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[Trovoc-PG]

Greetings Immortals - we hope you're all having a great 2013!

We have been busy with a number of things, as you may have noticed from the slew of updates contained in last week's patch. This week, we have a couple more beans to spill for you all.

Undine

Firstly, as you may have seen, we are starting to reveal our next Immortal, Undine, Fury of the Deep!

Undine is in the final stages of integration and testing and we'll be revealing more info on her abilities over the next few days.

New beta game mode - ARAM!

For those who don't know what "ARAM" means, it stands for "All Random, All Mid". Basically it is a 5v5 mode where all champions play in a single lane, result: all combat, all the time! Players get a random character to play with so every game is different as you never know what you'll end up with. BfG does not currently have official support for this mode; however all that is about to change and we're dropping an official custom ARAM beta game mode on you this week, on a brand new map!

Here's a peek at the map:



Features you can expect to see include:

• New custom game mode
  
• New map (single lane map, no top, no bottom, no jungle, 2 towers plus 2 monoliths per side)
  
• Insta-lock on random Immortal
  
• 45 second discipline and artifacting phase after random pick
  
• Custom vendor with restricted item availability (no wards, teleports, restricted pots)
  
• Once you leave the vendor area, you may not use the vendor until you die
  
• Equalizer mode active to give new players a fighting chance

All this is due in the next update, along with some improvements to the attack-move functionality. We expect to release this new mode on Thursday January 17, so come join us then for some all-mid action, and be sure to keep checking this forum for more details on Undine!

[TastyBacon]

Looking forward to playing some ARAM games! They're great fun for when you really don't want to play too seriously.

[Luj1n]

ARAM

[Downiel]

Finally we can play ARAM without cheaters! IM LOOKING AT YOU MIZORY

[Redd]

So how is the 3v3 idea going?

[Bobmom]

Downiel, on 16 January 2013 - 08:17 PM, said:

Finally we can play ARAM without cheaters! IM LOOKING AT YOU MIZORY

I don't think feeding can be classified as cheating

[Nemerian]

Trovoc-PG, on 16 January 2013 - 05:21 AM, said:

All this is due in the next update, along with some improvements to the attack-move functionality.

yes!!!

[Harlan]

Excited for ARAM and the AA improvements!

[Transendence]

Trovoc-PG, on 16 January 2013 - 05:21 AM, said:

• Insta-lock on random Immortal

This is going to work better than back when open beta started and it was insta-locking on us?  It tended to just pick the last-used immortal, leading to possible duplicates.

[Trovoc-PG]

Transendence, on 17 January 2013 - 12:22 AM, said:

This is going to work better than back when open beta started and it was insta-locking on us?  It tended to just pick the last-used immortal, leading to possible duplicates.

Hope so.

[Vairelome]

For ARAM mode, will a given player's Immortal be limited to the list of Immortals his account has unlocked (presumably including the current temporary free list), or will it pull from the entire pool of Immortals (locked, unlocked, and temp unlocked)?

[Jezter]

Repete, on 16 January 2013 - 08:26 PM, said:

So how is the 3v3 idea going?

^{I think 5vE or 3vE should have come out first imo as we have been asking for this since the beginning of the beta, not an LoL clone game type}

[Powerwordhug]

Jezter, on 17 January 2013 - 01:12 AM, said:

^{I think 5vE or 3vE should have come out first imo as we have been asking for this since the beginning of the beta, not an LoL clone game type}

At this point they need promotion and advertising, and ARAM is a good idea for right now, more people enjoy casual ARAMs and what not, which leads to more player base...which in the end means a successful game.

[RegaKnight]

To be the honest the 3VE in ROI wasn't that good, and their was no challenge. A 3v3 would be better because you could still play against real people and have a decent challenge.

[Jezter]

RegaKnight, on 17 January 2013 - 01:24 AM, said:

To be the honest the 3VE in ROI wasn't that good, and their was no challenge. A 3v3 would be better because you could still play against real people and have a decent challenge.

Would have been fine with that, but most are tired of the community berating newer players, and leavers, and feeders to the point that many have stopped playing this game. Bot games tailor to those who don' like pubs then can learn to work as a team before going to them. That's why other Mobas do this. If you can't keep the players you have already, how can you grow the game when it gets bad feedback? And yes, this game gets tons of bad "constructive" feedback. A "tournament" with 4 teams so far?  Is what it is I guess.

[Trovoc-PG]

Vairelome, on 17 January 2013 - 12:45 AM, said:

For ARAM mode, will a given player's Immortal be limited to the list of Immortals his account has unlocked (presumably including the current temporary free list), or will it pull from the entire pool of Immortals (locked, unlocked, and temp unlocked)?

Unlocked (purchased) and free rotation. So, at least 10 to choose from per side.

[TastyBacon]

Jezter, on 17 January 2013 - 01:12 AM, said:

^{I think 5vE or 3vE should have come out first imo as we have been asking for this since the beginning of the beta, not an LoL clone game type}

Keep in mind that creating this was a LOT easier than making a PvE mode, or even a balanced 3v3 map. Making an ARAM map is rather simple to do, which is probably why it was done first.

[Koger]

This is awesome! Ready to play some ARAMs!!!!!

[sandstreams]

Downiel, on 16 January 2013 - 08:17 PM, said:

Finally we can play ARAM without cheaters! IM LOOKING AT YOU MIZORY

to be fair Mizory was the only one that didnt keep going back to fountain to heal. But he did ghost the stream so he knew our gameplans!

[Saso Mange]

lol that will be crazy good addition, go aram