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There are times that Dota 2 server is down or in maintenance. This mostly happens when there is an incoming Dota 2 game update or patch. Whenever the Dota 2 server is down you will be experiencing lags and delay in your game match and sometimes it will auto disconnect you from your game match and will not able to reconnect back again to the game, however the loss wouldn't be recorded to your stats. This is a bad case especially that you are playing in a ranked matchmaking to raise your MMR. The game lag due to Dota 2 server maintenance will make your MMR decrease if you will continue to play during in a lag and delay issue. So here are some tips when the Dota 2 server is down.
1. Do not play solo or party ranked matchmaking. You will just experiencing lags and disconnections during your matches and the game will just put you in an unfair situation during team fights and you will be having an unstable ping of 200 up to 800 milliseconds or even higher like 1,000 ms. Sometimes the lag will still occur even if you have a low ping of 60 to 90 milliseconds and wander why it's so lag even in a low ping. When the lag occurs during your game match just play the match until it will be finished, do not ever leave or abandon the match it will give you a low priority penalty.
2. Before playing solo or party ranked matchmaking be sure to check Downdetector.com first and check if there are lag issue reports on Dota 2 game in their site. Downdetector is a site where online gamer reports any game issue or problem they have encountered during their game. If you will see a high number of lag reports then it's the basis that the Dota game server is down or in maintenance.
3. It is also good playing in a local lobby against friends during the Dota 2 maintenance. Local lobby game isn't affected during the server is down and playing against friends or against other players on local computer game shops is more fun than playing solo in normal matches. Some players from the other gaming shop plays against their friends with numbers of item bets like rare items or mythical items in every game to make players more serious during their series of game matches. Why not try that idea? You will have your item reward whenever your team have won a match.
4.You can also play in the training mode found in the left side bar of the play menu of the Dota 2 while it is down. Many of Dota players didn't play the training mode since they already knew how to play Dota so they just immediately find normal matchmaking. However, there are some players still managed to finish their quest in training mode before playing normal matchmaking to familiarize the graphics, game effects, heroes and items. And for your information, playing in training mode or finishing a stage in training also gives you an item. There is an item drop on some stages you have completed and if you have completed the whole training you will also able to complete the Gunslinger Set for Sniper.
5. Why not play against bots during Dota 2 maintenance?
If there are heroes that you didn't play more often in normal matchmaking because you doesn't know how to play it yet then try to play it against bots during Dota 2 server maintenance. You can adjust the difficulties of the bots from passive to easy, normal, hard and unfair to suit your skill against bots.
6. Try new meta in a cheat enabled lobby. Create a lobby and enable cheats so that you can easily purchase any items you want to try on your selected hero. With this idea you will be able to select the best item for your hero or even try new meta for your hero combo. You can also find some tricks you can execute while you are in a cheat enabled lobby or even find game bug and glitch.
You can try these tips during the maintenance of Dota 2 or when Dota server is down.
There are times that Dota 2 server is down or in maintenance. This mostly happens when there is an incoming Dota 2 game update or patch. Whenever the Dota 2 server is down you will be experiencing lags and delay in your game match and sometimes it will auto disconnect you from your game match and will not able to reconnect back again to the game, however the loss wouldn't be recorded to your stats. This is a bad case especially that you are playing in a ranked matchmaking to raise your MMR. The game lag due to Dota 2 server maintenance will make your MMR decrease if you will continue to play during in a lag and delay issue. So here are some tips when the Dota 2 server is down.
1. Do not play solo or party ranked matchmaking. You will just experiencing lags and disconnections during your matches and the game will just put you in an unfair situation during team fights and you will be having an unstable ping of 200 up to 800 milliseconds or even higher like 1,000 ms. Sometimes the lag will still occur even if you have a low ping of 60 to 90 milliseconds and wander why it's so lag even in a low ping. When the lag occurs during your game match just play the match until it will be finished, do not ever leave or abandon the match it will give you a low priority penalty.
2. Before playing solo or party ranked matchmaking be sure to check Downdetector.com first and check if there are lag issue reports on Dota 2 game in their site. Downdetector is a site where online gamer reports any game issue or problem they have encountered during their game. If you will see a high number of lag reports then it's the basis that the Dota game server is down or in maintenance.
3. It is also good playing in a local lobby against friends during the Dota 2 maintenance. Local lobby game isn't affected during the server is down and playing against friends or against other players on local computer game shops is more fun than playing solo in normal matches. Some players from the other gaming shop plays against their friends with numbers of item bets like rare items or mythical items in every game to make players more serious during their series of game matches. Why not try that idea? You will have your item reward whenever your team have won a match.
4.You can also play in the training mode found in the left side bar of the play menu of the Dota 2 while it is down. Many of Dota players didn't play the training mode since they already knew how to play Dota so they just immediately find normal matchmaking. However, there are some players still managed to finish their quest in training mode before playing normal matchmaking to familiarize the graphics, game effects, heroes and items. And for your information, playing in training mode or finishing a stage in training also gives you an item. There is an item drop on some stages you have completed and if you have completed the whole training you will also able to complete the Gunslinger Set for Sniper.
5. Why not play against bots during Dota 2 maintenance?
If there are heroes that you didn't play more often in normal matchmaking because you doesn't know how to play it yet then try to play it against bots during Dota 2 server maintenance. You can adjust the difficulties of the bots from passive to easy, normal, hard and unfair to suit your skill against bots.
6. Try new meta in a cheat enabled lobby. Create a lobby and enable cheats so that you can easily purchase any items you want to try on your selected hero. With this idea you will be able to select the best item for your hero or even try new meta for your hero combo. You can also find some tricks you can execute while you are in a cheat enabled lobby or even find game bug and glitch.
You can try these tips during the maintenance of Dota 2 or when Dota server is down.
Tips When Dota 2 Server Is Down.
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