League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

[krnmastersgt]

Seems like a pretty nifty site but I'm not entirely sure I'd pay a monthly subscription just to know my chances of winning when someone else agrees to even play Amumu, since while effective can be very boring.

The most interesting fact that I see on there is the build cost/efficiency numbers. Nice to know that the Mundo for instance either spent very little on pots or wasn't helping the team as much as he could have with wards/oracles.

 

[Firsttime]

For sure. I want to see how the stats progress over the course of a month's worth of games before I decide if I want to renew or not.

 

[ImpulsE69]

My big question is, where are they getting these stats? I am assuming the stats are available somewhere for free (maybe just not all nice neat and tidy).

 

[Firsttime]

For sure, they don't have any special info, just a well designed website and people who obviously know stats. lolking, lolmatches, lolstats have a lot of this stuff in a rough form. No where near as well maintained or as deep as this.

 

[krnmastersgt]

I'd definitely use their site if they were free to use like the others, and just had some ads to generate money. Lots of cool features but nothing I'd probably want to spend money per month for.

 

[Infraction Jack]

leagueofstats is fairly good also.

 

[special33]

the game seems harder to get into, despite its "casual" playstyle, or is it just me..

 

[Firsttime]

the game seems harder to get into, despite its "casual" playstyle, or is it just me..

As opposed to what? Any Dota game will be tough to get into, they have super high burdens of knowledge.

 

[zebano]

the game seems harder to get into, despite its "casual" playstyle, or is it just me..

There is a big learning curve. People who have played other MOBAs like HoN or Dota tend to pick it up quickly but if you haven't played a similar game it does take time.

 

[HumblePie]

the game seems harder to get into, despite its "casual" playstyle, or is it just me..

Name of the game. Learning the nuances of each character is what makes it hard and fun. The game seems simple but it is not.

 

[billbobaggins87]

Billbobaggins

Send me some invites.. ive been playing for quite some time and this is my #1 game.

 

[crownjules]

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=24273847#post24273847 (note this is for the PBE now, but will obviously make it to live soon)

Summoners!

In the next patch we’ll be rolling out some changes to the art of Summoner’s Rift aimed at bringing low and mid spec players better aesthetics as well as overall graphical performance. The next time you take to the Fields of Justice, you may notice a few new and improved visuals.

Some of the enhancements include:

Better game performance at low and mid spec.
Updated textures across Summoner’s Rift.
Improved animations on many of the monsters, including the Ancient Golem, the Lizard Elder and, of course, Baron Nashor.
A new, animated shopkeeper to service all of your champion’s item purchases.




This is another improvement aimed at helping you continue to get the most out of your time playing League of Legends.

We’ll see you all out there on the Fields of Justice, summoners!

edit: Also they're revamping the Ashe skins. Amethyst Ashe now has purple tinted frost arrows and ECA.

 

[Firsttime]

I have that skin! I love bonuses. Their current skins have really stepped their game up. I can't even remember the last time a "recolor" came out.

 

[krnmastersgt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1sVapQ3Hb6o

Patch preview is out!

I liked the graphical updates, but we knew about those a while ago. The large changes to normal draft is pretty cool though.

 

[0___________0]

I can't wait for the normal draft changes. Last game had a 4 man premade, game before that had 2 premades.

 

[krnmastersgt]

The turret change is actually pretty cool too, no more "oh crap I had aggro?" shennanigans o-o

 

[Steelbom]

Is there an official chat in-game for AT forums?

 

[Firsttime]

Not really. Feel free to add us in game though, we do have a few Vents we frequent.

 

[Steelbom]

Not really. Feel free to add us in game though, we do have a few Vents we frequent.

Ah okay, cool. There's so many of you lol!

 

[0___________0]

These performance updates will be good. I do have a slight problem with performance in this game, namely that my GPU often underclocks itself while playing, I still keep 60 FPS, but if a team fight beaks out and crap starts blowing up, I can drop enough that I notice it until my GPU clocks back up. Its pretty rare though, not a big problem, just goes to ~40.

 

[Firsttime]

Nautilus is free wins. If you haven't jumped on the train yet its a good time to get on. Jungle or bot lane support, he brings too much to the team to leave unpicked.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I might if he wasn't so insanely boring to play.

 

[Firsttime]

I find him the opposite of boring. Dredgeline is really satisfying, his passive is mentally engaging as you want to keep countdowns for everyone in team fights, his Ult is very useful and W and E help him stay in fights forever. A boring hero to me is like Udyr who just toggles stances and autos, or Amumu who blows his load and runs next to people.

 

[thejunglegod]

A boring hero to me is like Udyr who just toggles stances and autos, or Amumu who blows his load and runs next to people.

It HAS to be exciting if he blows his load.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Patch notes and Champion Spotlight are out!

New Skins in the Store

Lord Darius
Blackthorn Morgana
Tyrant Swain
PvP.net v1.60

Normal Draft Mode
Normal draft has changed so that premade groups are not prioritized over solo players
Solo players have a 20% chance of being the team captain with banning powers and first pick, regardless of the premade status of the rest of the team
If a solo player is not team captain, the player will be given a random slot in the pick order
If players group up before a game, their host absorbs all of their chances, i.e. the host of a 4-man premade has an 80% chance to be captain
Ranked Solo/Duo Queue
The Free to Play rotation has been removed from Ranked Solo/Duo Queue
Unlocked Champions that appear on the Free to Play rotation will still be playable
You may now rename your buddy groups by double-clicking the name of the group
Fixed a bug where some buddies would appear to be level 0 with no information
Fixed a bug where the sound at the end of Champion select would play too loudly
Fixed a bug where swap offers in Champion select would persist into your next game
League of Legends v1.0.0.140
Darius, the Hand of Noxus

Hemorrhage (Passive) - Darius aims his attacks strategically, causing his target to bleed. This effect stacks up to five times.
Decimate - Darius swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the shaft.
Crippling Strike - Darius's next attack severs a crucial artery. As the target bleeds out, their movement and attack speeds are slowed. Crippling Strike's cooldown is lower the more bloodied the target.
Apprehend - Darius hones his axe, granting him passive armor penetration. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.
Noxian Guillotine (Ultimate) - Darius leaps to an enemy Champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage increases for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed.
Ashe

Ashe's art update
New model for Classic Ashe
Updated and improved models for Woad Ashe, Shewood Ashe, Frelijord Ashe and Queen Ashe
All new animations and updated VFX for base and skins
Updated splash art
Hawkshot now displays total gold retrieved by the skill in the tooltip
Adjusted Frost Shot's projectile speed to match the basic attack projectile speed
Fixed a bug where Frost Shot's attack frame was slower than the basic attack
Caitlyn

Fixed a bug where Caitlyn would appear to attack during Ace in the Hole
Cho'Gath

Rupture
Added red/green rings to indicate which targets will be affected
Launch delay reduced to 0.65 seconds from 0.7 seconds
Dr. Mundo

Sadism now returns 40/50/60% of Mundo's health instead of 40/55/70%
Fiddlesticks

Dark Wind now deals 50% increased damage to minions
Fizz

Fixed a bug where Playful / Trickster would prevent Fizz from casting spells for longer than intended
Gangplank

Parrrley now displays total gold earned by the skill in the tooltip
Hecarim

Rampage damage to minions increased to 66% from 50%
Devastating Charge now requires less distance traveled to get the full effect
Lulu

Glitterlance
Damage adjusted to 80/125/170/215/260 from 80/130/180/230/280
Ability power ratio reduced to 0.5 from 0.6
Malphite

Health per level increased to 90 from 82
Increased Malphite's travel speed during Unstoppable Force
Morgana

Soul Siphon Spell Vamp reduced to 10/15/20% from 10/20/30%
Nautilus

Fixed a bug where Riptide would continue to deal full damage on subsequent hits to slow immune targets
Renekton

Cull the Meek's fury-enhanced swipe trail is now properly red
Twisted Fate

Loaded Dice will now show total gold earned by the skill on a per-unit basis on the buff tooltip
Xin Zhao

Fixed a bug where Three Talon Strike did not take Critical Damage modifiers into account
Items

New item: Athene's Unholy Grail
80 Ability Power
36 Magic Resist
15 mana regeneration per 5 seconds
15% cooldown reduction
Unique Passive: Restores 12% of your max mana on kill/assist and increases your mana regeneration by 1% per 1% mana missing
Phantom Dancer movement speed reduced to 12% from 15%
Zeal movement speed reduced to 6% from 8%
Summoner's Rift Graphics Updated:

New textures across the entirety of Summoner’s Rift
Changes to the color palette to differentiate the upper and lower jungles from one another
A new shopkeeper has arrived to service all your Champion’s item purchases
New animations on many monsters including the Ancient Golem, the Lizard Elder, and Baron Nashor
HUD now displays the number of creeps you have killed
Minimap has improved so that map icons and player icons display more clearly
Significantly improved game performance on low end machines and at lower quality settings
Improved the visual quality of the in-game HUD
Co-op vs. AI

Bots will no longer kill themselves by chasing enemies onto the summoning platform
Fixed a bug where Shen Bot did not learn all of his abilities
Fixed a bug where Ashe Bot would occasionally get stuck toggling Frost Shot repeatedly
Fixed a bug where Bots would use Cleanse on knockup, and knockback abilities
Spectator Mode

Spectators can now view the spectator UI and use Timeshift controls after the game has ended
Spectator Mode will now run at full speed when alt tabbed in windowed or borderless mode
The mouse cursor will now hide in spectator mode after a period of inactivity
The spectator HUD will now remember chat visibility settings between games
Significantly reduced CPU usage of the Featured Games module
Improved the algorithm for selecting Featured Games to include more Normal and Ranked Team games with extremely skilled players
Fixed a bug that caused Featured Games to occasionally show completed games
Fixed a bug where fast forwarding up to live could break spectator mode
Fixed a bug that could cause Directed Camera to miss kills in some situations
General

Towers will now alert you with a tone and a particle when you are being targeted
Added a confirmation dialog for the quit button in champion select for Custom Games
All spells attempted to be cast while crowd controlled (stunned, snared, etc) will now cast immediately at the end of the effect
Improved particle scaling on characters like Dragon or Baron Nashor
Fixed a bug where players could not spam emotes to their heart's content
Fixed a bug where units would remain highlighted after death
Fixed a bug where inputs made while the shop is open would translate onto the battlefield (unintentional pings, pathing, etc)