To be perfectly honest, I like the basic idea of the format that DOTA games present, I just find the execution to be quite awkward, and that's what kills it for

To be perfectly honest, I like the basic idea of the format that DOTA games present, I just find the execution to be quite awkward, and that's what kills it for me. It controls like an RTS since it came about as a Warcraft III map, and that continues to limit it. Alternative takes on it tend to be fun for me (things like MNC), and I really feel like the genre would work a lot better with a more action-oriented control scheme. Something like a GW2 sPvP mode with a dota-style objective/flow would be quite excellent, in my opinion.