What if leveling was team-based, not per player (similar to Heroes of the Storm)?

darkdill·Dec 31, 2017·2 votes·383 views

HotS has it so that everyone contributes to a team's overall level, and that one lane falling behind isn't nearly as drastic since your other teammates could be picking up the slack.

Hypothetically, do you think it'd be good for League if level was team-based, not individualized? I see a lot of threads of people saying "I dominated top but my mid and bot fed so it's no use" and wonder whether a team-based level system would be healthier or not.

8 Comments

TehNACHODec 31, 20171 votes

A little too late in League's development to implement a system like that. The game is balanced around how every role has incongruent leveling. Throwing this sort of wrench at League is going to do way more damage than any other preseason change in League's history.

MysterQDec 31, 20171 votes

That is a bad reason to not change something.

Won't say it is a good idea. But to just say no is bad.

TehNACHODec 31, 20171 votes

What? That's not what I said. If you want me to elaborate, ask for that, but don't insinuate I'm saying no for the sake of saying no.

We make it a big deal for Junglers based on their level advantage in almost every stage of the game.

Bot Lane is defined by how it splits experience, the whole reason why we have a Support and Gold Based Carry.

During Metas when Top Lane is relevant, their isolation often puts their levels way ahead of everyone else and is a huge part of their carrying potential.

Mid Lane similarly takes this level advantage and even timing advantage thanks to their shorter lane in the middle of the map to leverage levels in their roams.

The game is balanced around how every role has incongruent leveling

Once you throw that out the window, you need to rework literally the entire game.

OurLestradeDec 31, 20171 votes

You'd get lots of enforced experience soaking like in HotS, and it'd probably make solo laning redundant. Those 1v2 lane situations would favour the 2 even more as well.

MysterQDec 31, 20171 votes

Where do you get the 2 guys? It means your team now has no jungle, the other jungle can free farm and get more gold.

And if that is the case, I am open to having alternate options in the meta. If a team legitimately wants to go 2top, it should be a viable option.

EedatDec 31, 20171 votes

Thats not how HotS works though. You dont get x2 experience for 2 people being in range.

ScarredRose99Dec 31, 20171 votes

That would be cool. Another cool thing would be to change the shop system. In another moba Paragon, you get coins to buy points to buy cards. There are 3 different points vitality intellect and agility. Say you have a card that costs 2 agility points, and 3 vitality points. Overtime you can buy the different points than go back to the shop and trade those in for the card. It’s confusing but it’s affective. If you have questions please ask

ShiniXIIDec 31, 20171 votes

oh yeah lets fuck people even more if someone afks, do you also work for the balance team and have you designed zoe by any chance? are you also a supporter of tank meta and do you also enjoy when stuns last longer than 1 second?