Deadhold, A Squad Based Action RTS Game, And It's Coming To Linux

Hmmmm...from the devs of Borderlands 2, Myth 2, etc? And a tactical RTS?

I'm in.

Really looks like Myth (which is not a bad thing at all)

Looks like TB not RTS in the movie...

I hesitated when I saw "Dota 2" in the video, but it actually looks pretty interesting. Can't wait to see more Unreal Engine 4 games coming to Linux :D

I just tried a couple of the newer UE4 linux demos yesterday. They seem to be making good progress. I reported and supplied logs to some of the devs on their irc channel about some multi monitor issues I was having with the early UE4 demos. The newer ones are now working flawlessly and the graphics are of course looking really good. UE4 is going to be a god send to linux I think(side note* REALLY wanna see cryengine3 on linux *cough*). I like RTS games.. but I am picky. This one looks to have some potential. Can't wait to see what it turns into. I really have not played any TD games though, I know what dota is of course, but I've never tried it. Maybe I'll break my TD cherry tomorrow and play some DOTA2.

Anyone have some DOTA2 advice for me?

Anyone have some DOTA2 advice for me?

Get the last hit.

I don't really feel it with what I see here, but the coop part might win me over. There's not much that can beat a good coop session with buddies!

I'm interested in having another squad based RTS on Linux. Not enough info has been released to say whether they have my interest on their game. They're releasing multi first which I don't play so that doesn't help.

Looks pretty good to me.
Hope they won't screw it like they screw Myth III.

Anyone have some DOTA2 advice for me?

DOTA2 is like drinking beer & spirits, best when done with friends.

Try heroes that are fun for noobs:
Viper (Most Evasion), Sniper (Most Range), Natures Prophet (Lane Pusher + Teleport Ult), Ursa (Stacking Damage), Rikki (Invisibility) are fairly easy for noobs
Axe is like Darius from LOL,
Techies is like Teemo from LOL,
Drow Ranger is like Ash from LOL

Luna is a great support & tank if you have trouble dying.

Wraith King's ult gives him a resurrect making him a good noob hero Choice.

** If you make a custom DOTA2 game you can enable cheats to skip to level 25 and give yourself as much gold as you want in case you wanna see champions abilities quickly.

** Only play bot games with/without other people, there isn't much difference between bot AI from easy to hard, I find Hard Bots easier than Easy Bots because Easy Bots run away too often and somehow bots seem to have inhuman boot speed helping them get away.

** Get a BKB which gives you 10 seconds invulnerability when activated to spells if you're a ADC and you wanna charge the enemy team without being stunned, silenced or vaporized.

** Understand the differences between Strength, Agility and Intelligence and build your hero according to which of those attributes is their dominate feature.

** Understand how to use the courier to stay in your lane at all times to soak up EXP.

** Understand turrets won't protect you from being Ganked, you need cunning to use the shadows of the forest to get away from Ganks, blink dagger, or shadow blade.

** Always carry a TP scroll to let you teleport to other lanes if yours gets dangerous to farm.

** Last Hitting minions is much more important than in other MOBAs like LOL and Jungling is much more lucrative than LOL too.

** Buy a Salve and Tangos at the beginning, Tangos will restore HP even when hit by minions, Salve will cancel when hit by enemies. A good starter item is a Ring of Basilius as it gives AOE mana regen to allies & self.

** Never take minion damage, they hit much harder than LOL and can actually kill you.

** Dying in Dota2 matters a lot more than LOL as you loose $200 - $400 often when you die. So spend your money before you die.

** The Map can be moved from right to left if you prefer it like that, scoreboard can be hotkey, shop, etc... in the top left gear icon to whatever key you like. I hotkey my F1 hero select to spacebar and Courier to C, Scoreboard to Tab, and shop to I or P. I also hotkey Items to 1-6 instead of Z-N.

** Buy Boots of Travel as a mid to late game item to decrease time getting back to the lane after dead.

** Watch the championship and pro DOTA2 games to see play strategies, item builds on heroes, etc...

DOTA2 Item system is much better, I regret buying lots of items on LOL, but my girl & me have spent at least $60 on DOTA2, Items can be sold in the Community Marketplace for real Steam Wallet money which you can use to buy other games, or you can buy items from the marketplace sometimes for less than they cost in the DOTA2 store from other players. You can also trade/gift items & skins from one account to another, 99% items are not account-locked. Also, a lot of the couriers and items are made by the Steam Community. If you 3D Model, you can sell your 3D modeled items in DOTA2 and Valve will split the profit with you, there are people who quit their jobs making creating DOTA2 Item Creation their new Job for real money.

** Also, the balancer for DOTA2 is from DOTA1, balancing is done around the Pro games and not Noob / Tween complaints. The idea behind champions is that every hero should be able to get OP and rampage if feed enough cash, exp and kills. The balancer is a single person and he doesn't cater to teenager baddies that b1tch and moan about XYZ Champion OP nurf Nidalee, Draven, Kassadin, etc...

Obviously DOTA2 > LOL, plus DOTA2 set a record high prize to the champions of the 2014 DOTA2 E-Sport Championship this year - $10,9000,000 was given out in July. Nearly 500% more than any other MOBA.
http://www.esportsearnings.com/tournaments

Before the 2014 Championship, DOTA2 made 40+ Million Dollars in only a couple months from Compendium Digital Championship Book sales in only about 3 months. Since I started playing nearly 6 months ago DOTA2 has seen 3,000,000 new unique players currently around 9 Million.

Really looks like Myth (which is not a bad thing at all)

I agree in both arguments :)