Battlegrounds: Non-competitive mode?

Felix33 · February 2022

Sorry if this is explained somewhere.

Do we know, whether there will be an option to play against a friend like we do in incursions. From the reviews of content creators, after spending 30 energy (which I hope they will change), you cue up for a match with a random opponent.

I am very excited and hopefully, it will be great addition to the game.
But at the same time, since they started teasing about this mode couple years ago and watching summoner showdowns which has a similar format, I was hoping I could sit next to my friends and play them as well.

Obviously these should not count towards to competitive rankings or give rewards (or perhaps different rewards even something like a betting system with a different in-game currency, something that wouldn't break the game or something people can take advantage of)

Noobda · February 2022

I completely agree. There must be some friendly mode to enjoy with our friends haha. I am honestly more pumped about playing with my friend rather than those competitive rewards 😂.
Edit :- Friendly matches shouldn't reward anything but at the same time , should take either less or no energy to play with our friends and also the cooldown of champs used in a friendly battle should not impact the champ in competitive mode.
Keep the two different and rewards can only be earned from competitive and I am up for it.

Kabam Miike · February 2022

Yes! We definitely plan to have a friendly mode where you can battle with your friends and alliance mates! It's not ready yet, which is why you haven't see any previews of it, but we are working on it! It likely won't be ready for the Beta, but it's in the works!

Mauled · February 2022

Beta footage looked promising except the boosts and cost of entry which seems crazy.

Qwerty12345 · February 2022

With incursion matchups... when paring with random partner, half the time they basically how up and back out.

What would happen to your entry costs (energy) and costs for refreshing champs if this were to happen in the battlegrounds?

Squirrelguy · February 2022

Mauled said:
Beta footage looked promising except the boosts and cost of entry which seems crazy.

Qwerty12345 said:
With incursion matchups... when paring with random partner, half the time they basically how up and back out.

What would happen to your entry costs (energy) and costs for refreshing champs if this were to happen in the battlegrounds?

I just always assumed that the energy cost would not be the same in an actual version of the battlegrounds. Energy in the beta tests has always been freely available for you to test out as much content as possible, so I assumed this was just an arbitrary entry cost that was easily doable for all testers. Could be wrong, but I don’t see why you would use questing energy in a competitive mode. Incursions doesn’t use any, arenas has some stupidly low amount of gold, etc.

Basically, my hopes are high that this isn’t going to be the same when it comes out for everyone.

DNA3000 · February 2022

Qwerty12345 said:
With incursion matchups... when paring with random partner, half the time they basically how up and back out.

What would happen to your entry costs (energy) and costs for refreshing champs if this were to happen in the battlegrounds?

In the beta, a match partner withdrawing before the match began (i.e. during the ten second start timer) returned you to the battlegrounds tab with no costs or recharges burned. A match partner withdrawing after the match began was counted as a forfeit, and you won the match by default (with all costs incurred).

Battlegrounds and Incursions are different in that bg is a competitive mode while incursions is a cooperative mode. Someone withdrawing from incursions screws it up for both players because neither can advance or earn rewards, but the logical obvious thing to do when someone quits in battlegrounds is to hand the other person a win. So assuming the live version of battlegrounds continues this pattern, having your match partner quit in battlegrounds is not as problematic as it is in incursions.

Crimson8399 · February 2022

This is gonna break the game so bad when it goes live. They're gonna devote so much attention to this, which will still be bugged, and neglect the core game that is busted enough already.

MutantA___4444 · February 2022

Well what if my device crashes mid fight as it does many times? will it count as a forfeit/Lose that round or will It make my champ lose half its health(like AW ,AQ and Incusrions?) or will the fight restart?

Uvogin · February 2022

MutantA___4444 said:
Well what if my device crashes mid fight as it does many times? will it count as a forfeit/Lose that round or will It make my champ lose half its health(like AW ,AQ and Incusrions?) or will the fight restart?

Pretty sure it won't restart cause it's a timed fight. My guess is it will be considered as a timeout with you losing half your health and opponent still as full health.

Skiddy212 · February 2022

Mauled said:
Beta footage looked promising except the boosts and cost of entry which seems crazy.

Energy cost was nuts. Unless they plan to make energy refills more accessible, i think i saw 30 energy per fight?

On top of monthly eq's and side quests that cost energy that is absurd

Mauled · February 2022

Skiddy212 said:

Mauled said:
Beta footage looked promising except the boosts and cost of entry which seems crazy.
Energy cost was nuts. Unless they plan to make energy refills more accessible, i think i saw 30 energy per fight?

On top of monthly eq's and side quests that cost energy that is absurd

Yeah, it’s close to 15 units/match so they’re monetising the hell out of it at this stage. Being competitive will probably end up being more a case of being able to afford to do more matches rather than winning more, depending on how exactly the win/loss points work and you’ve essentially got a featured arena V2 which will be dominated by the players who are willing to drop thousands of units on refills and boosts and simply outlast poorer players.

Battlegrounds: Non-competitive mode?

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