Heroes of the Storm Catch-All

Depends on the rate you gain it within game. LoL does the same thing with their heros. Depending how much you play you could unlock a high tier hero in 3-4 weeks of play time. Lower tiers in half that so it never felt like a chore to unlock something you really wanted.

ranalin wrote:

Depending how much you play you could unlock a high tier hero in 3-4 weeks of play time.

As my niece puts it: No thanks!

Dax wrote:

I just got invited to the Alpha! They must have done a batch of invites, check your game launcher!

Got mine as well! Played 4 or so matches and am really liking it. Interested in seeing how it evolve over time. Love the short matches and the tug of war feel from time to time.

I just got my invite last night. I haven't had a chance to play it yet but my battle tag is Koz#1846. I doubt this will replace League for me but it will be fun to try out.

Koz wrote:

I just got my invite last night. I haven't had a chance to play it yet but my battle tag is Koz#1846. I doubt this will replace League for me but it will be fun to try out.

Lucky dog. If you don't want it, I'd be happy to take it off your hands

I'd be more anxious to get an invite to this if Reaper of Souls wasn't such a huge amount of fun. I still want to play this, and hopefully when we have enough players we can do some in-house matches.

UMOarsman wrote:
Koz wrote:

I just got my invite last night. I haven't had a chance to play it yet but my battle tag is Koz#1846. I doubt this will replace League for me but it will be fun to try out.

Lucky dog. If you don't want it, I'd be happy to take it off your hands ;-)

I looked the email over at least 3 times to make sure it wasn't a scam. I usually never get into betas (or alphas) this early.

Edit: also they just update your account now with the access, no putting in keys or anything, so you probably just need to periodically check your battle.net account. My HotS link was already there.

I got in as well. Shoot me an add if you want to group up for game. Goldensly#1540

Goldensly wrote:

I got in as well. Shoot me an add if you want to group up for game. Goldensly#1540

You all make me so jealous

Me too. I registered myself for the beta the day it became available, but no luck so far.

I think a lot of it depends on the rig you're running according to Blizzard. I know my friend with a lower-end PC got in with the first batch of people and I've not had any luck.

I wish it depended more on the amount of money I spent on the Hearthstone beta the weeks following the invite for that.

BassMadMadoo wrote:

I wish it depended more on the amount of money I spent on the Hearthstone beta the weeks following the invite for that.

I second this. For some reason, when blizzard analyses my system info it can't detect a graphics card, it just says that I'm using intel integrated graphics which isn't the case. I guess they exclude me for that, because I never, ever get quick access to their betas.

kergguz wrote:
BassMadMadoo wrote:

I wish it depended more on the amount of money I spent on the Hearthstone beta the weeks following the invite for that.

I second this. For some reason, when blizzard analyses my system info it can't detect a graphics card, it just says that I'm using intel integrated graphics which isn't the case. I guess they exclude me for that, because I never, ever get quick access to their betas.

I bet an integrated graphics card is a definite exclusion though I don't think they make their evaluation 100% on the specs you send. I've made it into almost every beta with a range of hardware but I've also always done two things - sent Blizzard specs of my gaming Win PC and second - I play Blizzard games on a Macbook when not at my desk. I'm convinced my multi-platform play gets me into more betas.

I got my beta invite two days ago and am really digging this game. This article from Penny Arcade really sums it up for me. http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2014/03/28/heroes-of-the-storm

It seems i got in the beta. it just popped up on my launcher.

I'm in! Huzzah!

I'm also in.

Where's the love, Blizzard? WHERE'S THE LOVE?

A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

I ended being about the last person into the Hearthstone beta and now Blizzard isn't talking to me again. I'm going to start taking this personally. There may be tears.

Got the email today, and loading it as we speak.

No NDA, huh?

You can tell a big wave of invites went out because most of the people I play with have absolutely no idea what they're doing

NEED KEY.

merphle wrote:

Where's the love, Blizzard? WHERE'S THE LOVE?

+1.

Dyni wrote:

NEED KEY.

/agree

So one big negative of this game is that there is no punishment for leaving a game. In fact you can leave and jump right back in queue, you just just don't get experience or gold for the match. The result of this means that as soon as one team starts to get an advantage half or most of the other team just quits and you end up playing with brain dead bots. I've started leaving as soon as the first person jumps, it's just not worth staying.

Hopefully Blizzard will put in an anti-leaving policy soon.

I have yet to play a game in which all 10 people stick around. In fact, I have yet to play a game where my team sticks around.

It's still alpha (the definition of alpha sure has changed), they'll do something for that, I'm sure.

Is there a central list of people who are in the alpha? Apparently this game doesn't yet use the main battle.net friends list, so I have to add everyone manually.

I'm Ahrezmendi#1817

GWJMateo#1185 if anyone's interested.

I am in, SodaGremlin#1781 hit me up for a game anytime. I have only played a bit, but I really like it so far. Looking forward to playing with some Goodjers! I sent a request to anyone that has posted here recently.

No key for me yet but the whole no-items thing sounds appealing, what are some currently available mobas with this feature?

From what I can find; Guardians of Middle-earth, dragons and titans, and maybe bloodline champions. Others?