Random Heroes (RH) is a semi-popular style of melee that could be a lot better. The default settings for RH need balance tweaks because: A) it spawns each players hero at the start of the game without the need of an altar, B) training a 2nd or 3rd hero is not randomized, and C) it is not possible to get an off-race hero. This means players must take it upon themselves to find/create correctly modified maps (which isnt always easy) in order to play the preferred RH settings.
I would like to ask the devs to improve the default in-game settings for RH to: A) require an altar, B) randomize 2nd and 3rd heroes (keep default cost at 425g/100w), and C) allow all heroes from any race especially neutral /tavern. If you make it like our current user-made maps, we just need a new [?] icon that says “Train any hero” at altar, and should work same as with or without Tavern. This way players can enjoy a balanced RH match without resorting to user-modified maps.
These should all be optional settings to toggle in the hosting menu. On top of that, sometimes a group of friends wants RH and some want standard heroes. Maybe we could allow players to have it both ways like with options for: RH only, RH + Standard, or Standard only. That way if somebody hosts RH + Standard, some players can pick RH and others can go standard (in the same game)
Also might be fun to see this added to ranked/ladder games? Say if just two RH maps were added to the ladder pool they would only show up occasionally, and players could still choose to veto them… Although, I could see how it might be better to not allow off-race heroes for ranked play, so maybe only include tavern heroes and once a week RH could allow off-race for the day in ladder matches? Would make for some really rare icons to achieve many RH wins!
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We should have the following options when hosting custom games:
- Random Hero [on/off] <-- if Off, the rest will be disabled automatically
- Require Altar for Random Heroes [yes/no] <-- No means only 1 random hero to start
- Allow Off-race for Random Heroes [yes/no] <-- No should still allow neutral/tavern heroes
- Allow both Random + Standard Hero choice [yes/no] <-- Yes requires Altar
and for Ranked games:
- each gametype (1v1,2v2,etc) could have 2 RH maps added to the pool
- All Ranked RH maps will be set to “Altar required” and “No off-race heroes”
- players could choose to veto if they dislike RH maps
- it could be cool to see an icon added for RH wins