ARAM: Faster game times for more fun!

KittyMcMeowMeow·5/21/2019, 10:19:10 PM·1 votes·660 views

My aram games, on average, take 15 - 25 minutes to finish. I don't know if that was riot's intent for games to last that long, but I think the experience would much better if the games lasted 10 - 15 min each.

A perfect fix, in my opinion, is adding Nexus Blitz's 'Nexus Battle', two nexuses or nexi (lol) doing a Rock 'em Sock 'em ROBOT BATTLE in the middle, to end the game. This mechanic would be SO FUN in aram since it causes game times to end consistently, as well as adding another layer to the gameplay.

I enjoyed nexus blitz A LOT because the game times were consistent, you NEEDED to end the game quickly or you'll be forced to end, via Nexus Battle. I didn't have to worry about the possibility of a 30 or 40 minute games like on summoners rift, and the occasional 30 min arams (it feels terrible when an aram lasts as long as a game of summoners rift lol).

Sure there'll be problems with Nexus battle in aram. Say your opponents are all ranged or mages who can shoot at the enemy nexus from long range. Those problems can be addressed and tweaked by riot over time (maybe have the nexus take more dmg by melee or give bonus resistances the closer you are to your nexus idk) but I feel the pros outweigh the cons and adding this mechanic will make aram far more enjoyable to the majority players, including myself, who want a fast/consistently-paced gamemode.

ANOTHER OPTION: CORRODING TURRETS

Your turrets corrode (lose health or maybe damage) the longer you stand beside them, this creates a disincentive to sit under turret the entire game. The 'sit under your turret' playstyle is another reason for longer game times and is soooooooo BORING for both teams .... having played hundreds of games on both sides of that coin I CAN CONFIRM they are boring :') thanks for reading!

3 Comments

Syrile5/21/2019, 10:20:10 PM1 votes

Ooooooooor, we could just have Nexus Blitz back? And not that horrible version that we got at the end.