League of Legends - Trumped up Rock, Paper, Scissors
Tidbits of news and interest from Riot over the past week:
On the PBE, once a turret is destroyed, it no longer appears on the mini-map.
There are 14 new mastery icons on the PBE, but no news on what they're for yet. Note: They do NOT apply to any existing masteries.
This one is huge, Team Builder. Think solo queue except you pre-select your preferred position, and then it places you with other folks to complete a 5 man team. There's a fuck ton of info into that article.
You can Mystery Gift someone for 490 RP during this year's Harrowing, and they can get any skin for a character, including Ultimate skins.
Turret indicators are coming to training and bot games. They will allow you to see turret range, so you can take that knowledge into regular games.
Technically, this could be considered a small buff for Teemo on TT.
Harrowing ward skins are now permanent.
TT is no longer "beta".
Champs getting LOTS of work right now are Sivir, Kassadin, Ahri, Xerath, Morgana, Skarner, Heimerdinger, and Zed. Also, saw something about Rengar's changes going live "soon".
Q: Any plans for some sort of loyalty reward type thing, like playing for 2 years gives you x RP?
A: We have been looking into a plan for this and are currently working out the details. - DontHassleDaHoff
one of the common situations is that most players don't have significant quantities of IP lying around.
Q: Is there ever any chance players will be able to temporarily gift a skin to a teammate when trading champions in draft mode?
(For example, I have Old Saint Zilean and Mighty Jax. I've often wanted to, when picking that champion for other people, be able to let them use that skin.)
A: That's a cool idea!
Never considered it before. - Udyr
On the PBE, once a turret is destroyed, it no longer appears on the mini-map.
There are 14 new mastery icons on the PBE, but no news on what they're for yet. Note: They do NOT apply to any existing masteries.
"We're currently working on a bunch of stuff that's planned for release during the Pre-Season of Season 4. That includes a number of adjustments to fighters, things to improve the overall state of support and jungle play plus some other stuff we're still finalizing. Not all of that will be released at once and the fighter stuff won't be part of the first pre-season patch. We'll talk details closer to the time, right now we're really focusing on getting the core of the changes sorted out.
One thing I can mention at the moment though is that we're looking to create more distinctive niches for fighters. Right now a number of our fighters are somewhat interchangeable in terms of the gameplay experience they offer and what they bring to a team. As a result if you're after a figher picking whoever's got the best chance of winning the laning phase is a common choice, which can result in a small pool of regular picks. Other roles, such as supports for example, have much more defined niches (pick Leona for an early kill lane/strong dive initiations, Janna for a really defensive peel role, Blitzcrank for a opportunistic pick comp, Zyra for an AOE/anti melee pick etc). That's not to say support balance is perfect, or that defining clear niches for fighters will be a simple, immediate solution to fighter issues. It is however a direction we believe can do a lot to help create a situation where a sizable number of fighters are seen as attractive picks at the same time."
This one is huge, Team Builder. Think solo queue except you pre-select your preferred position, and then it places you with other folks to complete a 5 man team. There's a fuck ton of info into that article.
Q: How long do you have to play league to be consider a "Veteran"
A: "Our current thinking around "Veteran" is around account creation age. So if you've been playing for 1 year, you'd be a 1 year Veteran." - DontHassleDaHoff
Q: I'm curious how many players are paying customers.
A: "Yeah that type of info is locked up tight. All I can say is that most players never spend a dime, even players that make it to the top 1% of the rankings, and we're OK with that." - Hippalus
In our research, we were surprised that role preferences were pretty diverse. When we surveyed players and asked what their preferred role was, about 15% of players preferred playing Support, 14% of players preferred playing Jungle, and 5% of players were willing to fill any role.
You can Mystery Gift someone for 490 RP during this year's Harrowing, and they can get any skin for a character, including Ultimate skins.
Turret indicators are coming to training and bot games. They will allow you to see turret range, so you can take that knowledge into regular games.
Technically, this could be considered a small buff for Teemo on TT.
