Valve Tiptoes Into Pay-To-Win Territory With Dota 2's Beast Brawl

It's not even P2W lol. Sure spending a dollar or buying the set might give you an advantage like the first 2 days the game mode was out... Really it's whoever uses their brain and creates the best team composition to exploit how the game mode works. I'm undefeated and haven't spent a dime on any points, neither has my team. Also @ the LoL v DotA v Smite discussion. League would be better if it weren't semiP2W and so easy. Smite... lol... the fact that it's made by Hirez should raise some flags. They've been known in the past to not give a crap about their community. It's a decent game though, could work on some balancing, and once again, can't take it seriously on a competitive level when you have to buy/grind to obtain all the heroes. Dota 2 now.. Valve has had nothing but a great record when it comes to the gaming industry. It's also still good old DotA. They didn't try and change the game, or make it easy for kids, etc. They make all their money off cosmetics and we get to enjoy 100% of the game without dedicating hours on end and money out of our pocket unlocking crap to play a competitive game. And that's why I could never take LoL seriously as a competitive video game.

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this is highly misinformed

the year beast has nothing to do with the main side of dota 2 which is the pvp aspect

you don't gain any significant power over anyone with using money in the beast mode you just get skins and things like that

Heroes of the Storm > All MOBAs!!! *grabs popcorn*

New update today just buttraped everyone attending the event. only players yielding high points will gain the advantage on spam-able spells that are always turned on with a cooldown.

surprise surprise dota 2 goes p2w . no surprise with their low player base they are obviously hurting for cash and trying anything to squeeze the suckers that play for a lil extra at any chance possible .
go back to league of legends . at least its legit . foolish people frequenting dota 2 lol

Funny all i remember you need good teamwork and play pvp out of range of event that's why they give you time before the event starts so what you get sets when you win that value of 5$ every event that i play i win no matter what i just commuincate with my team and we win wow please mmobomb sence when you started to cry about dota 2 is pay 2 win when you get shitty upgrades on beast that will get killed by overpowered heros that counter the beast like Shadow fiend or sladar that gives huge's armor reduce to the beast and pushing lanes heros i cannot belive you mmobomb just gave this game p2w title i'm sry i don't know you anymore....

i have won 8 matches out of 10 i played, did not spend anything. Not really p2w if u know how to play it ....... Matches are done before u could spend all ability points so it does not matter if someone has more. This is a short time event it does not effect the regular matches...... Did any of u play it?

Welcome to the future of microtransactions and p2win bullshit, yes thats the future.
I didnt even notice till yesterday that microtransaction bullshit even reached full 60 buck games, like Unity or that super ripoff Evolve that spammed like 20 DLCs in the first day.

I dont like this game,too hard to play ...so i dont care if he goes p2w .

We tested this, it does not matter much, at all if you're teamed up with a smart group.
We also won without upgrading the beast at all many times.

I hope Riot won't follow Valves bad example :/

I remember reading a quote somewhere from a Valve employee who said they estimate that DOTA 2 will last about a year or two at most before losing popularity and relevance. I guess we now know why.

Crap game because of unplayable controls, best controls are in smite, anyway, mobas ar repetetive brainless one map pvp over and over for retards and now with pay to win stuff its for nerds also who cant win anything without cheats.

Personally I think it's just harmless short-term gameplay to add some variety and excitement for the Chinese new year. Yes being able to pay for upgrades is bad but it depends on how much those upgrades matter. For example if the upgrade makes it attack like +2 more damage each hit that won't be a huge problem if someone pays for it and another doesn't.

Anyways as long as the stat increases you can get don't make a huge difference it's fine.