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It's no wonder Twisted Treeline is being removed - you haven't done a thing to it in how long?

sir d wreck·8/1/2019, 12:44:38 AM·88 votes·15,073 views

Riot, you have literally just watched the mode rot so you could remove it?

I'm very upset at the this, and it's weird because I usually defend Riot in lots of situations. Not this time.

The excuses for removing the mode are understandable if you consider the fact that the mode has been left on life support with Riot doing literally nothing significant to it for years. Let's not just pretend that Riot hasn't completely just outright ignored TT's existence, like they tried to make it seem in the dev blog post. The excuses for removing the mode are just awful and not exactly telling the whole story. I used to play that mode exclusively but ended up quitting years ago after Riot stopped caring or even tried to fix some of the glaring balance issues that had solutions. This is similar to how Riot 'pulled the plug' on Dominion. I used to love the Dominion, and you did the exact same thing to that mode.

They just stop supporting the mode, let the population slowly die due to lack of changes or balancing, then claim you have to close the mode because not enough people play it - and the cherry on the top is that TFT just released, what a coincidence. I'm sorry Riot, this is 100% on you for literally slowly destroying that mode by not doing ANYTHING about ANY of the HUGE issues that have built up due to your negligence. You haven't even tried to do anything! You just sat back and let it rot, and now that you finally talk about the mode after all this time it's to let us know it's being removed. Could you really not allot ANY effort whatsoever to balance the mode in the last few years with all the other extra modes you're working on. The fact you put 3's aside really means that you guys put the nails in the coffin yourself, so don't pretend this isn't your fault.

WHEN YOU COMPLETELY IGNORE A MODE IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET SO BAD THAT PEOPLE WILL QUIT. And Riot is sitting here scratching their heads wondering why people haven't been playing 3s? Really Riot??

I was hoping one day you're do SOMETHING to the mode, and now that you have I regret having had hope.

60 Comments

Cutey eGirl owo8/1/2019, 12:50:26 AM31 votes

Thank you.

Dominion all over again.

ModWulf Helhammer8/1/2019, 1:12:02 AM7 votes

Or perhaps since they have access to full player data, they could see that even with the changes they made (that were for the purpose of getting more players), people still didn’t care.

I’ve seen when Riot made itemization, champion, or even map changes to TT. They did nothing to spur the community to want to play it, and that’s something Riot knew.

Zeromatsu8/1/2019, 10:16:43 AM6 votes

You are right. They didn't want us to play the mode.

Like their Event Pass doesn't even give tokens for playing it. So you are punished for playing it, because the time could be used on Arams/Normals to earn tokens.

Jaspers8/1/2019, 11:17:36 AM6 votes

I loved Hexakill on the map, 12 champs, on a smaller map, 2 per lane, was great fun. Sadly, Hexakill isn't even a thing and hasn't been since the new client... don't think it ever will be. If Hexakill was still around, I'd say people that played 3v3 would be higher as well, as Riot might take the time to update the mode/map in general.

Pika Fox8/1/2019, 2:00:26 PM4 votes

Theyre removing it because even when they did have changes going it didnt bring anyone in to play.

Nexus blitz had a far higher participation rate, and they opted not to continue that. Only makes sense to remove tt as well.

Really need them to add something when its removed though, else it will just feel like a stupid removal.

Id be fine with removing tt and adding nb instead.

Kiwi Lemonade8/2/2019, 12:00:43 AM1 votes

Remove TT, only players to play are vastly accustomed to it - have to now play 5v5 which they will get frustrated, and play TFT and buy the little legends. Profit.