Heroes of Newerth

So... this game just didn't have a topic even after it's one of the earlier big MOBA games. So here it is.

Let me start with the discussions.

• Can I have a list about which heroes are the more original heroes, not ported from Dota? It's easier that way, and maybe I'd play the game for the more original heroes (like if I want to play Hammerstorm, I'd switch to Dota and play Sven, though I'd keep Hammerstorm for more ensured victories).
• Maybe it's just me, but characterization in the game seems to be the weakest compared to other MOBA. But I may be wrong. What do you think?
• So... yeah, I'm playing at Garena, and in Indonesia, they just ported the Chinese HON, take away many heroes, modify it to Indonesian language... then called it a day, while releasing the old heroes one by one. It has better UI and navigation and most importantly, has Smart Casting, but they stuck the heroes at certain avatars, making me feel like I'm not actually playing that hero (like... Thunderbringer is now stuck in Thor skin, so I felt like playing Thor, not Thunderbringer)... The international has a more complete roster and every characters are... well, being themselves. But it lacks Smart Casting and it might hamper my overall performance. That said, do you think I should stick with this new HON or I should go download the international version (at least the SE Asia version would have that)?
• Speaking of that, I still have to admit, at least Indonesian HON still made sure the characters are named as such. As the main page stated and I've visited their site... Chinese HON seems to revamp the game story and character names into a 'nonsensical brawl between mythological and public domain characters' in the same vein of Smite or Arena of Fate. Yeah, about the one above, Thunderbringer's name is literally changed to Thor in Chinese HON... What do you feel about those... changes?
• A lot say that as far as toxic community goes, HON is the worst. I know things like "They embrace toxicity as part of itself" but... well, how bad is it compared to LOL or DOTA? I remember those two claiming those phrase as well... but how did HON stand out?

Well, something gotta start somewhere... Let the discussion begin!

edited 15th Oct '15 8:44:04 PM by ChrisX

Here is a list of Heroes that are ports of Dota ones (though by now even the ones that are full ports have diverted from each other ex: Blacksmith is a direct port of Ogre Magi but they have different Staff/Scepter effects)

Links to Heroes that are unique to Ho N(based on the international version):

Agility

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Artillery Blitz Emerald Warden Engineer Draconis Bushwack Calamity Dampeer Master of Arms Moira Monkey King Nitro Forsaken Archer Gemini Grinex Gunblade Nomad Scout Silhouette Sir Benzington Tarot Klanx Shadowblade Tremble Zephyr The Dark Lady

Intelligence

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Aluna Bombardier The Chipper Ellonia Empath Artesia Circe Nymphora Kinesis Martyr Monarch Oogie Geomancer Hellbringer Myrmidon Parallax Parasite Prophet Pearl Rhapsody Skrap Revenant Riftwalker Puppet Master Gravekeeper

edited 17th Oct '15 5:22:15 AM by Kiefen

I thought Ophelia was a port to Chen?

What about STR heroes?

edited 17th Oct '15 5:12:42 AM by ChrisX

You are right she is

well I was about to add Strength heroes but then the que popped up

Strength

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Berzerker Drunken Master Flux Balphagore Cthulhuphant Deadlift Deadwood Lord Salforis Midas Pandamonium Bramble Prisoner 945 Electrician Gauntlet Kane Kraken Lodestone Maliken Rally Rampage Salomon Solstice Keeper of the Forest Moraxus Amun-Ra Ravenor Riptide

And about my 3rd point, what do you recommend?

If the China version requires you to buy heroes then I don't see a reason to stick with it (unless you want smart casting that badly)

Doesn't the INT HON also require you to buy heroes with in-game currencies?

It used to be that free accounts have a rotating pool of 15 Heroes but AFAIK they abandoned that model to stay in competition with Dota2(I'm not 100% sure though cause I've a Legacy account thus I always had the full pool).

Edit: Aha! That Other Wiki to the rescue:

"On July 19, 2012, nearly 1 year after announcing its free-to-play model S2 Games announced publicly that the game would be completely free to play with no restrictions to hero access, excluding Early Access to yet to be released heroes. The in-game store pricing was also reworked to allow easier access to in-game cosmetic content."

edited 17th Oct '15 7:23:42 PM by Kiefen

Um, what? I thought I used the SEA Ho N for a short time I had a trip on Singapore, and there's a lot of locked contents...

Sorry for double posting, but it has to be said.

The Character pages for this game is a MESS. I would like to call for help from HoN fans to pimp out the pages, maybe at least to make it more on par with other pages like LOL, Dota or Smite...