New Core Pool Mode Launches This Friday!

[Mad_Angel]

yeah, that term got quite popular. pretty sad....

I do agree with you, MOBA is a rtard term and you can't please everyone. Yet, you should not focus exclusively on (attracting) new players and completely forget the established user base who supported the company since 2009. If you analyze the last few additions:
All free heroes -> New players; Range indicators -> New players; Core Pool -> New players; Bots -> New players; Mentoring -> New players; Death tips -> New players.
Aside from those you have lock pick for competitive players and mid wars just for the lolz. What about the rest of the community?

[Arozonic]

From what it looked like, it was basically normal AP with less heroes? That's not enough, the pool itself should be strictly limited to prevent 5-carry teams, and by doing so show new players how much more effective a balanced team with all roles are.

Decent try, but you could have done so much more.

[Naked_Ghost]

the is by far, the worst idea conceived by S2 so far. You've outdone yourselves this time, congratz -.-

[MaztaBlazta]

MOBA is silly, and I love how I got on this thread by trying to link to the death thing....good stuff

[BlayZin]

wheres my Dark Lady

[[d13]High_Jack]

I love this idea but I think it could've been better implemented. I think we should be able to play other game modes besides a "All Pick" in regular Match Making and a "Blind Ban" in Mid Wars with the 40 heroes pool. That's why I tried to suggest something to make it more versatile but I'm sure it could be improved.

[[YMF]felixydhag]

Love It !

[[180]facedown]

This is very obviously designed for making it easier to learn the game. I can see why veterans don't like it but it was not made with veterans in mind. Veterans calling it stupid is pretty short sighted. This mode will help new players learn the game a lot faster. I think it is a great idea.

[Cultix]

What i see is that LoL has millions of players and Hon has less then 100.000 ... to be honest, hon is way better then LoL, but, with this idea, you won't get more players!
I don't play core pool because i'm a veteran and i want to have the full hero list.

Make an impossible bosses mode please!

Use the models and change the heroes abilities for this mode!

10 players

2 tanks - Moraxus + Legio
3 healers - Demented + Rhapsody + Nymphora
5 dps - Artesia + Forsaken Archer + Glacius + Hammerstorm + Master of Arms

Or 5 players

Moraxus
Demented
Artesia
Forsaken
Hammerstorm


Kongor as final boss


3 levels of difficulty

Medium
Hard
Veteran

[Aletheus]

Putting Maliken as a "core" hero...wow, that was sad.

[SonicVibes]

I don't like the new game mode... seems unoriginal... and uninspired. Put your back into something different. S2 built a great platform but still has to release game modes that really change the way we play the game. Instead of making another valk avatar, figure out different ways for us to play this game. There are so many unexplored possibilities that I've read in the forums, ranging from arenas to survivals, that I can't understand why you would come up with Core Pool...

[Granitt]

Where is costum maps mode??

[[MyB]webbk]

I really should stop reading these patch threads because only about 20% of the comments are from people who paid attention and understand that S2 is a business that is interested in growing. But most of what's discussed is the same "S2 why are you such a mean-face" drivel from entitled people who every patch expect to be fellated by the staff for spending $30 of their paper route money three years ago to finance a then-young project, which you knew was good. And it's still good, because if it weren't you wouldn't still be playing this game and crying here. You are appreciated, but your basic understanding of small-business growth is so out of touch with reality that you want to victimize yourself with "why are you letting all these noobs in my game". And the answer to that is that without noob pubtrash like myself, this company would eventually become unable to fund its servers and a game with such huge potential would dry up before its time.

"I bought a demo from a local band three years ago when nobody knew them. Now they're multi-platinum and made their back catalog free for everyone to appreciate, even those undeserving people who don't even speak English. Now I'm offended because they just gave the real fans a little nod in their liner notes and aren't writing new songs exclusively for me. F*ck you guys, you don't appreciate me."

You sir, said exactly what I was going to say to these savages. Thank you.

[Balpha_Rape]

the only thing I don't like about it is that it divides the player base even more.

[ProtoCosmos]

I think this is good. HoN's hero pool is one of the reasons I stopped playing. Having old picks makes for a more interesting style imo.

[[NazF]GoldenFrog04]

can't we get a random pool for every match ?

repeating the same one is kinda boring

[[TECH]Gorb]

All I'm saying is that they just add new functionality to please noob hipster players who joined the game a couple months ago and think their opinion matters.
My point being that, apart from a few new heroes, the game I play today is the same game I played 3 years ago when I bought my account. Same game modes, same items, same map, same shitty community.

A "few" usually indicates 3 - 4 (or so), "several" is a range from about 4 - 7 (both ranges are inclusive).

Or at least, that's how I understand it due to my upbringing. Certainly, a "few" doesn't cover the massive range of heroes added to the game since closed (or even open) beta. I'm sure people can agree on that.

Furthermore, the game has modes that weren't available back then (Mid Wars for starters, games of which have been going on in Public Games since before the game went F2P, nevermind F2O), maps that weren't available back then (I remember Grimm's Crossing being implemented, heh) and items that weren't available back then.

I don't understand how the game can be at all the same, even disregarding the multiple client enhancements, GUI redesigns and ingame overhaul(s) to graphical fidelity and ease of use.

[[E]EmptyOne]

This mod works really great with casual but doesnt seem to be needed in normal mode.

[[TONS]Kings_]

I´M excited