Essentially speaking, Dota 2 isn't a clone of Dota. It's the new era of MOBA games. In the last two years we've seen two big titles sprung up from the depths of the Dota franchise and take control of the industry: League of legends and Heroes of Newearth. In order to match up, the Dota franchise needs to revamp the game with some essential fixes such as item recipes being too complicated to 1v5 heroes. Not to mention that Dota was originally built on the Warcraft III engine. This gives a fresh start to the Dota franchise by building the game on a system that is meant just for Dota.
Not to mention, Valve is taking care of this. Who can doubt Valve's success in the pc gaming industry?
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