Why does Riot hate 3v3?

FinalFlare·Oct 6, 2015·6 votes·961 views

So it seem riot doesn't care about 3v3, considering every time you go into solo its full of bots. They don't seem to promote it at all, and only seem to keep it/ update it because there are though people who do play it in groups ranked and normals. What are everyone's thoughts about this?

5 Comments

NotDevanOct 6, 20152 votes

I don't recall their reason, but I know it had something to do with esports. Because the game could not survive if there was a competitive scene on more than one map (/s).

Im highly disappointed. I really like TT and they only briefly put effort into balancing it (long enough to hit my main) while leaving much bigger problems to now run rampant.

ZT XperimentorOct 6, 20151 votes

They've been dismissive of it for years since it's more popular than dominion.

JingerbeardmanOct 6, 20151 votes

to difficult to balance champions and the game around 2 maps and design philosophies at the same time. Twisted treeline quite literally cold be made into an entire other game.

MinardeOct 6, 20151 votes

While it would certainly be quite an undertaking to match SR's update cadence, it doesn't seem that unreasonable to have a couple changes (for all alternate game modes) every other month or so. Given Riot's recent patching cadence, that'd be roughly once every 4 patches. It'd be much more helpful towards addressing stagnation and neglect concerns than the current 6+ month wait time while probably not requiring an excessive amount of resources.

JingerbeardmanOct 7, 20151 votes

if they make a couple changes here, people will want them to make a couple changes there, and eventually everywhere. When new champions get introduced the likelyhood that they even consider the other game modes is slim to none. Sad as it may seem, they are around simply as a way to enjoy the game in a different way without feeling like you have no other options. while originally they may have had ideas of grandeur for these modes, I have a feeling that when the game really took off and the competitive scene took shape that much of these plans were pushed aside as a more important direction came into being. If they were able to put the competitive scene on hold for a year they could have the time and resources to better accommodate the other modes but that is not possible.