Dominion and Twisted Treeline Item Changes
Blackfire Torch
Total Cost increased to 2650 from 2400
Recipe cost increased to 970 from 720
Active duration reduced to 20% of targets MAX HP in magic damage over 4 seconds down from 6 seconds ( for clarity - this is a buff )
Grez's Spectral Lantern
Stealth-detecting mist duration lowered to 5 seconds from 10, reveal lowered to 3 seconds from 6 seconds.
Hextech Sweeper
Stealth-detecting mist duration lowered to 5 seconds from 10, reveal lowered to 3 seconds from 6 seconds.
Sanguine Blade
Total cost increased to 2275 from 2175
Recipe Cost increased to 600 from 500.
Attack Damage increasaed to 50 from 40
The Lightbringer
Total cost increased to 2700 from 2325
Recipe Cost increased to 575 from 200
Stealth-detecting mist duration lowered to 5 seconds from 10, reveal lowered to 3 seconds from 6 seconds.
Harrowing ward skins are now permanent.
"The price is 490 RP [ per mystery gift ] and he will receive a skin that is valued between 520RP and 3250RP"
"Standard gifting rules, 3 gifts per day"
"No, you don't get to pick the skin or champion. You just pick the friend and they get a random skin for a random champion."
"Harrowing Mystery Gifting will be a pure random draw. PFE will have the same chance as Freljord Ashe."
We're buffing support gold a lot - we're going to have to do a lot of champ-specific changes (and yes, some nerfs) because they've never been balanced to scale at all. If they get to scale, then it needs to be reasonable in how and why. More on this soon."
TT is no longer "beta".
Champs getting LOTS of work right now are Sivir, Kassadin, Ahri, Xerath, Morgana, Skarner, Heimerdinger, and Zed. Also, saw something about Rengar's changes going live "soon".
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
The PBE is completely changing. They're going to be restricting access to far fewer players, and they'll be hand picked. They're going to expect you to give constant and quality feedback, and they'll be booting folks from the program all the time.
They're also going to start putting content in that is much farther out in the development cycle. So instead of just the next champ, folks on the PBE might see the next 3 or 4 champs.
In different news:
-It occurred to me the other night that Rifle is still calling plays. I thought we were having Cake take the point on this?
-I was looking for a good Kennen guide (I realized my AP runes and masteries have stuff that doesn't apply to him...), and found a ridiculously high ranked Singed build (look at the ratings!) and a Maokai build. They're S3, which will end soon, but thought you guys might want to see them.
-Pretty sure I'll be on most nights by 10. That gives me time to put the kids to bed, visit with the wife, and kill whomever BL2 wants me to kill that day.
They're also going to start putting content in that is much farther out in the development cycle. So instead of just the next champ, folks on the PBE might see the next 3 or 4 champs.
In different news:
-It occurred to me the other night that Rifle is still calling plays. I thought we were having Cake take the point on this?
-I was looking for a good Kennen guide (I realized my AP runes and masteries have stuff that doesn't apply to him...), and found a ridiculously high ranked Singed build (look at the ratings!) and a Maokai build. They're S3, which will end soon, but thought you guys might want to see them.
-Pretty sure I'll be on most nights by 10. That gives me time to put the kids to bed, visit with the wife, and kill whomever BL2 wants me to kill that day.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
1. Love the "enter solo queue as top" function. That is the main reason I don't solo more.... no one gets the lanes they want, everyone gets pissed, I don't like playing with pissed off people.
2. That is pretty close to my Singed build, but the masteries/runes are pretty different from what I do. I will look in to it.
3. My internet at this hotel seems to be pretty good, but I have had an absolutely shit day and will be going to sleep early. SHOULD be on the rest of the week.
2. That is pretty close to my Singed build, but the masteries/runes are pretty different from what I do. I will look in to it.
3. My internet at this hotel seems to be pretty good, but I have had an absolutely shit day and will be going to sleep early. SHOULD be on the rest of the week.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Here comes the preseason.
Pretty interesting list of changes.
Pretty interesting list of changes.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Good games last night. I particularly enjoyed beating a team with three plats.
Here are the nerfs for Jinx on the PBE right now:
Lots of new info on the upcoming preseason changes.
Where that fourth jungle camp is located is interesting.
