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"Black Market Brawlers" Q&A with the Play team. 8/4, 12PM -> 2PM PST

RiotL4T3NCY·8/4/2015, 6:51:26 PM·18 votes·102,895 views

Heya guys ^.^/

As a part of the Bilgewater: Burning Tides event, our latest Featured Game Mode, “Black Market Brawlers” is currently live, and the Play team is here to answer any questions you guys have! We make all the Featured Game Modes, so feel free to ask us anything about BMB or any previous modes. What's your favourite Brawler minion and why? Favourite Black Market item? What combination of Brawlers are you having the most success with? Tell us your stories!

We’ll be online from now for 2 hours, from 12:00AM -> 2:00PM PST.

-L4T3NCY -BuffMePlz -DefaultChar

EDIT: Heya guys, we're going to wrap it up and get back to work. We'll keep an eye on in here and try to drop in to answer a few extra questions. Thanks for taking the time to come chat with us! :D

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271 Comments

Hellioning8/4/2015, 6:57:19 PM10 votes

Can you actually release NURF for next April Fool's? It wouldn't be great for a week long thing, but I think it'd be fun for a couple of games.

Kongo Joe8/4/2015, 7:26:43 PM7 votes

I guess this is more about the event than the game mode, but I personally loved the short story. I felt that it really gave good insight into the characters in a way that the lore blurbs have never been able to do (The champion lores have always had the problem of telling, but never showing). Sure, you can say that TF and Graves have a complicated relationship, but this event was the first time that i ever got to visualize the grudge, but yet still get a feeling of how the could have worked as a duo at some point. I feel like i understood the characters better than i ever have before, and the interesting decision to have one event told from multiple perspectives really gave a weight and sense of urgency to the story. I felt as if there were real stakes, and although, i admit, at first i was a bit leery of how the entirely serious tone would match up with a story about a man who uses a magic deck of cards, i never found a place in which the world was no longer cohesive and believable to me. Although the story certainly wasn’t perfect (some of the early parts with Graves seemed a little repetitious, and his very sudden emotional realization at the end was a little jarring), i was still pleasantly surprised to have come out of the experience with, (as you can see) mostly positive things to say. All around, a solid story, with interesting characters that i found did more for lore building than anything i have seen Riot do so far.

So I guess my questions are, why was the decision made to create the story, who was primarily responsible for the writing(i.e. was it one person, or was there a specific team), and would they consider doing other pieces for future events?

7ha7guy7778/4/2015, 7:09:32 PM7 votes

Is it possible that some of the items may make it onto the rift as is or modified in some way? Please no typhoon claws or flesheater.

Will One For All be returning this season? I really want to see some interactions between recent champions like Tahm Kench and Kalista.

My favorite interaction was probably Nether Stride Grimoire on Malzahar. You could place Malefic Vision on a minion wave then use the movement speed boost to roam while you farmed a lane. The kiting power when you bought a Rylai's as well was insane. If the enemy didn't have a gapcloser there was no way they could catch you with a 20% movement speed boost while they're slowed by 20% for the full duration of your Malefic Visions' cooldown.

Vel Koz I can8/4/2015, 8:03:00 PM6 votes

How long were you guys at riot considering a game mode with custom items? What custom item ideas were scrapped, and were there any new snowball items considered, such as item 3041 or item 3141 ?

And I have to say, I really liked the 4th support item set (item 3844 item 3841 item 3840 ). Are there any plans or thoughts about a new support item in the regular game? A shielding support item was a really cool idea for supports like Orianna, Lulu, and Janna. I saw some great synergy with that and the rarely used ardent censor.

Any sneak peaks on the next featured game mode? {{summoner:2}}

Archenz8/4/2015, 7:07:44 PM6 votes

Favorite minion: Razorfin, because you can never 1v1 these guys Favorite Item: AP = Tricksters Glass, Tank = Dead Mans Plate Best combination: All RazorFins = afk in base and win

Virotoxic8/4/2015, 8:07:38 PM5 votes

how exactly does plunder crab anatomy work?

DwarvenGiant8/4/2015, 7:10:40 PM5 votes

Tell us about scrapped Brawlers, if there were any, please.

How do you feel about the Brawlers? I've seen a lot of people (including myself) that think that the Brawlers feel a little dull and boring and don't have that much impact on the game as it seemed they'd have. (Which leads me to the next question...)

Do you have plans or ideas on making Brawlers more interesting and interactive for the next time this mode comes (if ever)?

Ghøst of Return8/4/2015, 8:05:47 PM5 votes

Can you relase gamemodes like this and URF more often? Sometimes normals get a bit boring, you know :P

Thales8/4/2015, 7:09:52 PM5 votes

Were there concerns that additional rewards for kills and major objectives would make the games too snowbally?

How did you try to prevent the Brawler Minions from being predominantly invisible power?

beany8/4/2015, 6:57:32 PM5 votes

Can you confirm or deny that BMB is a testbed for potential new items?

Archenz8/4/2015, 7:06:24 PM4 votes

Would you ever consider adding these minions into normal solo q (after proper balancing) to add more depth to the game?

Solidair38/4/2015, 7:07:57 PM4 votes

Odds of seeing any of these items on summoner's Rift next season? Trickster's glass is such a cool addition!

Stexe8/4/2015, 7:29:04 PM4 votes

Was wondering why Morellonomicon was removed from Black Market Brawlers. Seems weird to remove a reliable source of Grievous Wounds. It makes Dr. Mundo impossibly difficult to shut down.

SignError8/4/2015, 8:00:06 PM4 votes

Why did you decide to have Murksphere upgrade from a click on item to a lobbing skill shot?

I was just wondering. Also, I liked to self cast it, so when I upgraded it to tier three, it took me a while to realize that it had become a skill shot.

LocoPineapples8/4/2015, 8:45:23 PM4 votes

I have a few questions, if you don't mind.

1.) Will the concept of tamable monsters be reused in any future gamemodes?

2.) Will the new items be incorperated into the rift in any way?

3.) What champion do you think had the strongest impact gameplay-wise in BmB?

Finally, a question pertaining to lore:

Why are a few select champions focused on during these events, (Azir and Sivir in Shurima, TF and Graves in Bligewater, ect), while other smaller ones such as Rammus and Fizz ignored? I understand that everyone has favorites, but I was excited to see where someone like Naut would've fit into the Burning Tides.

DeaThSiM0n8/4/2015, 8:47:08 PM3 votes

How do all the minions become bigger late game in Black Market Brawlres (not with the baron buff)?

Virotoxic8/4/2015, 7:28:06 PM3 votes

if you bring this mode back in the future what kind of new crazy contraband items might you put in the shop? did you consider any unique consumables?

Blue Socialist8/4/2015, 7:22:43 PM3 votes

I'm sure some of you have seen the negativity regarding the event rewards this time around and how grindy they've felt compared to other game modes, and how in some cases have caused some negative experiences (ffing because enough krakens, trying to prolong a winning game to get a Tier 3, etc.).

What are your thoughts on this and what have you guys learned from the event as you saw it play out?

Kekyoin3478/4/2015, 7:10:01 PM3 votes

Were there any bugs or glitches that you guys found with the new minions when Black Market Brawlers was still in beta/on PBE?

Lunea8/4/2015, 7:34:23 PM3 votes

How do came up with the idea of Black Market Brawlers (inc. Minions and Items)? :)

Seykim8/4/2015, 7:40:05 PM2 votes

why cant i buy the enchantment teleport for boots?