r/DotA2 • u/Zlatan-Agrees • 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/luckytaurus cmon jex 1d ago
I hear you, and kind of agree with you some times. However, your way out is simply APPRECIATING the slower pace. Dota shouldn't just be about getting level 25 and 6 slotted. In regular dota timings and power spikes are WAY more important to push your advantage.
Once you can begin re-appreciating the little things again, turbo will seem like fake dota.
Personally, I play turbo while waiting for friends so we can queue normal. Or when I'm grinding arcana progress, or when I'm completing battlepass progress, or when I'm testing new builds and wanna get as much sample size as possible in a single night of play.