Why does Riot give us things we want, only to take them away?

MrNuclearPumpkin··5 votes·2,722 views

This is more than just ARAM bans. I mean in general.

People loved Nexus Blitz. People were saying that Nexus Blitz was the best game mode ever invented. Ever. It was fast paced. Most matches barely lasted longer than 15 minutes. The random events that appeared were brilliant. Every game was awesome and fun. People wanted that mode to stay permanantly. Riot once again makes it a limited mode and take it away.

People loved Ascension. They wanted that to be a permanent thing. Nope. That's gone too.

And then we have the ARAM changes. It's more than just the bans. It's the entire change. The pirate theme was so much better than the howling abyss. The items were great (accept the guardian's angel one that made you invincible for like 5 seconds before you died. That was BS) The whole mode was just better as a whole. Backtrack was great. The items were great. The map was great. And of course on top of all these awesome amazing upgrades, you could ban a champion you didn't want to see. Didn't want to see Lux 5 times in a row? Ban it. But once again, despite people begging for riot to make that version of aram completely permanant, they strip it away and give us the old boring lame Howling Abyss version.

On a personal level, I loved Nexus Blitz more than any other mode available (I hated the on-fire buff. But that's just me), I loved the new ARAM map as a whole. Not just the bans, but EVERYTHING that came with the new mode. It was just fire. But... it's gone now. And I probably have to wait months upon months again.

Yet for some reason the one thing that hasn't been changed during all this, was Twisted Treeline. And... I'll just hold my opinion on that little mode.

There's an arguement that if we have modes of Nexus Blitz, ARAM, URF, Ascension, and Summoner's Rift all selectable permenant modes, that it would split up the player base. Causing longer queue times and other... nonsense. And I'm going say that mindset is a load of malarkey. If people want to have one particular mode that they and only they enjoy, they should have the option and the freedom to choose it. They should have that option and freedom to at the very least, create a custom match to do so.

As much as I hate to say this, Dota 2 has several official different modes not even adding custom games to the list:

All Pick Turbo Mode Ranked All Pick Single Draft Random Draft All Random Captains Mode Captains Draft Least Played Limited Heroes Ability Draft 1v1 Solo Mid All Random Deathmatch

These are all official game modes that you can play. That's excluding the Custom Matches AND excluding the Event Game Modes.

And please don't say, "If you think DOTA2 is better, maybe you should go and play that instead!!!" Because I don't think DOTA2 is better. I like League more. And I want League to thrive. However, I want league to be a diverse game with loads and loads of selections for any player. Instead of just regular Summoner's Rift and the occasional monthly/yearly event.

Please Riot. I beg of you personally. Make a solid and complete selection of game modes. Not rotations. Just a genuine option to select what we the players want to play when we want to. At the very least, give us the option of making custom matches with these selections.

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nGio3 votes

SC2 is dead as fuck, and custom games have no problem filling, with hundreds to choose from. RGMs won't ruin queue times and if they do then maybe people are just burned the fuck out after a decade of doing the same shit.

Riot refuses to evolve. It's just a steady dose of force fed LC$ Simulator. URF doesn't keep me from playing ranked, ranked keeps me from playing ranked. Personally, I don't give a shit about ranks, borders, or who the best professional team is. I just want fun games when I get home from work, and ranked feels like a second fuckin job.

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