[Patch 3.10a: Worlds Balance] General Discussion - Page 136

On September 02 2013 02:23 TheRabidDeer wrote:

It is "set up" for lefties, but you cant change anything in-game or it messes it all up. Any changes have to be through a config.ini file, and I dont know what all of the bindable commands are. I tried to rebind a key so that shift+right click would alert enemy missing, and it wont take because you cant bind mouse1 ingame (for some reason lefty drivers are wonky and make right click mouse1 default for some games), so I tried rebinding it to k. That took, but the binding doesnt set right and it removed the left-click bind so now when I left click it does the alert enemy missing command. And since the ini file makes left click multiple binds somehow, you lose the ability to use menu buttons and have to exit the game with alt+f4 and replace the ini file again. It is the worst coding I have ever seen.

On September 02 2013 02:23 TheRabidDeer wrote:

Lolreplay goes through riot servers? Or is done locally? If Lolreplay is done locally, why doesnt Riot just officially implement that?

On September 02 2013 02:28 MoonBear wrote:

Have you bothered reading my giant sticked thread about tech issues in this subforum? It's designed specifically for things like this.


No, LoLReplay saves things locally. Why does Riot not do things locally? Because they want a centralised system for replay and replay handling that also keeps up with patches and game engine changes as well as allowing for large data analytics because that makes more sense. Same reason your match history is saved Riot-side and not locally.

On September 02 2013 02:22 Alaric wrote:

It makes me curious though, since I've never seen Ziggs go Lichbane outside of people trying the champ, or when spectating low level play (as in, Ziggs isn't popular competitively and I'm only in Gold I so the only high Elo Ziggs I see are these in the featured games in the client), how do you alter the playstyle to go with it?
Most of the time I see Ziggs either using his ult to countergank (or when the enemy mid roams first, to be the first to help his lane), or trying to push with his team so they group early and he relies on Q spam to weaken people before blowing everything once somebody initiates. It seems to be really heayv in mana usage, so I assume it's not easy to do if you only have blue buff (eg no Tear/Chalice), is it still enough as long as you make your poke sparse, or do you significantly alter how you play it out to make use of Lichbane/less mp5?

Lichbane sounds like an item you use to abuse the 575 range in lane or sieges, or as a defense when people dive you to get more burst, and since Ziggs' kit seems so good at preventing people to reach him in the first place, I wouldn't instinctively compare him to other champions whose kit/playstyle entices autoattacking, like TF. Like Lux, it makes me think "sure, you can, but is it optimal?".

On September 02 2013 02:31 TheRabidDeer wrote:

I am just complaining that these issues have been in the game for years now, I am fine with what I have worked out.

And I can understand wanting a centralized system, but if bandwidth is an issue then why not implement it locally first?

On September 02 2013 00:21 Doctorbeat wrote:


Moving LCS was as much in their own interest. TI3 would leech viewers, I'd definitely have watched TI3 over LCS.

I do think that the anti-Riot jerk is a bit much at times, but then again, Riot is the biggest player and a good amount of skepticism doesn't do any harm. Riot isn't perfect and they haven't delivered (yet) on quite a few promises (replays, certain bugs, etc), some of which have been around for a loooong time.

I don't really like Riot's technical side (server problems, bad client, no replays), but I love their E-sports side and community interaction right now (with a few exceptions).

On September 02 2013 02:28 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:


pointing to "high elo play" of unpopular champs leads to a lot of shit. tournament viability is much more of an indicator of something working

lich bane gives you 250 mana - grail's 15 mp/5 needs 80 seconds to catch up to that, disregarding the 12% regen which isn't really -that- much if you're not buildling any mana pool enhancing items like tear or roa (which you shoudlnt)

lich bane gives you -enough- mana that you can comfortably toss out q's for a good while and infinitely with blue, grail isn't particularly necessary for mana upkeep

there are a million ways ppl can dive yo uand lich bane lets you 1v1 then super easily. just to say "you should never be reached" is silly.

it's also completely bullshit for both split pushing and group sieging since you only need to get a few autos in and the tower is gone, 575 range is not short by any means

On September 02 2013 02:34 obesechicken13 wrote:
Pretty sure that's all placebo. You can auto just as much as any AP carry that gets in range to auto. Ranged APs obviously can auto more and so can champions who often space out their abilities and have short cooldowns to get more lichbane procs, but I don't understand this autoattack weaving bs.

Lux used to be considered a prime candidate for Lichbane back when it was 1.0AP ratio. You can still find the discussions in the Lux thread. She has neither short cooldowns, nor the tendency to get in range to auto. Style points. Nothing else.

On September 02 2013 03:14 jcarlsoniv wrote:
Howdy, friends.

How's things?

On September 02 2013 01:47 TheRabidDeer wrote:

Riot's technical side is shit. Their left-handed mouse integration is horrible (and is the main reason I stopped playing before). I am using the config they provide for lefties, but I cant change any hotkeys through the ingame menu or it screws it all up.

I am curious though, about the replay thing... how is it that there is a legit 3rd party replay thing that has all kinds of information (it is a complete replay, viewing both sides and all the actions throughout the game) but there isnt an official one? The 3rd party one has been out for years now.