Dear fellow summoners, I would like to bring forward an idea that has compelled my mind for years...
Imagine a 5v5 map with a completely new background design and effects.. For example, a city, castles, Demacia, Valoran or even Noxus. Basically a whole new map other than summoners rift.
Now wouldn't that bring up some more excitement? Lol has been here for us for 4 years, almost 5.... Hopefully this can bring Riot some thought :)
BattlePandaz18 votesLet's just gather 24 champions in a circle give everyone full level 18 and gold. Give them 30 seconds to buy all the items they can. Then make em fight to the death hunger games style.
djump5 votesI would LOVE to see what strategies would develop for that =)
They should make it random champions and balance champions by giving different starting gold
I've always thought it'd be fun on april fools or some random holiday to enable crazy modes like this temporarily.
FuzzyBunnyofDoom4 votesWhat could also make this interesting would be to make it so that it's a 4 round match with a round being played with all champs lvl 1, 7, 12, and 18 with varying starting gold at each stage plus gold earned in previous stages so good early champs and late champs would still have a chance and build paths could also become relevant.
Solan Stonewhip1 votesadd that and then add a randomized mode so that after each round you get a new champion and start with a fresh buy
maria osawaa1 votesawesome
maria osawaa1 votesyou my friend, are a genius
ToXiiK Frost4 votesAnd make the map side ways like twisted tree line, so I can play ez on either side. I mean I un locked screen is kinda weird if you get pulled by blitz, thinking you get pulled and you flash out or something, like seriously that'd be amazing
Tess Greymane3 votesIt takes alot of time, considering everything that Riot has to do.
FuzzyBunnyofDoom1 votesYes, it absolutely does, but do you honestly believe that Riot lacks the manpower to make it happen, even with all the skins they're pumping out? Or lacks ideas on what would be fun? No. They certainly don't. But the, imo likely, reason new 5v5 maps like SR aren't happening is because of the competitive scene. Currently SR is the only map played professionally and adding more maps/modes would either take players away from that (and thus the pro scene) or make the pro scene less balanced/far harder to balance (more maps->more balance issues); both of which seem to be things Riot is very much trying to avoid.
Avant Bard3 votesThey used to have really nice seasonal maps. Winter, Autumn, and Summer. They even had special Harrowing and Snowdown maps. But when they updated SR, they didn't update the other versions of it, so were stuck with the one high res version.
Freljordan2 votesCouldn't they dig out the old files and update those into higher res for us? I think a lot of people would enjoy that
Kalanthis2 votesthat would be AWESOME
SketchyTootin2 votesI was thinking of a free for all map
UnKnOwNDR2 votesA new map would be amazing, especially if it were sideways like Twisted Treeline. As most others have said; a map based around the lore of LoL would be amazing.
djump2 votesI don't know how long you've been around, but this is a topic that has been discussed a lot in the past, and RIOT has commented on it thoroughly.
The short of it is this: RIOT will probably NOT do more big map projects. And if they do, it's probably just the 1v1 or 2v2 magma chamber and I don't know if that would even have it's own queue or just be a custom game option. They believe for a number of reasons that the benifit of adding new maps/modes in marginal and the potential cost is high. You can read all sorts of discussion about it here or a little bit more here
With that said, I think they have done quite well at adding maps/modes over the years. they had TT and SR to start with, and Dominion was a HUGE project and unique addition to league. It gives a whole different experience and style of play to enjoy. Then the recent Howling abyss ARAM mode was another big step where riot took something people enjoyed and made it a real mode.
I've been quite satisfied with a steady flow of new map content over time; I think they've done a LOT of work for us. And I do agree with the thoughts you can read from Morello and Xypherous in the previous thread i referenced that there are some big drawbacks to adding new modes.
I do, however, think it would be great fun if we could get at least some temporary other modes like larger number of player or free for all modes around certain holidays or something. I don't know that I'm so sold on your idea of separate 5v5 modes though.
maria osawaa1 votesyes, it is true on terms of cost of production, designing a big map is seriously expensive.... but i guess thats too much to hope for since Riot has made Lol basically FREE to play and millions dont really buy the skins since they are either broke or not having their own independent pay. BUT BEAR WITH ME, your last paragraph caught me off guard...
IMAGINE, a big map that fits in 2 large teams with each having 10 players... an all out brawl. the map doesnt have to have lanes, just a BATTLEFIELD... uberly awesome
Splendiferus2 votesThere's needs to be a new 5v5 map please Summoner's Rift is so boring anymore
Smite And Gank2 votes
The struggle is real.
bahamutkaiser2 votesWould be nice if they could make 2 parallels of SR with different appearances and angles, like top right to bottom left, and horizontal, but have pretty much the exact same jungle composition and lane behavior.
