It’s a good orb but has this downside, and it would be nice if it could be controlled better just by being able to turn the orb effect on/off so you aren’t purging your hex, etc. easy change. A new icon for when it’s on/off would be even better. Thanks.
So, basically the Orb would need an active ability to turn it into a different item without the effect, and that item would need its own ability to switch back. Does anyone actually know if that is possible?
It’s easily done. Many items in DotA worked this way, such as armlet, power treads, or ring of basilius. For the replacement icon on orb of lightning it would be as simple as removing the glow effect on the orb to give a visual indication that the purge effect is not active.
Just because you see something on a custom map does not mean that it can be done in multiplayer.
Most custom maps use specialized triggers to perform actions that are not supported by the game’s standard abilities. This is not an option in multiplayer, which only has a single trigger for setup on map initialization (set resources, set hero limits, clear creeps, create starting units, start standard AIs, and enforce the multiplayer victory conditions).
If there isn’t a way to do this with existing abilities, without triggers, then this would require changes to the game’s code to create a new ability for that purpose.
Orc orb is already the best one in the game, just dont focus one in hex lel.
It’s not a bad orb. It’d just be nice to have a little more control over the downside of using it considering it’s the most expensive together with OOC if we’re making comparisons. It’d still take extra micro to toggle it off and back on again, but at least you’d have insurance you’re not screwing yourself over because of bad RNG.