[POLL] What were the best missions?
######I've provided a list of missions for reference. Click the link!
#NOTE TO RIOTERS WHO READ MY SURVEY RESPONSE
Riot, you picked the right person to survey about missions. I love missions and think they're great for League. This post was a summary of every mission line we've had before I added this survey response, and the link above is a list of every single mission that we have. (Hopefully I didn't miss any! If I did, tell me maybe!) Basically, I think your missions have been decent but could use some improvement on including players who primarily play modes other than Summoner's Rift. I'm gonna try to give sort of condensed feedback and if you want to hear more, PLEASE ASK ME, I WOULD LOVE TO DO A SUPER-DETAILED FOLLOWUP! Edit: Reading through it again, I realize it's already pretty detailed. sorry! Hope you appreciate the feedback and don't write it off because it's too long! :(
VS. - Great introduction to missions. Rewards were great, mission lines were easy, daily missions were easy. Passes were cool. Very punishing if you missed a day of missions though. Missions had reasonable requirements. Icon requirement was not frustrating because the icons were fun and everyone was new to missions and passionate about supporting one side. Missions generally supported bot games, Twisted Treeline, and Howling Abyss but were geared toward Summoner's Rift except for the 1 ARAM mission.
Omega Squad - Decent. These missions were generally more difficult, like Win 3 PVP games. Rewards were all right. I get it, smaller event, less missions and less rewards. The secret mission (Omega Squad Spotted) was sort of frustrating to get. Bots were not supported, but TT, HA, and SR were all supported.
Arcade Boss World - Fun but HARD. These missions were TOUGH. Ironically enough, the boss battles were the easiest part (thankfully). Stuff like "Win five PVP Summoner's Rift games, get 75 Assists" is quite difficult because that's a lot of PVP SR. Rewards were decent. Love the fact that you made daily missions optional, because not being able to play for 1 day hurts. People only opt in to dailies if they want. Because of difficulty, these missions were also very difficult to complete in the require timespan. VS. mission lines were easier and there were less missions. Rewards were pretty good. Missions excluded bot players completely and almost completely excluded TT and HA players. Icon requirement was sort of frustrating because most people didn't have most of the required icons and had to use the sort of boring New Level Icon.
Star Guardian - Hardest set of missions to date. Rewards were not big but I'm happy because I don't feel like I missed out on too much because I couldn't complete them all. Duration of missions was reasonable given their difficulty. I know for a fact you want to know my opinion on premade missions. Even though it's pretty difficult to organize a premade 5 and then still win, I'm happy you made the two team-forming missions premade-only. The S-rank mission should not have been premade only. In the future, do not do premade-only missions. They are too difficult to do not just because of their conditions, but also because it can be hard to organize a coordinated premade. Maybe you can work around with the OR condition that you implemented for Snowdown - do this as a premade 5 or do this different thing not necessarily as a premade 5. These missions promoted a game mode so they didn't exclude any particular group of players.
Worlds - Sort of difficult. I liked the cumulative missions, and I know that you had to be quite creative to come up with 27 different weekly missions. Rewards were okay, premade missions frustrated a lot of people including me. Duration of missions was reasonable given the difficulty. Tying pick'em to missions was a good idea, saved you guys some work. (I need to know if there was a perfect pick'em mission to complete my list.) I'm glad the Master Pass price went down week by week. Missions focused on SR which was understandable given that the missions promoted worlds, but it really excluded bots, TT, and HA players. The SR restriction was completely arbitrary too, like you could "Get 40 Kills and/or Assists on Summoner’s Rift" on TT or HA if the mission didn't explicitly specify SR. It was frustrating. Icon requirement was sort of frustrating because the icons were kind of boring.
Death Sworn - Easy missions, great rewards actually for how easy the missions were. I love how the DS Ward was a Ward Permanent that we COULD unlock. The neutral objective mission excluded TT and HA players.
Runes Reforged - Easiest missions to date. I realize you did missions so that you could distribute the rewards more easily. This is the first example of dynamic rewards (# of BE Orbs and Epic Skins), so good job with that. Rewards were nice, but the missions understandably didn't feel like real missions. They shouldn't have. As for FWOTD, I'm glad you changed it to reset every 20 hours instead of 22 hours because of limitations with finishing missions before they're given. I'm apathetic to the change from XP to XP+BE, but ik the community wanted it so thanks for changing.
PROJECT: Hunters: Some of the best missions. Not too difficult, didn't force players to play Overcharge for the event, but did force SR on players. HA and TT players excluded again, although bots players were included this time. Mission rewards were appropriate. The lack of mission pass made it so that F2P players didn't feel left out. Icon requirement was sort of frustrating.
Snowdown: Some of the best missions. Not too difficult, gave players a lot of options, except for TT. No love for TT. Rewards were good, again F2P players feel included because of no mission pass. Missions lasted awhile so they felt pretty casual, which was great. It wasn't a time crunch like Arcade or something that brings you back every day/week like VS./Worlds. I don't like getting XP from non-FWOTD missions though. More fun to get other rewards.
