ARAM Suggestion - Make All Champs Available

I ROFLCOPTER I·Apr 17, 2018·1 votes·710 views

The dedicated ARAM community is small, and so Riot doesn't pay that much attention to it. That being said, it has a significant problem that could be easily fixed. That problem is that a large majority of lobbies get canceled by dodgers who have multiple ARAM-only accounts (with small champion pools of highly coveted ARAM champs) that they cycle through until they land on a champ they like. There is no reason that ARAM of all things should have queue times longer than challenger solo queue. If Riot were to make all champs available for ARAM only, the entire issue is resolved; what's the point of switching accounts if you have the same chance of rolling an "undesirable" champ? Besides, isn't this a good way to expose players to champions they don't typically play, potentially leading to more skin sales?

4 Comments

trunoob413Apr 17, 20181 votes

So basically you want the people who only enjoy playing aram and specifically don't buy champions so they don't get stuck with champions they don't like or don't know how to play to be forced into champions so that they no longer enjoy the game mode and quit league all together? I personally don't enjoy aram too much but I still play it with friends who almost exclusively play it and haven't had much anymore issue with people dodging in it than when i play any other game mode really.

MinardeApr 17, 20181 votes

haven't had much anymore issue with people dodging in it than when i play any other game mode really.

As a counter example, it's not uncommon for me to get 3-4 dodges per lobby in ARAM, which is significantly more than I encounter in other queues.

trunoob413Apr 18, 20181 votes

I've had that happen plenty of times in other game modes too so idk :p However I don't think forcing people to have all champs in a game mode that picks one for them randomly is a good idea espcially since when most of the strictly aram community i've ran into specifically don't buy champs so they don't get stuck with them. You'd basically be lowering the already low community in my opinion anyways.

MinardeApr 18, 20181 votes

Eh, it's a clash between two different approaches to ARAM. One side values a level playing field via more randomness while the other side wants personal enjoyment via curated randomness. Both sides have valid points (e.g. "it's weird that investing more into your account and buying champs is considered a bad thing" versus "If I don't own a champ, I probably don't want to play it").

Personally, I think adding a ranked queue with all champs enabled would be the way to go. Players who only want a specific subset of champs can continue to enjoy the current queue. Meanwhile, players willing to brave the randomness are rewarded for doing so. It'd also allow for the addition of new features, such as bans, without affecting the existing queue. Furthermore, Riot's income wouldn't be impacted as much from offering more "free" champs if the queue requires a significantly higher summoner level than the current ARAM queue.