Got quest called "Teach a Friend" Anyone else?

LoL rainbow7·Jul 14, 2018·9 votes·15,500 views

As mentioned by the title, when I logged in this morning, I saw a quest called "Teach a Friend" that asked me to win a bot game with a player that is level 15 or under in my party for the "Good Pals icon" and 200 blue essence.

Anyone else got this quest or know why i specifically got it.

btw- honor 4: checkpoint 3, gold 5, and level 100 if anyone is wondering.

Edit: From everyone's experiences with this quest, it appears that it is a universal quest that everyone will get. Also, there's a quest afterward that gives you a hextech chest for killing dragon and baron with a low level friend.

49 Comments

DrCyanideJul 14, 201824 votes

And so Riot tries to turn the missions into a recruiting tool. This is an indicator that League is worse off than it has been in a long time.

La BelloJul 14, 20187 votes

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And so Riot tries to turn the missions into a recruiting tool. This is an indicator that League is worse off than it has been in a long time.

i mean.. I dont think it means LoL is in the dumps. I think this is more of an experiement.

idk if youve noticed but Riot really REALLY wants LoL to be a social platform and a TON of changes reflect that. Sharing Match History on FaceBook or somecrap. Riot literally forcing Flex Que. Allowing people to still chat while on their mobile (seriously wtf). adding in Clubs. replacing RGM with Clash which is basically just Flex Que with rewards.

Riot has always understood that a playing with friends can make just about anything fun it keeps people coming back for goodtimes as a kinda makeshift way to "hang out" with one another.

DrCyanideJul 14, 201813 votes

The difference is that none of those examples were designed to recruit new players, they were ways for existing players to interact with existing players.

There's a point when players are starting out in League where they're thinking "This is fun, I want my friends to play this with me!". That gradually transitions to "The learning curve is too great, and my friends would have to go through too much toxicity to even get to a point I could really play with them. It's not worth it to invite them."

This mission is trying to encourage players who are on the fence about inviting friends to do it for an icon and some BE. It's trying to win out over the second mentality by appealing to a player's desire to get free stuff.

Kledy McKledFaceJul 14, 20182 votes

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The difference is that none of those examples were designed to recruit new players, they were ways for existing players to interact with existing players.

There's a point when players are starting out in League where they're thinking "This is fun, I want my friends to play this with me!". That gradually transitions to "The learning curve is too great, and my friends would have to go through too much toxicity to even get to a point I could really play with them. It's not worth it to invite them."

This mission is trying to encourage players who are on the fence about inviting friends to do it for an icon and some BE. It's trying to win out over the second mentality by appealing to a player's desire to get free stuff.

A useless icon and 200 BE lol give em a free skin for freak sakes

DrCyanideJul 14, 20183 votes

They tried that with Gray Warwick and Medieval Twitch back when the referral program was a thing. According to Riot, most people got those skins as a result of more smurf/bot accounts than actual new players. As such they're probably trying to find a less enticing (but still enticing) reward.

LarrietJul 15, 20181 votes

What about it is "makeshift"? Playing games together is a great time.

Linna ExcelJul 15, 20181 votes

Eh, yes and no.

MMOs are generally most fun when you are playing with friends so I'm guessing riot is trying to get everyone to be friends with people so they play more and enjoy the game more. Now there certainly could be other ulterior motives, but this might also be a harmless incentive.

DrCyanideJul 15, 20181 votes

You're not wrong, but most games don't need to tell you "go out and get a friend to play in the next 2 weeks." League of Legends didn't need to tell people to do that. Something has changed to make Riot think that they need something like this.

Linna ExcelJul 15, 20181 votes

That's a fair assessment. Without proof either way, who can say?

Rammus IRLJul 15, 20181 votes

Disagree with the sentiment as well. It's in any game's best interest to have new players come in, no matter what the game's status is. Riot and League are still businesses first and foremost, no matter what anyone might say. Doesn't mean anything's gone downhill.

That said, obviously, nothing is forever, including League's status among games. This, too, will end.

DrCyanideJul 15, 20182 votes

New players are good for business, giving out BE is bad (Riot would prefer people to buy things with RP). If you can get new players without spending BE you would prefer to do that - which is what Riot has done for many, many years. If Riot has to give BE to get new players it means that they're not getting enough new players. (Side note: BE for events is a little different, since they're doing that to keep players satisfied and coming back. A player that enjoys the game and comes back may spend money, a player who isn't satisfied and doesn't come back doesn't spend money.)

Now, you could argue that they increased their expectations on what's "enough new players", but that's unlikely considering the age of the game. You expect to not gain as many new players when your game is nearly 10 years old. That leaves the other interpretation, which is that they have noticed a dip in new players/new player retention, below what they predicted, and are looking to correct it.

NøctμrneJul 14, 20186 votes

Why does everyone assume anything a billion dollar company does has a hidden side goal that we can't see, and then they get viewed negatively for trying to have higher level players play with lower levels to make them better. Not to mention you get free loot.

TokogawarufJul 14, 20182 votes

Because this is the Boards and every view not negative enough gets booted out.

I wish i was sarcastic, really

remakoroJul 14, 20182 votes

What do you mean "We cant see". Everyone can see that goal quite clearly.

The EcdysiastJul 14, 20181 votes

Because it should be common knowledge that anything and everything a company does is to make money. The end goal of every company is to make money. How they go about that does play a part, but it's the money that matters.

Hence, this mission is clearly attempting to get you to invite friends who haven't tried League into it (made even more obvious when you take into account the recent push for ads from Riot).

Unfortunately, logic dictates you'd only invite your friends to a game you actually like and can see yourself being able to teach them without too much stress. League, especially in the current state, is not that kind of game. Their attempts are misguided, when all they really need is to make the game fun again-- at least for the kind of players who are vocal to their friends.