I'll be on tonight around 10ish. Earlier if I get my BL2 task done quickly.
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Here are the nerfs for Jinx on the PBE right now:
Jinx
Switcheroo ( Q ) - mini gun total attack speed lowered to 30/55/80/105/130 from 50/70/90/110/130%
Switcheroo ( Q ) cooldown now .9 from 1.
Zap (W) - base damage lowered to 10/60/110/160/210 from 30/75/120/165/210.
Zap (W)- mana cost increased to 50/60/70/80/90 from 45/55/65/75/85
Flame Chompers ( E ) - mana cost increased to 75 at all ranks from 50.
Lots of new info on the upcoming preseason changes.
Where that fourth jungle camp is located is interesting.
I'll be on tonight around 10ish. Earlier if I get my BL2 task done quickly.
Edited By Leisher on 1382633400
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
http://www.lolsummoners.com/stats/rankings#
Interesting stats on solo-q rankings.
Just under 1,000,000 NA players.
31% Bronze
42% Silver
17% Gold
6% Plat
2% Diamond
.005% Challenger
Interesting stats on solo-q rankings.
Just under 1,000,000 NA players.
31% Bronze
42% Silver
17% Gold
6% Plat
2% Diamond
.005% Challenger
WORLD CHAMPIONS!!
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i looked me up and i'm in the top 4%.Stranger wrote:http://www.lolsummoners.com/stats/rankings#
Interesting stats on solo-q rankings.
Just under 1,000,000 NA players.
31% Bronze
42% Silver
17% Gold
6% Plat
2% Diamond
.005% Challenger
Holy hyper carry Kassadin.
Just had an epic game.
Jinx, Kass, Jayce, Mao, and Vi (me) vs. Cait, Zyra, Irelia, Jax, Le Blanc
Our first pick guy stole adc (pick order bro) and insta locked Jinx. After all the lanes were called, no one called support, of course. I was last pick. Someone mentions "No support?" I said "Is there ever?" They agreed. So, picks continued. Kass and Mao locked next. Mao said "bottom". Jinx asked him to take exhaust, Mao declined with root and slow. So, I got jungle. Thank you.
Load screen starts and I scout the teams. With 1% of each other. Our Jinx is supposed to be pretty decent though (compared to other bronze). Cool.
Game starts. Jinx doesn't leave spawn. Game continues, Jinx doesn't leave spawn. Yay. AFK insta locking adc. I get to my red and Jax stole it. I go right to his with my smite. He's pulling his red AWAY from the bushes. Ok. . . I wait and smite steal. He's at 30% health, I'm full, Kass pings on his way. I attack. It's Jax, and early, so I'm not doing much. I see their top coming. Then their mid responds, then our Jayce. Kass and I get pinched and die. 2 - 0 exchange. Blah.
Game continues, Jayce is feeding Irelia, kinda bad. Not train wreck bad. But "stop it now, idiot" bad. Mau is holding bot and going full tank/AP mao. Getting fed too. Kass is winning his lane by a kill or two, but losing CS. Over all, we are holding out, except for top.
Then roaming starts. And we just clicked. We were where we needed to be to support each other. Bait, turn, double kill. We didn't lose any exchanges. We were keeping the lanes pushing in their direction instead of ours. Except for top. Irelia is pushing hard. We would get an advantage, but couldn't go strong with it because of the top split push. But, we were whittling them away, bit by bit. They were damaging us too, but, we were actually getting a pretty decent kill lead. Kass was starting to rape and could insta pop Cait. And if we could keep the rest busy/slow long enough, he'd kill them too. Jax would disappear in about 3 seconds. Etc. We were pushing mid hard at this point, they were still trying to split push top. So, whoever was the most hurt would go back for D. At one point, me, Kass and Mao were down to about 11% health each, and Jax came in, full health. I dashed, but he jumped and stunned me. But, my dash brought up my shield, and I had hit a heal potion. They turn and burst him. Big chunk gone. Then I start hitting him and he's spinning/dodging. Kass and Mao still lay into him. Mao roots and me and Kass hit him. Now Jax is trying to run, Kass ult, dead. It was quite awesome.
