Riot are you sure you're going to mess with ARAM?

Rito Staff·Mar 26, 2017·1 votes·857 views

You make no sense.

Recently you said ARAM had a healthy queue so you wouldn't make it ranked. But why not add the option to go for ranked or go for a casual game? You wouldn't be ruining anything, you'd be adding choice.

And in the same Q&A you said you didn't want games that last too long, so you'd do something about it...

T_T pls I have no drive to play normals, ranked games are obnoxious.

You're going to ruin ARAM

7 Comments

DynikusMar 26, 20173 votes

But why not add the option to go for ranked or go for a casual game?

because that splits the number of players in two and potentially increases queue time for everyone. Also the random aspect of ARAM makes ranked meaningless, as you can be at a disadvantage from the second you get in the pregame lobby thanks to rng.

Rito StaffMar 26, 20172 votes

That's the fun of ranked aram, doing the best of what you're given

DynikusMar 26, 20171 votes

Just do your best with what you're given in normal ARAM. Why does it have to be ranked?

Wacky9Mar 26, 20172 votes

Because, believe or not, ARAM requires quite a bit of strategy (though you couldn't guess it by most people who play it). I play ARAM pretty frequently, and would agree to doubled queues if it allowed me to play with people that aren't bots. ARAM is sorta a wasteland currently, and adding a Ranked mode would allow people to play with other skilled ARAM players.

MinardeMar 26, 20171 votes

Also the random aspect of ARAM makes ranked meaningless, as you can be at a disadvantage from the second you get in the pregame lobby thanks to rng.

The Ranked ladder is based on consistent performance over a (large) number of games. It's why there's a cap on how high/low you can end up from placements. As such, unless RNG is inexplicably against you every game, the overall impact of randomness on your rank is marginal in the long run.

Claiming that RNG invalidates ARAM ranks is roughly equivalent to claiming that you're stuck in Elo Hell in SR/TT and blocked from climbing due to always getting bad teammates.