I recently paid my way into the Heroes of the Storm beta and one thing that I love about the game, other than new characters to play and the various characters from the different Blizzard games being brought into a MOBA format, is that there are about 6 game modes at the present time, with one more on its way in the near future. I understand that this is a different game and each game will implement game modes in their own way, league builds onto the default maps and add interesting twists, while HotS creates game modes with new looking maps with the same overall objective of destroying the Core (The Nexus) but with interesting objectives like unleashing a dragon creature that can be used to help push to the Core, paying a pirate to shoot cannons at the enemy buildings, etc, each mode having interesting ways to accomplish the same overall goal but each feeling new, fresh, exciting, even just the change of scenary, added objectives, different looking jungle camps which go with the theme of the map. Blizzard has made it clear that they will keep creating new game modes and have talked about possibly alternating which game modes will be available when more are out, but that there will always be various game modes to choose from.
I've been playing league for the past couple of years and, as much as I love the game, I am starting to long for more permanent game modes to switch up the routine. It's nice having aram and dominion, even twisted tree line is a nice alternate, but it is almost a tease when we get these temporary game modes, find some that we love (Legend of the Poro King and One for All, in my case) and have them taken away from us with no idea when or if we will ever be able to play them again. I agree, we were told we would have different featured game modes come out, some would come back, and it sounded as if we'd always have some sort of rotation. It's been awhile since our last featured game mode, and even though Nemesis Draft is coming out soon I'm excited, while feeling the same disappointment creep back up.
It hurts that there are so many available spots when choosing a game mode to play, seeing the empty spots that soon could be filled with a new game modes on the list, but only once in awhile having one extra line filled when it looks like 3-5 more could be added. It seems to me that more game modes may have been in the original design when they created the UI of selecting a game mode, hence the available spots for later added game modes, but maybe that has been pushed to the backburners while creating new champions, balancing the game and focusing on other things deemed more important and receiving a higher priority.
I love the game, Riot please allow us to play some of these awesome game modes you have brought to light. If it were something like the hero rotation each week, I'd be fine with that, something to give us more options to enjoy this game that we love, but in an ever-changing world with newer mobas on the horizon, even here like Heroes of the Storm, something has to change in order for this game to continue being as successful as it is now. I would even take a new game mode or a new map to be added to the game over a new champion at this point. I love new champions and I love that you keep giving us more, but please show some love to game modes, even the maps. I'd be okay with a random alternate looking summoners rift at this point, something to give some freshness to this game that I love. I've been playing a lot less lately, playing a ton of HotS, but it actually hurts that my passion for league is dying because I still love the game. Like a relationship, if we can't keep it fresh and just allow it to get stale, don't work on our concerns and problems, over time its going to die, and I believe it will be happening for a good number of players in the near future.
Thanks for bringing the issue up devilslayer, its definitely been on my mind a lot lately too.
