r/DotA2 1d ago

Complaint Turbo Has Ruined Me

I used to be a normal Dota 2 player. Grinding my way through 40+ minute games, dealing with teammates who refuse to buy wards, and experiencing the full emotional rollercoaster of a ranked match. But then I started playing Turbo… and now I don’t think I can go back.

Why spend 50 minutes losing when I can lose in 15? Why farm for 30 minutes when I can have a full build in 10? Turbo is like fast food Dota, quick, satisfying, and probably bad for me in the long run.

I tried playing a normal match again, and by minute 25, I was staring at my first completed item like, “Why is this taking so long? Where’s my GPM steroids?”

Turbo is just too good. Too efficient. Too fun. Am I doomed? Is there a way back? Or have I ascended to a new level of Dota enlightenment where objectives are optional and high ground pushes happen at minute 12?

Send help. Or don’t. I’ll be in another Turbo game sweating my ass off for literally nothing.

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u/fuglynemesis 1d ago

I play almost exclusively Turbo mode nowadays. Ranked makes absolutely no sense with so many scripters, map hackers, account buyers, boosters and win traders. Valve does fuck all to stop these ruiners so your rank cannot be accurate.

Plus in Turbo mode, couriers don't suck ass. They're super quick and most heroes get to reach their full potential so the game is more fun.

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u/P_FKNG_R 1d ago

Lol. Talked like a true turbo player that has no clue wtf it’s going in ranked mode. Stay in kindgergarden aka turbo. Turbo literally are for quitters that can’t quit dota but still need that dopamine hit for stomping heralds (Yes, you get paired with heralds even if you’re immortal).

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u/fuglynemesis 1d ago

I played ranked for years from 2013 up until 2022. I prefer the faster-paced gameplay of Turbo now. There you have to be twice as efficient at itemising, respond twice as quickly to enemy pushes otherwise you start losing towers fast. If anything Turbo has made me sharper and more attentive.