Few questions from returning player

Greetings
iam a returning player to heroes of the storm who returned this week
thanks for the all heroes free :slight_smile:
some questions :

  1. why is the reconnect system so bad ? sometimes i get stuck at “this may take a bit , thanks for waiting for like 5-8min” even though my connection is fine , plus in this 5-8min the game is live and not reconnecting , AI is playing instead of me… plus some slutters ?

  2. gold gain is nerfed? why games award 20-30 gold ? heroes cost like 10k or even 15k , at the rate of 20-30 it takes ages to get a new hero , though for now the all heroes are free is fixing it but it wont stay for long

  3. basically i gain lootbox each time i gain a lvl ? so i do level 1 heroes and get them to 2 ? is that the best way to get lootboxes ?

  4. lootbox reroll costs too much compared to gold earned from game , and please the sprays and banners are really bad

  5. why some battlegrounds very rarely appear ? i got bored of cursed hollow/tomb of spider queen/towers of doom , can we please have more hanamura temple/Alterac valley/blackheart bay ? i have played like 20 games awaiting alterac valley and got 0 ones… i play QM mainly , is alterac available on QM ? blackheart bay too?

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Welcome back!

  1. It is that bad and can’t be changed because of the game engine FeelsBadMan

  2. You are getting more gold from daily quests (200-800) and every 5 lvls on a hero you getting 500 gold.

  3. Yep

  4. Yep

  5. You will get all the maps with time, keep playing, they are all in QM

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Connection was spotty yesterday and a couple of days ago due to DDoS attacks.

Quests and lvling heroes to a lvl multiple of 5 (5, 10, 15…) awards gold. So if you play regularly, you should be able to afford a hero every week.

Some people have more gold than they know what to do with. I’ve been spending mine on mastery rings lol.

Pretty much. Lvling low lvl heroes will net you numerous loot boxes.

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The game stores every command issued by all of the players, when you reconnect it’s the same as a replay. Your computer has to process everything you missed to catch you up. The game needs a new engine, but I doubt we’ll see one.

Gold is mainly from your daily quest. You shouldn’t reroll when you’re trying to build up your gold supply. Better to buy a new hero with that gold. Level everyone to 5 if you can to maximize loot chests and gold. Again, don’t reroll.

When you’re brand new you are limited to a few maps, but this quickly goes away and it’s entirely random. I get Alterac frequently.

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The engine
:woman_shrugging:

Quests give 200-800 gold. They are vital to your gold income, particularly the less you play. Also, perhaps you should consider the cheaper heroes as well. In any case, now is a better time than ever to try out heroes so you can plan out the order you buy heroes.

That is correct. Every time you level, you gain a lootbox. Every 5 player levels, you get a rare lootbox instead of a normal one. And every 25 levels, you get an epic lootbox instead of a normal one as well as a small quantity of gems. Every 10 hero levels, you get a hero-specific lootbox(1 item guaranteed to have something pertaining to that hero)

As for the best way? At the moment, that’d be the board game quest. Normally, the best way to get lootboxes is to level up your low level heroes. You should be doing this anyways since you get 500 gold every 5 hero levels.

Yeah, if you want something specific, just save up your gold and buy shards (you can do this by…clicking the shard icon at the main menu I think?). I wouldn’t recommend doing a lot of rerolls. Lootboxes and rerolls are simply inefficient gold-wise compared to buying shards and heroes.

That is simply the randomness of the map selection. I got blackheart,AV and hanamura yesterday. Though if you’re new, I heard you won’t be able to play all the maps right away

This game is unfortunately a Starcraft 2 mod. Meaning to reconnect, every action that has happened so far has to be played back by your computer so that you can reconnect.

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You shouldn’t re-roll any boxes until you have all the heroes you want and gold to spare.
You gain boxes faster if you level several heroes. The higher level a hero is, the more xp it takes to level them.

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game engine, there are a lot of post explaining that in this forum

no, i am a casual QM player and i have like 115k of gold, i always play with the same 3 - 5 heroes, and i haven’t bought anything in a while yet i have a ton of gold

yes, but u can win lootboxes in the seasons events i have 100 lootboxes waiting to be opened in a future

i always reroll lootbox once or 2 times, because i dont mind gold, sprays are cool, but the banners sucks

i dont feel that, i have played in every map, maybe the more usual is cursed hollow, but i have played in every map today

The game engine this is built on.
This is probably the best the reconnect system can get, it is much improved over beta.

That was always how much gold you gained?
You also have the normal quests, and 500 gold every time you get a hero to level 5/10/etc.

The gold cost for things versus what you earn is low if you’re a newer player, and want many heroes. But if you just want a couple, or have been playing off and on for years, the rate of gold gain is easily enough to buy every new hero with tons left over.

yes

rerolling of loot boxes is meant to be a way for players with tons of gold to use it.

Given gold can be turned into shards, i’m a bit surprised they haven’t removed that.

at lower player level you get some maps more frequently than other.

yes

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My opinion OP. don’t come back. The game is dead or should be dead for all accounts. the toxic playerbase made sure of that

Rerolling is mostly not worth it, just take what you get because loot boxes aren’t that difficult to get.

The way you get stuff is by playing the game. Playing every single hero just for the loot boxes doesn’t seem that fun. Play a character you find that you like to play and leveling won’t really be a chore. Stuff will fall into your lap because you won’t really be thinking about it.

You should see the dances lol
Not Kel’Thuzad’s. Kel’Thuzad’s dance is good.

i mean you hate the game yourself. doesn’t mean you should also make other people hate it with you. let the man give it a try instead of scaring him away you’re acting like league of legends is good or dota whatsoever all these mobas are far more toxic than hots so you can’t compare. and the game isn’t dead yet whatsoever the game is good but MM is bad that’s all i can say however you hate the game you can leave just don’t tell other people “it’s a bad game” just because you don’t like it.

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He doesn’t need your opinion. He asked other questions

Perfect example of thinking that everyone in this game is just like you

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why did you delete it. it wasn’t that bad!

I’m sleepy lol and missclicked

oh lol i was like why delete right away? explains much cause i’m sleepy too and not in a good mood either cause sleepy why when i’m sleepy i’m angry? why i can’t sleep? send help pls.

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If you have 1200 gold and own 6 heroes. Re-rolling is a bad idea though.

It’s weird that you’d tell someone not to come back, and yet you’re here posting on the HotS forums.