[MattJack]

HoN and LoL are just two different games. I think they get lumped together due to their core format.

LoL does feel a bit like an MMO to me as I'm constantly on the never ending grind for gear (or characters). Plus, as I said before, they place new characters (and more recently, items) so quickly into the game that it often times diminishes other characters. Sometimes outright rendering others as completely useless when given the option of Character A or Character B.

I can see where people like to grind for stuff in their games. My brothers love those types of games, and they like LoL a lot because of it. LoL also loses points with me because of the summoners spells, trees, runes. I feel like it takes away from a character's uniqueness a good bit as you can essentially morph them into a tank, carry, or support.

Thinking more on it, the teams in LoL are pretty standard. CC+TANKY DPS+OFF HEAL/TANKY DPS+CC+CARRY = Win for the most part. Pack Flash/Exhaust or Flash/Ignite and you're good to go. There are so many Get Out of Jail Free Cards in the game that it is ridiculous. Plus it focuses SO much on the laning and farming phase.

OK OK OK, I'll stop. I just played that game a lot over about 15 months and it just left me with a bad taste in my mouth after becoming acutely aware of how Riot runs their business.

HoN is a completely different approach to the same type of game. I just prefer it more after dealing with Riot for so long. Plus, I really loathe this new trend in games that is "pay-as-you-play" and "free-to-play." Even the new CoD (yuck) is releasing a new Elite Pack or some shit where you pay an extra $6 a month to do something or another. Maybe they are adding skill trees and cool new skins that you'll get for an additional fee.

Anyways, I got to get back to my boring ass Words With Friends game. Only 84 more games and I can get the New Collector Edition Tiles. I guess I could just pay another .99 to get them early. I mean, it's only a dollar right?