Gorbles wrote:I didn't consider that; I tend to prefer the designed look sets come with (designing 1,000,000 mix and match sets to combine in aesthetically-pleasing ways is, imo, impossible) but definitely a good point. Better than TF2 regardless.
Oh, and sorry for going offtopic here, but I have to defend Dota2^^
First of all, things have changed since you last played I guess. They took the feedback that singledrops are lame, and now it sometimes drops Sets.
Compared to LoL, well there is no comparison. LoL doesn't give you any cosmetics for free.
Then in Dota, you can trade your Items, So when you get something you don't like you can trade it away. (Though they may have changed this with the random drops you get^^).
And biggest of all, good looking Sets in Dota are actually Dirt cheap. Not only compared to similar games, but in general.
Look at this:
0,50€ for this set.
0,82€ for this set.
Compared to this standard skin.
As you can see these are significant changes, and popular sets.
Or the first set that came out for Silencer (and from which I still use the Shoulders/Robe in almost every constellation). 8 CENT!!!
Not even to mention that Dota compared to LoL has no Runes, and you have all Heroes unlocked for free for ever from the start.^^ No progression BS at all
And yeah it's true that you can't match everything and make it look good BUT^^:
The weapons alone give a huge varity because they fit with a lot of sets. Or mounts for Heroes who ride something. Or just changing the Helmet or the Armguard.
The Items really fit better together than you would think.
Here are two variations to the last set I posted: