League of Legends Dev Tracker
This thread was added on June 10, 2019, with posts from The_Cactopus, RiotEarthSlug, RiotAugust, Ranger_XIV, SapMagic, RiotJag, NeoLexical, RiotPopc0rner.
folks around the office have been playing an insane amount of Dota Auto Chess
For those who will be asking about copycats and so on
yeah like we’re definitely taking TFT in some interesting and weird directions but we didn’t wanna bullshit anybody about what inspired it
so hyped for this
big indie company have to do their takes of others games, first dota now dota autochess.
Plese volvo and modders release more dota related stuff so rito can make more games
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As for the functionality and UI, will it be 50/50 (game/launcher) or most of it in the game and only the queue stuff in the launcher?
Even though it’s not a MOBA, it’s totally launchable from the League client. It was built basically the same way as other modes
They actually made League Auto Chess, damn. They must have heard Scarra's prayers
Hey guys we have to agree on a genre name. We said “autobattler” in our public comms. BUT: me and Joe (New001) really want to half-ironically make “MABA” happen. MABA = Multiplayer Automatic Battle Arena lmao
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Hey guys we have to agree on a genre name. We said “autobattler” in our public comms. BUT: me and Joe (New001) really want to half-ironically make “MABA” happen. MABA = Multiplayer Automatic Battle Arena lmao
Multiplayer Online Automatic Arena. MOAA!!!
Might as well as just call it autochess. Sounds better.
Our board is hexagonal
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW
TBH when you posted that I hoped you'd get no upvotes.
OMG I'M SO HYPED. Have been helping with spell design and the game is a lot of fun!
"That includes ranked. You can expect to see the ranked for TFT start up around patch 9.14".
Interesting
I too can't wait to finally get of ELO Hell and place Master in a League of Legends product.
The Little Legends are pretty cute
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Part of treating this like a Real Grown Up Game Mode means we'll support it with cool metagame features. That includes ranked. You can expect to see the ranked for TFT start up around patch 9.14. At that point, we should be in a good spot with bugs and initial game balance.
So ranked will be out for this new game mode in 3 patches?
That escalated quickly
As a dev I get a headstart. I'm already Iron 4 and it only costs 200 RP to "unlock" my next rank!
oh my god this is incredible
You all have PCs right?
nice
I sure hope you also got some input from the dude considered to be the greatest autochess player known to man, Michael Santana.
I didn't want to bother his majesty.
There's a basic tutorial the first time you queue up, and we're working on getting in some "hints" that help you understand what to do in game.
Plus we have some video content planned to help you learn the game as well.
Well there’s where all the RGM dev time went
You caught us
Can we wait until after the season ends? I don't want G2 getting distracted before Worlds!
NA could use a little G2 distractions right now. G2 looking FIERCE
Hey, here's an idea! Bring back Red and Blue buff's children as Little Legends for this game mode. Ever since they left the nest it hasn't been the same :(
This guy gets it
Finally, now I only need to blame RNG if I lose, instead of RNG and boosted team mates
You can also yell at your little pieces for not being as smart as you. Really it's a satisfying experience.
Where can I ban Fiora in this gamemode?
Just pick every fiora you see in this so no one else can have them
I said this on the other frontpage thread but I believe they cancelled nexus blitz for this regardless of data once they realized how big dota auto chess got. For how fast this is going up and how they are doubling down with ranked, they probably wanted only one new mode to be permanent and saw more of a future in this which is really sad for anyone who loved nexus blitz.
We decided to not make NB permanent because it wasn't popular enough. And it was consistently declining in popularity over time. I know that folks who love NB will always find that explanation hard to swallow, but it's the truth. And the Reddit theory will always be that we gave up on it too early, but all of the data we were seeing globally convinced us that it wasn't going to be a successful longterm investment.
Even if NB had blown up and become a huge success, we'd probably still have made TFT. They're totally different modes with different audiences. NB = fast-paced and more casual compared to SR. TFT has nothing to do with SR and is super deep and slow-paced.
