Featured Game mode contiuation Ideas, custom game idea and Map Idea
I usually dont make threads, but I have had a couple Ideas in which I feel are really pretty good ones that should be considered. So here goes:
Idea 1. Create a mixed bag queue of the featured game modes. Perhaps put up a monthly community poll to determine the 5 most popular featured game modes, and then have those game modes be enabled in a special mixed bag queue. And depending on the community, they could vote some modes in and some out for the next month. And every month the game modes available would change to reflect the community polls.
This would allow players to play the featured game modes they really enjoy, and would like to play more, while not completely dividing the playerbase, as it would if there were a urf mode and doom bots at the same time.
Idea 2. Alternatively, you could make non seasonal featured game modes available to custom games. Then you would not have to set up special servers to handle a determined game mode. You would not have to worry about dividing the player base either.
Idea 3. You could allow a host of custom games to be able to access a new Advanced controls, that would allow players to REALLY customize their custom games. For instances you could allow a host to cause every champion to spawn with 300 bonus movespeed. Or allow them to have everyone spawn at lv 18 with max gold. Or give everyone 1000 armor and mr.ETC. I feel that league of legends should have custom game ability similar to halo 3 custom games. Where the players can alter their own rules. Alter the stats players can have.
At the very least custom games needs a overhaul. As it is now it really doesnt feel very custom. It feels like I get to choose who I want as a team and enemy, map, and titile of the queue. That is it. And it feels very underwhelming.
A practical application of a true custom game choice ability, would be the ability to actually PRACTICE theorycrafting. One could actually test how a end game build on x champion would work against y champion without having to play a 35-50 minute game.
I cant tell you how much time I have wasted and been bored to death, just farming minions, and trying my best to not push at all or kill to many intermediate bots, just to try a end game build. Its really boring and dry waiting and being careful for 30 minutes, just for 5-10 minutes of actual work and testing.
With the ability to alter level, stats, and gold available(and perhaps even items purchassed) from minute one, would allow someone to actually test who is stronger 1v1, late game, a full build kat, or a full build kassadin, with the players being able to duel it out at minute 1, rather than have to farm and kill bots or enemy teammates all game, just to begin the true duel.
I would imagine that this could potentially help test some bugs as well.
Idea 4. I really really really, was excited to hear the rumors about magma chamber(the original version). I was really excited to have a new map as big or bigger than summoners rift. Since then I was disappointed to learn it was cancelled, and remade into that 1v1/2v2 map, that seems to also have been cancelled.
Since then I have just been pondering and craving a new map bigger than summoners rift, that had more players on the teams. I would really like to see a map where there is 8v8, or 10v10. I think it would be really interesting teamcomps that would arise, and I think it would be something that I would wear out if available. I understand that there is a concern for dividing up the existing playerbase, and that it would cause even more problems for less popular queues, but I believe it is something that should be done. Even if it only has a single option for pick option(draft pick blind pick etc)
Featured Game Mode Idea.
Here is a idea for a featured game mode. Many league of legends players have not been around for many years. Many never remembered the time where snowballing was a major issue, or dodge was a mechanic. For others, such as myself, we remember. We remember the time of stacking item passives. We remember interverted locket. We remember champions before they were reworked, and being op. We remember when things were more wild and unpredictable.
So I propose you make a league of legends game mode called "League of legends Classic", in which you would revert champions and items to how they were in a particular patch. Or you could revert champions to how they were on release(without the bugs), and items before they were overhauled.
Alternatively you could just settle to enableing all items removed, and allow stacking passives, and current items (such as blood thirster)restored to their original state.
If you read nothing else of my ideas please read this here statement. Most of all, I think custom games needs a real overhaul, to allow players to actually customize their games, and that to complete and compliment the existing maps and choices, there needs to be a new bigger map with more players involved(so between 7v7, 10v10)