[Riot] Luau Minions only on Summoner's Rift

Kinjishi·Jun 24, 2015·30 votes·1,546 views

"Level 4: •Every lane’s a luau with Pool Party minions; they’ll make a splash for all of patch 5.12 "

This is a blatant lie thus far and am really disgusted by it. We earned this by playing Summoner's Rift, Dominion, and ARAM during Pool Party. You only enabled this for Summoner's Rift. I played all three maps today and the luau minions are only on SR. What kind of BS is this, Riot?

What a large disincentive for people to participate in future "events" when the reward is not evenly distributed. This needs to be corrected for the other maps ASAP.

13 Comments

JW SephirothJun 24, 20154 votes

I agree! If the minion change can be added to the rift, it surely wouldn't be a huge ordeal to enable them on the other maps as well. Even Twisted Treeline could see the new minions.
Granted, it is a free reward that we weren't required to pay for, it just seems nice to let other plays who don't commonly play on the rift (Some people are dedicated to other maps and thus rarely Rift) be able to see the new minion on any map.

But here's my two cents to support Riot. First, Dominion uses completely different models for minions, so it would take more time and effort to make pool party minions for that map as well. Also, Howling abyss and Twisted Treeline just don't seem appropriate for Pool Party Minions.

KinjishiJun 24, 20153 votes

It's not entirely true that we didn't pay for it. Two of the ways to receive points in Pool Party were through RP, the third was through winning games. However, Riot didn't tell us that it would only be for Summoner's Rift. Also, 3 maps contributed to the reward - but only one map received the reward. That's not right at all.

JW SephirothJun 24, 20153 votes

To be fair, we weren't paying for the event so much as for the gifting, which came with it's own rewards of a random skin/champ.

Apart from that, it was a little rude to not have minions on all the maps! Or at least contributing maps.

MinardeJun 25, 20152 votes

Apart from that, it was a little rude to not have minions on all the maps! Or at least contributing maps.

Should just be all maps. TT players didn't really have a say on whether or not they contributed wins. There's also the gifting aspect, which TT players probably did participate in.

KüramaJun 24, 20153 votes

Agreed. I'm hoping we can see them in other maps later in this patch or by the next patch for the latest. They can leave SR in the next patch like they said and move to the other maps.

SukishooJun 25, 20153 votes

"Every lane" clearly says SR right in it. TT has 2 lanes, HA has 1 lane...and Dom has no Lanes. They were pointing out a large multilane map XD

KinjishiJun 25, 20155 votes

No, it doesn't state SR in it - otherwise the words "Summoner's Rift" would be present. "Every Lane" means exactly that - every lane, not just Summoner's Rift. Dominion has a lane, which goes around the map in a circle.

SukishooJun 25, 20153 votes

Circle is not a lane lol. Besides, it was obviously only meant for SR as they had those assets on the PBE ONLY FOR SR.

Kholdstare13Jun 26, 20152 votes

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"Every lane" clearly says SR right in it. TT has 2 lanes, HA has 1 lane...and Dom has no Lanes. They were pointing out a large multilane map XD

"every lane" applied to LoL is 11 of them. 3 SR, 2 TT, 1 HA, and 5 Dom including the 4 noobtrap lanes where the minions can party by themselves (or typically not at all for mids unless bot gets capped or there's a backcap).

Dominion bot lane is my home. We SHOULD be complaining that all we got were minions instead of also getting a piña colada for relics, but instead we got literally nothing.

LeetriJun 25, 20153 votes

It's not a lie, it's just vaguely worded and people assumed it meant for every map. I was always under the impression that it was only for Summoner's Rift, since that's the only place they've shown the minions in.

FastAsHeckJun 25, 20152 votes

i dont think pool party minions would fit with the HA theme well lol

The TrentJun 25, 20152 votes

if u want a game that actually cares about its players play smite (I don't personally like the game but they love throwing free stuff at you that usually costs money)