Ranked AR URF MODE - Why not?

HlkT·2/28/2017, 8:39:01 PM·2 votes·1,157 views

Title. I have played a fair amount of LoL now. I find myself always wanting to play URF mode but settling for aram. I play ranked when I am in the mood for being frustrated and stressed out but climbing the ladder. I barely have any interest in playing the normal version of the game after playing URF. This may be a problem which is why it isn't a more permanent fixture on the wall. I feel like even though the randomness of champ select and over the top champion strengths are the reason it will never be legitimized as a ranked mode are also what give it a certain level of skill to succeed at consistently. You can still have bans to remove the over the top champs, or dare I say some balancing. I see the reasons why it isn't a legit mode but I also see very clearly how it could be a legit mode. It kinds reminds me a little bit of how I used to view DOTA, having all the champions be overpowered makes them all not as overpowered. Also, you can really see a lot of skilled players taking it to the next level of game play with characters they are fluent with. I am sure there is a decent player base of people out there who enjoy a faster paced version of the game, makes for good times. And finally in most of the games that I played, the players were bloodthirsty, some in a toxic way but others in an extremely competitive way which I haven't seen in a while.

TL;DR Make AR Urf mode Ranked same as normal rift. Why not?

Random side not: Pisses me off how Riot legitimized the changing of Yorick, Trundle and Urgot in the past claiming people don't want to play ugly/vile/disgusting monsters but completly gloss over the fact that their kits were the real turn offs to players. The fact that they WERE NOT over powered was more keeping players from them more than anything else. Sorry weird thought that popped in there.

1 Comments

Minarde2/28/2017, 11:30:48 PM1 votes

ARAM's been waiting for ranked much longer than AR URF, yet there's a significant portion of League's community that's militantly opposed to ranked ARAM. If ARAM still doesn't have ranked after years, there's little chance for AR URF.