Can we have a Survey regarding what is fun?

SephAgro·Feb 27, 2015·2 votes·429 views

I've noticed that the majority of complaints from the community lately has shifted from individual grievances regarding balance to utterly questioning Riot's philosophy on the way the game should be played. Many posts have covered these issues in detail and a discussion of those issues can be found here. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/tudnEmGv-there-was-a-red-post-a-while-back.

My question is: Since it seems like the community is at odds (may not actually be true) with the direction the last several patches have taken us, can we conduct a survey asking subjective questions about the nature of the game? I.E. Would you you like to play more champions who are more or less defined by their mobility? Etc.

3 Comments

GhostOfShrimpmasFeb 27, 20151 votes

100-0ing someone while they're stunned is fun. Being 100-0'd while stunned is not fun. Having infinite mobility with no cost attached is fun. Fighting someone with infinite free mobility and having no way to catch them is not fun. Having tons of CC is fun. Being chain CC'd is not fun. Being an immobile howitzer is fun. Being unable to hit anyone due to immobility is not fun. Being able to heal a lot is fun. Being unable to kill someone through all their healing is not fun. Firing giant missiles across the map is fun. Dodging giant missiles fired across the map is fun.

Clearly, everything except giant, infinite range missiles is fun for the user but unfun for the opponent. Riot, you know what to do.

RandyKuntz31Feb 27, 20151 votes

We all have different views on how the game should be played. As well we have different opinions on what is fun and what isn't. This is the reason why Riot can not listen to everyone's suggestion there fore for people who complain about stupid things and demanding a new patch for so and so doesn't mean there gonna listen. Overall though I enjoy league and I find it fun pretty much all the time unless we are completely getting stomped on.

disregardableFeb 27, 20151 votes

I think farming is fun. Whether it's a completely empty lane or I have to earn every creep from under my opponent, investing in myself always feels good. When it's hard to farm with the Champion Alistar Akali , I'm not having as much fun.

I think doing a lot of damage very quickly is fun- I love surprising myself from doing way more damage than I thought I was going to do. Heimerdinger

I think for utility to be fun, you need to be able to effectively follow up with it. Gnar, Quinn, and Ahri are good examples of that, they are fun. There are cases where champions have CC that, once you get it, you don't have anything to follow up with, ie ZIlean, a misplayed Alistar headbut, ulting with Warwick and the enemy just walking away. Those moments are not fun.

Personally, I think mobility is only fun when it doesn't hurt the rest of your kit- think old Zilean's E, Vi, Lissandra . Champions like Kalista, Kassadin, Akali- those who are defined by being extremely mobile and toxic- just aren't very fun to me. I don't think their kits have enough to keep me entertained.