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Heroes of Newerth Open Beta This Week

[Mar 28, 2010, 3:06 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Heroes of Newerth Facebook Page says open beta testing of this Defense of the Ancients-inspired action/strategy game will begin on March 31 (thanks Big Download). Word is: "The Open Beta date and time has been set. You can visit our countdown at http://www.heroesofnewerth.com Open Beta is set to begin Wednesday, March 31 @ 4:00pm PST."

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Re: Heroes of Newerth Open Beta This Week

Mar 29, 2010, 06:17

peteham

The fact that you LOSE gold when you die While I haven't played LoL and as such can't really comment on it, I keep seeing this particular argument brought up in LoL vs HoN discussions and it always surprises me. I've always found gold-loss to a tremendous tension-builder just like it is/was in DotA. It really dictates your strategy. Should you get a cheaper beginner item or risk going for one of the more high-end ones? It also heavily forces your playing style at various points in the game when you're approaching one of the higher price-points. Wouldn't want to be without this part of the game, personally. Of course it sucks when you get into that occasional game where you go on an endless dieing-streak and get hopelessly far behind both on levels and items for the remainder of the game, but I don't think the game would be the same without it, really. That said, I probably should give LoL a try.

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Comment [quote="peteham"Mar 29, 2010, 06:17]q[The fact that you LOSE gold when you die]q While I haven't played LoL and as such can't really comment on it, I keep seeing this particular argument brought up in LoL vs HoN discussions and it always surprises me. I've always found gold-loss to a tremendous tension-builder just like it is/was in DotA. It really dictates your strategy. Should you get a cheaper beginner item or risk going for one of the more high-end ones? It also heavily forces your playing style at various points in the game when you're approaching one of the higher price-points. Wouldn't want to be without this part of the game, personally. Of course it sucks when you get into that occasional game where you go on an endless dieing-streak and get hopelessly far behind both on levels and items for the remainder of the game, but I don't think the game would be the same without it, really. That said, I probably should give LoL a try. [/quote]

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