Projectile aoe spells

[Squirtle]

I'm talking about like Pyro's dragon slave,defilers carrion swarm and wretched hag's ult.

I haven't seen a post about them, but something i've noticed is that if you target a hero when you are out of range, unlike dota, you will walk up to the spot and will end up casting them where the hero was standing instead of chasing after the hero and casting it on the hero. Now this may be intentional, which if it is, then thats fine, but i'm curious if it was intentional or if its suppose to function like dota where it will cast it on the hero regardless of when u cast it if you target the hero.

This also happens when lets say, a hero is right next to you, i target the hero with it, and he moves 180° around me, instead of casting it on the hero it will cast where i originally targeted the hero, completely missing him. I personally just think the way its functioning now in HoN is inferior, but again if its intentional than i guess thats what it is.

[krucifix]

I think you should try it in DotA again, directional abilities never "followed" a targeted hero.

[Stergeary]

I think you should try it in DotA again, directional abilities never "followed" a targeted hero.

He is actually right. The spell itself did not follow a hero, but the targeting did in fact follow a hero.

Abilities that are directional in DotA, such as Carrion Swarm, Impale, et cetera can target units. Directional abilities in HoN seem to only be able to target ground. Now in DotA, targeting the ground was the generally accepted way to target abilities that were directional because the casting range tends to be shorter than the effective range of those spells and you usually want to lead a spell towards where an enemy is moving, but when it doesn't matter (i.e. a unit is right next to you), casting a directional ability with a unit-target allows you to guarantee a hit. In fact, some spells had mechanics differences between casting on a unit and not. Casting Impale on the ground will not trigger Linken's Sphere, and casting Pudge's Meat Hook with a unit-target will cancel out a Linken's Sphere but not prevent the Meat Hook. Also, when the enemy is running out of range and you used unit-targeting, your hero will chase to get into range of a target instead of casting exactly where you targeted (on the ground).

[Mrmisterwaa]

I have a weird feeling it might be a bug. Don't forget it is still in Beta stage OP.

[Squirtle]

I have a weird feeling it might be a bug. Don't forget it is still in Beta stage OP.
i'm well aware, which is why i was asking if it was intentional, but i was bringing it up because it may not be, and it wont get fixed if it isn't brought to their attention (assuming it hasn't)