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Alternate title: what’s your favorite obscure jank?

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[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not obscure but ... League of Legends

Mobas literally have some of the best gameplay of any games out there but the player base and overall culture around the game prevents me from recommending it to people

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I do really enjoy League of Legends, it's just the people that make me scared to ever play again. I need a version that exclusively has a nice and loving playerbase that are just playing for fun and not for getting angry at my incompetence.

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i have a good group that I play with. They're not commies unfortunately but you'd be welcome to play with us if you wanna give it another go

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

I mean hey, if you really mean it, I would be down to have a go with fun peeps.

[–] fanbois@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same here for Dota 2.

An insufferable playerbase combined with thousands of obscure mechanics, details and interactions makes it basically impenetrable as a casual game for someone to try it out. I got 4k hours in it and too many of them were filled with negative emotions towards myself or others.

It's unfortunately also the best competitive game ever made, both for playing and watching.

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a league player I have one major question for you, how is blink dagger a thing and how do you balance something like that?

[–] fanbois@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not a avid league player, but as far as I know Flash has been mandatory in competitive on like 99% of champs for pretty much most of leagues existence.

Blink is just a different approach on the topic of instant movement skills.

Flash is free and has no downsides, but is rather short and has a long ass cooldown.

Blink Dagger is fairly expensive, can be disabled through player damage, gives zero stats but has long range and a reasonably short cooldown.

Both fundamentally shape their game for the better, because without them the game would be a lot slower and less spectacular. Probably 80-90% of all "greatest highlights of dota" scenes feature a blink and I presume it's vice versa in league.

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

It just seems so busted haha

I guess I can kind of see what you're saying though