I really love the idea and I've definitely had some fun matches, but getting stunned for days is not fun. Ever. I'm going to have to start dodging if this keeps up.
And a team of blitzcranks with their grabs and knockups isn't fun either... one grabs you and it turned into one of those perverted japanese train incidents.
MrBuffington3 votesI only played one match before I got bored. I love Braum and all, but it was like playing football without a football. Everyone just piles up, play ends, we all walk away, and start it all over again.
Linna Excel2 votesYeah, I never played braum before, but I was stuck with him on one MM. He doesn't offer much gameplay. I had to play an all Volibear game and it was pretty much the same. All Annies in a click to stun wasn't fun.
At least nidalee for all the complaints she's gotten gave you something fun (hitting spears and dodging them). All Ezreals was pretty much the same. So I think champs with a lot of skill shots and the ability to dodge those shots are the most fun.
To be fair it was more fun when I was on an all Ziggs match and both sides were trolling their own teammates. Sure it was a slog when things got stalemated, but at least it had a bunch of skill shots mixed with some randomness.
Problem is, some people don't think about what would be fun and are just after the cheap gimmik.
MrBuffington1 votesBraum is still one of my favorite champions at the moment (looking forward to his nerf so people will stop spamming/banning him in games), and the game was still fun for the first like, 10 minutes. I feel like the gamemode might be better if they made it like Showdown, so you don't have to play the entire game. Most of the champion picks are for that little gimmicky thing anyways, which is fun for a while but gets kind of tiring after a few minutes.
All Volibear game sounds miserable. Just miserable. I mean, maybe if you REALLY like Volibear. But yea, sounds just as bad as an all Udyr/Singed/Garen, just pile up and die.
DeSolu1 votesAlistar was freaking hilarious. We messed around all game for fun. It was a laugh.
MrBuffington1 votesYea alistar does sound like fun, at least headbutt makes it so you're not on top of each other all game.
A Dark Figure3 votesI think this would be a lot more fun if it was in Summoners Rift.
The game play on the Howling Abyss can be way too repetitive, I would prefer to this people have to figure out how to play the same champion in all the different lanning positions of a regular 5s game, and not just shit around a small room casting the same spells 10 times in a restricted area.
the Anarchit3cht2 votesYou don't have to play, you know that?
Personally, I see where you are coming from. I preferred the origial AFO where each team picked their own champion and played on Summoners Rift.
Silverthane1 votesi dont like the mirror mode either and especially not in the Howling Abyss. i want the old one for all where each team votes on a champ for each team. also i want hexakill back....
ChaosThief1 votesThe old one for all required no teemo or karthus, and most of the time led to huge imbalances.
Silverthane1 votesthats true but you cant deny people enjoyed it more. one for and urf mode all had imbalances but they werent there for competitive play or balance. they were there for fun.
ChaosThief1 votesYeah, but if anything I want to urf again.
Kira Onime1 votesMirror mode is just boring.
Having it on the howling abyss is even worse.
Kitch261 votesYea, I'm very unimpressed with Mirror Mode. A lot of hype for a very boring product.
Linna Excel1 votesI think it has promise, like I said there have been fun games, but you really need the right champs for it. When people pick whoever without thinking about the impact of the champ and how it plays out, it loses its value.
So what you get out of it is based on the champs you put into it.
Kitch261 votesFor me, it was the fact that all ten people had the same champ that made it boring. I'll give two examples:
Game 1: All Blitzcrank. Pulls and knockups and silences all around. Same build on each player. Very little fun and drawn out. (Loss)
Game 2: All Lucian. No pulls, minor escapes, no real initiation. variety in build. Was fun having sound effects that made it sound like I was in a Star Trek shootout. Still, drawn out and unentertaining. (Win)
In both games, we ran into the same problem. Nobody could initiate well. With blitz, it was just getting picked off one by one. With Lucian, it was just spamming abilities and AAs.
In both, it just felt like such a grind to take objectives. Getting one objective didn't give any real advantage because the attacks and tactics were the exact same throughout the entire match. You knew what was coming and you knew how to either avoid it or counter it. So did they, and it led to a boring, drawn out match.
Choumei1 votes1 for all was very fun but this 10 same champs thing is just stupid :P
EchoVEcho1 votesLOL and yeah i hate mirror mode too not the best idea
The Red Warden1 votesHecarim is stupid fun on it, everyone gets captain boots and move speed items. I easily got to 800 move speed.
The Red Warden1 votesIt was like a continuous never ending destruction derby.