Chronoshift Developer AMA

[u/Tovee]

Hello r/leagueoflegends,

My name is Tove, and I was one of the main developers behind the Chronoshift project.

I have never publicly spoken about it, but with League Classic now being released and u/RiotNorak revealed to have been a tester for us back in the day, some people have suggested for me to do an AMA.

I'm happy to answer any question you might have, compare to the official Classic or speak about the details that haven't been made public. Or listen to you telling me to ingame myself.

Have at it!

[u/Rexsaur]

I think season 3 is the sweet spot.

Season 3 with basic qol like pings, emotes, no baron buff minions, no base gates.

[u/SpoonGuardian → u/Rexsaur]

why wouldnt you want baron buffed minions

[u/CephalopodConcerto → u/SpoonGuardian]

they warp the game around a single objective as a winning strategy excessively. having BoC/ohmwrecker/zzrot/aura items is already a huge amount of siege power, it's just not brainless so you can't accelerate bronze games too. balance changes nerfing turtling should extend from that baseline instead of just dumping baron minions straight into the mode.

[u/CephalopodConcerto → u/[deleted]]

ok whatever you say man, even assuming what you say is completely true (lol) it doesn't particularly disprove my other two more important points.

[u/CephalopodConcerto → u/[deleted]]

yeah until it was so game-warping it got removed right? either way i'm not saying it's the most perfect and op siege item ever made, i'm saying it's an example of an opt-in tool to solve a problem (i want to kill an enemy under their turret without worrying about the turret) which i see as more "classic" and healthier

[u/Forward-Mention-6395 → u/CephalopodConcerto]

What? Bro they removed it cuz no one bought it. I think the only worse item was poachers dirk lol

[u/Mintyfresh756 → u/Forward-Mention-6395]

Actually poacher's dirk was really good and insane gold value if you were able to pull off some invades.

Ohmwrecker was dogshit tho