The ten year anniversary of Dota's public release is coming up (yes, we're working on some fun stuff for it; no, we're definitely not going to hit the July 9th date listed on Steam). As anniversaries go ten years is a big one, and while looking back is important, what's more important is how we approach the ten years to come.
  • n_emoo@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    The only thing I can say is certain from this is the lack of a grand battlepass going forward. Whether it translates to any meaningful change to future updates, prize pools, game modes and cosmetics is all up in the air.

    • Xanvial@lemmy.oneOP
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      2 years ago

      yeah, I’m afraid that this is used as excuse to not doing any updates at all. Currently the expectation is at least there’s a big update every TI

  • Bearswithjetpacks
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    2 years ago

    I’m not hopeful for how this will turn out. Battlepass season is Christmas season for dota players, so seeing the negative response to the battlepass being delayed and made monetarily less accessible these past few years was unsurprising. Now it seems like they want to remove it? Try suggesting to remove Christmas and Thanksgiving season, and see what kind of reactions you’ll get out of people.

  • highduc
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    2 years ago

    After reading their article I’m slightly more optimistic about it than I was initially. It does seem they’re doing it for good reasons but ofc they’d say that :) but I kinda hope it works out.

    Or I’m at least curious to see how it goes.

    • Notnotmike@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      I’m looking forward to seeing what they’re replacing it with. I will miss the hype around the battlepass, but I also acknowledge that it’s been dying down over the years. I grew too used to it

      Some of the best Dota updates are the ones that shake things up in a major way (7.33, talents, neutral items) because they’re new and interesting. Maybe applying that same concept to out of game content will have the same effect

  • shakesbeare@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    This seems like a weird decision. The battle pass and substantial, frequent, interesting content updates coexisted for years and I can’t help but feel this bodes poorly for the effect TI will have each year.

    BUTTT it seems like the game itself will receive more love so who knows maybe it’ll work out.