What I’m referring to are their big ideas outside of the normal tasks of balance, new heroes, and new maps. These were namely the Arena mode that never materialized and presumably its Brawls offshoot. I’m inclined to think of Anomalies in the same vein - beating about the bush. Guilds were an example of an idea that wouldn’t have done much, if anything, but that they embraced because the silly community thought it might as well be a priority in the absence of substantial ideas. The timing of this was right before “HotS 2.0”, there were no guilds in beta or at launch. From what I recall of their artifacts (I hope the threads aren’t lost from the forum change; there are probably news items) they messed up in a very obvious manner and decided that was their best shot. Other changes are too minor to mention with respect to changing the course of the game.
It was the very first paragraph of my very first post, which actually appears twice in the opening post of this thread:
I’ve been playing a few of the heroes added after I left and they have cool designs. It’s just too little and they are kept behind a tall paywall that the remaining veteran players fail to appreciate. At this point the game has accumulated a lot of heroes and a lot of battlegrounds too. There’s a lot left behind.
I also like the emphasis on fighting. I’ve been thinking something drastic might have to be done about talent tiers but that’s a story for another day.
Not at all total. They have certainly lacked ambition. I have more contempt for the community for sure.
To note where we’re at.
I don’t think you understand what potential means. It doesn’t mean the game is fine as it is. It clearly isn’t, but most of you seem to believe it is.
This is the destructive attitude holding the game back.
The hilarious thing is this let’s call it person thought that I was suggesting heroes should be unlockable only with money! Mind-boggling. And two others upvoted that post, which featured other comments of similar quality. Sometimes you wonder what in the world is going through people’s heads. Then Minky wonders why I have so much contempt for this community. The “articulate” ones who post silly things are still my favorites. Where’s this Mumrah character, SirFuzzy, and the Mensa society member with the Hanzo avatar? No point in mentioning reddit. These communities are zoos.