Why Does Riot refuse to fix Purple/Red's side of summoners rift?!

Star Twister·12/28/2014, 2:30:46 AM·12 votes·4,373 views

Playing from Purple/red side of summoners rift is a HUGE disadvantage! For starters the handicap forced on Purple team by having the HUD blocking the the part of the screen that blue team is going to be coming into range, you can't see them until well after they can see you, effectively Red team has to play dragging a bush for Blue team around with them constantly. Speaking of bushes with the exception of being in bot lane blue side players are partially obstructed by bushes when the emerge from the top side of the bush, which again favors Blue team because of the split second purple players may not be able to make out exactly which player is coming out which may cause them to make a big mistake like rocket grabbing an Amumu. This is by far the EASIEST PROBLEM TO FIX, simply allowing players to rotate the camera around on preset angles so that they can get the same angle on the game as blue team, or for what ever reason blue could get purples camera angle.

The harder issue to fixe would be the disadvantageous jungle positioning, Blue side has access to the back of the dragon pit allowing for a much safer place to contest Dragon from should purple be doing it where purple only has the option to com into the pit from the front where they have no cover. While the this same advantage is afforded to Red team in regards to Barron however this can often be muted by blue team taking Dragon's either by killing it outright or by stealing from over the wall blue will have a better chance of bullying red team out of the baron area effectively negating the advantage. This problem is a bit harder to tackle but perhaps making players inside dragon/baron pit be able to see the area outside the pit as if the wall wasn't there, giving that kind of vision could help even the odds and allow people in the pit to fight back more easily, after all they took the risk of in the pit first they shouldn't be punished for it by a sneaky ninja smite.

23 Comments

iamthegoatofwar12/28/2014, 2:06:58 PM8 votes

Personally I've never had a problem playing either side.

Sukishoo12/28/2014, 3:02:22 PM4 votes

I never have problems on either side of the map.

Gunpoint12/28/2014, 2:43:20 AM3 votes

I don't know, I can't play champions like Xerath and Kog'maw on red team at all. It's just too obnoxious keeping track of myself and the enemy on unlocked camera. Clearly the Baron and the Dragon don't really matter but the whole aiming thing does bother me. This new map made it better though and had things become clearer. Now I can play adc on red team without crying. Locked screen is a curse but I'd rather just play melee champions than play with unlocked.

HoverBacon12/28/2014, 2:24:58 PM2 votes

The HUD thing is easy. Hide the bits of it you don't need, and shrink the rest.

Also, unlock your camera. By playing with a locked camera, you are crippling yourself by denying yourself map awareness.

The dragon/baron pit issue is a little harder to solve. Maybe fix it by taking both monsters out of their pits, and put them in the river, so that both teams have to come out into the open?

Star Twister1/2/2015, 6:48:57 AM2 votes

If Riot won't do something as simple as let us ROTATE THE CAMERA then they should allow for Addons to do it for ourselves, I would rather have the gameplay be more fun than have a miserable time while looking at pretty scenery. I think everyone can sympathize with that sentiment wether you think purple side is at a disadvantage or not, I can't imagine anyone here likes getting curb stomped.

ModThe Djinn12/28/2014, 5:36:01 AM2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Star Twister,realm=NA,application-id=LFfTlAky,discussion-id=WziXHteB,comment-id=,timestamp=2014-12-28T02:30:46.428+0000)This is by far the EASIEST PROBLEM TO FIX, simply allowing players to rotate the camera around on preset angles so that they can get the same angle on the game as blue team, or for what ever reason blue could get purples camera angle.

You say it's the easiest, but Riot has stated several times that Summoner's Rift is designed to look good from only one side. It's easier on low-end computers to not have to render or calculate the back faces of the objects on the map, so most of them simply don't have back geometry. They'd have to literally remake the map from scratch (as they've said several times) to solve the issue.

Mindspeaker12/28/2014, 5:54:43 AM2 votes

i also pout to myself when i end up on purple/red side ....especially if i am plying ranged.

AbyssionKnight12/28/2014, 5:43:59 PM1 votes

You could just play with a hud mod. Then you can just rearrange the hud so it's in a position that's neutral for both sides.

There are probably mods that made the hud semi-transparent too, so you can see your info while also seeing the areas of the screen that the hud blocks.

Norscout12/28/2014, 5:59:31 PM1 votes

Because riot doesn't care and they are lazy

asktiks1/2/2015, 6:48:12 AM1 votes

well ...

as for the camera/view handicap your suggestion is fine but hard to implement programmingwise, easier fix would be to allow players to display UI on the top side of the screen instead of bottom, just invert the positions of onscreen items it could work , though it would take getting used to

as for the dragon pit an easy fix too would be to make the walls of the dragon pit thicker/taller as to not allow either team to pick dragon or ward or whatever over the wall giving neither team an advantage

SexyTaylorSwift12/28/2014, 2:18:16 PM1 votes

I don't know. Personally, I haven't had a problem where I was like, man I would have won if I were on blue side. I think it is more so Riot's oddball matchmaking system, but that's just me. I know that the stats say blue side has an advantage, but I think having first pick plays a role into that. I think they could switch and give red/purple side first pick to see if that evens it out a bit. It would probably be the easiest and quickest test to run, compared to implementing a new camera system.

While we are on the topic, we just decide whether it is purple or red rito?