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Thread: Camera Lock and Farther Zoom

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Camera Lock and Farther Zoom

Reason: Would give the player more ways to customize their experience without giving themselves an unfair advantage.

Backstory: I played my first PvP match an hour ago and went 15-6-14, but there was only one major problem. The problem was, I didn’t think it was a bad game, it’s just that I didn’t want to play another game because I was tired of having to pan the camera to keep up with my hero. If I had the option to camera lock I would’ve been able to concentrate on micro mechanics more and, as a result, be able to enjoy playing the game.

I’ve been playing League of Legends for a couple of years now and the only problem I have with that game is the fact that I can’t zoom out that far. It’s not something I have trouble with very often, it’s only a problem when I play Ashe or Nidalee.

So basically I suggest that a Camera Lock option be added and max zoom distance be made farther.

This was originally posted on a fansite and an administrator suggested I ask the devs.

no it affects balance and camera lock is a bad way to learn dota if you ever want to improve

Camera Lock hinders the aspect of you learning map awareness.
I mean, why would you bother with your own teammates being ganked when your camera is locked on to you.

Camera zoom GIVES you a heightened sense of map awareness but hinders your targeting.
You could accidentally laguna blade a creep instead of a hero when youre zoomed out.

In my opinion, option like that in LoL is what tones down the skill cap of people.
It unintentionally made the player think more about himself rather than the stuff on the map.

So please dont suggest something that you like to be implemented because it was already a
convenience to you from that other kiddie game that shall not me mentioned here. (oh crap, i just did)

TL : DR
Improve your map awareness, focus on the map and your team, not admiring your character.

Adjusting camera zoom in a game affects balance. You can zoom in and out in a replay though. Not sure about a cheats-on custom lobby.

It is also possible to lock the camera on your hero, but you really shouldn’t do so. You should be looking around at all times. Really. Your awareness will go up. But it may be possible to bind your keys such that something like space will lock your camera to your hero, but you’ll still be able to pan the camera as necessary. hm. can’t be arsed to find the command myself though at the moment ;0

SUGGESTION – play around with your cam accel and speed settings until it gets relatively comfortable

Whenever I say something about camera lock people don’t realize that when you have camera lock turned on you can still click on the map to see what’s going on, think before you post and I’ll reply to one of you.

And how are you going to move your hero or cast spells after “click on the map to see what’s going on” while viewing that place?

I think dota 2 can benefit from a option of zooming out further. If everyone can do this then it’ll not be a balance issue and will render all these camera hacks useless.