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'Elite' tier Mastery levels gated by games and KDA

KAAAAAAAYN DO··2 votes·424 views

Would you like to see more mastery levels that are gated by actually doing well on a champ consistently and having a game requirement? Example, mastery level 8 would require 500 games, 9 750 games and 10 1k games. Also an average KDA in your past 20 or so PVP games (to prevent being abused in bots) of say 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 with maybe a 55% win rate minimum. And yes, if you dropped below the requirements you would demote to the lower tier of mastery, making keeping say level 10 that much more valuable. League, more so recently, feels like they have been catering to the newer/casual players. Making BE easier for new accounts, free hextech rewards, removing runes grinding etc. While I feel this is valuable I'd also like to see long term players/dedicated players catered to. Some way for us to say "hey I REALLY put time into this champ and I get results" maybe even a special champ select border/icon if you hover the a champ you had mastery level 8-10 for (for when you have a Yas one trick but you think they are gonna feed so you want to ban him anyways.)

Sincerely, a Kayn one trick with over 250 games and an average 2.79 kda over my past 23 games.

EDIT: After talking to some friends I realized that changing the system from mastery points to games played part way through was counter intuitive and would feel bad, so we decided that mastery point requirements to unlock the potential of these ranks would be better.

6 Comments

Rabblerouser1 votes

And 9000 BE to unlock!

[sg-lulu]

KAAAAAAAYN DO1 votes

I was thinking it would NOT have a BE requirement (in an ideal world) because you could lose it at any time if your KDA dropped below a threshold so it wouldn't make sense to have to pay for it again.

Rabblerouser1 votes

Seriously speaking on the subject of catering to new players and veterans, I believe are actually 3 (or more) levels of people playing the game.

New players to cater to, veterans.... ... and an under-served, large group of people who aren't new... but not really veterans.

It's simply a result of having a game that's been around for as long as League has been around now. And especially right now, the middle group seems to be getting shafted, whereas all the veterans seem to complain about is "I WANT SOMETHING TO DUMP MY EXTRA IN-GAME CURRENCY INTO!" (IP/BE dumps)... whereas people in the middle are punished because something that actually affects game balance was shifted to veterans.

This... I don't know. It's a good idea for mastery expression. But I wouldn't want the system to inherently promote one-tricking.

A few changes: Only the KDA on that one champion would matter, and it would be consistent across patches. Possibly have it so if you had Mastery whatever on Yasuo and let him sit for... a year, that it may still stick. Just when you take him into a game without any practice... yeah. It'll show a mastery you may not be worth of then, but over time, your KDA will balance and show your actual skill level.

Also, having a Mastery Border in Champ Select is also a GREAT idea! It shows that you've got a grasp on that character and can do well with it. Perhaps allowing me to play my Lulu more often instead of just having her banned outright. I might actually put that forward as a suggestion.

KAAAAAAAYN DO1 votes

You know, this (the middle group) is an extremely valid point I totally did not even consider. After talking to a few friends I realized changing the system mid way through (between level 7 and 8 in my example) would feel counter intuitive, so we figured mastery point requirements before these elite levels become available would be better. As for the KDA on that one champ, yes that is what I intended, guess I didn't properly convey that but I was thinking it would persist across patched and be champ exclusive. But glad you like the border idea! I feel it would promote healthier champ select interactions. For example, you could have a duo bot who wants to run say Ivern and Rengar, but you know tldr it's shitty in the end so you want to be Rengar/Ivern but then you see "oh these guys are legit and do good" you might reconsider and ask them instead and the HOPE (key word) is that it would be a net gain in terms of the champ select experience.

Jorencice1 votes

Locking it behind games played is silly.

Im fairly confident ive mastered my main blitzcrank. Im mastery 7 and i get S+ almost every time i play him with a high KDA.

Yet i MIGHT have 150 games played.

KAAAAAAAYN DO1 votes

After talking to some friends I realized that changing the system from mastery points to games part way through was counter intuitive, so we decided that mastery point requirements to unlock the potential of these ranks would be better.

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