Hooray! They finally announced it and are no longer capable of changing their minds.
http://blog.dota2.com/2012/06/introduci ... ota-store/
and Steam Workshop, a lesser hooray.
Dota 2 Free to Play
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Blathersby
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not surprised, but I hope the creations stay within a general theme and dont go balls out with over the top crap
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MindFlayer
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they've said it will be fairly strict which items are allowed into the game. last night i played my first game after the patch and completely smashed the opposing team, but someone else ended up getting an item (on the other team even i believe) and i didn't get shit
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That's cool that it drops cosmetic items, kind of like tf2. Do the items give you any kind of stat buff?MindFlayer wrote:they've said it will be fairly strict which items are allowed into the game. last night i played my first game after the patch and completely smashed the opposing team, but someone else ended up getting an item (on the other team even i believe) and i didn't get shit
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Re: Dota 2 Free to Play
No. Nothing like that.
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MindFlayer
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Yeah, the items are strictly cosmetic. Any kind of stat altering items would ruin the game.
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Hoodedsniper
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The drops are just random.
Every time you level up though with battle points you get an item guaranteed.
Also the more games you dont get items, the higher your chance gets so you will eventually always get one at some point.
And apparently higher battle levels raises your chances but im not sure on this one.
Every time you level up though with battle points you get an item guaranteed.
Also the more games you dont get items, the higher your chance gets so you will eventually always get one at some point.
And apparently higher battle levels raises your chances but im not sure on this one.
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as long as this stays true I dont give a shit how else the game evolvesMindFlayer wrote:Yeah, the items are strictly cosmetic. Any kind of stat altering items would ruin the game.
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If the cosmetic items stay within reason (no alpine ursa) I don't care. But if this ends up like TF2...
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Hoodedsniper
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There is going to be alpine ursa and this will end up like TF2.bh :) wrote:If the cosmetic items stay within reason (no alpine ursa) I don't care. But if this ends up like TF2...
Still a great game.
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ending up like tf2 would be a good thing. That means it would last for many, many years maintaining popularity.bh :) wrote:If the cosmetic items stay within reason (no alpine ursa) I don't care. But if this ends up like TF2...
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Hoodedsniper
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mbaxter wrote:ending up like tf2 would be a good thing. That means it would last for many, many years maintaining popularity.bh :) wrote:If the cosmetic items stay within reason (no alpine ursa) I don't care. But if this ends up like TF2...
No, I dont want my heros running around with retarded looking shit likes in tf2.
Like an apple with an arrow through it or some big shitty beam cannon.
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Re: Dota 2 Free to Play
DotA 2, "free to play". Want to play DotA 2? That'll be $39.99.
Not sure if anyone else has noticed. Surprisingly haven't seen anything about it posted anywhere. Not that I've been looking where it might tend to be posted.
Not sure if anyone else has noticed. Surprisingly haven't seen anything about it posted anywhere. Not that I've been looking where it might tend to be posted.
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I'm confused by what you're saying.Avvatar wrote:DotA 2, "free to play". Want to play DotA 2? That'll be $39.99.
Not sure if anyone else has noticed. Surprisingly haven't seen anything about it posted anywhere. Not that I've been looking where it might tend to be posted.