Teammate Ultimate-Timers
Dear Rito,
Almost a year ago, you clearly expressed to us that Clarity was a key point in the design process of League of Legends.
LoL Design Values: In-depth with Clarity
- "Gameplay clarity is incredibly important for the evolution of League of Legends."
- "Gameplay clarity relates to the availability of information."
- "League of Legends provides three basic paths to mastery: personal expertise, teamwork, and adaptability."
- "The job of clarity is to refine knowledge such that both parties can make intelligent choices."
With the idea of Clarity in mind, you gave us Red, Blue, Dragon and Baron timers.
- "The new jungle timers are nestled at the top of the screen. They won't be presenting any new or hidden information. Rather, they present existing information in a visual display."
- "Jungle timers...serve as an example of important information being presented in an impractical manner."
- "The emergence of third party applications put fuel on the fire, but they only increased our confidence that such a feature was in line with our values."
These timers have been exceptionally useful in coordinating with teammates to capture these pivotal objectives, increasing strategy, teamwork and gameplay.
Your reason for justifying these additions to League of Legends were as follows.
- They didn't reveal any information that wasn't already known by each team or individual player.
- They encouraged teamwork and strategy from each team, allowing teams to work together, to control an objective.
- It was a crucial part of gameplay, and having to remember what time an objective was taken, while playing the rest of the game is unnecessary.
- Players shouldn't have to rely on 3rd party applications to remember information that should be a part of gameplay
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It is for these same reasons that Teammate Ultimate-Timers are also a good idea for the Clarity of League of Legends.
- They don't reveal any information that a player doesn't already know.
- These timers help teammates work together, it allows teammates that aren't talking on 3rd party applications to more easily communicate with each other. It allows better coordination and use of strategy, which increases the involvement and gameplay for each team.
- It is an important part of gameplay, players shouldn't have to ask their teammates how long until their Ultimate Ability is off of its cooldown, they should know. A second spent typing is a second you aren't CSing.
This is a small but incredibly useful change to the gameplay of League of Legends, that would be incredibly beneficial to the team aspect that is so profoundly encouraged throughout the League of Legends community.
- Clarity is a design value we've been pursuing for some time, it's also one where we have great opportunities to grow.
Show us that you are dedicated to the Clarity of League of Legends, you said yourself that you have room to grow, and here is a perfect opportunity to pursue that goal.
Thanks!
Zanchee
