[Feedback] What if Riot took a page out of Battle.net?

Raspberrykraken·Feb 22, 2014·3 votes·797 views

Its frustrating that I can't use this site for more than just a few things and then go about day. I wish I didn't have to be in the client 100% of the time to edit my account to change out rune/mastery pages, check out and buy new skins or other stuff, not able to spectate games without having to go find a stream I might not like or not able to chat with friends while I can't play and have to use third party software to do it.

On the other hand with Battle.Net I can do a ton of stuff even if its cosmetic. I can change my icons for Starcraft II and check out ladder standings/find out what matches are being played/reviewing the replays themselves [I know this is coming soon to league so just ignore this feature for now], I can buy books and software on their site, I can jump on either of the games forums that I own and just start reading recent responses to patch notes [You have to actually look for the forums on Riots site, they are not displayed front and center like they should be], I get patch notes right in the client itself and the entire wall of text of what is going to be in them...

I just wish Riot would take some of these ideas and push them to the next level. I want to be able to look at guides in the middle of the night and change out my pages so the next time I log in I can just jump right into games. There is just so much I want to do and wish I could make better use of my limited time when I have to play it.

I know some of these features aren't possible and the merchant shop stuff is eventually coming but I seriously want to spend more time on this site than just the 30 - 45 minutes to do tribunal and then go surf reddit where the front page rarely changes, go watch twitch games and try to accept the streamers rage fits, I want to be able to buy skins or look at the shop for what runes I need while reading guides and just know what I am making.

I certainly don't want the arcade or anything like that stuff but I just want a more dynamic site that makes it easier to find stuff and is more focused on what people should be looking for: Forums to get right to feedback, store to get whatever they need and profile so mess around with their stuff.

I want a reason to be on here and stay on here instead of relying on other sites to give me the info that I might not what. To look at lolking and not be able to edit anything makes me hate that site the most.

TL;DR: Just pick and choose things that will help make this place better than overfilling the front page with information that doesn't let me get to what I want aka forums, actually profile viewing/working on etc etc etc. The news and lore stuff is nice but its harder to find the forums and other stuff.

9 Comments

HalcyonicHSFeb 22, 20141 votes

While I do agree that the League of Legends site is rather poorly designed- with much more emphasis on aesthetics than any utility, I'm pretty sure that most of the community info you ask for is already readily available; just not on the main website.

For example, there is the LoL wiki on wikia, as well as Mobafire and its (infamous) guides, and then of course, sites like Elophant or Lolking. Maybe it isn't as convenient as being accessible by the client at the drop of a button, but it still is there. The main problem is awareness for those sites, I suppose, and as for that issue, I am of the opinion that Riot should advertise these sites as community sites, as many other games do.

(Note if you're looking purely for guides, I'd recommend LoL Inven than Mobafire; that is, if you can read Korean of course. Otherwise, Mobafire isn't actually that bad, especially considering how sites like Solomid just do not have the update frequency to be useful or relevant.)

RaspberrykrakenFeb 23, 20141 votes

I know about the lol wiki, I use it religiously, sometimes 47 times a day I check it for references and to be sure what I am talking about is correct.

The point of this post is asking why am I going to a third party website 47 times a day and spending hours on it and not coming here to the League site to spend that same amount of time? Why can't I just come here and use the gaming hub as it was intended too. Sure, sometimes I go to reddit for stuff but the overall point is if this is the site that is supposed the central hub of the entire League Universe then why am I not on it more often?

Why can't I log into my account from here? Why can't I buy stuff from here? Why can't I check my in game stats and talk to my friends from here like I can from battle,net?

Thats the point I am trying to get across. I don't like using third party sites if I can avoid it. Why does Lollking or some other sites give me a better layout of my account than this one does? Its super ridiculous and I seriously want a Rioter to come in here and look at this stuff.

Stop making me use other sites.

MasterofSFLFeb 22, 20141 votes

I'm personally of the opposite opinion. While there should be more account editing through the League site (Rp/Item Purchases and Calculators), everything else is something the Community itself should take care of.

Riot is infamous for their Philosophy of not contributing to the meta directly or impacting player choices through example, so they will not post guides and if you retort that they can be done by the community, the Fact that sites like Mobafire exist makes it a moot point for Riot to step in (additional costs, traffic, ect for no reason).

I'd like to see Riot endorse more streamers, Casual and Professional and spotlight them again, but not through their site.

RaspberrykrakenFeb 23, 20142 votes

You are missing the point entirely. I am sick of the community just thinking that its the end all be all when its not. I want Riot is take a better stance and give me a reason to come here instead of forcing me to rely on third parties that are doing a better job of showing my league account and stats... If you come on here you might as well not even exist.

The only time you ever see your account is in game and that is ridiculous. I can go on battle.net and see everything laid out without worrying about anything. I can't be at my desktop all the time to change my stuff and thats unfair. All this is just so frustrating.

MasterofSFLFeb 23, 20141 votes

But then you step back and realize that League is Riot's only game, while Battle Net has multiple different ones and needs a central platform in which to deal with accounts that consist of more than one game.

Not only this, but Even Riot's website has multiple different iterations and until they have a central site for all members to visit, things like Guides and out-of-game Account interaction are going to take a backseat.

Lastly, the only downside of you not being able to access your account from anywhere is your inability to purchase RP and limited Items (skins), being able to change your runes and masteries outside of the game platform isn't something you need, at all.

RaspberrykrakenMar 8, 20141 votes

Why do I have to wait to get onto my desk top to change anything that I want to change? By the time I eventually get to it/log in I will have forgotten about what I wanted to change from a guide unless I book mark it/write it down to remind myself.

So what if Blizzard has mutliple games? Thats not the point. The point is their menus are not counter intuitive, I can go where I need to go in a matter of minutes and go on with my life while I have to wait with Riot. Thats the frustrating part.

I shouldn't have to rely on the client all the time for every little thing I want to do.

MasterofSFLMar 11, 20141 votes

Because why should Riot go through the process of designing an entire system that allows you to access your in-game profile, just so you can edit it at your leisure, when by doing so they would they would have to implemented it on a very broad area, with multiple sites.

You are quite capable of writing down, texting, emailing changes to yourself from your phone, laptop, ect.

ninjanomikzFeb 23, 20143 votes

not contributing to the meta directly? Are you serious? They enforce the meta all the time! The latest example of this is 4.2 with the changes on the turrets to force people back to the standard solo top lane instead of the lane swap.

MasterofSFLFeb 23, 20141 votes

Except this isn't enforcing the Meta and I still can't fathom why people think it is. It's a top Tier method that was developed and abused, it was causing the laning phase to be non-existent. It made for a boring ass game and warped the game itself.

When something creates a boring atmosphere and begins to change the game on a fundamental level, Riot steps in to stop it. What they did wasn't enforcing the Meta, it was enforcing game health, which are two completely different things.