Riot, take a little walk with me. Let's chat about Dominion my friend. :-).
Hello Riot. You have a studio filled to brim with amazing developers and programmers. :-). First off I want to say thank you very much for providing myself and millions of others with entertainment and I do appreciate it. I haven't been the nicest person on here and followed the TOS to the max, but I am human and alas I make mistakes.
I would like to discuss Dominion with you. I have to be honest here. I have not played this mode in about 2 years until recently because I heard about the pending removal of it soon. After playing it, it felt a little jarring at first. This mode wasn't updated like Summoners Rift was, but you know what? I enjoyed it. I absolutely enjoyed Dominion when I played it a few hours ago.
That brings me to my next point my friends at Riot. This mode, even though it hasn't been updated in a very long time, was fun and it has A LOT of potential. If you were able to promote this mode more, perhaps give it a ranked que, update the look and such, then I can see this mode being an absolute blast for so many people to come back to. It's fresh, different, much faster pace, more arcade like and is a fun little alternative to the main mode, which is of course, the Moba mode Summoners Rift.
While I have been absent from the mode and haven't played it myself, I think I understand why. I pretty much forget that even exists. I never see you fine folks at Riot mention it at all, nor promote it. :-(. It is a shame really, because the potential of this mode could be huge. I mean, it could spawn an entirely different game just as how this game, League of Legends, was born from a custom map setting created within Warcraft 3.
I wasn't really big on Dominion, but there are many on here that probably have a tough time in life right now, want to come home, and play quick games of Dominion. It isn't as stressful as SR, nor is it as toxic (I think). There are people that absolutely adore and love this mode, and to see an entire game mode stripped from them is really sad to see.
When you take away Dominion, you're taking away options my friends. Entire game mode, scrapped. I understand money is an issue, and it's hard to keep it up when supposedly .5% of the community play it, but I believe with some updates and constant promotion of this mode, it will be become extremely popular again. Please riot, don't take the route of axing the mode all together.
Riot, please remember as well, this could hurt consumer trust. I understand that the game is free, but you can still garner money through cosmetics and such if people stay interested in your game. When you do things like this, it kills consumer trust. I've seen people fear for the life of Twisted Treeline, and now quit because they are no longer certain of your future motives. I've seen people announce that they were on the breaking point of quitting, and because Dominion is being axed, they have quit altogether. Riot, that was potential money that you lost there. :-(.
I do not want to see you as a company collapse. There is competition arising, and I still think this Moba is the best on the market for now, but I am slowly losing the will to stick with this game if more options are being removed. Please hear me out and hopefully, you can come to a good solution that not only makes you happy, but your player base, and future player base happy as well. :-).
Have a wonderful day.