ARAM Explanation?

USMCReader·3/11/2017, 1:00:09 AM·1 votes·583 views

This has probably been discussed previously.

Why are we subjected to the free rotation in ARAM if we own more than 10 champions? I came over from Dota2 after thousands of hours played. I'm a mid/sup main. I have 15 champions I really enjoy playing. I don't want to play your free rotation. I'd own them if I did.

4 Comments

Minarde3/11/2017, 10:15:55 PM2 votes

There's two main camps regarding this issue.

First, there's people (such as yourself) who just want to play certain champs. A random champ is fine for them, as long as it's pulled from a custom set. On the other hand, there's a group that wants every champ to be made available. For them, random champs should be more truly random rather than constantly seeing the same champs.

Personally, adding a separate ranked queue for ARAM would solve the problem by providing two different environments. The current unranked Normal gets a whitelist/blacklist feature while Ranked gets the full champ roster. Better for most people involved. However, since Riot hasn't done that, the current free-rotation thing is a compromise. It's mostly custom, but also slightly more random.

Dynikus3/11/2017, 1:28:46 AM1 votes

Ideally, every champion would be available in ARAM so it was as random as possible. 10 free champions is good enough to deter some ARAM only accounts though.

e46 Fanatic3/11/2017, 2:16:27 AM1 votes

I can only imagine how many players will troll/grief if they dont get the champ they want and it would probably also make queue times long considering most players will try and own only that one champion that everyone wants. I think it is just fine how it is. It seems like A LOT of people (including myself) have questioned this, probably 75% players are going to aram hoping to play the same champ as the other players are. Seems like it would only complicate things to change the way it is. I hope this made sense lul.

Baka Red3/27/2017, 11:33:13 AM1 votes

I cannot vote here, since I can agree with neither "yes" nor "no" answer; both options have a scenario in which free-rotation champions aren't a part of the pool of champions from which the random champion is chosen. If free-rotation champions were excluded from the pool, it would encourage people to build even more ARAM accounts. We the players don't need ARAM only accounts. Riot is the one who needs them (more accounts => more money for them)

Thus I vote "ARAM must always subject all the players (even me) to the Free-rotation champions." Some people Minarde mentioned earlier might want option to vote for "ARAM champion pool must be all the existing champions for every player."