HoN sucked since 2011. They tried to copy LoL's model for new players and failed horribly. The balancing that S2 did was also complete trash, at one point they were consistently releasing their own heroes and making them overpowered on purpose (sell more early access). HoN was good for people who wanted "Dota 2", but since Dota 2 was announced HoN became redundant.