Game Structure Ideas and Changes. Inspired by the League Community. LONG INDEPT
Introduction:
I have been on the board for awhile now and noticed a lot of interesting and good ideas that I think Riot should take into consideration. First of all, I will talking about the ideas that I've seen already in the forum with maybe a few tweaks and changes but it is still their idea so I will be adding their links if I can remember all of them (with also some of my ideas as well).
If you want to some of my other ideas in terms of items/champions, here are the links:
Link - http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/xWEviglh-item-changes-ideas-downvoteupvote-doesnt-matter-give-me-your-thoughts-boys
Guideline: Anonymous Voting System (Champ Select) Champ Select Ruling and Common Courtesy Opt-Out Option During Promo-Game Champion Mastery and Loading Screen Portrait Anonymous MVP Vote (Post-Game) Turrets and Wards Stats Post Game
Anonymous Voting System (Champion Selection) Where the idea came from: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/rWuh5PXB-ability-to-vote-people-out-in-ranked-games (And many other posts about this situation)
I see everyone complaining about the fact there is always a troll in their game. And I thought long and hard of a way to fix this problem THAT EVERY PLAYER hate unless they are a troll themselves. We all have that game in champ select.. "riven only or afk feed" "best bot duo" "I'm a smurf" "Not support or afk feed" .. those players that think that they are god's gift to the world. And that everything has to go their way. Well my solution to this problem is have a 4/5 man vote in ranked champ select. BUT BUT BUT!!!!! But the different to everyone else idea is that it will be anonymous voting (as in no one knows what eachother are voting).
To avoid abuse on one players, players will not be able to add players that is already in the champ select OR If it is a premade team (duo-que), players that are friends cannot have private chat while in champ select. This way the one that is trolling will be ruled out. The punishment is that those 5 players have a 10 mins delay time and the one that was trolling gets a 30 mins delay time. This way no one loses LP, just wasting a lot of time. Only way to lose LP is if there is a case of players grouping up against one player for no reason because they lost pick and ban phase or they just dont like what someone picked even though its viable. The player can report it after everyone has been kicked, therefore if there was a case of abuse then the 4 other players will lose LP and the victim will gain LP for time lost. (Cases like: talking in chat about everyone voting on one person or ANY sort of abuse on one person.)
Secondly, even if its not 4/5 vote for some reason. Maybe the troll has a duo lets say and won't vote, there are two ways too this:
- First solution: That the two players act as one unit; if there is a duo in que, if there is a 3 man vote onto one of them then they both receive 30 mins que delay timers. (This way duo players cant protect the one thats causing the offense; secondly the duo partner has to pick wisely when they want to duo with someone that is toxic/troll. This will force players to behave during champ select if they want to duo)
- Second solution: If for some reason the 4th player doesn't care and doesnt want to vote for some reason. The person with the 3 man vote on to him 3 CONSECUTIVE times during a time span of 2months, than that player will receive a drop in LP and a 30 min que delay. (This will reduce the troll amount a player can actually do per 2 months at a time, in general will reduce trollpicks)
Now you can say what about the enemy team? Well for waiting during champ selection just to be removed from it, those 5 players will receive a 3LP bonus for having tolerance to deal with these kind of things. So lets say for some unfortunate reason there are a bunch of trolls consecutively and players are force to wait to play cause their enemy team always have a troll before they even get into game. After 5 champion selections, they will receive 15LP which is close to the average LP win if your MMR is normal.
**Champ Select Ruling and Common Courtesy **
With that being said, to be able to enforce these changes; Riot has to implement new rules during champion selection. Why is it only in game that there are un-written rules in which players have to follow as common courtesy, and if its not hold up to those standards than we players are allowed to report. I know Riot and the Tribunal System looks at champion selection chat as well, but I don't think its enough. You need to revamp the champ selection (just because.. fan service, make it look cooler), and add a section where you can read the common courtesy where (PICK ORDER has PRIORITY). We all know pick orders are in place in Ranked, its an un-written rule followed by most players; well now make it an official (COURTESY).
And if players will not uphold to this un-written rules, thats where the first implement (Anonymous Voting System) comes into play.This way if players will not follow, other players will have the chance to vote them out if they chose not to civilized as the rest of us. This will also help with the abuse case. If players are following that rule and are voted out for no reason, than Riot can punish the players that voted for no reason. It will be more work for Riot I know.. But it will be something we need.
