Deposit Box for Neutral Item Drops

Tired of accidentally picking up Poor Man’s Shield an hour into the game? Afraid of Nature’s Prophet’s smoke & steal from your fountain? You’re not alone!

The Main Idea

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We’re starting a petition to introduce a Deposit Box as a secondary “shop” in the base where you can put your items and take them out as you wish. The recent changes to Dota remind us of the old days, such as multiple Couriers who can use items, Enchantress’ Impetus and map layout. Adding more diverse Shops inside the Base would definitely fit the nostalgia trip.

The Perks

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Currently, the only way to get rid of the Neutral Item Drops (NID) is to place them on the ground which we do in the base, or scatter around the map. This feels very chaotic and unfinished, especially if you don’t want the enemy to find them and make use of them. We have a habit of dropping them inside our own Base, but even that is not indefensible as heroes can abuse their movement, Smoke into our Fountain and steal the items we found!

The addition of an extra slot in the backpack helps us carry NID, but these items are meant to spark better communication between teammates instead of forcing us to waste time. Instead of chasing each other down to share the items, we should be able to place them in a common place where our teammates can retrieve them from.

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Our Suggestions

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Instead of letting the old and unused NID collect dust, we would suggest something along the lines of increase in Gold Per Minute bonus for the entire team once this Deposit Box is filled with at least 4 items… Or a discount on purchasing items from the main shop! Have the NID immediately go to backpack instead of our inventory as to not provide a possible immediate effect during teamfights. This would remove a little bit of hypothetical random advantage given to players in tight spots. Very small details always matter in Dota! Reinstate the Side Shopkeeper as the Keeper of the Deposit Box! Repurpose the additional Backpack slot for a specific Ward slot (like Teleport Scroll)

So, let us know if you support this idea, let us know and we will let Valve know as well. In fact, leave a comment with your own ideas and we’ll group them up neatly - community suggestions have always been of great help to Lord Frozen Toad!

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