Eyecatching title about camera control QOL and improving playerbase map awareness

Ridley Prime·8/6/2016, 6:57:54 PM·11 votes·815 views

So I play on locked camera. I've grown too used to it over however many games I've played. I know a lot of other lower level players do as well, especially if you came from Diablo or Runescape or something.

To check other parts of the map, I click on the minimap and hold my mouse down. Releasing the mouse button snaps me back to my champion. What I would really like would be for the F1-F5 keys to behave in the same way. Press and hold the key to view that champion, release to snap the camera back to you.

(If you didn't know, pressing a function key will take your camera to the corresponding allied champion. However, this only works on unlocked camera; the buttons do nothing on locked camera.)

Pretty simple. Would go a long way to improve map awareness, and encourage players to play more as a team.

Say we get fancier with it. If you press multiple function keys, the camera will move to the last button you pressed. Basically a stack, but only while the button is being held. Say I press F2 to look at champion 2, and hold the button. Then I press F4 and hold it, while still holding F2. Camera would move to champion four, and if I released F4 but was still holding F2, the camera would move to champion 2 until F2 was released.

I know a lot of people were really interested in semi-locked, including myself. There is one issue with it people have previously brought up, that I agree needs to be changed. I'll link the post here.

Lastly, while I've got you here, I'd like to propose a small change to teleport to improve CLARITY. Say I hold down my button for casting TP and I'm selecting a target. Highlighting possible Teleport targets would go a long way in helping people quickly assess their options to get to the best position near the fight. It's obnoxious to scramble over the map, look at a blue ward on the minimap, panic and try to find a yellow or pink ward close enough to a fight that's probably going to be over now by the time you actually choose and channel there. I know, git gud, but I think this would help a lot of players out and encourage more team play and swanky teleport strats.

I really do hope Riot sees this and that perhaps we can start a discussion on how to encourage (or at least facilitate) more cooperative games and aware players.

7 Comments

GULAG 4 U8/6/2016, 9:47:00 PM3 votes

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maxaroni1188/6/2016, 7:02:05 PM1 votes

honestly, improving map awareness is something you should work on yourself, not ask riot to change the game for you.

i semi like the idea you are putting out there but for the high skilled players, this is pointless

also for your TP issues...

maybe just low elo have issues with it but usually tp to ward or tower is not hard if u are on lock screen. and if ur tryna tp to a minion... try not locked screen

overall i think it was a nice idea but not one practical enough for the whole community... not everyone has map awareness issues.

Reikken8/6/2016, 7:02:16 PM1 votes

Hey, I like this suggestion. I use 100% unlocked, but this would be very nice to have in the game.

Calabok8/6/2016, 7:06:23 PM1 votes

don't play locked camera. FIXED.

DænariusKhølerin8/6/2016, 8:12:33 PM1 votes

I put Git gud, but I was just messing around. XD