This will force players to learn to play every role to atleast a certain level even if its low. **I believe players shouldnt be able to play ranked if they do not how to help their team by being able to fill every role. **Player shouldnt be level 30 even without being able to play all position! So this will help players in ranked to become better in terms of skill and understanding of the game; instead of a bunch of bronze players complaining about no wards. (Helping players complete their knowledge of the game to get better) You can only become better at the game if you get out of your comfort zone and pro-actively learn.
Opt-Out Option During Promo-Game
Even with all the changes above, there will still be that problem of no one voting with you when you really need them too.. during promotion games!! We all know those annoying games you get during champ selection when you are in your promos when there is this random troll where he is telling you that they will feed and there's no way of winning unless you struck luck and your enemy team are God's garbage. Well the way around this is that once a player is qualify for a promotion, then the player will be given an option to opt-out of ONE game in champ selection. I know the case of this can be abused, if they have a terrible pick and ban phase and are destined to lose. But its better to have the chance to opt-out from a losing pick and ban phase if it solve the problem of promo games getting RUINED by trolls. (Well atleast for one game, if theres a troll the next game.. well you're just unlucky)
Champion Mastery and Loading Screen Portrait Where the idea came from: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/tbelNUjE-why-not-give-portraits-as-profile-icons-for-champion-mastery
A player suggested a bigger prize with the Champion Mastery; I agree and worked out my thoughts and idea off his idea. My idea is that once player reach Mastery Level 5 of a champion, players have a NEW sets of PORTRAIT during the LOADING SCREEN for ALL skins. So like maybe in champion selection, once you pick a skin you can have the choice of flipping the portrait and have alternative portrait that is only available once you hit Mastery Level 5 of that certain champion. (like many using the Chinese version of each skin as the alternative, or Riot can have more fun by making more portrait art for each champion)
This is a cool prize for us players who grind out to reach mastery of the champion we play. During loading screen everyone will know that we play that certain champion with a lot of heart and we players get a sense of accomplishment. And I know this will take time to finish, so I suggest just make one at a time and add them while you go. Because players rather have them sooner than later.
Anonymous MVP Vote (Post-Game)
Don't you ever have those game where you are carrying youre entire team on your back but you still somehow lose? You lose a lot of LP even though everyone in game know you didnt deserve it. Well I think of a way to reduce toxicity in game and help players who are doing really well. Well I think the losing team should be able to vote for the MVP on their team if they didnt deserve to lose. 4 players after game can vote for the MVP on their team, if all 4 players agrees on one player then that player will save 5LP for that game. If they dont agree on one player, then there will also be a an MVP points which players can accumulate. **If during a game if you have 2 vote on you, then you receive 1 MVP point, with 100 MVP vote you can gain back 10LP. **
This will reduce the toxic players greatly by encourage them that there are good things when they play positively even in a losing situation. Or even become toxic and get mad at the team because they are the only one thats doing well (because theres no way they can get votes for being toxic even if youre doing well). And since you need 2 votes to get 1 MVP point, all players can't split votes so everyone gets 1 point (so the system can't be abused).** And this can work for players who are really positive and keep their team morals up, players can vote on the one that keeps the team together over players who just has the best score**. Also Duo-Partners CANNOT vote for eachother; so in that case when they only need 3 votes to become MVP, for the fact they cannot vote for eachother (acting as semi-unit).
Turrets and Wards Stats Post Game
Talking about the Post-Aftergame Screen, I think the game should show the amount of turrets destroyed like they used to. But show it even if you have assisted on it going down in the last 5 mins, and also the champion with the most damage done to it. This will show players who are split pushing better and their contribution to the team. I never liked the fact you took it away because when I played Jax or Shyvana before, you can have a negative score but have so much impact on the map that your team ends up winning later. I think you should add this to the post game screen and match history more clearly.
And talking about things that easily goes unnoticed.. WARDS. Why isnt there a clear stats right after game how much wards you have placed or destroyed for your team. This will really help players ward more for the sense of award for placing wards and destroying them. Like this is ridiculous.. Theres no CLEAR stat of how many wards you have placed post game, client match history, or even in the client league CHAMPION STATISTIC PAGE. How are these not implemented yet? I just have no clue, it will help supports gauge well they actual do for the team by seeing how much vision they can offer for the team.
Conclusion
I like to brain storm ideas because this is the game I love and I hope one day we can all make this game better and balanced; more enjoyable and less toxic. So feel free to tell me how you think of these ideas or how to make it even better or if its even viable at all. And with these ideas, there will be less toxicity in general for the game and the community. WHICH IS NEEDED and is better for the game (which makes it more enjoyable = more players will join = big healthier community).
