**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Comments
why would you want to change your IGN?
It makes it harder for those fighting against you in AW. If the opponent hasn't changed their names too the team that did will have an advantage.
In order to even the playing field everyone who plays the game will have to change their name to some version of llllllllllllllllll
This advantage could also be given to all players by making the defenders name not appear in AW until you fight them. Then players can have any name they like and have the same advantage.
Like your name lol
-2* wars not against TOS
-matching a shell not against TOS
Hide all names and be done with it. They can all be barcode and enjoy it.
It’s a significant advantage as the season goes on.
Agreeing with riegel and grounded wisdom in one thread is killing me
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It's probably the same reason why your post in this thread will get deleted too. You are calling out another alliance which breaks the forum rules.
This wouldn't help. The names on the defenders needs removed.
@Kabam Miike @Kabam Vydious Have the conversations on this topic already happened?
I was hoping we are getting close to an answer on this topic. Have there been any internal discussions on this topic at Kabam yet? Also, will we be able to have something on this before the start of season?
Thanks!
I'm gonna step in here really quickly (Sorry Vydious!). To answer your question, conversations have begun on the topic, and we're working towards a resolution. I know it's taking longer than you guys would have hoped for us to have something to really update you guys with, but like you said, we have a lot of stuff going on right now and our hands are pretty full.
What I can tell you is that your voices have been loud and clear, and the team agrees with you. We're also not very happy with the direction that some Summoners have taken with these names. We're not quite sure exactly what we can do just yet, but as I said, we're still working on it! I can't give any timeline right now, but as soon we have information for you guys, we'll let you know!
That's awesome! Thanks for the update on this topic.
Thanks.
This is Kabams issues not the players. And to be honest it’s disgraceful that Kabam is even trying to point fingers at the player base, Kabam endorsed this situation by allowing players to change their names in this way and by removing forum post after forum post during season 2 when this was all highlighted. What did they think was going to happen after endorsing this naming standard that helped equip a certain alliance to win that season. Of course other alliances are going to do the same thing, as confirmed by this email from Kabam there is no violation of TOS
Being a gamer for a long, long time, this isn't anything new when to comes to competition. Players will find and use any competitive advantage to win within the confines of the rules of the game.
The only way to get rid of this is if Kabam makes it against the rules.
An example:
In MK spamming is seen as cheap and noobish, but it does present a tactical advantage in certain fights and is a legitimate tactic. X-ray moves are seen in the same vein as they are easy to do and can do a lot of damage.
Netherrealm realized this and actually disabled them for competitive play. However, they never punished spamming, so it can be done in competitive play.
It's up to Kabam. These alliances aren't doing anything objectively wrong. They are simply finding a tactical advantage over the competition.
If Kabam doesn't like it, they need to make it against the rules.
If Miike says they're discussing it, they're discussing it. For the record, they never "endorsed" anything.
@Kabam Vydious @Kabam Miike the last comment was that the Kabam team agrees with us that the barcode names are not the direction they wanted this to go.
I'm hoping to have some more info before Aug 1st as you can imagine.
Cheers and thanks for all the communication on this topic.
It makes it difficult to look at a players top champs because you can't tell what letters are lower case "L's" and which are upper case "I's". The whole purpose is to make sure that opponents can't predict which champs are on what nodes.