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Rotating Game Mode queue update

RiotL4T3NCY·3/28/2016, 6:50:15 PM·1 votes·254,521 views

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Heya everyone, as we get closer to adding the new Rotating Game Mode queue, I wanted to give an update on where we’re at and some further insight into how it works. ^.^b

What times exactly is the queue going to be active? We’re aiming to have the queue available every weekend starting around Friday afternoon and switching off sometime early on Monday morning. This will be in the local time for each region. The goal is to have it up once the weekend starts (that’s Friday night right?! :P) so we should get three evenings of fast game mode funtimes. This is just a first implementation, if the queue proves to be exceedingly popular, we can always lengthen the window.

How often will we see modes repeat? This will depend on how many modes fall into the stable rotation. Modes will likely repeat every 1.5~2 months. Again, once we get started and see what modes come and go from the rotation, this could shift a little bit.

This might feel short, but that’s compared to our previous cadence of “once a year”. Technically, “anything less than 12 months” is shorter than that! :P In short (see what I did there?), we’re looking forward to getting everyone more facetime with more modes, more frequently.

How will champ mastery & loot work in the Rotating Game Mode queue? Much like regular SR currently, there will be 2 ways to get a loot chest: --- Earn any S rank. --- Be in a premade with a friend who earns any S rank. All the regular loot conditions will also still apply, so you need to have a chest available to earn, only 1 per champion, etc.

Champ mastery has also been customised for each one of these modes, so you’ll need to perform well at the particular mode. This is obviously different to the current SR earning and might be a little difficult initially compared to SR as each mode has varying ways to excel. We’ll be keeping a close eye on it though and tune as the queue goes on.

How do you choose what modes will go in the queue? We’re interested in capturing a wide slice of the different types of gameplay that each of the historical featured game modes embody. We also want modes proven popular with players, who voted with their valuable playtime and spent it in those modes. <3

Specifically what modes will be in the queue? Poro King is already live on PBE and helping us test the new champ mastery algorithm. Later this week you’ll see Ascension go live on PBE to begin its tuning journey as well. We’ll announce more as we get closer to switching the Rotating Game Mode queue on live.

That’s all I’ve got for now. Just wanted to keep everyone up-to-date on where we’re at. o^.^O Stay tuned for more news soon. I’ll hang out in here and grab questions for today too.

^_^/ L4T3NCY

850 Comments

Levyathyn3/28/2016, 11:52:33 PM262 votes

Is there any chance the queue could be longer than just two days on the weekend? I know a lot of players only have school to worry about, but as my permanent schedule stands, 60% of my work week is on the weekends, starting Friday night and giving me maybe half a day of play time on Sunday, after long hours opening and closing my business with minimal sleep.

I know I'm not the only person out there that this will be a problem for, but you have to look at it from my perspective. As my career prospects aren't likely to change soon, and certainly not overnight, this means instead of two weeks of queue time I'm looking at one actual playable day tops for some of my favorite game modes, from now until the foreseeable future, with very little deviation that gives me more gametime in URF or Ascension, and occasionally takes away what little time I do have, leaving me with no special game queue time that week.

Please please please tell me that I'm not absolutely screwed in this situation, and there is at least the possibility that the queue might be expanded to a decent timeframe in the future that covers more than one weekend.

Virgin Ray3/28/2016, 6:54:21 PM80 votes

RIP URF April 1st

Pentakill Fan3/29/2016, 8:55:08 AM67 votes

Woah WAIT- What about those of us who work Weekends? I work 30-40 hours every Friday-Sat, Sun, and my reports are due Monday Morning so I'm usually working finishing them. My biggest play time available is Monday afternoon and Tuesday. It's bad enough that I can't play Tavern Brawl on Hearthstone. You're going to make it so I never get to play Dominion or URF mode too? This is AWFUL. Please Rotate when the Queue is active, or at least make the URF mode and Dominion Queues available for the whole week.

Fishy Warrior3/28/2016, 8:54:34 PM32 votes

Will Dominion back as one of the rotating game modes?

Mysticman893/28/2016, 9:02:05 PM24 votes

Will ARAM get champion mastery at a similar time as the RGM queue?

I feel like there's been posts that champion mastery for alternative modes were all being looked at together (so if it could work for RGM modes, then it'd be similarly viable for ARAM), so it'd be nice to get that.

YaJpTpOg4C3/29/2016, 10:06:35 PM23 votes

DOOM BOTS Ziggs

Makuta Teridax3/28/2016, 7:01:46 PM22 votes

Will you guys be adding Butcher's Bridge to the Rotation Mode or simply swap the Howling Abyss every once in a while? Or is it still not decided what to do with it?

Also, thanks for the update. Can't wait for Ascension back, had a lot of blasts back in the day :)

lightdragoon883/28/2016, 9:01:29 PM20 votes

Ascension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

disregardable3/28/2016, 6:56:45 PM18 votes

I didn't notice April 1st was on a Friday, until now.

LuxTaylor Swift 3/30/2016, 12:45:01 AM16 votes

there should be a mode in sr like a laser tag arena where its all dark except the walls light up like neon lights. and everyone has like a blind where u can only see a small area around you. and the only way to see other areas is with wards(obviously) and throwing poros gives you vision as well with a fair cool down so your not completely in the dark.

I Skii I4/1/2016, 10:25:44 PM12 votes

I must say that this was the most boring first april for a long time in this game item 3070 :(

Fang Dong Feng3/28/2016, 8:23:34 PM12 votes

will you also plan additional new game modes? or just keep rotating the old ones?

EnglishLanguage13/29/2016, 2:47:35 AM12 votes

Partially related questions with this.

  1. With champion mastery being a thing in these modes, any chance of it being brought into ARAM at some point?

  2. Speaking of ARAM, are we ever going to get to see the Bilgewater ARAM map again sometime? Even as just something they replace the Howling Abyss with every couple of patches?

LaronX3/28/2016, 9:28:25 PM11 votes

Just to be sure as it wasn't specifically mentioned. Key Shards will also drop from those modes? Atm they don't drop on ARAM as far as I am aware.

NateIsGay3/29/2016, 12:54:23 PM10 votes

Do you think there may be a gamemode which incorporates a few gamemodes? Like Hexakill URF, or Doombots Acsension etc. ?

I Am A Traitor3/28/2016, 9:23:42 PM10 votes

Will the game modes be available in custom games? Also do you have any plans on making all of the game modes always available in a custom game?

lfD2n6exIC3/29/2016, 10:50:10 PM9 votes

Will doom bots be coming back <3 ??

shyv3/28/2016, 11:32:11 PM9 votes

this isnt a question but i love every single rioter that has worked on this project

URF and one for all are by far my favourite game modes of all time and knowing that i won't have to wait an entire year just to play them is the best news i've heard all week and i just got accepted into college

doviende3/28/2016, 8:55:54 PM6 votes

Will the MMR for each separate game mode continue on the next time it rotates through?

I ask because I really loved the team gameplay in the 6x6 Twisted Treeline mode, and I want to be playing it with other serious players. It takes several wins at the start in order to work up your MMR to be matched with the other serious players, so I want my MMR from the last rotation of it to stick around for next time.

Jąsper3/28/2016, 8:23:05 PM5 votes

Will be be able to earn the summoner icons that were available when the gamemodes first came out?