Legends of Runeterra Dev Tracker

Hi,This was a topic we did a lot of consideration on. The game has timeout protection in only two places, during patching and during matchmaking. These two screens met the criteria of (a) it is a non-interactive event and (b) it comes to an end after a set time all on it's own.

During a game (b) is not a guarantee. Vs AI games are not timed at all. In PvP, maybe your opponent is doing some Cloud Drinker combo shenanigans. We didn't want to leave your phone vulnerable to battery drain or to security issues because you set it down in the middle of a Vs AI game and forgot about it. In general, LoR's round structure also makes it very interactive, and for those time where your opponent may be thinking, we instead focused on giving you more interactive things to do, like petting your Guardian or sending your favorite emote for that situation. (Are you a Heimer, Quinn or Gangplank? Quinn is my favorite.)

Hope understanding our philosophy on this gives you some context abo...

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Hi u/PoorOldMoot - Thanks for bringing this up. There's definitely some inconsistencies with how Twisted Fate works when you summon him. By design you should not be able to cancel after you summon him, but before you choose the destiny card. But I agree it is kind of weird you can when you can cancel Sejuani in a somewhat similar situation.

In my own opinion the easiest thing would be to change Sejuani so you can't cancel her summon so it is consistent with the others. Like I can't cancel summoning Teemo (and why would I?). That said I think as players it feels like I should be able to cancel since I have this moment to make a choice (picking a destiny card, picking a unit, etc).

In any case, I'll see what the team thinks. I still the larger fail on my part for the mobil...

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Oooh that’s weird! Thanks for the heads up

I strongly approve.

I think making this clearer to players is a good idea. This post was as useful to us on the dev team as it was to all the folks who chimed in!

You didn't come across as hostile at all! Your English is excellent, you say you don't speak it... but you sure do write it. And happy cake day! :)

Sorry I'm so late replying! And my answer won't be very satisfying: I don't want to step on the design team's toes so I'll keep it general.

The responses to your comment do a pretty good job illustrating the tension around complexity! Sometimes more layers of deterministic (or narrowly probabilistic) complexity can add meaningful strategy, but sometimes it's overwhelming, or worse it's uninteresting. There's a balance to find where things are still straightforward for players to learn and retain (and evaluate in the moment).

The trickiest part is that everyone who responded to you is making good arguments... because the right balance is different for different players! It sounds like u/Lareyt is excited by the extra layers of decision making, while you and ...