We continue our assault. Making ZERO mistakes. Yes, we would die, but it was never more than one of us, and it was never because we were alone getting blue or something stupid like that.
Then, at end game, we are all back, we all shopped and we started a hard push up mid. They were split pushing and we were sprinting up mid, not even waiting for our minions. Irelia is split pushing top again with Zyra. Jax is pushing bottom back (again, we always had the minions pushing them). We get to mid and Cait and Le Blanc are defending their inhib turret. Kass dives POW, Cait explodes, but he doesn't kill her. I dash at her while Kass ults out of the turret. I'm tanking, and he kills her. LB was getting pounded by Mao and Jayce. I take two more hits from the turret then let the minions take over. Turret goes down quick. Irelia continues to push top. We are taking their inhib while she is taking our inhib turret. Base race! But, we are so beefed up at this point that we just roll them. We are tanking BOTH nexus turrets while we kill Jax and Zyra. Continue tanking while we kill both turrets. By the time the second dropped, I was down to 25% health. I had been tanking the whole time. Irelia takes our inhib and recalls. Kass holds her off while we hit the Nexus. Mao roots her, we keep hitting nexus. She ends up dying to someone's ability and then the nexus blows up.
4v5. HARD core team work. Played the entire game NOT TO FUCKING DIE!! and it worked fucking perfect. We had the kill lead, by a LOT, had all the lanes pushed one tower deep, won with a mid push, never took the dragon, never went baron. They took all towers top lane, but didn't kill the top inhib (watched the replay. She recalled when it was at 10%), took all of mid lane, except the inhib. Two towers bottom lane. We had over twice the kills the entire game, but didn't catch up in gold until 30 minutes in. They had a 2-4k gold lead till then.
The second to last team fight of the game, we met right in the middle of mid lane. But we were 4v4. Zyra was worried about their bottom lane. She was fighting the minions at the spot where their first tower would have been. Our minions did not have a strong push, their second tower was NOT in danger. As we group up in mid, their Jax peals away from the group and starts fighting the wraiths. Zyra is pinging bot lane repeatedly. She REALLY did not like our minions there for some reason. Le Blanc starts heading that way, and Irelia is heading towards top. Kass ults and insta pops Cait who was at 70% health due to a Mao present she just took to the face. We push. LB and Zyra get bottom pushing our way and head back to mid. Irelia changed her mind about going top when Cait died and was in the area. Jax finished wraiths and came in behind us while we were killing their second mid turret. Then ended up converging pretty well, focused well, and in the end, 3 of us died. Kass lived. They push our mid hard, and Kass holds them. They take our inhib turret and start on the inhib. But, they separate again. Kass bursts Jax, who was at 30% health and kills him. This stops their inhib bashing and they retreat. Meanwhile, we are spawning and heading in. This is the push that wins the game for us. We push mid hard. LB stops at blue on the way back. We are pushing hard. Irelia goes top. We are pushing. Cait is waiting at their inhib turret as we kill their second mid turret. LB is taking the time to get all three creeps at blue while we kill their turret. Irelia pushes top. Zyra recalls from bot to defend with Cait. As we roll up on the inhib turret, Cait is actually alone, but Zyra is at their nexus turrets and on her way. That's when Kass dives, etc, as read above. So, a couple details were off above. The replay refreshed my memory.
Epic game. Epic example of how playing not to die can win games. Well, that and a hyper carry Kass. End score was 40 to 20. They had a 5k gold lead at 20 minutes and even in kills. 14 minutes later, we win with twice the kills and 2k more gold.
Just had an epic game.
Jinx, Kass, Jayce, Mao, and Vi (me) vs. Cait, Zyra, Irelia, Jax, Le Blanc
Our first pick guy stole adc (pick order bro) and insta locked Jinx. After all the lanes were called, no one called support, of course. I was last pick. Someone mentions "No support?" I said "Is there ever?" They agreed. So, picks continued. Kass and Mao locked next. Mao said "bottom". Jinx asked him to take exhaust, Mao declined with root and slow. So, I got jungle. Thank you.
Load screen starts and I scout the teams. With 1% of each other. Our Jinx is supposed to be pretty decent though (compared to other bronze). Cool.
