Can we please remove Draven's head over champions

Nekusen·Apr 1, 2016·24 votes·4,262 views

Its so fucking distracting, plus, can't differentiate champions from one another.

Also, they are bugged and always look at the screen.

22 Comments

TARNIANApr 1, 201610 votes

Seconded. Despite the LULZ, it's bad game design to force a change like this on the playerbase without giving them the option to turn it off. Also, it seems to be bugging Rek'Sai's "Fury of the Xer'Sai" when burrowed. FFS, just turn it off already or at least give us the option to do so!

IronPoldApr 1, 20166 votes

Remove Draven's Head, please. Or allow to, from somewhat you choose to do that. It's really disgusting.

November 19Apr 1, 20165 votes

Yes, Draven's head is so fking stupid. = =! Can we just remove it >?

the Anarchit3chtApr 1, 20165 votes

Personally I feel like I can't even enjoy my skins.

RikiddoApr 1, 20163 votes

Please Riot remove Draven's head, or make somethig we can turn it on/off, the head is retarded, only on minions is cool, but on champs its STUPID ! PLEASE REMOVE IT !

Chaotic SageApr 1, 20163 votes

...maybe just play draft pick. Since, ya know, there are no Draven heads there.

OverpoweredSoapApr 1, 20162 votes

Play draft mode.

Apparently there are no Draven heads there.

Proxy BeatsApr 1, 20162 votes

Supporting this draven thing is worse than Suporting Donald Trump Draven

How To RektApr 2, 20162 votes

i was seriously thinking of quitting league because of these heads :(

NekusenApr 2, 20161 votes

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i was seriously thinking of quitting league because of these heads :(

i dont blame you

SikhRSApr 1, 20162 votes

I can't believe this isn't receiving more upvotes. I get the April Fools spirit Riot is trying to display, but there's a difference between being festive and pure annoying. That huge ugly head is completely ridiculous to look at. Putting it on minions is bad enough, but does it really have to be on all champions as well? It's more of a constant annoying distraction than a joke. It's great that some players are enjoying this, but at least provide an option to disable for those of us who don't want it.

SpartenA7991Apr 1, 20161 votes

No, Draven > anyone else.

QuephaApr 1, 20161 votes

It is literally only going to last for 72 hours. If you can't stand silliness then just do something else for the weekend.

TARNIANApr 1, 20164 votes

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It is literally only going to last for 72 hours. If you can't stand silliness then just do something else for the weekend.

Silliness is fine, but not when it negatively impacts gameplay:

It's difficult to differentiate champs, which impacts strategies and skill choices/combos to use against them.
In some cases it's impossible to tell allied minions and enemy minions apart as the Draven head covers nearly their entire bodies at certain angles. This is critical when sieging a turret and trying to determine when it's time to leave before it starts targeting you rather than the minions.

Why not do what GW2 did when they implemented similar silliness with their Bobblehead Week. They gave players the option to turn it off if they chose. So players had their laughs, enjoyed the silliness for as long as they wanted, then disabled it when they had had their fill.

I understand their need to drum up sales in the store. But for every player who thinks this is cool and drops some money on a purchase, I'd hazard a guess there's a fair number of players who are turned off by it and won't make a purchase out of protest. So what did it really accomplish?

QuephaApr 1, 20161 votes

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Silliness is fine, but not when it negatively impacts gameplay:

It's difficult to differentiate champs, which impacts strategies and skill choices/combos to use against them.

In some cases it's impossible to tell allied minions and enemy minions apart as the Draven head covers nearly their entire bodies at certain angles. This is critical when sieging a turret and trying to determine when it's time to leave before it starts targeting you rather than the minions.

It affects enemies as well as yourselves, and allowing anyone to turn it off would mean that everyone would have to turn it off or else they would be at a disadvantage. Then it wouldn't be fair for people who do enjoy the silliness.

the Anarchit3chtApr 1, 20162 votes

That is a horrible argument. If they are choosing to play with a disadvantage then that is their own choice. Playing with Quick Cast provides a proven advantage, but you still have the option to enable or disable it.

QuephaApr 1, 20161 votes

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That is a horrible argument. If they are choosing to play with a disadvantage then that is their own choice. Playing with Quick Cast provides a proven advantage, but you still have the option to enable or disable it.

quick cast is heavily disadvantageous for players when they're not used to it.

the Anarchit3chtApr 1, 20162 votes

But it in and of itself is still an advantage. You can't get used to it if you never play with it. Go into a few bot games with quick cast on and see how it works. It's not that hard to get used it. Hell, if they had quick cast as the only casting option then everyone would be used to it. Your argument is still entirely invalid. You're just walking in circles here. Regardless of your experience with it, it is still an advantage.

If you want to liken it to another analogy then imagine being colorblind and not being able to differentiate between enemies and allies and yourself or whatever on the map. That is a significant disadvantage. But Riot has a color blind option available. You can choose to enable it. Or not. IF you are at a disadvantage because you didn't disable it, that's your own choice. What you would suggest is that Riot changes all the colors to be entirely friendly to all forms of color blindness by default so that everyone is on an even playing field.

QuephaApr 1, 20161 votes

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But it in and of itself is still an advantage. You can't get used to it if you never play with it. Go into a few bot games with quick cast on and see how it works. It's not that hard to get used it. Hell, if they had quick cast as the only casting option then everyone would be used to it. Your argument is still entirely invalid. You're just walking in circles here. Regardless of your experience with it, it is still an advantage.

If you want to liken it to another analogy then imagine being colorblind and not being able to differentiate between enemies and allies and yourself or whatever on the map. That is a significant disadvantage. But Riot has a color blind option available. You can choose to enable it. Or not. IF you are at a disadvantage because you didn't disable it, that's your own choice. What you would suggest is that Riot changes all the colors to be entirely friendly to all forms of color blindness by default so that everyone is on an even playing field.

If it was national colorblind day I could understand Riot temporarily forcing the game into grayscale so colorblind people could play on an even footing, so for April Fool's Day I can understand Riot making the game into something fun for people who appreciate silliness for a mere 72 hours.

the Anarchit3chtApr 1, 20162 votes

You do know colorblind people don't see in black and white, right?

QuephaApr 1, 20161 votes

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You do know colorblind people don't see in black and white, right?

I know that a grayscale game would be a completely level playing field between normal-sighted people and people with any form of colorblindness.

NekusenApr 1, 20161 votes

really, when i first played with them, it was so annoying i almost abandon the game, i just stayed to not screw the rest of the players in my team, but i can't stand how much it fucks up the game.