>>533354974
>theres also much more emphasis on playing as a TEAM and SKILL rather than watching the carries jack off because their numerical value is obscene, and that doesnt appeal to a lot of people
This is why I hated most MOBAs. In practice 99.9% of the time I will be playing with random PUGs, and I don't want to deal any of the following with PUGs.
>teammates holding the match hostage. Demanding that THEY will carry mid or else they'll feed the whole match
>Last hits? Gold? XP? You need to prostrate yourself and give them all to the carry.
>The pittance of gold that you manage to accumulate anyway? You can't spend that on a cool item like the carries do. You need to spend every cent on wards to help the carry see if he's in danger. MAYBE you can get some boots.
Support/healing roles can be engaging and make you feel like the MvP, but in most mobas it just feels like you're the cuck who's suffering so that the carry can have fun.

HOTS had its flaws and came to the scene too late, but the rewards being cumulative to the whole team really went a long way towards cutting back on infighting amidst your own teammates. I enjoyed playing a bunch of different characters. DPS, support, tank. They all scratched different itches. Even weird shit like Abathur being sort of omni-present farming XP everywhere and buffing teammates any where at any time. I loved Alarak's voice actor and what he contributed with his announcer pack.
>>533360203
For me I'm sad that the game never received an Arcturus Mengsk announcer.