Request to bring back to option to allow you to center the camera on your champion in Semi-Locked.

hella hip··8 votes·5,868 views

So basically, I haven't played League of Legends in a very long time. Over the past about 3 years, I may have got on once or twice a year to play a game, but have not played consistently. The reason for this is because I was playing another MOBA, Heroes of the Storm. Although, Heroes of the Storm has recently lost some developer support, and as a high elo ranked player in that game, my queue times have been consistently 30+ minutes during peak hours, and if I try playing really late at night or early morning, forget about it, I will sit in queue for hours without finding a game. So instead of riding a sinking ship, I decided that maybe I should try to move on to another similar game, and I decided to come back to League as I used to play it years ago. A little over a year ago I signed into League to be pleasantly surprised by something. They had implemented a semi-locked camera like that of Heroes of the Storm, where you are able to center the camera with your spacebar, even while using Semi-Locked camera. This was a nice feature because it is what I used in Heroes of the Storm. Although, this feature was removed in literally the next patch. (by the way, the patch this feature was implemented was 7.23) While I understand that people like the current semi-locked camera option, why not have an option for both? It would be as simple as a check box in the options menu, something like, "Allow center the camera on champion to work in locked camera modes? yes/no" I know that this post will get a lot of the stereotypical "play unlocked, it is superior, you are bad if you don't" and to those people I will say, even though it probably doesn't mean much to you, I have reached master rank in Heroes of the Storm, using semi-locked camera does not actually starve you of any information or map coverage if you are a good player, there is more to being good at a game then having the settings on that high rank players typically use. Just switching to unlocked and changing your DPI to what an LCS player uses, won't make you rank up. Anyway, I think it would be a good idea to bring this feature back because there are going to be a lot of Heroes of the Storm refugees looking for a new game and this would make the game a lot more comfortable to them, and besides, the technology is there, it has been in the game before, so why not just add it in as another option?

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Spartan Sol2 votes

so the biggest thing is league is not HoTs whatsoever. while in HoTs having the ability to look around the map is meaningless due to no wards or the need to look at items/stats. in league playing locked slightly limits your field of vision as well as limits your map awareness which is one of the biggest parts of the game. playing locked also negates your ability to use TP effectively as well as any long distance item actives or even some global ults

hella hip1 votes

First of all that isn't really the point of the post. Second of all the amount of awareness it will actually reduce is actually minimal if you know what you are looking for in the first place. You can still pan to other areas of the map instantly using the minimap. The main reason why I like the semi locked camera is because it allows the camera to follow your character in team fights while still having a little bit of area to pan. Also you clearly have no idea what you are talking about and have barely played HoTS because it is a much more fast paced game than League and there are far more rotations going on throughout the entire game, so map awareness in that game is just as important if not even more important, because you have less time to react to things due to rotations being faster with mounts, and most maps being smaller than Summoner's Rift. So you pretty much have to always have constant map awareness in HoTS. Certain things work better for different players if they know how to utilize them properly. Just because somebody plays on unlocked camera does not mean they are neglecting map awareness all together. Somebody can be just as map aware with any camera mode, as long as they know what they are doing. People really need to stop this thought process in so many PvP games where its just like "If you aren't using the settings that I'm using you aren't good" it really is foolish if you think about it.

KawaiMC2 votes

Yes please, Riot. You will make a lot of people happy who are not able to play with unlocked camera, so they hold spacebar all the time. Please bring this feature back.

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