If it really takes off, would you guys go standalone or just incorporate into the LoL client? Either way super cool you're adding ranked, I play Auto Chess but it's been crashing a lot recently. If this game scratches the same itch, I'm converted instantly.
Plan right now is to keep it in the client and just invest more resources in making the client not shit
You all have PCs right?
You all have high end PCs right?
So the mode must be a top priority then huh?
yes
I stand by the idea that NB started declining because of those awful arduous missions. NB's whole premise was being a short non-serious game mode that you would go play purely to have a little fun for a few minutes, when you didn't have enough time or patience for Summoner's Rift. But then you guys created those missions that required people to play it non-stop grinding and trying to reach those stupid requirements.
Also, the jungle in between the lanes wasn't a good idea. People enjoyed the fiesta of going in and out of each lane.
It was declining rapidly before the missions.
How do I goblin/mech rush in this version?
Noble/Vayne rush is OP
Riot thought "Hey, if we make a mode with no teammates, /u/Garzek can't be toxic to his teammates."
Joke's on you Riot, I've always flamed me the hardest.
Can relate..
Also bring back the Wight. https://imgur.com/a/qwe3tak rito pls
God that thing looks OLD lol
Does that mean ranked is only solo queue?
You will not be able to do ranked with 7 friends, there is potential for you to queue with a friend or two but not a full party.
Did you guys invite card game guys like kibler?
We did! I do not know who I can mention, but I'm sure they'll make videos and stuff and that's important :)
Thanks for the fast answers. I'll def. stay in touch with you if it's ok. I'm very interested in that overall.
Please do
Im gonna assume that yordles will be goblins
You would assume wrong :P
is this what youve been working on since you returned to riot?
just one of the things!
Huh, that's actually interesting. Does that mean that units get more scarce if more people pick them up like in Auto Chess?
Yup, pretty much the same. I think we're a little more limited then auto chess.
pls make a boar little legend
Just any boar?
so wait, is it a 1v1 mode? what do the other people do? I'm not exactly familiar with this autochess genre
It's an 8 person FFA. Certain rounds you'll play against other people's armies and if you win, you do damage to their health pool. Once they reach zero they are out.
Well, maybe a small polish around the look could bring it back? :D
What about Spooky!
/u/The_Cactopus will this work on mac?
yep!
We're planning to have hotkeys.
Best News I Heard all Day! >:D
That’s the only reason we are launching the mode. Needed an excuse to release Pengu and other Little Legends to the game.
Its actually a tamagotchi digital pet game in disguise??? With autobattler on the side >:D
What do you mean by more limited?
Our pools of champs are slightly smaller
Let's do a LOL MMO next please, thanks haha. The Runeterra map would be insane to play through.
Dude.. I know..
I'm hoping Amaz and hafu got invited too.
They did!
Could you explain why you made that decision? Getting a 3 star in dota auto chess isn't an every game thing, with less units in the pool it could become even more frustrating :/
I'd wait to play it a bit before we get worried about pool size. We aren't trying to block 3 star units, we want people to get them :P Give it a shot first and then let me know how it feels.
yeah for sure, excited to see what your take on auto chess is. Any chance it's coming to the pbe this week?
I don't actually know if we're released the timeline yet. So I'm going to hold off on that question :P
do you think it will be fair to have a ranked queue for a gamemode based solely on RNG ? not hating, personally I think this game should remain in one non-competitive queue as a for fun gamemode.
Would disagree that it's solely based on RNG. We think randomness is maybe about 30% of the game and we view managing that and adapting to it as a skill, similar to drafting in Magic.
There are lots of other skills to learn too, like positioning, what team comps have good synergy, the item system, how you draft against the other players, etc.
We definitely think TFT is more social, more accessible, and less deterministic than SR, but we think it's a great candidate for ranked all the same.