Another reason why Dominion isn't popular, and ways to help

Flore·12/27/2014, 10:07:52 AM·7 votes·1,320 views

There's no knowledge about the mode readily available to players.

It's different, that is confusing initially, and bots doesn't do a very good job of teaching you whats happening.

If there were an Intro Co-op vs AI like there is for SR this might help, as well as better information when you hover over the mode in Game Mode Selection. Something telling people that items are different here, and its win condition is drastically different, and that they might want to check out Intro bots. The tips at the beginning of the game are really just enough to scratch the surface of the mode.

Builds in champions spotlights would be cool too, but showing video of how old this map looks side by side with new SR would probably raise awarness of how dated it is.

6 Comments

Shadynight9712/27/2014, 10:19:38 AM4 votes

well sadly bots act funky in dominion if you have all the points captured they get stuck and sometimes they just run around confused if there is no minions near by

BLU Medic12/27/2014, 10:13:20 AM2 votes

Nothing explains in-game how Dominion works, so people don't play it. The other game modes are okay because they are alternatives to SR, but Dominion has extra things that have no explanation behind them. I can totally get behind an Intro version of Dominion.

It's just like tc_Hydro.

SeCKS Egai12/29/2014, 6:38:23 AM2 votes

Intro mode wouldn't really help much - dominion has been plagued by bots so long that it's practically been a punishment for actual new players trying the game.

Resolve the botting issues and dom has a chance at a comeback.

acepil0t12/27/2014, 11:33:46 PM1 votes

What's Dominion? Isn't it a card game?