Game starts. Jinx doesn't leave spawn. Game continues, Jinx doesn't leave spawn. Yay. AFK insta locking adc. I get to my red and Jax stole it. I go right to his with my smite. He's pulling his red AWAY from the bushes. Ok. . . I wait and smite steal. He's at 30% health, I'm full, Kass pings on his way. I attack. It's Jax, and early, so I'm not doing much. I see their top coming. Then their mid responds, then our Jayce. Kass and I get pinched and die. 2 - 0 exchange. Blah.
Game continues, Jayce is feeding Irelia, kinda bad. Not train wreck bad. But "stop it now, idiot" bad. Mau is holding bot and going full tank/AP mao. Getting fed too. Kass is winning his lane by a kill or two, but losing CS. Over all, we are holding out, except for top.
Then roaming starts. And we just clicked. We were where we needed to be to support each other. Bait, turn, double kill. We didn't lose any exchanges. We were keeping the lanes pushing in their direction instead of ours. Except for top. Irelia is pushing hard. We would get an advantage, but couldn't go strong with it because of the top split push. But, we were whittling them away, bit by bit. They were damaging us too, but, we were actually getting a pretty decent kill lead. Kass was starting to rape and could insta pop Cait. And if we could keep the rest busy/slow long enough, he'd kill them too. Jax would disappear in about 3 seconds. Etc. We were pushing mid hard at this point, they were still trying to split push top. So, whoever was the most hurt would go back for D. At one point, me, Kass and Mao were down to about 11% health each, and Jax came in, full health. I dashed, but he jumped and stunned me. But, my dash brought up my shield, and I had hit a heal potion. They turn and burst him. Big chunk gone. Then I start hitting him and he's spinning/dodging. Kass and Mao still lay into him. Mao roots and me and Kass hit him. Now Jax is trying to run, Kass ult, dead. It was quite awesome.
We continue our assault. Making ZERO mistakes. Yes, we would die, but it was never more than one of us, and it was never because we were alone getting blue or something stupid like that.
Then, at end game, we are all back, we all shopped and we started a hard push up mid. They were split pushing and we were sprinting up mid, not even waiting for our minions. Irelia is split pushing top again with Zyra. Jax is pushing bottom back (again, we always had the minions pushing them). We get to mid and Cait and Le Blanc are defending their inhib turret. Kass dives POW, Cait explodes, but he doesn't kill her. I dash at her while Kass ults out of the turret. I'm tanking, and he kills her. LB was getting pounded by Mao and Jayce. I take two more hits from the turret then let the minions take over. Turret goes down quick. Irelia continues to push top. We are taking their inhib while she is taking our inhib turret. Base race! But, we are so beefed up at this point that we just roll them. We are tanking BOTH nexus turrets while we kill Jax and Zyra. Continue tanking while we kill both turrets. By the time the second dropped, I was down to 25% health. I had been tanking the whole time. Irelia takes our inhib and recalls. Kass holds her off while we hit the Nexus. Mao roots her, we keep hitting nexus. She ends up dying to someone's ability and then the nexus blows up.
4v5. HARD core team work. Played the entire game NOT TO FUCKING DIE!! and it worked fucking perfect. We had the kill lead, by a LOT, had all the lanes pushed one tower deep, won with a mid push, never took the dragon, never went baron. They took all towers top lane, but didn't kill the top inhib (watched the replay. She recalled when it was at 10%), took all of mid lane, except the inhib. Two towers bottom lane. We had over twice the kills the entire game, but didn't catch up in gold until 30 minutes in. They had a 2-4k gold lead till then.