DrCyanideJul 15, 20181 votes

Care to tell me how higher level players find lower level players to play with? Was there a mentor system added? Was there a system added to help experienced players find inexperienced players? Were chat rooms re-added?

In the absence of any support infrastructure, there's only one way to find and join a party with new players, so let's call this mission what it really is. "Get a new friend to play League of Legends."

There's nothing hidden about the mission and it's objective. What's hidden is what's happening to the player population that made Riot decide they needed this now when they haven't needed something like this for years.

Rammus IRLJul 15, 20181 votes

Everything they do does have a "hidden" side-goal, and that is to make money.
Really, why people imagine they should have any goal that supersedes this is confusing... rito is a business.

Warlord RhinarkJul 14, 20185 votes

I got it too.

I have this nagging suspicion that Riot has noticed they're losing players so now they're trying to make us get more people into the game.

Frank 404Jul 14, 20185 votes

I think this mission means leag is dying*[sg-lulu]*

depressed MadiJul 14, 20184 votes

Yes, i got it too. Gold 5 116 lvl honor lvl 0 :D Idk why i have it, but i hope i will get after it another one.

LoL rainbow7Jul 14, 20182 votes

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Yes, i got it too. Gold 5 116 lvl honor lvl 0 :D Idk why i have it, but i hope i will get after it another one.

Did you get it today as well? The standard might be lvl 100 or gold 5 cause my lvl 97 silver friend didn't get it.

depressed MadiJul 14, 20182 votes

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Did you get it today as well?

Yes, like 10 mins ago.

ModDaenrysTargaryenJul 14, 20181 votes

Level 66 no rank and I got it

RippledWJul 14, 20181 votes

I am lvl 92, gold 5 and I got it, so it is not tied to achieving lvl 100. Maybe some combination of rank and honor?

yanouJul 15, 20181 votes

I don’t think there is a standard. Lvl 91, bronze 4, honor 0 (checkpoint 1) been dishonorable twice

Iźuku MidoriyaJul 14, 20184 votes

anyone want to add me so i can get this quest? I dont have any friends [sg-soraka]

chezdudeJul 14, 20183 votes

I did not get this quest maybe gold?

goatmaster4Jul 14, 20181 votes

I got this quest and I don't even have a rank (just hit level 30)

LarrietJul 15, 20183 votes

I saw it! Just after making friends with someone from a bot game I randomly played, too.

… But she's level 17, as of yesterday. [sg-janna]

Linna ExcelJul 15, 20183 votes

What's a friend? Where can I get one? I haven't been level 15 since season 3 and don't know anyone that low.

ßluęJul 15, 20183 votes

welp time to create some smurfs

Vlada CutJul 14, 20182 votes

Too bad I'm away during the quest. Rip. :/

LoL rainbow7Jul 14, 20181 votes

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Too bad I'm away during the quest. Rip. :/

Feels bad man item 3070 The icon looks awesome.

Vlada CutJul 14, 20181 votes

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Feels bad man The icon looks awesome.

Eh I don't care about the icon nor my never ending BE pool I just like completing achievements. I'm an achievement collector, you see. :V

YoRHa 2BJul 14, 20182 votes

Got on my main account after finishing my funny yasuo game (I don't know how we won this) and after that I went on my 2 surf accounts and saw what this is the same quest except that I will get Annie for free

KFCeytronJul 15, 20182 votes

Anti-cheat goes live, making it harder to load up multiple accounts on virtual machines
Mandatory email verification goes live, making it harder to create multiple accounts
No way to find low-level players within the client
Mission to duo with a low-level player goes live

This mission would've been fine as a "recruit-a-friend" system that uses the existing "mission" mechanism, but putting unique rewards in a limited-time event shifts the focus from recruitment to completing a limited-time event in the most efficient way possible. This encourages alternating smurf matches with friends or just loading a smurf account on a spare PC.

LlamaOPJul 14, 20181 votes

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EnvonyxJul 14, 20181 votes

Yeah I got no people new....

ForestFighters14Jul 14, 20181 votes

I got it too

LoL rainbow7Jul 14, 20181 votes

The free stuff is nice. Just have a friend make a smurf.

YuGiHoJul 15, 20181 votes

just make alt accounts with a friend and play 2 games with them

HellHound924Jul 17, 20181 votes

Is it ominous that after half a dozen bot games I still haven't completed this? Seems like the "new player mode" doesn't have many new players in it...although I guess Goldshire has been mostly alts for ages and the sky hasn't fallen there yet.

(Level 94, silver 5, honor 4c3, if anybody's interested in the data.)

LoL rainbow7Jul 17, 20182 votes

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Is it ominous that after half a dozen bot games I still haven't completed this? Seems like the "new player mode" doesn't have many new players in it...although I guess Goldshire has been mostly alts for ages and the sky hasn't fallen there yet.

(Level 94, silver 5, honor 4c3, if anybody's interested in the data.)

The level 15 has to be in your party [slayer-jinx-unamused]

HellHound924Jul 17, 20181 votes

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The level 15 has to be in your party [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Ugh. Thanks. :P

BeeyonderJul 18, 20181 votes

Anyone can help me for the mission? I'm Beeyonder add me ;)

SammyDayspringJul 18, 20181 votes

I got it a couple of days ago. Seems like it would be easy to abuse. Couldn't you just create a smurf account to get the reward?

AdvacJul 19, 20181 votes

BS mission. I mean where are you going to find a level 15 player. Most of the players that are still sticking around are higher level players. I've been playing intro level missions since the mission came out hoping to find one and when I finally did my game froze. Intro level... Seriously? I don't play pvp and I've been nagging to make a ARAM pve, but being stuck on intro sucks