New Champion: Good missions, Kayn's were a bit hard but the other two toned down the difficulty a bit. The requirements were creative but not unreasonable. Time was very reasonable. Zoe's reward of 1000 XP seemed quite generic, I liked Icon rewards better.
Concluding notes to Riot: PROJECT: Hunters and Snowdown were some of the most reasonable missions. VS. mission lines were also good. Mission passes are good for your profits and are quite fun but realize that they make F2P players feel left out. Arcade Boss World missions were too difficult for the time allotted, and I think you should see those missions to see what not to do because it's unreasonable. XP is not a fun reward. Icons are not a fun reward when overdone but are a fun reward when given in moderation. Token rewards are fun but you need to give enough so that players don't feel bad if they have extra.
Please stop pushing Summoner's Rift so hard in missions. If you ignore Twisted Treeline in missions, you'll get even less players to play the mode and I REALLY hope you don't use that as an excuse to ice the mode. 3v3 needs your love to flourish, but you're just leaving it in a corner to cry. :'( The way you specify SR in some missions, restrict the mission to SR by warding or SR epic monsters, or specify every other mode except for 3v3 in other missions is discouraging! Please don't do nothing for the mode and then kill it because it's not fun. One reason why it's not fun is that it has no missions!
Other than this stuff that I'm mentioning, I think missions are great!
Extra suggestion: Do the same thing you did with the elemental dragons mission where two different epic monsters contributed to the same counter ("Have your team kill 2 Infernal or Ocean Drakes, have your team kill 2 Cloud or Mountain Drakes") for TT. Whenever you specify killing an epic monster, say something like "Kill 4 Rift Heralds/Vilemaws" or "Kill 2 Barons/Vilemaws." This way the mission is possible on 3v3 and 3v3 players don't feel so excluded when you say something like "Kill 2 Barons." Idk how to fix this for Howling Abyss. When it comes to warding (another SR exclusive thing), just specify trinket casts instead of warding. This promotes using red trinket on SR (an important item!) and also lets TT players use Sweeper and HA players feed poros to complete the mission.
THE ORIGINAL POST BELOW In your opinions, which set of missions was the best set? The missions should have been fun and had appropriate rewards and requirements.
Here are the quick rundowns of each mission set.
##VS.
- Intro mission that gave 2 Icons
- 1 cumulative mission that gave 1 Icon
- 30 free daily missions that gave 340 Order/Chaos Tokens OR 30 paid daily missions that gave 680 Order/Chaos Tokens (mission difficulty: easy)
- 6 paid missions that gave 140 Order Tokens, Hextech Chest, Hextech Key, Gemstone
- 6 paid missions that gave 140 Chaos Tokens, Hextech Chest, Hextech Key, Gemstone
- Daily mission requirements were winning 1 matchmade game, which unlocked the second daily mission
- Second daily mission requirements involved simple tasks such as getting 5 kills, getting 10 assists, winning 1 Summoner's Rift game, winning 1 ARAM game, and more
- Daily missions required playing with an Order or Chaos Icon
- Paid missions took longer to complete, and included requirements such as "Win 2 games with at least 5 Kills or 10 Assists" and "Play a game as Riven, get 15 Kills and/or Assists in 1 game"
- Paid missions lasted 2 weeks
- Mission passes cost 1300 RP and included 100 Tokens, an Orb, and a Ward Skin
- Almost all missions could be completed in Co-op
##Omega Squad
- 1 free mission that gave 1 Icon
- 5 free missions that gave 5 Squad Tokens (that craft 1 Icon)
- Free mission involved playing in a game with an Omega Squad Skin
- Free missions were moderately difficult and included requirements such as "Get 10 Kills in PVP matchmade games, get 25 Assists in PVP matchmade games" and "Win 3 PVP matchmade games"
- Missions lasted 11 days
- Almost all missions had to be completed in PVP
##Arcade Boss World
- Intro mission that gave 1 Icon
- 8 free missions that gave 200 Tickets
- 12 paid missions that gave 240 Tickets, 2 Good Orbs, 1 Great Orb, and 1 Mega Orb
- 12 paid daily missions that gave 120 tickets
- Paid finale mission that gave 1 Icon
- Free and paid missions were of moderate difficulty and included requirements such as "Win five PVP Summoner's Rift games, get 75 Assists", "Win two matchmade games with at least 50 minion kills and eight Kills and/or Assists", and "Win one matchmade game with Malzahar on either team"
- Daily missions required winning 1 matchmade game
- Missions lasted 2 weeks
- Many missions specified PVP games
- Missions required playing with an Arcade Icon
- Full mission pass cost 1495 RP and included Ward Skin, Icon, Gemstone, and Good Orb
- Minor mission pass cost 650 RP and included Ward Skin and only daily missions
##Star Guardian
- 6 free missions that gave 2 Icons and 8 Starlight Tokens
- 3 of these missions required premade group of 5 and award half of the rewards (1 Icon and 4 Starlight tokens)
