Conquest: An alternative to Vs. events
The Versus events that Riot has been doing recently have been cool, but there isn't much thematically. The Idea of fighting for a faction against another half of the player base is cool but undermined when all it is is completing missions and, according to many people, the edgy side always wins. What if there were Versus events, not between specific characters, but between entire regions and factions of Runeterra?
#Introducing CONQUEST
When a Conquest event is held, there is a special Conquest game mode on the RGM slot. This Game mode would have two "queues" named after the respective faction. (similar to how Draft and Ranked are shown as different queues) Instead of these "queues" putting you in games with people of the same queue, it matches you with five people from the same queue and puts that team against another team of the opposing queue. This way, players are never locked out of playing one side and possibly making the mode go stale too quickly.
The game mode would be a 3v3, as some factions have very limited rosters to pick from. (For example, The void has no supports and Bilgewater has only Pyke.) It would be played on a map akin to Twisted Treeline, having each based themed after the respective region, and Vilemaw would be removed and replaced by an additional capture point on the top and bottom of the map. Having control over all four capture points grants the team a temporary buff against structures.
At the end of the event, a short lore piece would be written describing the "war" between the factions. The lore piece would not have to be majorly impactful to a point where it interferes with Riot's overall lore. Additionally, players who predominantly played on the winning team could be rewarded with BE, Icons, and possibly skin shards depending on their involvement with the event. (e.g. a player who played once for X would get just BE, whereas a player who played 80 times for X might get a skin shard along with BE) The losing team would also get BE based on participation, but not as much as the winning team.
This Idea could help tie the game of League of Legends into the lore more, as Summoners Rift doesn't even exist as far as the lore is concerned. It could also potentially get those who only played the game interested in the lore.
Let me know your thoughts on this idea!
