League of Legends (+ a bug)
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:08 pm
So... I've been playing lots of, even too much, League of Legends recently.
What's it? A free game. If you've played Defence of the Ancients, Demigod, Heroes of Newerth or any other "MOBA" games, you know what it's like. If you haven't played any of those, well... you control one character. He has four skills. With these skills, you kill the heroes your opponents control.
Except, you don't. In fact, you should start every game by killing weak monsters, because that way you get gold, and can buy better items from the shop, and kill those enemy heroes who didn't do this. Except, of course, if you didn't get enough experience and they have level advantage. You might've been doing fine alone, except the enemy team did the nasty by having three players sneak up on poor unsuspecting you.
So in fact it's a game about teamplay, optimizing the amount of XP and gold you get, knowing what skills and items to focus on, and about killing the enemy heroes. It takes lots of time to get good at it.
I can play decent tank, but I'm not that good at any killing roles. Even my damage-oriented mages and archers (Annie, Ashe) and up in support role with stun-assists but few kills.
Any way, one of the reasons I made this thread was the weird bug I got today. Has anyone else found themselves playing on a space level? In fact, it's just the terrain texture having become invisible and you seeing the background pic under the ground + walls. Still, it's a lot like a space-themed map, especially with those explosions. Pity there were no Corki's this game, or Astronaut Teemo's.
What's it? A free game. If you've played Defence of the Ancients, Demigod, Heroes of Newerth or any other "MOBA" games, you know what it's like. If you haven't played any of those, well... you control one character. He has four skills. With these skills, you kill the heroes your opponents control.
Except, you don't. In fact, you should start every game by killing weak monsters, because that way you get gold, and can buy better items from the shop, and kill those enemy heroes who didn't do this. Except, of course, if you didn't get enough experience and they have level advantage. You might've been doing fine alone, except the enemy team did the nasty by having three players sneak up on poor unsuspecting you.
So in fact it's a game about teamplay, optimizing the amount of XP and gold you get, knowing what skills and items to focus on, and about killing the enemy heroes. It takes lots of time to get good at it.
I can play decent tank, but I'm not that good at any killing roles. Even my damage-oriented mages and archers (Annie, Ashe) and up in support role with stun-assists but few kills.
Any way, one of the reasons I made this thread was the weird bug I got today. Has anyone else found themselves playing on a space level? In fact, it's just the terrain texture having become invisible and you seeing the background pic under the ground + walls. Still, it's a lot like a space-themed map, especially with those explosions. Pity there were no Corki's this game, or Astronaut Teemo's.
