Why is URF almost never a rotating gamemode

bberk·12/5/2016, 9:31:26 PM·40 votes·4,618 views

I'm just curious. From what I understand, URF is undoubtedly one of, if not, the most liked game modes that appear in the rotation. Why then, does it appear the second least of all game modes (Nemesis Draft is the least). I miss the game mode dearly, and I am just curious why it is so rare, when the two most common game modes suck in my opinion. I understand opinion means that not everyone shares that sentiment with me, but I would wager a lot of many that URF is liked more than Ascension is.

52 Comments

Nameless Voice12/5/2016, 9:45:30 PM14 votes

I've never actually understood why anyone wants to play URF.

In theory it's interesting, but in practice everyone just picks the champions that everyone already hates to play against, and plays them in the game mode where they are even more obnoxious.

The first few games when it was first released were fun, before people had worked out what the most toxic champions were. After that, it was never even remotely playable.

Jbels12/5/2016, 9:54:54 PM9 votes

It is in my opinion one of the worst game modes of all time. Every time it comes around, it's fun for a couple hours, until you keep seeing the same shit over and over, and then it gets old and boring. They couldn't even make ARURF feel less samey, and that shit's supposed to be random

AtheosisX12/5/2016, 10:28:46 PM8 votes

Regular URF sucks. All random URF was pretty fun.

Psyrik12/5/2016, 9:33:44 PM8 votes

Agreed. Bring URF, Seige, and 1 for all around more often and less of Poro King and Ascension

Ariel the Cruel12/6/2016, 4:39:24 AM6 votes

I personally like Ascension and dislike URF. (>_>) Baby's-First-Dominion isn't too bad, though I preferred the original.

However, part of the reason they probably don't do URF as often is resources. URF is very resource heavy compared to other game modes.

Helmight12/6/2016, 2:08:46 AM5 votes

Two reasons:

URF is a VERY popular game mode, so having it available all the time would ruin it's special-ness. Keeping it unavailable most of the time means that URF is more fun when it IS available.
URF is very tricky for Riot to balance, as its meta becomes degenerate faster than any other game mode. Instead of experimenting, as with other game modes, people just start picking stuff they know is strong and abusing it. As a result, keeping URF disabled for long amounts of time helps lessen abuse and gives Riot time to find a solution. ARURF was a good experiment, but I think there needs to be more work done for the mode.

Rıots Bad Client12/6/2016, 3:04:32 AM4 votes

I really loved Arurf Mode. Will it return?Does anyone know?

Papa Andrei12/6/2016, 4:44:39 AM4 votes

I would like to see dominion back permanently

Sukishoo12/5/2016, 10:12:23 PM3 votes

Because there were too many complaints when it was around that they held it back and made ARURF instead and well that's still not a good thing to fix it. Plus they said when the rotating game modes were announced they'd only have it a few times a year.

Mogarl12/6/2016, 12:54:24 AM3 votes

Urf is very polarizing. You either love it, hate it, or learn to hate it. If a champion you really like isn't brain numbingly broken on Urf chances are you aren't a huge fan, and you'll get sick of all the people that only pick the broken stuff.

Bârd12/6/2016, 11:46:44 PM2 votes

People only want to play URF when it's not here.

When it is here, people try it once or twice, but then ragequit the gamemode when the enemy gets Evelynn .

ChaddyFantome12/5/2016, 10:36:41 PM2 votes

Because URF is the most popular and successful featured game mode Riot has ever made and they don't wanna have it be run into the mud too fast and get boring.

Also, it requires more investigating since all the buffs affect champs in different ways so URF actually needs to be balanced to some degree as silly as that sounds.

Mighty Mortein12/6/2016, 3:00:02 AM2 votes

Once URF developed a meta of OP champions, not even ARURF solved it most of the time. You'd always see one annoying champion because too many are far too strong to deal with or just plain obnoxious.

Shaco Ezreal Evelynn Ekko Maokai Sona Morgana Urgot Zyra Zed Syndra Teemo Katarina Fizz

These champs were my main concerns. And if there were more than 3 of these champs in a game NOT on my team, I know I was in for a bumpy ride.

Drugoth12/6/2016, 10:18:22 AM2 votes

I think the main reason URF is left out of the regular rotation is to keep it from getting stale.

Dolasaur12/6/2016, 9:46:13 PM2 votes

Riot's explicitly stated this one a couple times, though I'm too lazy to find the source. I'll make a paraphrase quote.

"The meta devolved very quickly into a known set of perceived-to-be-OP champs. This led to many games feeling repetitive, and the dropoff in popularity for most players was pretty quick and severe."

GULAG 4 U12/5/2016, 10:10:20 PM1 votes

Gotta play fucking ascension

Yordle Xayah12/6/2016, 10:27:06 AM1 votes

The more I play the mode, the more I dislike it. The more it makes me appreciate how well balanced the regular game actually is.

HSG Icewolf12/6/2016, 1:16:16 PM1 votes

where is black market brawlers and urf wtf rito pls

WAIT RITO BRING US " BLACK MARKET BRAWLERS HEXAKILL URF FOR ALL " would be the best mode ever

Maximum Morde12/6/2016, 1:21:24 PM1 votes

Probably be cuz it sucks

Lovelle12/6/2016, 1:35:27 PM1 votes

I think the better question is why we only get one game mode a weekend. I could understand if there were only a couple of them, but it's very easy to only get the game mode you like to play once a month (if that) with how it currently works. I think we should at least get two a week. One for the chaotic/random game modes like One for all, URF, Nemesis and the other for PvP-heavy game modes like Ascension, Hexakill, and Not-Dominion.

Joseraph12/6/2016, 2:30:38 PM1 votes

I think it's because it takes away from ranked queue times. Urf also gets stale FAST, because of the tier list. As far as I'm concerned, Ascension has no tier list (other than adc's being trash)

Trenitaliyah12/6/2016, 7:43:06 PM1 votes

Seriously, BRING NEMESIS DRAFT BACK. URF is too random and boring after 3 games.

the weeaboo12/6/2016, 7:45:59 PM1 votes

Poroking and Dominion are boring as hell but they seem to be some of the most frequent. I'm okay with Ascension being popular. O4A and URF need to be around more.

Deedlez12/6/2016, 3:46:37 AM1 votes

its only a special gamemode, so its only in the rotation twice a year.

Hinu Hyuga12/6/2016, 1:55:20 AM1 votes

I would like to see URF a little bit more. I didn't play it when ARURF first came out, and I wanted to.