Some Simple Ideas For Riot On New Map Designs
Ive been playing Leagues for a long time and Ive always enjoyed it, but I never shared my ideas especially after the new map designs were scarped for the right reasons. My main point to the map designs is to bring not just new art but a feel for the world that is Runeterra. From the design of Summoner's Rift, you don't have to create new lanes or redesign the lanes (just leave them alone), change up the scenery, add easter eggs, and change the minions, monsters (Baron and Dragon too!), the Bases, the Towers.
Riot has already create a Winter and Halloween designs for Summoner's Rift (although a lot of work will be need to change them since the Summoner's Rift has been updated and in full release). For someone like me in was pretty cool to play on those different designs, for although in prospective I'm just playing the "same" game over and over again, but once you play you know it not true that every time you start the game it's just going to be the "same" and thats what brings me back. But it would be awesome and refreshing to play on new designs that run on a random roller system where you have a chance of playing on any one of the maps.
Think of the possibilities for new redesigns; major cities/zones can have their own Summoner's Rift. Riot can remake the Halloween map to represent the Shadow Isles and remake the Christmas map to represent the Freljord. From there Riot can introduce Summoner Rift designs for Bandle City, Bilgewater, Demacia, Ionia, Mount Targon, Noxus, Piltover, Shurima and Zaun (IF they wanted to do this many Riot can take my soul now, but I complete understand that this would be WAY TOO DAMN MUCH).
An example: For Zaun; Riot can change the Wolves' camp into the Escaped Experiments' camp. The Razorbeaks' camp into a Gang's camp. The Ancient Krug's camp into Defective Robot's camp. Grump's camp can become a Living Blob of chemicals and waste camp. Rift Scuttler can become a Deformed Fish that is growing legs (been having trouble with ideas for this one). Red Brambleback can be a Corrupt Detective with Corrupt Officers. Blue Sentinel can be a Mad Preacher of a cult and has to Followers/Body Guards. Dragon can become a Deformed Dragon because of all the pollution (been having trouble coming up with ideas for with one too). And last Baron Nasher can become an escaped unstable deformed Super Solider Clone (it would be awesome if you added random dead bodies around him of others that tried to kill him, but unfortunately failed). Riot can redesign the walls to look like buildings/building walls (with random city features). Main lanes can be roads and jungle paths can be back alleys. The river can just have its color changed and have random bits of sewage and waste flowing through it. Towers, Inhibitors and Nexuses can be redesigned to fit the feel of the city's design. Melee minions can be redesigned to look like Robots and Ranged Minions redesigned to be Flying Sentries.
I think if Riot can pull this off a lot off people would be extremely happy and it could open up new opportunities for lore expansion, story plots, and easter eggs.