Arurf available in CUSTOM only
I have seen many posts about people wanting to have URF/ARURF become a permanent gamemode and I understand why it cannot. All balance changes for normal summoner's rift would also have to be re-balanced for URF/ARURF. My idea would reduce the need for that. We have also seen that RIOT will not make it permanent because they lose some of their player base. I have also seen RIOT lose player base by not having URF/ARURF up. I personally have friends that only play when URF/ARURF is available. This idea would allow RIOT to increase their player base.
In order for URF/ARURF to be placed into CUSTOM, there would need to be some changes made to CUSTOM mode. 1 - Challenges/Missions should not be able to be completed when playing CUSTOM matches. (This would make players have to continue playing normals/ARAM) 2 - EXP should not be earned when playing CUSTOM. (This would make players have to continue playing normals/ARAM to level up and get loot) 3 - There would need to be another drop box selection in CUSTOM to be able to choose Classic or URF 4 - Keep the champion selection drop box to be able to choose between blind pick, random, draft and tournament draft. (blind pick = URF and random = ARURF) 5 - Still allow map selection in CUSTOM. (some of us miss playing URF on howling abyss)
This would appease all of the players that keep asking for permanent URF or ARURF and hopefully lighten up the forums on the subject. You would also be pleasing the URF vs ARURF players out there by allowing them to choose their champ selection type. By keeping URF/ARURF in CUSTOM and not allowing any player EXP progression or rewards to be earned, you would eliminate the need to have to worry about the re-balance on champions for URF/ARURF. This would allow RIOT to continue on their normal update routine and current champion balance metrics. CUSTOM game modes would solely be for enjoyment and would not allow players to "BOOST".