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How are the animations confusing? I think the animations/effects are pretty clear in conveying what's going on. The only one I see being an issue is Bloodseeker's open wounds but I think that's because most people don't seem to know that moving while you're affected by it is why they're being damaged.

(point to note, the issues below maybe because of latency?)

it is also an issue with some ranged heroes's regular attack. there is a very slight delay between the attack animation showing that the attack lands, and when the game actually registers the hit landing (thus damage occur).

and for some melee's area abilities (like slardar's aoe stun) are particularly easy to miss if you use it while chasing an enemy down - because, your character would stop running, execute animations, then ability activated. the actual time frame of this sequence of event is EXTREMELY small, maybe 0.2-0.3 seconds. But it was sufficient for the person to get away from the tiny area effect range.

only slight annoyance, the game otherwise functions great and smooth.

Quote from homer2324 : (point to note, the issues below maybe because of latency?) it is also an issue with some ranged heroes's regular attack. there is a very slight delay between the attack animation showing that the attack lands, and when the game actually registers the hit landing (thus damage occur). and for some melee's area abilities (like slardar's aoe stun) are particularly easy to miss if you use it while chasing an enemy down - because, your character would stop running, execute animations, then ability activated. the actual time frame of this sequence of event is EXTREMELY small, maybe 0.2-0.3 seconds. But it was sufficient for the person to get away from the tiny area effect range. only slight annoyance, the game otherwise functions great and smooth.

Was this not in the original DOTA? I always assumed that the slight delay in abilities like Ursa's slow/Death Prophet's Silence and Leshrac's stun...etc... have always been there..

umm... i think leshrac's stun's delay was intentionally, while ursa/dp/others are not (maybe due to latency).

people don't seems to understand CA/USA or CAL or US West.

people keep screaming Brazil, Argentina, or other countries' name when they win.

I am still waiting for a beta key, but this is something that really irks me. It seems there is a delay for some reason, but then again, I haven't played it yet cause I need a key: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0YQP4TQdsA

Quote from ch1sox : I am still waiting for a beta key, but this is something that really irks me. It seems there is a delay for some reason, but then again, I haven't played it yet cause I need a key: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0YQP4TQdsA

When did you sign up for it?

Quote from thermoelectron : When did you sign up for it?

I thought I signed up a while ago, but maybe I didn't. So I re-signed up a week ago.

Quote from ch1sox : I thought I signed up a while ago, but maybe I didn't. So I re-signed up a week ago.

hmm...well the good news is that you should get it fairly soon. My friend applied for the beta (no MOBA experience whatsoever) and got his key in two weeks. They've been pretty liberal in handing out keys lately.

Quote from homer2324 : and for some melee's area abilities (like slardar's aoe stun) are particularly easy to miss if you use it while chasing an enemy down - because, your character would stop running, execute animations, then ability activated. the actual time frame of this sequence of event is EXTREMELY small, maybe 0.2-0.3 seconds. But it was sufficient for the person to get away from the tiny area effect range. only slight annoyance, the game otherwise functions great and smooth.

There is supposed to be delays. Almost every hero has a "casting time," normally in the 0.2-0.5 second range. This means there will always be that delay between ordering the ability to be cast, and it actually being cast.

i understand. it appears to be less of an issue in WC3 dota.

ah, in dota2, melee attack will always land on a running hero after attack animation starts (less the hero blink/teleport away), regardless of range.

very well documented:
http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=16368
http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=33513

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Valve, Blizzard Reach DOTA Trademark Agreement [gameinformer.com]

Quote : According to the agreement, Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, including DOTA 2, while Blizzard will preserve noncommercial use of DOTA for its community with regard to player-created maps for Warcraft III and StarCraft II.

Quote : "As part of this agreement, we're going to be changing the name of Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, which ultimately better reflects the design of our game. We look forward to going into more detail on that at a later date."

It's official: DOTA 2 is Free 2 Play [dota2.com]



Best of all..all heroes will be free...

Hey everyone, I am new to this game, anyone could be so kind and tell me why the faces of the Panda man and Storm are so different from the original DOTA? Actually they are not Panda anymore.