HoN open beta soon, hurry!

i've already played the new update dr d33p - i've also read a few things in the changelog but If you play it you can actually SEE the changes immediately!
The thing loads MUCH, MUCH faster now too!

The new map is a little intense though, it's tiny!
 
@keeper Haven't played the new map... was just yanking your chain after you commented bout the hero who owned you :-) Played last night was quite laggy compared to pre 1.30. Anybody else notice any lag?
 
dr_d33p said:
Played last night was quite laggy compared to pre 1.30. Anybody else notice any lag?
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I played last night from about 8 or something till 1:30AM - didn't lag AT ALL :confused:

even the "connection bar" racehorse type thing / syncronising thing that I used to be last in, now takes 1-2 seconds!:eek: im usually 3rd/4th/5th to be completed in syncing :)

what connection are you using? im on 3G (Vodacom)
 
Keeper said:
I played last night from about 8 or something till 1:30AM - didn't lag AT ALL :confused:

even the "connection bar" racehorse type thing / syncronising thing that I used to be last in, now takes 1-2 seconds!:eek: im usually 3rd/4th/5th to be completed in syncing :)

what connection are you using? im on 3G (Vodacom)
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How are games hosted? P2P (like in Demigod) or client-server based? If client-server based, who is the server? The host of the game (like in War3) or is it a dedicated host?
 
the host is not the server - S2 Games is. so Dedicated Host.

so basically, if a guy hosts a game on iBurst we won't be affected by his crappy speeds.
secondly, if he quits the game, or his PC freezes, the rest play on like nothing ever happened (minus 1 player of course)

No matter who lags, you wont feel it, or see error messages like DotA. (unless it's you, yourself that is lagging)

IIRC you can even restart your PC mid-game and re-connect
 
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is there a local server?

if anyone has a beta key i would be forever grateful!
if you have one could you PM it to me please!


all my friends have this except me :<
 
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EtienneK said:
International pings fail.

Will there be LAN support?
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Yep. If Blizzard don't come through with SC2 Lan functions, THIS will be the game played at LANs.

I promise you this game is playable with int pings - 400ms is fine for this game, as long as it's a constant 400ms and not 270,600,450,900,etc
 
i'm not so sure after the new patches these days though w1z4rd, i'm seeing like 35mbs or so for 2 games played ?

i'll check again tonight to make sure - i'm almost certain it's not so much anymore :)
 
Keeper said:
i'm not so sure after the new patches these days though w1z4rd, i'm seeing like 35mbs or so for 2 games played ?

i'll check again tonight to make sure - i'm almost certain it's not so much anymore :)
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I have not measured it.. will keep an eye on it tonight. Im sure the voip adds.
 
w1z4rd said:
A game of DOTA (about an hour long), uses about 1mb of bandwidth. WOW only uses 1-4Kbs.
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Ok, not too bad then, but then the wow subscription puts me off too.

I'll probably buy it to see what the fuss is about though.
 
Aqua_lung said:
Ok, not too bad then, but then the wow subscription puts me off too.

I'll probably buy it to see what the fuss is about though.
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Yeah took me years to be dragged into the game after many failed starts. You mostly have to quest with someone at the start to enjoy yourself.

The subs are around R125 a month.. well worth it for the hundreds of hours of game play you get out the game.

Dota.. well go to a local LAN and pick up a copy and play on war3.co.za for free.
 
I just hope HoN doesn't take the subscription route - heard rumors it could possibly :(
 
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