...
The worst is not it, the worst is that the more flustered not even want to know what the team thinks will already picking the hero of his choice without even wanting to know the rest of the team, much less strategy...
I believe that if it were so, it would be better then go back to the way it was before, at least the time of choice of heroes was faster, since 90% do not think about strategy...
PS: This is the reality of South American servers, and + - 3450 (MMR climb is difficult because ALWAYS have that sucker fucks the game). What do you think of this new RANKED ??
Hugs, from Brazil []'s SopaDeGaivota
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I'm not sure. I was skeptical at first, since I just want to play dota rather than staring at pick screens. But I feel like picking stage planning might have gotten a bit better with the change, atleast for me.
On the difficulty of climbing: keep in mind that your opponents will also "ALWAYS have that sucker" fucking their game.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
all this change does is make me wait 2 minutes longer for a game
i couldnt care less what others pick
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the planning stage could be shorter but now each team has a choice to react to certain picks. the last second counterpicking was obnoxious and people randoming heroes just to repick right before the start was also questionable i like the new system but i would like to see -rd added to rankedmm
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On October 04 2014 02:17 TRAP[yoo] wrote: the planning stage could be shorter but now each team has a choice to react to certain picks. the last second counterpicking was obnoxious and people randoming heroes just to repick right before the start was also questionable i like the new system but i would like to see -rd added to rankedmm
I agree, having 7 people wait until the last second to pick was incredibly annoying and happened every. single. game.
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Teams' compositions have drastically improved in my experience.
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the real planning happens at the last 2, 3 picks anyways. Someone will instapick something, which is okay. Just plan around it as a 4th 5th, you can make a huge difference still
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Small sample size, but for me, it hasn't gotten any better. People still pick sniper. No one wants to play support. Calling a lane doesn't mean anything.
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Baltimore, USA22222 Posts
To this day I cannot fathom why the fucking fuck RD is not in ranked. best pub game mode IMO.
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Apart from the fact that u can actually pick whatever the fuck u want in RD or wat?
I mean even in that circumstance the ordering is quite nice and better than old and new AP both
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RD was my most played mode before ranked came out. New AP is pretty much that, but all the heroes available to you instead of just 22(?). I think it is a clear improvement over before where nobody still said anything, but it was impossible to pick with others to get decent teams.
I mean it can still happen where you get 5 carries no supports, but it is a lot less likely now and people are more willing to make room for other picks.
Anecdotally, just had a game where we had an LC, WK, Tusk and Phoenix pick and the last guy had asked for mid. He switched it up, went Rubick and played some of the best support we could have asked for. Also WK willingly moved into the jungle and gave me as Phoenix solo offlane and let LC take the lane farm.
It's just one game out of a few that I've played now, but I think it at least has calmed a bit of the chaos that regular AP is.
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On October 04 2014 01:56 Targe wrote: all this change does is make me wait 2 minutes longer for a game
i couldnt care less what others pick What this guy said.
All it does it make my games take longer to start for little if any benefit. It's annoying and not worth it.
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I prefer this new version of ap, adds a little bit more to the drafting phase. Captains modes never truely were a option for solo ranked and I never liked regular ap in ranked.
If you just want to get to the game without thinking picks just do unranked. I never liked half assing and blind picking shitty heroes in ranked, I have to make up for being bad by tryharding where possible.
I do have to join the voices wondering why RD isn't in ranked though.
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I think it's about the same, maybe a tiny bit better in quality
I do miss being able to repick though. Even if you didn't random - sometimes I feel like playing a hero but decide it's not worth it if the rest of the picks on my team is shit. most of the time I'd get my hero but occasionally I'd repick if the lanes were retarded enough that I wouldn't even enjoy playing my hero (like laning am with a melee core or something)
I agree - random draft best pub mode by far. dodge the cancerous fotm picks most games, get a decent lineup usually
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On October 04 2014 01:56 Targe wrote: all this change does is make me wait 2 minutes longer for a game
i couldnt care less what others pick
Then play unranked. There's a hidden MMR in place, so you will still play the people of your skill level. Easy fix, no?
I can only view this as a good thing.
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On October 04 2014 05:33 EvilTeletubby wrote: To this day I cannot fathom why the fucking fuck RD is not in ranked. best pub game mode IMO.
Exactly this! Gimme back my RD.
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I play in south american RMM in 3700~4000 MMR bracket and while people dont discuss a strat for the game literally, they do discuss what picks would be good against what the other team is picking or what comboes with what we already have and etc, some people are obnoxious but at least 2 or 3 people per match normally care about what both teams are picking, also it's easier to plan the lanes with more time(my favorite part of the new syste), you're exaggerating this matter greatly imo. A lot of antissocial behavior happens but it happen exactly because people are discussing picks. I like the new ranked ap, it could be 25 seconds instead of 40 imo.
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On October 04 2014 01:56 Targe wrote: all this change does is make me wait 2 minutes longer for a game
i couldnt care less what others pick Is your ingame name something like "mid or techies"?
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A lot of people don't watch team composition, and end up getting flamed if they make dumb picks. Fuck pubs :L
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