The second to last team fight of the game, we met right in the middle of mid lane. But we were 4v4. Zyra was worried about their bottom lane. She was fighting the minions at the spot where their first tower would have been. Our minions did not have a strong push, their second tower was NOT in danger. As we group up in mid, their Jax peals away from the group and starts fighting the wraiths. Zyra is pinging bot lane repeatedly. She REALLY did not like our minions there for some reason. Le Blanc starts heading that way, and Irelia is heading towards top. Kass ults and insta pops Cait who was at 70% health due to a Mao present she just took to the face. We push. LB and Zyra get bottom pushing our way and head back to mid. Irelia changed her mind about going top when Cait died and was in the area. Jax finished wraiths and came in behind us while we were killing their second mid turret. Then ended up converging pretty well, focused well, and in the end, 3 of us died. Kass lived. They push our mid hard, and Kass holds them. They take our inhib turret and start on the inhib. But, they separate again. Kass bursts Jax, who was at 30% health and kills him. This stops their inhib bashing and they retreat. Meanwhile, we are spawning and heading in. This is the push that wins the game for us. We push mid hard. LB stops at blue on the way back. We are pushing hard. Irelia goes top. We are pushing. Cait is waiting at their inhib turret as we kill their second mid turret. LB is taking the time to get all three creeps at blue while we kill their turret. Irelia pushes top. Zyra recalls from bot to defend with Cait. As we roll up on the inhib turret, Cait is actually alone, but Zyra is at their nexus turrets and on her way. That's when Kass dives, etc, as read above. So, a couple details were off above. The replay refreshed my memory.
Epic game. Epic example of how playing not to die can win games. Well, that and a hyper carry Kass. End score was 40 to 20. They had a 5k gold lead at 20 minutes and even in kills. 14 minutes later, we win with twice the kills and 2k more gold.
http://sittingonacouch.com/podcast/leagueoflegends/jungle-lol/
Hey cake, i'd like you to check out this podcast.
They talk about their jungle builds with Jarvan and VI. Also lee sin and Elise, but for this check it out. They start talking about J4 at about 7:30 and Vi at 17:00
A few notes I take from the builds.
Masteries 21-9-0
Runes Ar Pen reds
AD quints
Armor yellows
Mag resist blues
Build Ancient Golem and tank items afterward.. Not sure what you've been building but maybe check it out and see if you like it.
Hey cake, i'd like you to check out this podcast.
They talk about their jungle builds with Jarvan and VI. Also lee sin and Elise, but for this check it out. They start talking about J4 at about 7:30 and Vi at 17:00
A few notes I take from the builds.
Masteries 21-9-0
Runes Ar Pen reds
AD quints
Armor yellows
Mag resist blues
Build Ancient Golem and tank items afterward.. Not sure what you've been building but maybe check it out and see if you like it.
WORLD CHAMPIONS!!
How vision is going to work in S4.
-Vision wards are no longer invisible, are cheaper, and have 5 hit points.
-Each team member can now only place 3 "stealth" (the green ones) wards and 1 vision ward at any given time.
-Every has a new slot for trinkets. Trinkets are free and do 1 of 3 functions. Read the article for more.
How supports are changing in S4.
Alistar has been singled out as a champ that will need a slight rework due to the changes. They think he'll be too powerful.
Edited By Leisher on 1382978780
-Vision wards are no longer invisible, are cheaper, and have 5 hit points.
-Each team member can now only place 3 "stealth" (the green ones) wards and 1 vision ward at any given time.
-Every has a new slot for trinkets. Trinkets are free and do 1 of 3 functions. Read the article for more.
How supports are changing in S4.
Alistar has been singled out as a champ that will need a slight rework due to the changes. They think he'll be too powerful.
Edited By Leisher on 1382978780
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I am at work until 1 a.m. tonight babysitting servers.
As this usually involves a lot of sitting around, I will try to get on, but I won't have headphones. I'll install TS though so I can hear.
As this usually involves a lot of sitting around, I will try to get on, but I won't have headphones. I'll install TS though so I can hear.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Some dude talking more about season 4 changes. Its starting to look really cool and changing alot of what needs to be done. I'm hoping they start implementing these shortly after the season ends.
Quote from Cloud668 (Reddit translator)
Hello, this is Misaya from Team WE. S4 testing in Los Angeles concluded just a few days ago, so today I'm here to share some of the changes.
Firstly, I think these S4 changes will make the game more competitive and interesting.
