No one play's Dominion, right? Why should we?
Edit 1 (2/11/16): Please actually read what I put in my post, not just the title! I'm Anti-Removal of Dominion, I want it to stay!
Let's be COMPLETELY honest here. Is it fair to say no one plays Dominion nowadays? Sure. Is it fair to remove it for that reason? No.
My reasoning (please be considerate):
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Riot has literally made 1 major game that actually uses a decent amount of resources. League of Legends. With upkeep costs for maybe Blitz Poro Grab for mobile phones? That cost is literally nonexistent in comparison. You fucking MILK this game for all it's worth in sales. Don't you EVER fucking complain about not having money to upkeep something.
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No one plays, because Riot forces us away from it. Twisted Treeline was given it's massive makeover in season 2, and since then has yet to be altered because of it's success. Howling Abyss replaced the Proving Grounds (same functions, just new textures, structuring, and a few new added features) back in season 3. Summoner's Rift had both it's Halloween and Winter Maps (that for no apparent reason, are never used anymore) as well as it's massive Visual Update in season 4. And Dominion? Still using the default textures from it's release...
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Champion Mastery? Summoners Rift. Ranked? Summoners Rift/Treeline. Balancing in Champions/Items? Mainly SR/HA. Now that everyone is playing on Dominion for the icon (or maybe to show Riot that we want this game mode) we can truly see Riot's lack of effort, seeing as I had a MATCH MADE PVP GAME LAST 6:23 WHERE I MANAGED TO GET 1 KILL PER MINUTE WHEN YOU CANT EVEN LEAVE BASE FOR THE FIRST 1.
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Dominion has gotten 1 featured game mode since it's release. 1. And it's reasoning was the release of Azir, a champion who comes from Shurima. This game mode probably had the second (Black Market Brawlers being the first) most changes to it and introduced the some amazing mechanics. The game mode wasn't completely fair at all times but it was a lot of fun. So we got 1, non-reoccuring game mode for the map.
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With the above stated, we have had very little to no reason at all to play Dominion. Sure it's a lot of fun but the IP gain is usually more than 50% less than summoner's rift. So you're not getting much IP gain. Map appearance is horrendous in comparison to others. Game modes are never made for it, so practicing to get good at the map has no perks, even for featured game modes.
So with all this taken into consideration, can any else honestly say that it was worth to play Dominion? Was it ever encouraged? Was it ever a better choice? You probably said No to all of those.
Can you say it was fun? Was it fast paced, even in comparison to ARAM? Was it a completely different alternative to the game that we normally play? You probably said Yes to all of those.
Maybe Riot should make Dominion a better game mode since they have with all the others. If you have more information you want to add to this please do so, maybe we can get Riot's attention and they'll actually take our happiness over our money this time.