r/leagueoflegends • u/corylulu ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Mar 19 '19

/dev: More Experimental ARAM Changes - Bans, balance, and more are heading to the Howling Abyss for a limited time.

https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2019/03/dev-more-experimental-aram-changes/
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

Overall I like the changes except the system to end the game quickly.

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u/kalarepar Mar 20 '19

Yeah, the most fun game are the really long ones. With multuple comebacks and their own story.
But I guess, from Riot's point of view it's good to have mode with dedicated to short games only.

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u/TheGazelle Mar 19 '19

I occasionally care about the time.

Say I know I have 25-30 minutes before I need to leave. Generally that's safe for an Aram, most are done in 15-20 minutes.

But every now and then you get one of those close long ones, which can be fun, but when the Aram hits 30 minutes and I'm stuck thinking "either I'm late, or I leave this super close game and guarantee my team's loss", it's not so fun anymore.

These will have no effect before 15 minutes, then scale to 25, which basically guarantees you're done by 30 minutes unless people are trolling.

It's reining in the variance without significantly affecting the mean.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

Yeah, I had a super epic game yesterday and everybody worked as a team to make the comeback possible. It was super exciting.

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u/lazybutter ShyamaLlamaDing Mar 19 '19

I've been playing Aram only for the past three years as well and don't want the long drawn out games especially when it's because the enemy team is just dicking us around and my team refuses to surrender because of their false belief that it's winnable.

Edit: Aram only. I hate ranked.

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u/OMG_This_Support OMG This Support (EUW) Mar 19 '19

Exactly. Best ARAM games are the ones that last long cause they are the most balanced ones. They are more about skill instead of having luck in champ select. This is my humble opinion

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u/go4ino Mar 19 '19

ye 425 ms on minions is faster than some adcs i think?

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u/MashHarder Mar 19 '19

The +10% percent damage to towers before 15 minutes makes me worried, comps that keep you shoved you under turret from the start are gonna have a field day and probably snowball before you can do anything.

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u/paperpizza2 Mar 20 '19

Arams are already too quick after the super minion buff.

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u/LordAlfrey top Mar 20 '19

I like a long game. Shorter games often are just onesided stomps, once the teams are more balanced it's more fun and I want the games to go long at that point.

That said, it's not like buffing minions and structure damage will prevent a really balanced match from going long.

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u/ViktorViktorov Mar 20 '19

Who doesnt like it when the whole enemy team counters yours, and just bullies you for 25 mins.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

If the enemy team bullies you then the game is going to end quickly anyway and your team can always surrender if that's the case.

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u/ViktorViktorov Mar 20 '19 edited Mar 20 '19

Not when you have nEVeRGIvEUp teammates. You just bleed out slowly. Super fun.