League
of Legends has come a long way over the years and won its way into many hearts
as one of the top games of all time. As with everything, there is still a lot of
room for growth. Here are ten things I'd personally love to see to improve the
League of Legends experience in different areas, and not just in the game.
PvP.net Suggestions
1.
Invisible Mode
I,
for one, don't always want people to know I'm online or playing a game. Some
people don't like being bothered at times, or don't like being spectated when
they're trying out something new or are having an off-day. It's also upsetting at
times when people trail you into Custom Games just because they see you
creating one, or throw comments about how you don't play with them when you
decide to play on your own or with other friends. Sometimes you just want to
enjoy the game in peace and quiet, rather than feel like you're always being
watched.
2.
Automatic spectating queueing and options
This
could do wonders for social gatherings, gaming centers, or even for people who
are bored. The best thing a company can do for their product is to have it
always on people's minds. Even better would be to have people always engaged in
it, either by playing or by spectating. Sometimes people just want to hunker
down and watch a few matches, but this can become a more common occurrence if
there was an option to automatically spectate games when the current one ends.
This would create a sort of "spectate channel" where one
game will play after the other, and allow people to essentially turn on LoL-TV
to just watch one game after another. Great for gatherings, LAN centers,
conventions, and lazy days.
To
take it even further, the ability to select filters for the games you spectate
would be amazing. For example, if I were interested in learning how to play
Akali, I would want to spectate games that have Akali in them, so being able to
filter my spectating to only games who have Akali would make it much easier.
3. Replays
This
is an obvious one for obvious reasons. Many players love watching replays,
especially if it’s of a great game. It also allows people to have a recording
of their matches without having to independently record it themselves. This can
lend itself to more fan videos of epic plays and hilarious moments. This should
become an official feature, rather than players having to rely on using a
third-party program to do so.
Replays can be taken further by introducing a way
to better share them with players, and possibly feature them. It’d be great to
have an official place to submit replays where people can watch and rate them
so people can browse submitted replays. Of course, with a public depot, you run
the unfortunate side-effect that people who don’t want their games openly
shared will likely find themselves in the depot somewhere due to other
people putting them in.
In-Game Suggestions
4.
A 5-second sell-back option for full price as long as you don't attack or use
any abilities
Sometimes accidental double-purchases happen for
players who have a little bit of lag, or who are trying to quickly purchase
items. It's particularly easy to
do if you're just double-clicking on items to purchase them but it doesn't
register immediately. With a small window to resell your items, you can quickly
fix those mistakes rather than run around with two Boots of Speed and losing
out on a good 100g because you accidentally clicked too many times or you had
a small lag spike.
5.
Death Recap Timeline
Sometimes
battles are chaotic and it's difficult to see what happens to you. It's easy
for the particles to slip by or get lost in the torrent of abilities flying
throughout the fight. You can get CCed for the duration of the whole fight and
not know why you couldn't do anything because there was too much going on to see everything that hit you. With a Death Recap
Timeline you can see when you were hit by which attacks and for how much
damage. This can let you see how long you were CCed and how much each attack
did with respect to the time just before you died.
Currently
it just shows the top three damage sources from the top three contributing
damage dealers. This makes it so you can't see all other factors that led to your
death. Additionally, it currently sums up the damage from those damage sources.
With the Death Recap Timeline, you can see exactly what happened to you, which
can alleviate a lot of the confusion on how you die at times.
6.
Spectator mode portrait panes to replace the current game ones.
Ever think about how nifty it is to see the cooldowns next to the player portraits in Spectator Mode? With
accurate displays on cooldowns for summoner spells and ultimates, it'd be a lot
easier for teams to quickly understand the situation they're in. Rather than
having to always ask in chat for people's cooldown status, players can simply
glance at the portraits. I cannot count how many times people assume someone is
going to use Flash or Exhaust, only to be told after the gank failed that they
didn't have it up.
7.
Customizable recommended items, with 2-3 pages.
People
have their favorite item builds for champions, especially ones they play often.
It'd be for ease of use if people were able to customize the recommended items
to their preference. The champions can still come with the default recommended
items, but more experienced players can then modify them for quicker and easier
purchasing. With multiple pages to toggle through, people can quickly switch
pages for specific builds or to adapt to the match by having a few builds set
for different scenarios.
Community / Behavior Suggestions
8. Community
spotlights for people who make guides, help teach, and give to the community.
Summoner
Showcase is great for creative works, and featured streamers are great for
advertising positive role models to watch, but what about all of the people
dedicating their time and efforts to helping players learn the game? A lot of
great efforts have been put forth to help with educating players, such as the
LoL University and Proving Grounds. Celebrating those who contribute so
positively to the community would not only bring to light the positive side of
the community, but also encourage more people to participate or contribute, and
raise awareness of all of the wonderful programs and guides out there.
9. Rewarding
good behavior and clean records
The
Tribunal is a feature designed to punish and discourage negative behavior. While
it makes a difference, many people are still ill-mannered and hostile.
Unfortunately, such negativity does deter many people from playing, so more
methods of encouraging better behavior would be better. I emphasize that it
should be a positive incentive, rather than adding more negative disincentives.
Players
would be much more likely to have a good attitude if there was an IP, or
especially RP reward, for keeping a clean record -- for example, having fewer than 3 games every 50
games where both teams report them. Not only would people improve their
behavior to try and achieve these rewards if they’re enticing enough, but they’d
also want to keep playing more games to keep reaching those thresholds. To
further incentivize consistent good behavior, there could be higher rewards the
longer you keep a good record. An example would be 50 games for 1000 IP, 50
more games for 2500 IP, another 50 games for 240 RP, and then it cycles back to
1000 IP again.
10. A Fan Art
section on their website where the Summoner Showcase features and honorable
mentions are featured.
One of the main things that kept me going back to
the World of Warcraft site is the Fan Art and Fan Comics section of their site.
I loved viewing the fan created content. It surprises me that League of Legends
has yet to create this for their site given how much amazing fan content people create. A lot of people love the art people
create. You can tell just by how many views and responses some of the art
threads receive. This would not only bring more people to the main site, but it’d
also allow people to find a lot of the high quality fan art easier, and give
people a goal to strive for. What better exposure for a fan artist than to be
featured on an official page with hand-selected fan art?
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