I'm not sure why Rito keeps coming up with different game modes that no one plays, when the majority of the player base begs for URF to be a permanent game mode when ever it's around. In fact, Ascension was far better than Nexus Blitz as well. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel Rito, and listen to your player base.
You do realise URF is the most polarising mode in the game? A lot of people love it, a lot of people hate it. And when URF is active, Reddit and the boards are full of people bitching about seeing the same 10 OP picks time and time again. If you allow bans that will just move on to the next 10 OP champions.
This whole "PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT URF WHEN URF IS ACTIVE" is only a problem when companies decide that a minority of whiners are more important than the players enjoying the game mode. Cant say more than that or the mod-millennials will start nuking comments "BECAUSE FEELZ".
I don't care what other players want to play. If xXDethhhKillaaaxX wants to play only Ezreal in URF -- fine, let him. I want to play (Old) Taric, (Old) Swain, and Diana in URF. I dont care if some faceless nerd-millennial is mad about my choice of champion -- I play for my own entertainment, not for somebody else (who also hasn't spent $4.000~ on LoL since Season 1) Let those sperg-virgins cry, and let Riot dutifully ignore them.
Bans in URF would allow players to nuke a champion they despise. All Random URF simply tries to appeal to the whiners and the end result is even more nerd buttfury, because AR-URF is even more "OMG GAME OVER AT CHAMPION SELECT" than Old URF, but nobody has the satisfaction of at least playing a champion they chose.
Urf sucks has has ever since the second day it was out the first time when a meta developed.
Nexus blitz is actually fun and retaining a fun factor past the first day. Is it perfect? No but I actually enjoy it more than ARAM. It doesn't have the huge problem of 10 champs taking over since it has enough simularties to SR meaning that more than artility mages, healers and poke heavy champs are viable.
If I were to order game modes from most to least enjoyable in my expereince it would be Nexus Blitz > ARAM > Doom Bots > Ascension > All for One > Nemesis Draft > URF/ARURF
Riot is not going to take the time and use the resources to balance URF which was added as an April Fools joke. And that is literally all I see the mode as. An April fools joke.
Nexus Blitz > Ascension > power gap > flaming poop > power gap > URF
I'm about to go into game now so I don't have time to explain, but here is Riot's official reply.
The only problem Riot isn't planning Blitz to be a temporary thing (Infact, they're looking for something more Permanent)
Urf was Polarizing, Be it in either ARUrf, Normal Urf, or Draft Urf. Polarizing games aren't all that good for longer-term game modes because, Well fuck, Same reason games like HotS flop. Yes, people will love it, But a lot of people dont love it because what skill expression there is will be drowned out by team equality.
Ascension.. While interesting in concept, It creates the same problem as a lot of hte other game modes of "Play it once, And let it be done", And anyone playing it more than once are trying other champions or are trying to find a meta.
Blitz Atleast has the benefit of being Random enough that no two games are going to be exactly the same, And the only real problem is that a lot of these "Events" Are overly generous on the rewards. The meta will eventually reach a similar meta to SR, But there's also a few meta's that COULD Be designed around abusing events.
but is it coming back after nexuz blitz?
Yeah . Bring back URF , ARURF, anything that is URF related . so much fun, waiting time in Q is like less than 5 second. that shows how many people are interested
