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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Reverend Belial » March 22, 2015 4:34pm | Report
KingLion wrote:



I said the same thing BUT then someone pointed out that Medusa is an ADC in DOTA 2

This exactly. Making her a bow-wielding hunter just makes her a direct rip of Medusa from DOTA. I also don't really see how she could be anything else but a mage personally, but then my Greek mythology is a little rusty so I may not remember the details of Medusa's inclusion.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Greenevers » March 22, 2015 4:44pm | Report
I don't think it matters whether it was "ripped off" or not.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Estidien » March 22, 2015 8:58pm | Report
Honestly, lets just leave it at "All of the above stated companies ripped Medusa off of ancient mythology" none of them own any rights to Medusa to begin with. and since Medusa is probably one of the MOST mainstream mythological creatures there are, she's of course going to be having repeated appearances. There is only so much you can do before things start to overlap and the whole "God ripoff" conversation needs to stop IMO. Also... Since SMITE is specifically designated towards "REAL" mythological creatures unlike the others... Well this part should be self explanatory on why there shouldn't be such controversy as to why Medusa has appeared yet again. So what if some aspects overlap? There is only so much you can do when working with actual mythology. Not like we can give Medusa 2 massive hammers, bodybuilder physique and have her pull her eyes out of a small pouch and point them at the enemy. That wouldn't make sense. All in all these kinds of discussions are just major pet peeves to me.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Reverend Belial » March 23, 2015 12:10am | Report
Estidien wrote:

Honestly, lets just leave it at "All of the above stated companies ripped Medusa off of ancient mythology" none of them own any rights to Medusa to begin with. and since Medusa is probably one of the MOST mainstream mythological creatures there are, she's of course going to be having repeated appearances. There is only so much you can do before things start to overlap and the whole "God ripoff" conversation needs to stop IMO. Also... Since SMITE is specifically designated towards "REAL" mythological creatures unlike the others... Well this part should be self explanatory on why there shouldn't be such controversy as to why Medusa has appeared yet again. So what if some aspects overlap? There is only so much you can do when working with actual mythology. Not like we can give Medusa 2 massive hammers, bodybuilder physique and have her pull her eyes out of a small pouch and point them at the enemy. That wouldn't make sense. All in all these kinds of discussions are just major pet peeves to me.

Unless I misread the earlier posts nobody has a problem with Medusa being added, the problem is the fact that she seems like she's going to be a bow-wielding ADC. In Medusa's mythology she doesn't use a bow, as a matter of fact there is no mention to her using any weapon at all. Her gaze is her weapon. The only issue that I've seen is that. Not only is that once again basically a blatant violation of their lore, but that naturally draws parallels with DOTA's Medusa who is also a bow-wielding ADC. Hi-Rez has a history of (very likely) stealing ideas, so it is absolutely not baseless to assume that they might be doing it again. I personally am more focused on the lore breaks though, as anyone who's ever read my posts on this site could likely tell you.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Nex The Slayer » March 23, 2015 2:58am | Report
Estidien wrote:

Honestly, lets just leave it at "All of the above stated companies ripped Medusa off of ancient mythology" none of them own any rights to Medusa to begin with. and since Medusa is probably one of the MOST mainstream mythological creatures there are, she's of course going to be having repeated appearances. There is only so much you can do before things start to overlap and the whole "God ripoff" conversation needs to stop IMO. Also... Since SMITE is specifically designated towards "REAL" mythological creatures unlike the others... Well this part should be self explanatory on why there shouldn't be such controversy as to why Medusa has appeared yet again. So what if some aspects overlap? There is only so much you can do when working with actual mythology. Not like we can give Medusa 2 massive hammers, bodybuilder physique and have her pull her eyes out of a small pouch and point them at the enemy. That wouldn't make sense. All in all these kinds of discussions are just major pet peeves to me.

Tell that to the LoL fanboy that think Ah Muzen Cab is a rip-off of Kha'Zix -_-

There not even the same type of bug for crying out loud!
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by necroshadow » March 23, 2015 9:15am | Report
okay props to GeouZu for putting this on the rumors dicussion but heres the medusa loading card. all i will say is it looks brilliant and the mask idea is rather clever. cant say more till its revealed but looks good over all.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Reverend Belial » March 23, 2015 11:58am | Report
Oh hey, that's actually pretty cool. I'm interested to see what her kit is like.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Greenevers » March 23, 2015 2:58pm | Report
Here's Medusa's dev insight! Looks pretty sick! Is this the mark of animated loading cards (scroll down)?!

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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Devampi » March 24, 2015 12:39am | Report
KingLion wrote:



I said the same thing BUT then someone pointed out that Medusa is an ADC in DOTA 2


I wanted to counter nex argument with the in dota 2 medusa is a carry.

also did they manage to not copy the abilities (only the ult is a bit of a shame because it's like the LoL medusa only difference is they take half damage when they don't look at her)
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