New featured game mode idea: Hardcore League of Legends
The way League of Legends works makes for a good basis for making a hardcore mode. I feel like there are a lot of things that could be done to make the game even harder. Here are some suggestions for the game mode.
- Dim the map to only show vision of what you can see and what YOUR wards can see.
- Disable /all chat and only allow chat to be seen by Ally AND Enemy champions in 1 screens worth of range.
- No warning of Teammate death or objective secures.
- No pings are seen unless the friendly champion is in range to see the champion make the ping
- Minion deal double damage, causing last hitting issues and difficulty tanking minions.
- 1.5x Gold for killing a champion, and Killing baron restores team sight for 2 minutes.
- Loading screen to the enemy is completely blind.
- Skill shots hit your teammates. (not sure about this one, trolling etc)
I imagine this playing out with total chaos. The inability to communicate properly with teammates makes you have to take a risk to gank a lane, and you would have to take a visit to the tower and tell your team before you place the trap. Teams would have to stick a lot closer to each other to make communication crisp and clear. The team would have to explain what has been done around the map so time isn't wasted grouping for dragon. People could go 5 mid and the team wouldn't know until they see the teammate or realize the nobody is in the lane. I feel this adds a new dynamic and strategy to League and makes the game more interesting.
Note: This is a featured game mode and I am sure this would be hard to program and might get uninteresting quick once people find some new ways to win, but this can always be improved on and I am open to suggestions. I just want Riot to see the idea and see what they think.
would be a god.
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