In the S4 preseason tournaments, there will be much fewer level 1 fights. Minions spawn at 1:00 and jungle camps spawn at 1:30 (on the test client now, but subject to changes). The appearance of Trinkets (3 abilities: a 60s ward, clairvoyance, and a small stealth detection) will let level 1 fights be less feasible. Level 1 fights will be very rare in future ranked and tournament games. Another thing to note is that the gold from First Blood before 4 minutes is also reduced to 240. Who would sacrifice lane experience for so little gold in a level 1 fight?
The changes to the vision system and the positions of bushes will let skirmishes happen more often. Whoever can best utilize the new Trinkets (a 7th item slot dedicated to vision items) will directly decide your vision control and come out ahead in skirmishes. How to use Trinkets should be the first thing to learn; they are definitely the most important items in this version of the game.
Big changes to the assist system and support role will let the support have more carrying power. In this version, supports can get gold from various sources (masteries, assists, towers, new items, and the gold ADs obtain). In the testing, I found out that gold from assists are just way too much. During testing, Madlife would always have a lot of items. One time, when he was supporting me, he had Philosopher's Stone, Ruby Sightstone, and potions before 8 minutes. We won that match easily. If support and AD can win bot lane, the support can definitely carry. I believe many different supports will appear in future tournaments
The changes to jungle involve a new jungle camp and itemization changes. I've got to say that right now, the gold increase from jungle items is too much, especially Wriggles Lantern (giving an additional 40% gold of jungle creeps in testing). Several other items also give pretty good gold. The increase to assist gold will let the jungler, who is already roaming all game, get more gold. The new jungle camp is definitely a blessing in the preseason. It gives decent experience and gold, and isn't hard to take down. It also gives balance to the map, letting every quarter of the map have 3 jungle camps, making jungle diversity richer.
The S4 changes are definitely interesting, and we had a lot of fun in testing. Support is no longer negligible, and the changes to masteries also let AP become more interesting. Although support and junglers are becoming stronger, the damage of AP and AD will also increase due to masteries changes. This version of the game will need the AP to be more active in roaming in tandem with the jungler, since there are more resources to contest on the map. How to help the jungle and other lanes get more jungle resources and tower gold will the main objective of the new season.
During testing, we found that every game proceeded very quickly. The gold increase from first tier turrets (the killer of the first tier turret will get 250 gold + 75 gold to everyone), will let the game develop faster. On the whole, the game rhythm will develop from active early game fights: towers, dragon, and buffs will all become extremely important objectives to contest. The Sightstone will also let the winning side get more chances to attack, while the defending side will also have some ability to strike back.
The changes to Baron buff (the buff holding side will receive a buff similar to Mobility boots and a percentage increase to tower damage). So with the buff, the speed of taking down towers is like...I think a TF with Lich Bane and Deathcap can take down an inhibitor turret in 2 blue cards? Baron buff no longer gives any fighting power, so the defending side has to actively attack, or else the towers go down way too fast.
After testing, I am truly looking forward to the preseason. This will definitely be a very fun version. We've been playing the S3 version for a very long time. Even though S3 is an excellent version, I am still eager for the new version, because the changes are very interesting and attractive. Nobody knows which champions and what strategies will become mainstream in the preseason tournaments.
Are you guys excited for the new season? Let's await the Preseason together!
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- Baron buff now grants a huge percent of bonus damage to towers and out-of-combat MS boost
- Baron buff no longer grants health regeneration and bonus AD/AP
- Minions now spawn at 1:00 (changed from 1:30)
- Monster camps now spawn at 1:30 (changed from 2:05)
- Outer towers (possibly all towers) now grant 250 gold to the killer and 75 to all other allies
- First blood within the first 4 minutes now grants 240 gold (down from 400)
- There is a new jungle item that gives significantly increased gold income from killing monsters
- Mid laners will gain increased damage from the revised Masteries, but they’ll also need to roam more, as there will be more objectives to secure
- The support on bot lane has a much larger potential to carry if the lane is won
Quote from Cloud668 (Reddit translator)
Hello, this is Misaya from Team WE. S4 testing in Los Angeles concluded just a few days ago, so today I'm here to share some of the changes.
Firstly, I think these S4 changes will make the game more competitive and interesting.
