New Rotating Game Mode: Glory Days

R492·Mar 10, 2018·3 votes·411 views

Basically this mode would be a Summoner's Rift draft with the following twist: every champion chosen is set back to the way they were when they were first released. No champion is broken when every champion is broken! Unless Riot still has the original code still stored somewhere this would be a massive undertaking, but for the long-term players out there it would likely be highly popular. Just putting it out there to see what people think, let me know your opinions in the comment section below!

4 Comments

Rude NameMar 10, 20181 votes

Riot has commented on a game mode like this. I can’t quite recall the reason why, but it was logical and fair enough.

Although, if there’s enough demand for a certain product, then it should be met, as goes the law of commerce.

Up you go![slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

underscores222Mar 10, 20182 votes

Riot commented on a "roll back" version of the game (a gamemode from a long-past season) - the tech behind the game has changed massively over the years, so they would basically have to make the old version completely over, which would take significant resources away from making new and better things for league.

R492Mar 10, 20181 votes

That's a quite sensible argument and I can understand that issue, however there may be some workarounds. For instance, any coding done on a different piece of software can be translated into the current one, with a team of 6 they can probably do it in a couple months while the rest of their staff continues their work uninterrupted. After that it would make sense for them to apply the bug fixes that have taken place since the release dates, as otherwise the mode would be fairly unplayable. if they ran it on a separate server linked to the new one so that summoners could join they wouldn't have to spend too much extra cash, and since it would be entered into the rotation it wouldn't be a waste. Then there's the added incentive of players wanting to buy champs that used to be broken but aren't anymore (and therefore the summoners haven't purchased them) so they may earn some extra revenue in that regard. It would be quite the process but I think the overall response from the community would be positive, and if they are looking for something new why not go with something old? One alternative as well is at the end of the season we get a 'flashback' mode where all champs are returned to how they were at the start of the season (and champs released throughout the season are either banned or set to their original state).

EdmundóMar 10, 20181 votes

Seems like some champions would be complete garbage and some would be greatly overpowered. It's going to feel like a normal game but with weird changes that might throw people off as they've gotten used to the changes. How would this apply to reworks and mini reworks? Would fizz's ultimate hit box be how it used to be?