by aLpha.cn-[tang] » Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:29 am
It's the most played game in the world largely in part because it's free and has a very small learning curve. Yes, HoN is now free (adopted LoL's business model and has gotten considerably worse) and was free in beta, but was p2p at some point so was less accessible. Just because 30 million people play it and it has the largest prize pool, as many people have mentioned, does not make it a good game sadly. LoL is much more forgiving for newer players considering you have a recommended list of items, free tps, no gold loss on death, no denying creeps, extra summoner skills (escape abilities), etc, so people naturally gravitate towards that. Most of the people who try HoN and DotA2 just can't handle the huge learning curve and the toxic community. This game also destroys friendships LOL.
Side note: If you can't manage to farm a pair of boots in at least 10-15 minutes, let alone an hour, you're probably just not very good. It's not the game's problem.
That being said, neither community is going to concede that the other game is better, obviously, so grow up. You play the games you like.
It's the most played game in the world largely in part because it's free and has a very small learning curve. Yes, HoN is now free (adopted LoL's business model and has gotten considerably worse) and was free in beta, but was p2p at some point so was less accessible. Just because 30 million people play it and it has the largest prize pool, as many people have mentioned, does not make it a good game sadly. LoL is much more forgiving for newer players considering you have a recommended list of items, free tps, no gold loss on death, no denying creeps, extra summoner skills (escape abilities), etc, so people naturally gravitate towards that. Most of the people who try HoN and DotA2 just can't handle the huge learning curve and the toxic community. This game also destroys friendships LOL.
Side note: If you can't manage to farm a pair of boots in at least 10-15 minutes, let alone an hour, you're probably just not very good. It's not the game's problem.
That being said, neither community is going to concede that the other game is better, obviously, so grow up. You play the games you like.