I don't think the game will ever be interesting enough to watch when the only thing that changes is the champions used, it's a video game, not football... and I don't even watch that.
Roguetrt2 votesI have a couple of ideas for maps.
1 Twisted Tree line, but it is 3 on 7. The 3 people start at level 5 with some starting gold. The idea being, the higher level people are outnumbered, but stronger. They have ti finish the game quickly because if the game goes long enough, they are all level 18 and the 3 get rolled at that point. It could be 4 on 6, or the 3 could start at level 6. Testing would determine the right amounts to make it ultimately even. Could balance it by giving one side damaged turrets to start for more balance possibilities or add more big minions to one side.
Another idea I thought of is a 3 way map or a 4 way map. Possibly like Aram with 3 or 4 straight lanes that all converge on a center point. That could possibly have branching lanes that all converge at center point. 3 team would be 3 or 4 to a team. If 4 teams, it could make it teams of 3 or 4. This assumes that 12 people on the board is plausible with game mechanics.
FuzzyBunnyofDoom1 votesLol's been here for 5 years, and we've been taunted with a new map for..... 5 years..... coughmagmachambercough I'd love if this happened, but I'm not hopeful.
Dedrien Hawke1 votesi honestly would love a new map for 5v5. and if they incorporated Noxus and Demacia or Valoran areas, that would be great. Because that could give way for some awesome lore based game objectives. like if your top lane is Garen and Darius, there could be like, a gold reward for whoever takes a turret first. (also please tell me if what i say is retarded.)
arkhammer1 votesIt should be the border of one territory to the other, with the river a sort of trenchified DMZ war zone. You could have mystical Ionia on one side and virtuous Demacia on the other, showing the fade from the beauty of one land into the majesty of the other. Or, you could have hextech Piltover leading into dirty, industrialized Zaun.
It'd be very neat to play more on the lore aspect of the game vs the ubiquitous trees of SR. Sure, its a fantasy that the border would be small, consisting of three divergent and convergent roads, defended lightly by towers and a war zone in the middle, but how is SR less fantastical?
poofydoofy1 votesI think what we really need is a live action league of legends musical. Why cant Riot get to work on that?
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poofydoofy3 votesBetter yet a spin off cartoon series based around Draven and Darius opening a bakery to make it in the big city. Could be a regular odd couple featuring cho'gath as the kooky neighbor and Noc the landlord. It would be a hoot
FuzzyBunnyofDoom4 votesAnd they could live next to the odd couple of Taric and Ez! And Zilean and Kat (or someone else, I just picked a hot girl) could be the old guy with the trophy wife couple with Annie as their kid and then... wait... I think I just turned this into Modern Family.... but with killing sprees.
Amethyst Ashe2 votesI thought Pantheon was the baker...
Babyoldman1 votesI still think a capture the flag game would be super fun. I think you could do it two ways... one way is just play standard capture the flag but once a champion grabs the flag his speed is set to a flat speed (that is the same for every champ) and is unable to use abilities or basic attacks, but can use his armor/MR . This way you cant yi steroid or panth jump to victory, however you could drop the flag to fight.
Second way Similar to team fortress, you would have two wagons/mine carts(or whatever) and the first team to get theirs to a enemy nexus wins... To make it more fun, I think two or three champs would make it move at max speed, that way you could have the rest to try to slow the enemy down... you could also add objectives (mosters) to make your cart faster or slow/stop the enemy cart. What do you guys think?
R0GER1 votesIm down for any new map, or new themed map, or new game mode... have been playing this game for years... I would just love to play on a new map
DanielHB1 votesi want it too :)))
TheSilverSaint71 votesIt doesn't need to be any different, but I have been pondering the possibility of a map that is sort of inversed. The entire place is crystal reminiscent of the nexuses in Summoner's Rift and in place of each nexus is a Magical Tree of some sort. The turrets could look similar to Zyra's post death growth and shoot thorns. I think the monsters would look out of place, but replacing them with crystal versions similar to the style of Anivia would be neat.
Another possibility would be to change the theme to the mining town where the two nexuses were discovered in the first issue of the Journal of Justice. The monsters wouldn't need to be changed as they probably fit the area and I don't see how tournament play would be affected since the map is the same except appearance.
Also, a snow covered version like Freljord would be awesome and it would be sufficient to make it just a snow covered Summoner's Rift. I would be content.