I love the risk Riot took with the Dark Star gamemode

AFilthyCaitMain·May 6, 2017·49 votes·1,921 views

its a very refreshing mode and I love it! I hope Riot will continue to keep doing things like this.

29 Comments

UnboundCreatorMay 6, 201712 votes

How is this a risk?

Forbidden SirenMay 6, 201718 votes

People can only play as Thresh instead of hundreds of other champs, 3v3, a heavily small map, etc.

They took a risk by not doing something "safe" like... all random Summoner's Rift or 1v1 on Howling Abyss.

AFilthyCaitMainMay 6, 20176 votes

exactly! They could face accusations of favoring thresh, having it be a huge fail, etc.

UnboundCreatorMay 6, 20175 votes

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exactly! They could face accusations of favoring thresh, having it be a huge fail, etc.

Noat at all.

Stars ShaperMay 6, 20171 votes

I'm a rather whiny and salty person when my favorite characters don't get the lightspot, but this mode is really fun and entertaining, plus it would work only with thresh so I see no problem in about favoritism (if you can call it that).

WimbledofyMay 6, 20173 votes

all random summoners rift was dumb and pointless.

SpecterVonBarenMay 6, 20175 votes

That's not a risk though, that was the absolute least risky option they could have taken, its the safest gamemode ever because everything comes down to how well people play since there are no items and only one champion there's no way for there to be an imbalance in the game mode between what one person builds or plays and another does.

kamikazephyrMay 6, 20171 votes

It's risky because they created something that took resources, is very limited and strays far away from the actual concept of the game, only for it to be a temporary game mode that could be a hit or miss. Not because it's entirely skill dependent (how could this possibly be the reason the game mode is a risk?)

SpecterVonBarenMay 7, 20171 votes

It isn't a risk because there's only two ways for people to complain about it, either they don't like the gameplay itself or they aren't good at it, unlike other game modes where people can get addled by X champ being super strong there or an item being op.

Game girl 1May 7, 20171 votes

they don't like the gameplay itself

Thats the risk bud

SpecterVonBarenMay 7, 20172 votes

That's a risk with any new gameplay mode though, its not specific to this one.

Game girl 1May 7, 20171 votes

You're right

ProtestantCaesarMay 6, 20174 votes

Agreed. Although now I'm afraid if I buy Thresh and play him, I'll be disappointed in playing him in a regular game.

FaustavianMay 6, 20171 votes

Won't be. Landing that oh so PERFECT hook for your ~~competent~~ ADC is super satisfying.

PhDs NutsMay 6, 20174 votes

Now I want a Malphite mode where you have to knock them out of the ring like Smash Bros, and ult/flash are on 10 second cooldowns.

AlleoMay 6, 20171 votes

Malphite Sumo.

ArkVeilMay 7, 20171 votes

That would work better on Gragas. Malphite can only knock up, not around.

UPfreelyMay 6, 20174 votes

Yeah it was a refreshing change of pace. Very mario party -esque. I hope they do more abstract game modes like this in the future.

JVP15May 6, 20172 votes

I would gladly get more mediocre gamemodes like ARSR if it means we get more gamemodes like Dark Star. This is so much fun!

KoKobotoMay 6, 20172 votes

I don't think it was risky at all... downvoted

DerfelMay 7, 20172 votes

You kids have no idea what risk is do you

Stars ShaperMay 6, 20171 votes

Loving it so far.

Also because I have 0 experience in playing Thresh.

SteelMankindMay 6, 20171 votes

I would rather have Assassin mode be some kind of bullet hell dodging simulator, rather than a 5v5 bloodbath. Like, out of Ekko, Kat, Kassadin, and Zed, try to win a foot race while constantly being bombarded with CC skillshots

xelakerMay 6, 20171 votes

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its a very refreshing mode and I love it! I hope Riot will continue to keep doing things like this.

risk? rofl what risk?

crzymdscntstMay 7, 20171 votes

I'm finding the mode less than pleasant.

Gameplay goes like this: Oh look, I used my E, but the enemy's took priority. Oh look, I hooked them, but they still were able to hook me, despite the tag-back being in effect to stop this. Oh look, an enemy used Q mid-air, meanwhile my mid-air Q's look like they don't even fire, because the skill froze. Oh look, my enemies got the 7 scuttler kills I just swiped into the star because their E was applied even though the scuttler was falling into the star itself. (3-5 pixels away from the star.)

Oh look an unresponsive and buggy game mode if you're on a even mildly bad connection or computer. Moreso because I'm going through Time Warner and hasn't been giving good pings since Spectrum bought them out. (This is relevant because Riot made a contract that gave LoL users a more reliable connection if they're going through Time Warner, but doesn't seem to have stuck well through the buy-out. I don't know enough of the legal end to really accuse of contract neglect, but 'eh.)

I guess I'm just cranky because of some bad games, but some of this should have been vetted.

Scary DoorMay 7, 20171 votes

Perhaps the most unimaginative game mode of them all.

On the scale of Nemesis Draft (the worst) to URF (the best), I'd place it just above Nemesis Draft, just below Doom Bots. So, really, almost the worst game ever.

Who is TaliyahMay 7, 20172 votes

Seriously? I love that gamemode. It's really quick, 6 - 10 minutes and really fun. And not to forget, it's the most balanced gamemode that will ever exist.

Scary DoorMay 7, 20171 votes

Pros...

Quick: Sure Balanced: Yes

Cons...

Creative: Not especially. Replayability: Low.
League of Legends Related: Hardly.

This gamemode could have been a flash game... it's almost something that could have been introduced as a mode you play while you wait in a queue, not a featured game mode for TWO WEEKENDS in a row.