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I'm feeling increasingly frustrated with Riots' support for alternative game modes (rant)

naotasan·11/13/2013, 5:39:42 AM·43 votes·1,908 views

I've been a fan of alternative game modes (Dominion & Twisted Treeline) ever since the end of Season One when Dominion was released.

I'm known in the Dominion community as a seasoned veteran of the game, and only recently have been dabbling in Twisted Treeline.

Why am I frustrated? There's a giant list of reason why. To name a few:

  1. No rewards for playing Dominion. Some of us have over 1500 games played, some of us even have over 2000 wins, and you know what we got? A hunk of coal. Actually I wish we got that, because that means we would have gotten something.

  2. The "negelcted step child" treatment: http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4019603 Look at all the promises made. How many have been completed?

  3. No action by Riot to help revive the mode in any way. They claim there's a bleeding playerbase (which we can all agree to) but they have taken no action in putting any kind of bandaid on it.

  4. There is no tutorial even after countless suggestions from the community. The community made their own tutorials but it's hard to get new players to find these videos unless they search for them or ask for help.

Recently, we have had some help from some very dedicated Rioters who have become highly respected within the community. Map specific balancing has increased the QoL of Dominion & TT very well (we <3 you MWAB/RiotNome).

I'm having a very hard time wanting to play Dominion or Twisted Treeline anymore (which means playing League at all as I don't enjoy Summoners Rift) because of the lack of QoL updates for both modes. The Rioters who are currently assigned to the task are trying their best but there's only a few of them. Five at most. How is a team of 5 people supposed to keep a balanced mode where just on the other side of the building, theres 5 TEAMS dedicated to the LIVE DESIGN of summoners rift?

It feels as if Morello/Tamat and other high ups just want the Dominion Community to disband and leave this game so they can finally put an end to it and delete the mode.

The only reason why I'm still around is because of the hard work those 5 Rioters have put into Twisted Treeline and Dominion to keep it viable. They added bork into Dominion to help ADC's, they shifted items around to help balance power, and they even nerfed (not buffed yet) problem champions like Kassadin and Nidalee.

On top of that, I hear all these things from Ranked 3s that just makes me not want to play Ranked 3s. I hear there are people selling Challenger spots for S3 rewards (really?). It forces people out who actually earned that 3s Challenger spot because they've been playing for the entire year where this one random team comes and knocks them out simply because they played more recently.

There's tons of scripted AI bots in Co-op vs ai that are running to get people RAF rewards. I've even encountered someone who runs 25 bots purely to make his other account get free RAF rewards for doing nothing. He's been doing it to random accounts for 2 years with no penalty. None of the bots or accounts receiving rewards have been punished. At all.

I'm sorry.. I'm just frustrated that I had to play a game mode I don't love to get these "rewards". Call me sour. Call me bitter. I'm frustrated. Really, really frustrated. It feels like theres no action being taken simply because it's not Summoners Rift. What makes it even worse is that the Summoners Rift players who are elitist about it (aka, Riftards) just make fun of any attempt to get anyone on the outside interested in these game modes. "It's just Dominion" "It's fast, it's fun" (fk you hotshot. That ruined so much). Oh and, I'm not calling ALL summoner rift players riftards. Just the elitist ones. Dominion is a Riot product, why do you want it to fail?

EDIT: I posted here on the Community Forums because General Discussion is a horrible place to get a general discussion going.

47 Comments

eKatSS11/13/2013, 6:06:58 AM6 votes

I agree with you that Riot should give a bit more support to the alternative game modes. Although I don't really play Dominion, I can see how it can be so enjoyable for you; more fights, more need for teamwork and strategy, etc.

Riot should incentivize (is that the word?) players to play alternate game modes. Maybe specific rewards or special events to promote the new game modes? That would bring a bigger playerbase to these modes and, probably, convert some more players.

I'll be the first to admit that I would play some Dominion if I knew more people who did. I do however play some 3v3 once in a while, they're faster and more enjoyable (frequent teamfights, faster spawns, no wards).

+1 to you, even if your post is really angry lol

1N93U9tQ2p11/13/2013, 8:23:50 AM5 votes

This is a super good post. :>

Stofen11/14/2013, 4:32:43 PM5 votes

Well then, the most popular thread on the community beta and still no Red. Guess the curse of Dominion lives on!Trundle

Zyorhist11/13/2013, 8:27:40 PM3 votes

I dont personally play Dominion, but i do spend a bit of time in Treeline, and i can say that both of these game modes need some love. Even as a almost complete Rifter i dont think that the other modes should feel left out. They are all viable game modes and we need more of them, but they shouldn't be left to the curb while doing so...

Shibiko11/14/2013, 5:14:44 AM2 votes

Dudes, in the programming world, don't rush a product!!! Do we want ranked, yes we do. Do we want a poorly made ranked system for dominion? No, we don't want that. The map still needs some tinkering. Rather than raging, just kindly remind our awesome riot programmers for their hard work and thank them for what they've accomplished so far.

League has millions of players and the company has grown. Try and run your company, have tons of customers, keep up with media, game updates, tournaments, hiring process, dealing with taxes, bugs, seasonal content, customer support, ranking systems, new character builds, giving out vacations, employee benefits, customer benefits, sales, promotions, cleaning cost of the building, managing servers world wide, translating the game, the website, oh yeah after you make a website, please make another awesome website. This isn't the end, there is a ton more.

So, if your able to do this, instead of complaining, why not apply to riot and help them out. If not, then stop complaining and let them work. Rioter are human as well! They are passionate about league. If a product doesn't look good, they're not going to release it. If you want on the edge game modes, putty up some money and buy a beta account from someone on ebay.

You guys really don't appreciate the work Riot does. I do, they're doing a hell of a good job. Thank you riot for creating a game that can manage to suck my time and money out. I'm having a blast playing the game.

Gonsea11/13/2013, 8:49:48 AM2 votes

Isn't Riot keep getting specific map balance change for those map? Maybe it because they haven't feel Domion is ready yet.

Not dropping it, just isn't ready

MNightShamallama11/14/2013, 4:35:48 AM2 votes

/ Singed

BoopDoop11/15/2013, 6:43:04 AM2 votes

Eh, just make a ranked ladder for it (team or solo) and people will suddenly be all over it like a bruiser on a low health Teemo.

insertnameplease11/14/2013, 2:16:05 PM1 votes

bump

TY Slappyhorse11/13/2013, 3:30:59 PM1 votes

i like new game modes that are fun and non competitive like ARAM and like the All For One coming out. Not every player likes to be in competitive games EVERY GAME so with release of more fun game types it is a nice step forward.

Blunts4Brekfast2/17/2014, 8:58:38 PM1 votes

ranked aram when

Pup Twilight11/14/2013, 12:23:18 PM1 votes

What promises..... I dont see any just them saying what they want to do or what could happen