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Do you love the resounding quick wins/losses or the long back & forth games?

Rendath·11/12/2015, 3:02:58 PM·6 votes·818 views

All these posts about the 5.23 change to minions highlight one thing to me: some people want the quick short resounding games, while others want the longer games. We can't have it both ways.

I personally hate the short games. They are boring and not satisfying at all. At least half of each such game is pure farming, with 5+ minutes wasted for the queueing, the champ select, the loading screen, and the initial downtime. I tolerate this waste of time to get that occasional long epic battle, which are the most memorable and the only kind that I can enjoy even if we're losing.

But I've found plenty of commenters who say they love short resounding wins/losses, and can't stand the neverending back & forth.

So which one are you? It would make sense for Riot to accommodate the majority of their player base and not the minority, but I would be sad if I had to find a different game to offer me those long drawn out battles with plenty of chance for comebacks.

6 Comments

Linthe11/12/2015, 3:23:52 PM3 votes

Back and forth. Love those games. Those are the kind of games (assuming no toxicity OFC) that I feel good about even with a loss. And tend to honor A LOT of people on both teams.

XxxLumberJackxxX11/12/2015, 3:22:24 PM2 votes

As long as the games are interesting with play and counter play the length doesn't bother me. Here are things that bother me in regards to game length:

Game is snowballing and a team doesn't have mechanics to come back, but just enough wave clear to stall for 40 mins before finally losing. 1 champion being so strong he can stall out/drag out/win the game despite the other 4 members of the team being useless Lack of meaningful objectives after tier 1 towers fall and dragon is off the map (rift herald may help this I haven't played enough).

Here are some interesting changes that could escalate snowballing/allow for comebacks if losing team manages an outplay: Teamwide buffs: 1- All tier 1 towers fall= buff to the 'winning' team's dmg to structures 2- All tier 2 towers fall= buff to the 'winning' team's minions resistance to aoe damage. Both of these buffs available to both teams and last through out the game

Inidividual buffs 1-Anytime a tower falls the player who last hits it gets a stackable buff 2-When a tower falls it drops a package of resources. Health packs/dmg buffs/minion buffs etc. can be picked up by either team, each tier of tower should have different drops. 3-When an allied tower falls an item is dropped in your base. Call it a 'flag' this will provide a temporary buff if a team mate grabs it and brings it to a tower. Buff could be-increased tower armor, aoe dmg instead of single target etc.

Crazy concepts 1-King of the hill. If 3+ players on a team have control of a broken tower long enough it comes back to life, with different stats (less hp, different dmg type/abilities). Could apply to enemy towers as well as allied towers. 2-team items. each member is only allowed to purchase one 'part' these can be combined to create a new siege minion, temporary buff, etc. Potentially parts are collected from towers/monsters and not just purchased through gold.

Powderkegg11/12/2015, 3:49:36 PM2 votes

I prefer shorter games. If I'm wining lane and crushing my opponent I want to feel like that translates into a bigger and bigger lead for me and my team. If I'm losing lane and getting destroyed I personally feel like I don't deserve to win and would prefer to lose rather than win a game I didn't deserve.

soh1gh211/12/2015, 4:02:49 PM2 votes

back and forth i wish they would make it so towers don't die so fast

Blue Mystified11/13/2015, 2:11:38 AM2 votes

I rarely enjoy losing, so long games where everyone is full build and one ace means gg always make me super anxious and nervous. i have fun with them, don't get me wrong i love the game, but short ones are nicer for me. I think the perfect time is 25-30 minute game for me

DarkDeamonDragon11/13/2015, 2:07:09 PM2 votes

I'd prefer the longer games, but in the case of a complete stomp I would rather the winning team end quickly so everyone can re-queue. I hate it when a team that is absolutely stomping draws out a game just so they can pad their KDA. It is hilarious, however, when the team that was losing the stomp wins a team fight at 45 minutes and pushes to win.