Why is there not a permanent game mode called Team Deathmatch?

Outsmart Enemy·5/23/2019, 6:04:58 AM·6 votes·3,822 views

I'm not talking about ARAM, that's where you go to get exposure to new champions and practice teamfighting.

I'm talking about a Summoner's Rift version of Team Deathmatch where there are no objectives, maybe even no jungle camps (or they're so strong it's impossible to kill them) and the the objective is not to kill the Nexus but to get kills before the timer runs out or you reach a certain kill threshold, like say, 100 kills for you team.

It's hard to get consistent gameplay where teams are focused on the objectives and killing the Nexus. So often do teamfights break out just because an enemy is spotted on the map, no matter where they are, it's go time... it's basically a Team Deathmatch style of play, so why not just give these players what they want and allow the others who actually play for the Nexus the chance to be paired with other like minded individuals, who are trying to achieve the same goal, as a team.

Personally, to me, this game is a dynamic chess board and I enjoy out strategizing the enemy to claim victory. I don't think I'm the only one with this mindset and I feel like those, like me, are held hostage in countless games due to the Team Deathmatch mindset, especially at lower levels and I suppose ranks.

The fact that there's no open voice chat to join makes it extremely difficult to explain to teammates with that mindset that the objective is not to try and beat down the enemy until they feel like quitting the game (or in turn get beat down yourself) but to kill the towers and nexus.

Is ranked play any better? From the sounds of it, if you lose your first couple games when you first join the Ranked leagues you end up in an MMR range that is filled with players of this mindset. Sure, I guess one could just play a heavy split push style and win the game but that's pretty monotonous.

9 Comments

XJ999999999999995/23/2019, 6:06:21 AM7 votes

there is one its called ranked solo

Akali is SO HOT5/23/2019, 6:12:14 AM4 votes

They'll just come out and say that it isn't worth supporting anyway and remove it from the game Xd

hhaavviikk5/23/2019, 10:21:58 AM1 votes

sounds like it would just be 5 assassins vs 5 assassins

ZaFishbone5/23/2019, 11:03:18 AM1 votes

Go back to Fortnite.

AR URF5/26/2019, 6:17:26 AM1 votes

They somewhat had that with bloodmoon, but you know riot. Remove anything fun.