What League of Legends can learn from Overwatch

My Sea Cow·5/28/2016, 6:51:43 AM·3 votes·847 views

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.

  • 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)

  • 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).

  • You get all Heros for free...no spending in game money or using real money

  • Games will restart if there aren't enough players.

  • Player DCs or leaves? No problem...it will find a player to replace the player that left

  • 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.

4 Comments

BeatzBoyFTW5/28/2016, 6:59:09 AM3 votes

You get all Heros for free...no spending in game money or using real money

We have free week champions for that, plus also having over 130+ champions compared to 21 heroes in Overewatch.

Player DCs or leaves? No problem...it will find a player to replace the player that left

We can't switch champions mid-game, and the new player who joins mid-game will highly not be satisfied with the champion the last guy was playing, or the fact that the game he joins will be a majority of losing ones.

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

Emergency? What emergency? We will just have players who quits the game because he's losing or on tilt.

Again, what experience are we talking about? Like for the ones who aren't Level 30? So what about the ones who are 30? Take away their IP? This typically does nothing at all.

NEVER met a toxic player, even though they have voice chat for all games!

In Overwatch, we don't have the time to be hitting Enter & type crap like LoL does, considering the fact that we spend our time reviewing our Death cam, or taking the time to be picking another Hero. That's the one thing why I don't see a lot of toxicity compared to LoL.

Demon King Maou5/28/2016, 6:55:48 AM1 votes

Only problem i have with ranked is im always vs premades if it was 100% random teammates i think i'd play ranked more often but right now.. no.. just.. no.. You always get to be the last man out of a 4 man premade and you either get ignored or they pin all the blame on you

Cavemantero5/28/2016, 6:56:11 AM1 votes

Word.

7XRyfqVVsJ5/28/2016, 7:03:20 AM1 votes

Ummm, I wouldn't want players joining my game mid to late game cause someone quit.

Of course everything is free there YOU BOUGHT THE GAME. You got this amazing game called league for FREE.

BUT anyways, League is applying a restart game thing within the near future.

Overwatch will never be as competitive as League is. Fact. Bye.

EDIT: Overwatch is for casual gamers, sure it's going to have a pro season. It's not going to look very pro though, anyone will be able to do what the pros do. shruggles shoulder