Buying Sightstone Now Automatically Promotes Buying Sweeper

Artist Bogrim··2 votes·861 views

If you have a support gold in-come item, just so poor old blind Lee won't get bothered by it.

"Couldn't help but notice you bought a Sightstone, you'll have an abundance of wards! Would you like to exchange your trinket while at it?" item 3361 -> item 3341 or item 3342

Yay or Nay?

7 Comments

Furry Balls2 votes

its common sense. next you guys will want bots to play the game for you... dam do something for yourself.

Artist Bogrim1 votes

I've seen Gosu forget the Sweeper streaming with Diamonds. It's not "common sense," it's a common mistake because it's unobvious as it's a reactive item, e.g. an item that you only use in response to the enemy team doing something. For example, how often do think about buying a item 3140 before you've been ganked by Warwick?

It's asking for a quality of life change. For every other role it's not a huge problem if you forget to pick up a sweeper---you still get to place wards, but for supports with sightstone it literally means you're now wasting your trinket and you're getting punished for it because the cooldown timer on using your sweeper first begins the second you actually go back and get that sweeper. And it's a secondary purchase that you have to make every time you buy a Sightstone.

It's the first kind of shop mechanic that's more of a hindrance than convinient to the player. The UI in the shop has intentionally been made super easy because the item in League is very complex and new players wouldn't be able to understand the game if it was anything like it was in Warcraft 3's DOTA. And this is one of those situations where the item system asks you to remember an unnecessary detail that has no actual impact on your game play.

Furry Balls1 votes

im pretty sure ww's ult is suppression.

Leti the Yeti2 votes

I wise man once said "WIPE YOUR OWN ASS FOR ONCE"

Sailor Mint2 votes

What's next?

Clippy telling me to recall to recharge my Sightstone? Reminding me to buy Pinks? Ward Baron? That I'm trying to clear a ward by myself?

Abyssphere1 votes

I like the idea. I'd even go one step further and say your first back after level 9 they should ask if you want to upgrade your trinket.

Nameless Voice1 votes

I just wish they'd add both trinkets to the suggested items for all supports.

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