NS urged Valve to remove the new mechanic from Dota 2, explaining the reason

Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov stated that Valve should remove the Facets mechanic as it is an unnecessary complication of the game even not only for Dota 2 newcomers

The streamer and former esports player said this during a Twitch stream

“They quietly removed half of the aspects in Dota. Now every second hero has no Facet. I think aspects are really overkill a layering of mechanics. It’s already too much for a newcomer. And not only for a newcomer”

NS emphasized that the developers have already partially done this in patch 7.40 removing Facets from 10 heroes and believes that Valve should finish what they started. According to him the mechanic complicates an already not so simple game

“Let’s be honest how many people even those who constantly play Dota can name the Facets of all heroes. They are in the minority. There are too many of them some heroes have three. To remember everything you would have to play Dota around the clock on every hero. Maybe it would be possible to give up some of these layers of complexity and mechanics. The same aspects for example. Right now we have a patch where in half the cases they were abandoned”

According to him even players who play Dota 2 a lot cannot remember all Facets and for most people this mechanic is more of a complication than an interesting feature

Recall that earlier Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov explained what he was unhappy with in patch 7.40