- Missions generally were of brutal difficulty and included requirements such as "Win a game of Invasion: Onslaught as a Marksman (Jinx, Ezreal, or Miss Fortune), Mage (Ahri, Lux, or Syndra), and Utility (Poppy, Janna, Lulu, or Soraka)", "Win a game of Invasion: Onslaught without a marksmen, win a game of Invasion: Onslaught without a mage, and win a game of Invasion: Onslaught without a support as a premade group of 5", and "Win a game of Invasion: Onslaught with a rank of S or higher as a premade group of 5"
- Missions lasted 19 days
- Missions required winning in Invasion, and 5/6 required winning on Onslaught mode
##Worlds
- Intro mission that gave 1 Icon
- 3 (+1) free missions related to Worlds Pick'Em that gave 2 Icons and 5 Worlds Tokens (and the Perfect Pick'Em Cache)
- 3 cumulative missions that gave 45 Worlds Tokens and a Worlds Orb
- 15 free missions that gave 135 Worlds Tokens
- 3 of these missions required premade group of 5 and gave 20 Worlds Tokens
- 12 paid missions that gave 560 Worlds Tokens
- Missions were of a range of difficulties including "Have your team kill 2 Infernal or Ocean Drakes, have your team kill 2 Cloud or Mountain Drakes", "Win 1 game on Summoner's Rift under 35 minutes, win 1 game on Summoner's Rift where your team destroyed 1st turret", and "Deal 50,000 Physical Damage to Champions, deal 50,000 Magic Damage to Champions"
- Premade missions were creative: "Destroy 2 turrets within 15 seconds of each other (does not include Nexus Turrets)" or "Win a game with no ranged champions on your team", for example
- Gameplay missions lasted 1 week and were replaced by the next group of missions afterwards
- Mission pass cost 1300 RP (with cost scaling down by 50 RP per week) and included Icon and Gemstone
- Missions required playing with Worlds Icons
- Missions specified PVP modes
##Death Sworn
- 2 free missions that gave 1 Icon and 1 Ward Skin Permanent
- Missions were easy: "Encounter 30 skins in matchmade games" and "Kill 2 Barons, kill 2 Neutral Rift Heralds, kill 8 Dragons in matchmade games"
- Missions lasted 1 week
- Missions could be completed in Co-op
##Runes Reforged
- 7 missions that gave dynamic rewards
- Rewards included Blue Essence Orbs, 2 Icons, Epic Skins, Ward Skin, and 3 Emotes
- Many Runes Reforged missions were mutually exclusive and no one player could have all 7 missions
- Mission requirements were playing a matchmade game (the easiest missions yet)
- Missions lasted 1 year
- Missions could be completed in Co-op
- First Win of the Day mission added that gives 575 XP
- First Win of the Day was a repeating mission and repeated every 22 hours
- First Win of the Day was changed to give 400 XP and 50 BE and changed to repeat every 20 hours
- First Win of the Day can be completed in Co-op
##PROJECT: Hunters
- Intro mission that gave 1 Icon
- 12 free missions that gave 96 PROJECT Tokens
- Free finale mission that gave 1 Emote
- Missions were somewhat easy, with requirements such as "Kill a neutral Rift Herald as a team, kill two Baron Nashors as a team", "Use your ultimate 20 times, destroy 15 charge bots in Overcharge as a team", and "Purchase 12 items valued over 2,500 gold, place 4 wards in 4 different games"
- Missions lasted 2 weeks
- Non-Overcharge missions could be completed in Co-op (with the exception of the finale mission)
- Some missions required playing Overcharge
- Missions required playing with a PROJECT Icon
##Snowdown
- Free intro mission that gave 500 XP and 250 BE
- 6 free missions divided into two mutually exclusive mission lines that gave 300 XP, 400 BE, 1 Icon, Hextech Chest, Hextech Key, and 1 Emote
- Missions were moderate difficulty, with requirements such as "Get 50 assists, heal 20000 damage, win a game with Poppy, Braum, or Bard on either team," "Win three Summoner's Rift games or win three ARURF games", and "Spend 150000 gold or deal 300000 damage to enemy champions"
- Most missions gave players options to complete 1 requirement or the other
- Missions lasted almost 4 weeks
- Some missions could be completed in Co-op
##New Champion
- 1 mission set per Champion (3 so far)
- 2 Icons for Kayn, 1 Icon for Ornn, 1000 XP for Zoe
- Missions were long and somewhat difficult, with requirements such as these: "Play 5 games as, with, or against Darkin Kayn, win 1 PVP game as Darkin Kayn, and get a Double Kill as Darkin Kayn" and "Win 2 games as, with, or against Ornn, forge 15 items, and redirect Ornn's lava ram into enemies three times"
- Missions lasted 33, 19, and 31 days
- Latter 2 missions could be completely completed in Co-op
Notes:
- Missions were cruel to Twisted Treeline players in general.
- Missions were cruel to ARAM-only players but favored players who enjoy the mode occasionally.
- Aside from First Win of the Day, there have been no more daily missions since Arcade Boss World.
- There have been 6 total missions that require a premade of 5.
- 4 mission sets have required use of a specific set of Icons for a significant portion of their missions.
- 2 missions have required you to play as a specific Champion (VS. missions).
- Excluding the Star Guardian missions, 14 missions have required you to play or win a game with a specific Champion in the game.
