I actually kinda prefer HotS in this version (excluding the smaller player base of course). Now that we’re in maintenance mode, I feel like the heroes are more balanced than they ever were at any point in the game’s history.
One thing I hated when we were getting new heroes is that they were usually OP, sometimes busted OP. It took them too long to balance them and bring them into line. By the time they got them tuned down, one or two more OP heroes were already released. It wasn’t as bad when they started releasing heroes once every 6 weeks or once every 3 months in the very end.
Power and mobility creep were real and every time we got a few new heroes, a lot of the older heroes just became weaker.
I originally played League of Legends (for about a year) before HotS came along. It had the same issues and still does from what I hear.
Don’t get me wrong… I hope the game is revived and we get more new heroes, but I hope they’re more balanced before release and/or released at a slower pace than they traditionally were.