General DiscussionTerrifying news from polygon.com @ Dota 2 related

peruvians playing with controller omg im out

Sooo...they are going to get Dota 2 to be playable with that controller. Give it a week when it comes out, then the people who actually decide to give it a try will realize it's bullshit to play like that and change back to their PCs.
Big deal, it's not like they are making it mandatory to play with the controller.

I don't see the difference.
some people I encountered definitely played on controller. or touchpad.

doesnt affect me
most people in my games dont even have hands or something

I've seen a stream where a guy plays Dota with a PS3 controller, looks awkward but he seemed to be able to do alright.

Would be better if the Joystick could control the hero.

there was a guy in sc2 who was high master playing only with xbox controller, so some ppl might adapt i guess

i cant even play with a mouse

Valve cant fix this, old issue already discovered by Beleidiger http://dev.dota2.com/archive/index.php/t-17373.html

"To be able to play Dota from the couch is a really neat opportunity." jez, get wireless keyboard

This won't catch on, it's too complex for a controller so it will be uncomfortable for the user. Also, even if it was released I don't think you would get matched with people using different setups, there would be too much match ruining with all the people trying it out.

Need for no controller users in mm options

Maybe they will get some auto-target options to "balance".

I could see. One dpad or touch pad for window and another for cursor location. You only need 4 buttons and left and right bumber tabs could be for inventory and Y-dongle chat.