One major problem i'm seeing with the removal of dominion...
The bots will probably move onto other modes. Either TT, or worse... SR.
I hope they do something about this.
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bots....on SR.....
for the love of all that is holy and good in this world, let this never become a thing. Amen.
Yeah, I don't who the optimist is at Riot that thinks removing Dominion is just going to make the botting problem disappear. I mean, I have no sentimental attachment to Dominion but at least Crystal Scar kept all the bots in one place.
My guess is ARAM will be the new bot mode. One lane, fast games, no champ selection, no unique mechanics. A baby could code a robot for ARAM.
Tbh the only reason bots haven't taken over ARAM yet is because Dominion already existed when ARAM was implemented. Dominion had faster games and turned out better IP/minute and best of all, Riot just didn't care about the botting problem in Dominion (or they did and were just completely ineffective at stopping it, in which case is all the more reason to be concerned right now).
There was just no reason to code bots for ARAM, or any other mode for that matter. Well that's about to change isn't it.
So basically, new player experience will be even worse...
Bots are already on TT I ran into quite a few when leveling my smurf
Bots are already on SR. Just not as noticeable when you have millions more people playing there.