Patch - Heroes 3.0

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The time has come to change something big, to make the nexus great again!
I introduce you to the innovations!

Heroes 3.0 - What’s new?

1) There are now 3 main game modes!
What does that mean?
So far, you have been able to play different game modes that were scattered everywhere. Now everyone is in one place!

2) Main Game Modes get a Ranked System!
The new Main Game Modes are: Quick Match Ranked, Draft Ranked and Special Ranked. Unranked Draft or Unranked QM are no longer playable. We believe that players in this game should always do their best to reduce the frustration factor for everyone.

3) The new Special Ranked!
The new Special Game Mode is something completely new and we are proud to introduce this! In the Special Ranked you will find different game modes that do not fit into the QM or Draft format. You will play games like 3v3, ARAM or Stitches Pool Party!

4) The new Interface!
Another innovation that will catch your eye is the new interface. So far you have had a lot of riders at the top of the screen. Now you will only see 3 tabs:
Training, Play, Workshop.
Under Training you will find the tutorial and A.I. Games.
Under Play you will find QM, Draft and Special.
The workshop is again brand new!

5) The Heroes Workshop
We have been very inspired by the WC3: Reforged Workshop and can also imagine one in Heroes. From now on you can start there ALL brawl maps!
But you can also create completely new maps and bring your ideas directly into the game!

6) A new Lootbox system!
Starting with Heroes 3.0 you will get every time a Lootbox when you win a match! For each hero level you will receive an epic loot box, for each 5th level you will receive a hero loot box and for every 10th level you will receive a legendary loot box!

7) A new Nexus anomaly!
With the introduction of the new patch, we will also introduce the next Nexus Anomaly!
Ranked Mode players will only be able to select a limited selection of heroes! We are curious, whether you will like it!

8) No Map Rotation!
We will not do map rotation anymore.
Just pick your 3 most wanted battlegrounds before the game starts!
Once all players have been found, then one of the 30 wishes is selected.

9) Free Booster!!
Lastly, we’d like to introduce you to Free Boosters, which gives you 100% more experience and 150% more gold through matches.
Any player earning the MVP award will immediately receive a 3 hour booster that will be activated immediately!

We hope you are as excited about it as we are! Heroes 3.0 will come later this year!

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Aww, you’re so cute when you think you have good ideas.

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Some of them are good, but this

I’m speechless.
And this

Ranked QM… I hate simple QM and you want to make it ranked…

No frecking way!

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Do you think ppl will believe this is official or you just do this format because it makes you feel good? :thinking:

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Ranked QM is certainly a good idea, in Asia server SL takes very long to queue so I only do QM…and I am rankless.

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Ranked ARAM, lmao. :joy:

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The reason why SL is so low populated is because ppl like to avoid ranked.
If you make QM ranked, those ppl will avoid it as well.

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Yeah, most of these are bad ideas, I gotta admit.

I’d love to see the return of other brawl type maps separate from ARAM (because let’s face it, ARAM is just gonna be perpetually popular), but there should be one singular ranked mode… period.

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I know you put a lot of thought and effort into this post, but here are the fundamental flaws in your plan:

One of the major problems this game has is a Shallow player pool. The one thing you DON’T want to do in a shallow player pool is to divide a shallow pool even more. This setup would kill the low population regions and probably not be used by the ones in THIS player pool.

The development time and effort for your new configuration would be a big task with a FULL development team let alone the current “maintenance mode” team we have now.

Lots of good thought went into this but from a practical point of view its DOA.

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I think not being able to pick the hero you want is a bigger issue, if everything is ranked then everyhting is equal.

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Thank you for your interest in this discussion!
The difference between QM Ranked and Draft Ranked is the following:
In QM Ranked you first choose your hero and then find a game. In Draft Ranked you first find the game and then choose your hero.

If you prefer to compete with your favorite hero, then QM Ranked is perfect for you!

I can understand your concerns MrFizzbin761, with the new system we try to reduce the distribution of the player base and make sure that the game modes played have a bigger player pool than now!

Do not worry, if you still want to play QM unranked, you can just open one in the new workshop!

We think that ARAM is a mode that requires a special strategic tactic.
The purpose of Heroes is not to transfer a tactic to all game modes, but to plan a good tactic for each new situation!

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Good luck balancing RNG.

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Soooo your twisted logic is providing MORE game types will REDUCE the distribution of the playerbase. :man_facepalming::woman_facepalming::man_facepalming:

We will offer everything so no one will want for anything and we’ll grow. Its an oversimplification of the issues this game has.

Who is going to pay for this ??? we are in MAINTENANCE MODE that means fewer developers and almost NO external capital investment (putting money in speculatively) Moba’s are not where the growth is or the ROI on your money is.

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Ranked QM :
Im actually not against this but , the ranking would need to by for each characters . what i mean by this is not all characters are going to be played by the same amoubt of skill by one player , creating that division isnt difficult to set up either but will likely be more healthy , other wise a player will not likely play anything else but from 1 or 2 characters by fear of demotion.

You dont want to create too much division in your own player base .

Ranked QM , regular ranked and ranked ARAM would be sufficient i beleive .

YES !!!
Stage hazard map here we go !!

Not sure thats a good idea .

Hell ! Its about damn time !!

A booster for mvp ?
That im not against it :+1:
But make one for who ever gets “epic” votes too , cannot double stack on the same victory screen .

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April fool joke is very late in season or is it very early? depends on how one looks at it…

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Some of the ideas aren’t terrible, but others are. Personally the way I see HotS 3.0 is:

  • Has (PvE) Campaign mode.
  • Has a public World Editor, where players can make their own maps and heroes.
  • Has improved Custom Games system, where players can see all public custom games in a lobby, and join them, without needing an invitation.
  • Has new hero customization system, where you can add, remove and replace elements of the hero’s appearance. (For example, you can take off Valla’s hood, and give her Witch hunter hat to her default model) Although I hardly expect this to actually happen, as it will require a lot of effort to implement.
  • Some new system to add custom functionality to the game. This is just an example of what it could be: Mount Traits [Concept]
  • This one is a bit harder to explain, but let me try: Every hero has all of their HotS itterations active. And players can choose the iteration they want to play, as they’d pick a loadout. If you think that new Whitemane is trash, just play the old one. If you think they ruined Azmodan, just play the old one. If you think Tyrande is boring, just play the old one.
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They might as well release Heroes of the Storm 2 at this point.

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This is basically my thought, but my brain sometimes becomes so stunned it loses the ability to put words together and I’m basically left with that Tim Allen Home Improvement AEUHHH???

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A dead game will stay dead.

Design was bad from the start.