A Plea to Keep U.R.F. the Same

Rags 2 Legendary·Nov 6, 2014·21 votes·2,971 views

To Whom it May Concern,

Riot, you are an innovator, an ever-changing organism that evolves and adapts just like anything else. However, dear Rito, **I ask you to keep one thing constant: U.R.F.. **

The game mode itself is brilliant. Ultra Rapid Fire (U.R.F.) has created some of the most splendid moments that I - and many others - have ever experienced in League of Legends. Fortunately, I do not have to debate why it should come back as it is foretold to be released again. Instead, I must debate how it should come back.

Whether it be Hexakill: Twisted Treeline, or One For All: Howling Abyss, Riot has shown a tendency to keep attempting to reinvent the wheel. This strategy should not affect U.R.F. as well. For instance, the consensus is that the original One For All on Summoner's Rift was far superior than the one that occurred on the Howling Abyss. The "Why?" for now is unimportant, for it would set me off on another tangent, but it does provide a valuable lesson: not every experiment is successful.

Now, do not get me wrong, I do love experiments. My love for U.R.F. is a testament to that fact. However, like Victor Frankenstein sewing a few body pieces together, I fear U.R.F. will be reanimated in a frightening state. People enjoyed U.R.F. as it was - there were only minor areas of improvement. There is no need to prohibit the release of U.R.F. 2.0 because it may seem more interesting to put it on dominion, or more dreadfully, the Howling Abyss.

Furthermore, the few things that could get patched are relatively easy to fix. For example, banning champions outright - such as Sona - was just downright silly. While she definitely was over powered, U.R.F. 2.0 has the capacity to fix the problems rather than band-aid them. A proposed fix would be reducing healing/barrier effects, or setting a cool-down floor (Can't be lower than .5s, for example.)

**I now plead to you, League of Legends overlords, please release U.R.F. as it was before. I believe a few changes would be tolerable, but please do not create a One For All U.R.F. Howling Abyss, or something that will boggle our simplistic minds. Or, better yet, if you do change it up, please release the regular version as well. **

It only makes sense, for from a scientific perspective, the most favored game-mode would be played the most, and therefore be clearly more successful.

/endplea

TL:DR = BOLD

P.S.. Why does everything have to be a secret? A grand unveiling is one thing, but keeping people in the dark is another thing entirely. Let us, as a community, offer our feedback. What are the current plans for U.R.F.'s release?

28 Comments

Killer X 12Nov 6, 20146 votes

One for all on the howling abyss...such a terrible idea. Hexakill on the twisted treelin > to hex on the rift. That is not because of anything riot did, its just that the rift is almost exactly the same with 2 extra players.

I'd like to see URF the way it was before. Changes i'd be cool with, personally, would be: A minimum time between casts so you don't have to ban helicopter hec from the gamemode. Make it so things cannot have a lower CD than like 0.3 seconds. Unfortunately some champions are only restricted by their CDs and otherwise they are fucking retarded God-Tier picks.

Error ScreenNov 7, 20141 votes

Maybe do the same cooldown reduction they did to Zilean?

Killer X 12Nov 7, 20141 votes

Yea, i'd rather they have to make an across the board cd min than keep banning champs.

RaasuNov 6, 20144 votes

please for gods sake rito do what the man says! we need URF in our lives...

SMA OdysseyNov 6, 20144 votes

Ayyy I can get behind this, give us the answers lord rito!

ZimuusNov 6, 20142 votes

Was there an announcement saying it would return (and for good?) or are you also wanting it to come back in general?

Killer X 12Nov 6, 20146 votes

Riot said that it would be coming back, but with changes. I liked it the way it was.

ZimuusNov 6, 20144 votes

Any idea when? If it does come back, would it be permanent or just another timed event?

I feel it would be a very successful gamemode like ARAM is but what do I know.

Rags 2 LegendaryNov 6, 20141 votes

Nope. Riot will not bequeath the details, because they probably are not final or they do not want to spoil anything.

Rags 2 LegendaryNov 6, 20141 votes

“U.R.F. was never meant to be more than an April Fool’s gag, but the community’s response has been anything but a joke, so goodbyes need not be final. Ultra Rapid Fire will come back in one form or another, but like all Featured Game Modes it wasn’t designed to live forever.”

