Am I the only one upset with how dull the new map is?

LuckyReden·11/15/2014, 2:34:41 AM·3 votes·1,033 views

Here are my thoughts:

Riot is trying to make it less eye-catching in order to preserve player focus. They say that the map should be the last thing anyone's eyes focus on. I completely disagree and there are other reasons the map shouldn't be dull.

Lets talk about focus. When I am ideally focused in a League Game, for example a team fight, I am taking into account my Cooldowns, the sounds, the visuals, my knowledge of the enemy's cooldowns, my predictions of the enemy's movements, and my knowledge/experience. No where in that list is "the background".

Was a distracting map a problem before? I never once said "Dang it, I missed my Q because that stupid grass is too bright" after I died. If anyone had a problem with that then please speak now or forever hold your peace, because I had never noticed any of those problems. I also don't notice any kind of a difference now that it is duller. It's pretty poor reasoning to change your whole art style to be more like DotA.

Before the map update I liked League of Legends because it's art style was much more vibrant and lively. One of the reason's I don't like DotA is because of it's duller art style. Now that I hear people say, oh now it looks like DotA, I get really sad. I can tell in some aspects it has upheld some of the original themes, but the map is just so overwhelmingly dull I left depressed.

Can we please just brighten it up? I have a toaster and have to run it on Low and it looks awful anyways, can it at least be a nicer color since I only get 1 color on Low and its moldy green.

2 Comments

ScurvyNave11/15/2014, 2:56:08 AM1 votes

I'm more upset with how much fps drops the new map gives me. I'd rather have riot fix the little bugs with it first before changing the colour scheme