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Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Twofacedrat on January 16, 2010, 12:11:31 am
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The League of Legends
Should give it a try, its fun :)
Links
Webiste (https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b5102771263a)
New Players Guide with Screenshots (http://www.leagueoflegends.com/learn/new_user_guide)
Sign in (https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b5102771263a)
Account Creation (https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b5102771263a)
Note: watch out the patcher can be a bit slow sometimes.
Intro
League of Legends is a free multiplayer game of the mmoba genre
with persistent elements. For those that don't know, mmoba
(Mass Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) is similar to an mmorpg's
battlegrounds, but generally without leveling or equipment.
In other words, you start on the same plane as everyone
else each game.
Gameplay
In LoL (League of Legends) for instance,
everyone's champion starts at level 1 each game with
no equipment whatsoever. You obtain gold for last hitting
enemy npc soliders that come in constant streams out of
both bases or for ganking enemy heros. That gold
can be used to buy equipment in your own bases, shades
of tremulous. Equipment and level are persistent through death,
but the higher level you are the longer you have wait
to respawn after dieing. Destroy the enemy HQ in their
base to win.
Meta-Gameplay
LoL also has a few persistent elements. As you play
games your account "levels up". This has a few effects.
First there are a number of "summoner spells" cast
by the player and chosen at game start which are not part
of the chosen champion's normal ability set. You have all
these by level 12, which really isn't very high. Second,
you have masteries which work very much like wow talents.
Third, you have runes which must be bought with "IP"
(in game money) and placed on a rune page for various
bonuses. Also, many heros must be unlocked with "IP"
as well.
How the Meta-Game is Different from an MMORPG
When compared to levels in a mmorpg, however, levels
in LoL mean almost nothing. A fully decked out player
might have +15% crit and +5% xp gain (and a few
other minor bonuses) over a new player. It is no longer
just a matter of higher levelling having much bigger hp
and attack values. Generally, higher level players win
not because they have bonusies, but simply because
they are more experienced. In addition, which heros are
free is randomly changed from week to week with 10
heros being free at any given time. Thus, the free
heros are NOT worse in any way than the "non-free"
heros and are sometimes better. One last obvious
different is the fact that you must play matches
versus other players to make any real "IP" and exp.
You don't go "level" somewhere else then go
fight in some "arena" versus a 10 year old
who never sleeps and thus is totally epiced out.
you guys should play this
Watch all of it.
League of Legends - Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V69xtIRFroI&feature=related#normal)
To get started click here (https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b5102771263a)
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leave it to rat to find another mmorpg ( er, mmoba ::)) for us all to play :laugh:
atta boy.
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:P
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Nice job explaining it, clear and to the point, crisp but not overkill, warm but yet.. well you get the point.
I might just take a look at this because of you, but then again its not my style so perhaps not ;)
Warm Regards,
Kiwi
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Point and click = Fail
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Amz spoke unholy words.
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Let me clarify.
Point and click MMO = fail
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Let me clarify.
Point and click MMO = fail
calling it an mmo = more fail.
it's yet another dota clone.
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Let me clarify.
Point and click MMO = fail
calling it an mmo = more fail.
it's yet another dota clone.
Same as the thousands of CS fps clones out there.
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urban terror :P