In the S4 preseason tournaments, there will be much fewer level 1 fights. Minions spawn at 1:00 and jungle camps spawn at 1:30 (on the test client now, but subject to changes). The appearance of Trinkets (3 abilities: a 60s ward, clairvoyance, and a small stealth detection) will let level 1 fights be less feasible. Level 1 fights will be very rare in future ranked and tournament games. Another thing to note is that the gold from First Blood before 4 minutes is also reduced to 240. Who would sacrifice lane experience for so little gold in a level 1 fight?
The changes to the vision system and the positions of bushes will let skirmishes happen more often. Whoever can best utilize the new Trinkets (a 7th item slot dedicated to vision items) will directly decide your vision control and come out ahead in skirmishes. How to use Trinkets should be the first thing to learn; they are definitely the most important items in this version of the game.
Big changes to the assist system and support role will let the support have more carrying power. In this version, supports can get gold from various sources (masteries, assists, towers, new items, and the gold ADs obtain). In the testing, I found out that gold from assists are just way too much. During testing, Madlife would always have a lot of items. One time, when he was supporting me, he had Philosopher's Stone, Ruby Sightstone, and potions before 8 minutes. We won that match easily. If support and AD can win bot lane, the support can definitely carry. I believe many different supports will appear in future tournaments
The changes to jungle involve a new jungle camp and itemization changes. I've got to say that right now, the gold increase from jungle items is too much, especially Wriggles Lantern (giving an additional 40% gold of jungle creeps in testing). Several other items also give pretty good gold. The increase to assist gold will let the jungler, who is already roaming all game, get more gold. The new jungle camp is definitely a blessing in the preseason. It gives decent experience and gold, and isn't hard to take down. It also gives balance to the map, letting every quarter of the map have 3 jungle camps, making jungle diversity richer.
The S4 changes are definitely interesting, and we had a lot of fun in testing. Support is no longer negligible, and the changes to masteries also let AP become more interesting. Although support and junglers are becoming stronger, the damage of AP and AD will also increase due to masteries changes. This version of the game will need the AP to be more active in roaming in tandem with the jungler, since there are more resources to contest on the map. How to help the jungle and other lanes get more jungle resources and tower gold will the main objective of the new season.
During testing, we found that every game proceeded very quickly. The gold increase from first tier turrets (the killer of the first tier turret will get 250 gold + 75 gold to everyone), will let the game develop faster. On the whole, the game rhythm will develop from active early game fights: towers, dragon, and buffs will all become extremely important objectives to contest. The Sightstone will also let the winning side get more chances to attack, while the defending side will also have some ability to strike back.
The changes to Baron buff (the buff holding side will receive a buff similar to Mobility boots and a percentage increase to tower damage). So with the buff, the speed of taking down towers is like...I think a TF with Lich Bane and Deathcap can take down an inhibitor turret in 2 blue cards? Baron buff no longer gives any fighting power, so the defending side has to actively attack, or else the towers go down way too fast.
After testing, I am truly looking forward to the preseason. This will definitely be a very fun version. We've been playing the S3 version for a very long time. Even though S3 is an excellent version, I am still eager for the new version, because the changes are very interesting and attractive. Nobody knows which champions and what strategies will become mainstream in the preseason tournaments.
Are you guys excited for the new season? Let's await the Preseason together!
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- Baron buff now grants a huge percent of bonus damage to towers and out-of-combat MS boost
- Baron buff no longer grants health regeneration and bonus AD/AP
- Minions now spawn at 1:00 (changed from 1:30)
- Monster camps now spawn at 1:30 (changed from 2:05)
- Outer towers (possibly all towers) now grant 250 gold to the killer and 75 to all other allies
- First blood within the first 4 minutes now grants 240 gold (down from 400)
- There is a new jungle item that gives significantly increased gold income from killing monsters
- Mid laners will gain increased damage from the revised Masteries, but they’ll also need to roam more, as there will be more objectives to secure
- The support on bot lane has a much larger potential to carry if the lane is won
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Also, ranked queues are going to be disabled tonight at 10:30 EST and the servers brought down at midnight.
Also, ranked queues are going to be disabled tonight at 10:30 EST and the servers brought down at midnight.
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"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell