PROJECT: Reckoning Event and PROJECT as an ARAM Map Skin
I'm a bit confused on the rhyme or reason Riot decides on how or when to theme a map according to the events.
From latest to earliest: July 2019, we had an Arcade Themed map as well as minions, April 2019 Cats VS Dogs didn't have any map themes, February 2019 The Lunar Revel had map themes, golden statues and lane markings, December 2018 - January 2019, there's always been a Winter Themed map skin September 2018 the Space Odyssey event with an RGM
This year's PROJECT event only has themed minions and with no return of PROJECT: Overcharge / Substructure 43 I couldn't help but think how cool it could have been if Riot had incorporated PROJECTs theme into an ARAM map for a few good reasons.
PROJECT as an ARAM map skin
PROJECT: Yi and Fiora overlooking the city https://i.imgur.com/OwcjIogl.jpg
PROJECT: Lucian face PROJECT: Zed on top of the building Yi was held captive in https://i.imgur.com/in0gjjUl.jpg
- RGMs, like Substructure 43, are rare to come by
- Each PROJECT cinematic puts a lot of emphasis on the scale of the city that PROJECT takes place in. Characteristics that are shared with the Howling Abyss:
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The city is heckin' tall
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Like the Howling Abyss there's an inevitable 'bottom' to the map, the city has a slum illustrated in the first 15 seconds of The Hunt | PROJECT: Hunters
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PROJECT: Overdrive had Yi, Fiora, Lucian, and Zed fighting high up on the neon city skyline.
- The characters chosen for Outsiders | PROJECT: Reckoning look like they're itching for some destruction, ARAM is a map that degrades when structures are conquered. There's even a giant bridge on top of Irelia's head when they're posing in front of the the city.
https://i.imgur.com/vdqFpScl.jpg
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Although not related to PROJECTs lore entirely, the ARAM pool could be limited to champs with mecha/cyberpunk/robot/cyborg themes and granting the players to use those skins much like Snowdown Showdown 2018.
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Allow asset reuse from Substructure 43 if it isn't ever coming back:
- Vending machines for merchants
- Bridge Guardrails
- Steam vents for brush
Now with the imminent removal of Twisted Treeline, rotating game modes constantly being on halt, I think that having a PROJECT skinned ARAM map would have been a great fix. For one, seeing how popular PROJECT is, having to return 4 times now, it could totally be reused in the next PROJECT event for whenever that happens. If not, it would be a great way to conclude the PROJECT skin line and deliver the futuristic carnage and total destruction of the city.
Frankly, not having to see this events theme in-game (outside of the minions) makes it less immersive that I'd hoped. Namely because there's all these teasers, trailers, and stories that really hype up events like PROJECT only to have it be the same as it ever was: mission passes, prestige points, exclusive cosmetics, and an extremely long token grind.
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- making sure images where posted as thumbnails
- Added 5th reasoning: asset reuse.
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