Please do NOT make abilities "cast at max range"

GëëGëë·Oct 24, 2019·6 votes·2,684 views

Pretty simple, per title regarding changes to a lot of champion abilities on the PBE.

These ground-targeted AoE abilities (ex: Miss Fortune's E - Make It Rain, or Singed's W - Mega Adhesive; there are others in the proposed change list, although oddly it's not all ground-targeted AoE abilities) currently cast at your cursor location, and if out of range, your character moves exactly to the maximum range needed to cast at the cursor location.

The proposed change will cast the ability at its maximum range in the direction of your cursor if your cursor is beyond the ability's maximum range, not at your actual cursor location. I've played other top-down/third person games where this type of change has been made, and it feels awful especially when you're used to it working in the current manner. Casting an ability at a location other than your cursor is also highly counterintuitive and just feels wrong.

Please don't make this change ...it's unnecessary and does not feel correct at all.

7 Comments

MavëríckOct 24, 20192 votes

Is this a proposed change on the PBE or something? If so it should be a toggle.

Veloz DestelloOct 24, 20191 votes

Or maybe enable us to choose what we prefer. I highly prefer the cast at max range option and get highly annoyed when my champs moves instead of us it

Get2Oct 24, 20191 votes

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Or maybe enable us to choose what we prefer. I highly prefer the cast at max range option and get highly annoyed when my champs moves instead of us it

Then it should be a toggle like you say. It sounds like a hard-set they are toying with, perhaps to force players to commit more to their intentions. I am sure we will figure it out if they implement it, but not all change is good.

It would really screw with me as a Zyra main if it landed there.

5050BSOct 24, 20191 votes

I Agree.

I hate that Pantheon Ult does not Move me into Range and just cast at max range. Its so stupid.

I click on the Map (main or mini) and I want him to Ult RIGHT THERE. Not half way back in lane.

Z3SIeeperOct 25, 20191 votes

There's already a few abilities that work like this and they're fine. Like they said in their post, you'll get used to it. This prevents those situations where you want to just cast it at max range but clicked too far and end up walking forward to cast.

There's an argument for both sides, which is why this is in testing now.

VampiricLlamaOct 25, 20191 votes

Won't this ruin the ability to buffer an ability with flash? I.e. I target an area with Veigar E for example, and normally could set the area then flash into range and instantly cast it.