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Displaying net gold on the scoreboard in game

snb3285·2/19/2017, 10:24:26 PM·5 votes·3,815 views

I noticed that on the scoreboard in a League of Legends game never shows the total amount of gold earned for each person and the total gold for each team. Other games like Smite show the net gold in game as well as on the results screen, so why is there no such function to view gold in game in League? If people could find out how much gold they have, their teammates and enemies have, and the total gold on each team, then people could figure out what they should buy or do to make up the gold difference or get ahead, and live gold displays would help people determine better the efficiency of their farming and help them decide whether they should farm minions to get the amount of gold they need or kill enemy champions or farm in jungle. This is the current League scoreboard: http://i.imgur.com/53T8668.png. Notice how it shows kda, summoner names and spells, champions, and cs, but not net gold. In comparison the Smite scoreboard in game shows net gold: http://i.imgur.com/2AXPGcv.png. The gold is listed for each person in game and the total gold for each team. League should implement this in their in game scoreboard so people can keep track of their gold in relation to others and bring more clarity to the in game HUD.

5 Comments

Schàdenfreude2/19/2017, 10:25:09 PM4 votes

I do not like this idea, as this is giving crucial information for teams for deciding whether or not to play more passive/aggressive.

snb32852/20/2017, 1:13:30 AM4 votes

Not to downplay anybody's opinions, but Smite has done this for a long time, and even pros at the highest level have games with this feature, and they still play the game well and the gameplay is quite balanced apart from a few somewhat op characters. Showing the gold helps players evaluate what they are doing wrong or right and denying such information just makes the game more confusing, not better. If you ever play Smite for at least a few months you will find out that showing the net gold is not the biggest problem in the current Smite meta right now. In fact, it has only helped players and has never become a problem in Smite balancing.

hunterspec2/19/2017, 10:55:42 PM1 votes

should only be for your team mates