I think riot should make a new game mode on The Crystal Scar that is a 5 person free for all they could use the towers as spawn locations and everyone starts at level 6 with increased health and mana regen when out of combat this would also make the map more relevant
Tell me your thoughts please
The ongoing problems with a free for all style game mode are:
How can you tell who's winning? "What happens when the game ends?"-- does everyone but one player win-- does everyone win a little, just some more than others-- Is it like a first, second, third style podium victory? How could it be balanced so not everyone chooses the same champ cuz they're OP alone? How can this be a 'turn around' style game if someone is completely dominating?
As for a suggestion on how to fix at least some of these problems, I would suggest adding a sort of 'diplomacy system'. This would allow players to form alliances with others during the match, while still retaining their independence and competition of one another.
IE: You are Yasuo, and see there is a Janna player. Through the shop or tab menu, you can choose to propose a timed alliance with them the next time they go to their shop. If they accept, neither of you can damage eachother and your abilities work with one another as if you started on the same team. Kills are earned individually, and assists are counted as 0.5 kills, requiring two to get a kill. When the effect ends, you are enemies again and cannot make a new alliance for a while. Only two players may be allied with one another at one time to keep things from becoming a bully fest of 5 v 1, and so on. Experience is always individual, and is never shared except in special cases, such as Zilean passive on an ally.
I would say make it podium style, with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on for however many players seems viable.
Banning would be done lottery pick style, and character selection done Draft pick style, each taking turns one after the other. There cannot be copies of the same champion.
I also would have to say, make a new map for this new mode, not reuse an already well purposed map for the simple reason of making it more relevant.