That's a quote from Riot awhile back. Tidbits have come up here and there, but overall, nothing about the state of U.R.F. 2.0 has been released. I made this post, because I agree with you. I want the original more or less back.

Killer X 12Nov 6, 20141 votes

I recall reading that exact thing, yes, but riot employees have stated that the mode would be returning. There were some on reddit, you could probably find the exact quotes somewhere on surrender@20.

ZimuusNov 6, 20141 votes

It also could just never return, Riot has said things in the past and never lived up to it so don't get your hopes too high. We have the icon to remember our greatest love, URF shall never be forgotten, only moved on.

BRBGTGBOWFLEXNov 6, 20142 votes

URF was only good until they removed Sona. After that it was just really boring. Protect Battlestation Sona is the highest form of URF play.

ChaoscontrolNov 6, 20141 votes

I remember a friend watching me play URF and constantly referring to Sona as the "Boss" unit.

Protect the Final boss!

Fried NoobNov 6, 20142 votes

I'll probably get a lot of hate for this, but URF sucked in my opinion. I understand why people enjoyed it, but after the first day, facing non-stop Nidalee , Morgana , Sona (before her pernaban) and all the other champions that were incredibly broken in that mode really killed my enjoyment.

Latenight HavocNov 6, 20141 votes

The reason why Urf was so amazing is because it also helped improve players mechanically. For example, playing a champ like Zed was GREAT practice in my opinion. You can dodge Morg/Nid spears... Just gotta be prepared for it. Flash was up every like 15 seconds also. And i do believe there was a banning phase.. I understand the annoyance with Sona, but that a pretty easy fix. And if you didn't want to play against them just simply ban. Urf was so much fun because it was very fast pace. The amount of plays to be made were amazing to count. Its just what we needed when we wanted to take a break from our stressful climbs. Not even to just BINGE it. Just to play for fun. But honestly switching maps with it like they did on One for All might kill it. We enjoy it because its on the map we all know and love... And because its the same gameplay but more fast pace and thats why we enjoy it so much.

TL;DR: Urf improved players mechanically, and we all love it because its the same exact gameplay but much more fast paced and great to play for fun. Changing the map would definitely hurt it, but i don't dodging a couple skillshots is a problem at all. If anything its great practice to look forward to. They did have a banning phase so all you have to do is take advantage of that. Hope riot doesn't change it too much.

ChaoscontrolNov 6, 20142 votes

Snowdown Urfdown

Latenight HavocNov 6, 20141 votes

That actually sounds pretty sick. But as like a SECOND game mode. 5v5 URF Summoners Rift as the first.

Rew711Nov 6, 20141 votes

There are some champions I would had loved to spam–I mean try. Like Vladimir, Zilean, a few others.

Rags 2 LegendaryNov 6, 20141 votes

I loved playing Urgot. However, my favorite was Lucian, because the Culling was up every 10 seconds or so. It was hella fun to do "drive by shootings" all over the map.

7ha7guy777Nov 6, 20141 votes

Frankenstein Viktor confirmed?

crazyawesomecatNov 6, 20141 votes

I would always pick fiddles when I saw the enemy pick hecarim so I never really had a problem against him.

JunkοNov 6, 20141 votes

The champions that were disabled should be tweaked to not be as broken(and more importantly, won't need to be disabled), other than that it should be exactly like it was for April Fools.

Rags 2 LegendaryNov 6, 20142 votes

I do not believe the champions should be tweaked, but instead, the special conditions that U.R.F. provides. 80% CDR pretty much makes some champions not even have CD's, which made them incredibly OP. However, if there was a minimum CD requirement, then the champions that got banned - such as Hecarim and Sona - would be nerfed to a competitive level.

They have already done things like this before U.R.F. was released. For instance, Zilean's rewind got tweaked, and the number of traps place-able by Teemo and Shaco got limited too. However, the latter change is better, because it is more general. If every champion was tweaked, then it would take the developers forever. Furthermore, people coming into U.R.F. would have a completely different sense of who their champion is, because they would have been changed so much. I believe the individual champions should remain the same as much as possible.

Rinky DinkyNov 7, 20141 votes

I feel like Kassadin would need a specific tweak. His design is reliant on his keeping his power in check through cooldowns and manapool, mostly mana pool.

Rags 2 LegendaryNov 7, 20141 votes

Very true. He along with Ryze were deleted before U.R.F. was even released. I imagine they could think of something - such as a flat CD for his ultimate.