Just an inquiry for Riot, I'm unsure on some things

SP Dodgecity··2 votes·350 views

I get you're focusing on 5v5's thats perfectly fine and you should focus on 5v5's especially since most of your player base prefers that game mode. I understand that it takes time and resources to do something different and sometimes that gamble doesn't pay off, or it doesn't get the needed attention to be successful (Dominion).

But to be frank, you could be so much more, there is so much more that could be added to the game, you could add constant or permanent variations/designs to summersrift, change it up, change to match the season, change the map to match new champ releases if you want to get that detailed.

And again I know its tough, but with the money and resources the number 1 played game in the world is getting, you should have those by now. It wouldn't take that long to release 3 permanetly themed maps for spring, summer, fall, and winter. Or so release a 5v5 map that looked different than the one we have now, same 5v5, same 3 lanes, but different directions or different locations of the jungle or different variations.

You could do so much more customization, there could be so much more...

I guess my inquiry is really just wondering what the future of league is? Where is its direction? Are we going to do the same pattern of New champ, small event, and 5v5 focused updates? Thats all we do right now. I still love the game, but I just feel like there could be so much more done to it to make it more fun for the majority of players. Especially the casual players, or the story focused players. Don't turn league into a repetative E sports focused game please... make it diverse

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Minarde1 votes

there could be so much more done to it to make it more fun for the majority of players. Especially the casual players, or the story focused players. Don't turn league into a repetative E sports focused game please... make it diverse

Pretty sure you're out of luck then. Considering how little support they've given to Alternate Maps over the years, it's clear that Riot's main goal and purpose is SR and SR esports. Riot's certainly done well with the esports-side of things, but I agree that League as a game has suffered because of that focus. It'd be nice though if Riot started investing more in other aspects, considering some things haven't really improved in years.

SP Dodgecity2 votes

I agree haha, I feel like they're trying to basically make league into the gaming version of football.

To me, and I have to be honest here, Riot games is a Business. Businesses are there to make money the best way possible. If league isn't LOSING money, then they'll never really change.

For example. Destiny, when it came out, got terrible reviews, it got terrible community feedback, and was considered one of the biggest disappointments of the year. A year later, they changed their gameplay to help solve a lot of the problems they caused in the first place, but they wouldn't have ever changed their game if the community didn't stop playing, stop buying, and refused to continue without the gameplay issues being fixed.

We'll never see real change with league or with Riot games in general until they start to lose their player base and more specifically, until they start to lose money.

They risk too much in making big changes, the reward is a happier player base, but they risk pissing some people off and they risk hurting their E-sports scene which could cost them money. In the end they're a business and if something is BAD for business, then they'll never do it.

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