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 #381 - Into the Nexus: “Is it exciting? Is it broken?”

• Garrett • Kyle • NotParadox or Guest

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Intro:  Welcome to Into the Nexus! The Heroes of the Storm podcast!

The Council of Garrett and Kyle, with the powers gifted to us by Kofalt, are here to decide the fate of your balance inquiries. The quote "trying to make things that sound really exciting on paper, but aren't as broken as you think they are" guides our way as we review Reddit’s recent spree of talent suggestions to the balance designer. It doesn’t have to end here though. Share your balance and talent ideas with the show at Itncast@gmail.com.


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News

Community has at Kofalts “Nutty Balance Ideas” Suggestion

Spazzo’s original post

“If you were to balance the game by the standards mentioned by BlizzKofalt, what would you propose?”

BlizzKofalt: 👀

Spazzo

Veliaphus

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Schizophrenia

Nemanjanemanja992

Elitesparkle

WorstMedivhKR

ILoveMemocracy

Khashishi

Corny

Rehgar

Argushs

DomSithe

All Rehgar needs is a choice on which totem he gets at level 1 the way kharazim picks his type. Like if Rehgar's totem was just that, a totem that does nothing but exist for 5 seconds. And at level 1 you pick from 3 or 4 different skins for it. Maybe Spirit Link totem, Earthgrab (root instead of slow), Magma Totem, and Cloudburst totem.

zovx: i want something for blaze. level 20 bunker to explode for big damage when it's destroyed and a good non-heroic talent

Links


Blue Comments

Why does Tassadar have a beam attack?


Emails

Arjade

Heya another newby question for my favourite podcast hosts.

Could I please request some tips for how to get games in when a)my time in the game is limited and random thanks to my supreme overlord (a toddler) and b) i have few friends who play this outstanding game and even if they did our schedules don't match up.

I guess Im asking for tips for solo queueing quickmatch? I guess.... I feel bad joining ranked and stuff being a crappy player and letting down a team of potentially better players haha. Anyways, whatever tips you can give me Im willing to take.

Arjade,

Often on tassadar, but starting to experiment with other heroes (also happy to hear suggestions for easy to play heroes for me, a total moba noob, if you have time)

Thanks for being outstanding.

Ps. I also saw Kyle for the first time on a video on youtube today and you are a lot more dapper than i have been imagining for 6 years haha.


Serbeus (Sir-Bee-Us)

I think we may want to save this as a main topic for a slow week. Make it a returning players’ guide.

I'm looking to get back into HotS; I heard Garrett talking about the updates on another show and have kind of been in between games so I thought I'd jump back in with the big patch.

Based on the hero release history, I last played seriously in late 2018. I know there have been some significant overhauls to the game and I have loosely followed the big updates and the disappointing fall of eSports support by Blizzard. However, I thought I'd write in and ask: Any general or high-level advice for a returning player? Any characters that I MUST check out? Whitemane was the last character announcement I remember when I was still active. And lastly, is 'Heroes Hearth' the best place to catch HotS eSports action?

Thank you for all the great content and still covering this great game. I got warm feelies seeing the podcast back in my queue.


Outro

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