Why isn't Riot releasing any of the good game modes?

TheCharmingCharm·7/23/2017, 7:18:46 PM·10 votes·807 views

I don't understand why riot keeps all of the good game modes that the majority of the community likes away from us? Nearly every time I look at the new game mode in the rotation, its either poro king, ascension, or doom bots. Those game modes are fun and all, but when its just rotating through those 3 for long periods of time, It makes you start enjoying them less and less. I know some people would, but honestly, who would choose poro king being up nearly every other rotation over something like urf or one for all? I'd even prefer nemesis draft over these same 3 crappy game modes. They have improved a bit by adding dark star singularity and blood moon, but they're still not as fun as good ol urf and one for all.

Is there a reason for riot not letting us play the game modes that nearly everyone really enjoys?? I'm not sure i see the logic behind it. And yes, I do understand that there are large groups of people that like the unpopular game modes. I'm not saying to completely get rid of the unpopular ones being in the rotation. They just need to put the game modes in some sort of order (EX: one for all, poro king, urf, ascension, etc etc) and then every week it rotates to the game mode that's up next.

16 Comments

XxDRAGONsAK47xX7/23/2017, 9:57:01 PM3 votes

Maybe even add Dominion back.

dnsup7/23/2017, 10:09:35 PM2 votes

You're definitely not the only person interested in seeing more of the playerbase's favorite modes make an appearance.

Other recent threads on the topic:

  1. For URF? Against? Don't care? [poll]

  2. Re "Poro King Again" [talking about poll]

  3. when is urf?

  4. URF as replying to the ask riot thread

  5. Did riot accidently delete "urf files"...

  6. Urf

  7. Riot, please prioritize updating existing RGM...

  8. Bring back URF [another poll]

  9. Why isn't Riot releasing any of the good game modes [this thread]

Mcsquzzy7/24/2017, 1:07:37 AM1 votes

Can't remember where but the reason was along the lines of "it is not yet implemented in the new client"

lightdragoon887/24/2017, 2:12:35 AM1 votes

You see...this is why people need to read up the "Ask Riot" post they do each week.

http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/07/poro-king-again/

Why do Legend of the Poro King and Ascension appear so frequently compared to other Rotating Game Modes?

We still aim to build new modes and release them as often as we can to you guys (we just released Blood Moon and Dark Star modes this year). Unfortunately, we can’t build a whole Dark Star mode every month though. In between, rather than have nothing at all on the weekends, we bring back some reliable favourites (EG: Ascension & Poro King), so there’s still something fun to play when you want a break from the regular game. We feel like this is better than the alternative of nothing at all to play in between each new big mode. For those of you who remember, we actually used to run game modes that way pre-RGM, and it felt pretty quiet for the long stretch between each mode (~3 months at a time). This way, there’s still some fun stuff around on the weekends to play with, even if it is something that’s been seen before.

We’ve also been steadily building new client compatibility for the more successful older RGM modes (One For All, Hexakill), but #gamedev means it’s slow going sometimes. We’re doing this in parallel with building our new modes (EG: Blood Moon & Dark Star). The good news is, we now have the Doom Bots of Doom stood up in new client! Newer modes are also dev-freebies with being built in the new client from scratch, so they are much easier to bring back (Blood Moon just went live and Dark Star is coming up again soon).

MLDzXnRRR7/24/2017, 7:05:22 AM1 votes

I love Ascension, but I can't play when it is in rotation. Poro king is pretty boring = ARAM with all the busted champs.

Armored Yokai7/25/2017, 12:47:30 AM1 votes

I want black market brawlers!