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What is your background? MOBA or FPS? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by Ilandar@aussie.zone to c/deadlock@sopuli.xyz

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Just curious what the demographic here is like. The game seems to be appealing, at least for now, to both crowds. I am an FPS player whereas my friend is a ex-MOBA player and we usually struggle to find games we can enjoy equally. So far we are playing Deadlock a lot together though, and I am more hooked than I expected to be when I first realised this was primarily a MOBA.

If you started playing this game for a different reason feel free to share as well.

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 week ago

I too have yet to adjust to the years we lost during the pandemic, but Dota closed beta started 14 years ago. A decade ago it had been released for a year following its much-memed three year beta. Time flies eh?

I'm exactly like you though, so I'm happy to find a kindred spirit. Played a shit ton of Dota 1, went onto playing Dota 2 starting from closed beta up to about 2017. I love the game, but I hated playing it - it mostly made me miserable. Very happy to have quit, but still watch TI every year, along with a couple other major tournaments perhaps. I think it's great fun to watch.

I agree that MOBA macro and gamesense are very important, but they are also easier to pick up than movement and aim, so I find after the initial week or two of an adjustment period it's mostly the FPS gods who dominate. I know I am primarily held back by my aim at the moment, for example.