What League of Legends can learn from Overwatch
I've been on a 2 week break (maybe longer) break from League of Legends after being fed up with dynamic queue, like most are, and just toxic players and other stuff. I got stuck with people way above my skill level and rank...pre-mades on my team were super toxic, pre-mades on their team annihilated and wrecked everyone and had amazing coordination.
Within my break, I started playing Overwatch since it's been released and I think that League of Legends can learn so much in how Blizzard has handled the game.
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All skins can be earned without spending a dime. Every level you earn a loot box and it just repeats over and over with every level. I know League has the hex tech crafting but it still takes so long and hard to get...you can even chose your own skins if you get coins (which you get free randomly in loot boxes)
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Loot boxes give you 4 items...depending on how much you buy, you spend about 80 cents to $1 per loot crate. Chances of legendary is about 1 in 10 loot crates from what I've read online (and experienced myself with the ones I've gotten from leveling up).
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You get all Heros for free...no spending in game money or using real money
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Games will restart if there aren't enough players.
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Player DCs or leaves? No problem...it will find a player to replace the player that left
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Rewards players individual scores as well as how the team did not just win or lose
*You can leave a game if need be...emergency? Leave game with no punishment other then you don't get the bonus experience given for staying till the end
*NEVER met a toxic player, even though they have voice chat for all games!
and more....
I realize one is FPS and one is a MOBA...but I do think that things can be changed to make League more enjoyable...make people that left want to come back. League just doesn't seem fun anymore...ranked is just about who has the better pre-made and less on individual skill which it should be.
Even just changing ranked where you're judged on your individual skill and such would be a huge improvement...people are using the dynamic queue to boost friends or getting paid to boost others to a rank that they shouldn't belong in. I know my boyfriend and I won't be back until things change...we love the game...will never entirely give it up, but I'm done with getting so frustrated at a game.