[quote=Miri-Sarawak,Sep 20 2009, 12:10 PM]
HoN...is an online game, those updates are basicly to test out what works and what doesn't.......in a beta its about statistics so in full retail sometimes alot of content is taken out.....due to balancing...
So don't think that everything you see as an update will be part of full retail once its out. No one knows that fact yet. We can only guesse what will be in thier final retail release.
So remember this is only "Beta" its not thier full game....it will never be thier final release even after they release the retail version.
If its going to be like dota (lots and lots of updates) then I doubt it will ever have a ending of updates. However atm its still just "beta" don't confuse yourself....
Also the Pre order purchase is to just secure your account (meaning after retail comes out, when they wipe or reset accounts your name is there ingame still). The only good part about pre purchase is supporting S2 games work on this and also getting the Golden Shield.
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I must have the Golden Shield

!! At all cost !!

But DOTA is also a type that update never ending until now there is still updates. Like last time its a few heroes until now there is a lot of heroes and still update to tweak and fix imbal hero. How long has it been that DOTA actually have balance people and gameplay? And from all the people competing to create new hero. There is still and online forever debate of patch, balance and bugs need to be fix. Making thing whole bit-by-bit, year by year. ... could be.

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Yeah, of course, HoN will be similar as well. But Dota is a private mod map game, it will never stop. HoN is different its owned by a company that does games. Eventually they will release a full retail version. However that doesn't mean they stop updating....alot of Retail games aren't even stable once they are out. So there will still be patches.....add ons, etc...
However no one knows when that version is out. If you want the shield or want to support the game definitely pre order. Its a good game and still stable enough for us in a 3rd world net country to ply.