Boards›Concepts & Creations

New Map Suggestion

RookPusher·6/5/2016, 6:25:32 PM·1 votes·208 views

Preamble: I think the reason other maps don't often work out (read: get popular) is because they deviate from the general concept of the MOBA. And why ARAM works is because it doesn't change the core concept. Use your champ to kill people and take buildings.

Having said that, I'd love to see a map that operates like ARAM but only in one direction. For example, red team is on offense, and blue team plays defense. The game would alternate "phases" based on either a 10 minute timer expiring, or upon destruction of the nexus. All players begin the game at level 18.

Example:

Red team needs to destroy blue teams nexus before the 10 min mark. If they do, they're given a point. If they don't, blue team receives a point. Once that phase ends, the roles are reversed and the game begins again. First team to 5 points wins.

1 Comments

Minarde6/5/2016, 10:14:42 PM1 votes

No, other maps don't become popular because Riot allocates almost no resources to them. The lack of updates makes modes feel stale and/or unbalanced. It also harms the general perception of the mode, as "why should we care about this mode when even the devs don't care about it?" Thus people often either choose to play SR, which does get regular updates, or just stop playing League altogether.

ARAM avoids most of this problem due to the mode's randomness and relative simplicity. The straightfoward map layout makes ARAM casually-approachable, so it's easier to organize games or get started. The random champs mitigate stagnation by helping limit the same champs from showing up game after game.