Less than a week after entering a random-timing public beta, League of Legends' Dominion mode is now available.
"Nearly a year in the making, League of Legends: Dominion represents the largest and most ambitious update to League of Legends since its launch in October of 2009," Riot stated in its release announcement. "League of Legends: Dominion is the latest example of our ongoing commitment to bringing you the best of the MOBA genre in new and innovative ways."
Dominion tweaks the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena genre of "attack a base" by shifting the action to several capture points. Those who've played Battlefield's Conquest mode or most any other game's "king of the hill" will catch on quickly.
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 11:10AM GuardianLegend2 said
Sweetness
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 11:42AM Mayo20 said
I hope they have Co-op vs AI Dominion. I'm entirely too bad at this game for pvp.
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 12:00PM SuperflyForever said
@Mayo20
To be honest, after playing Dominion the other day for the first time. I myself am a new player so I mostly played against bots. But going straight into a pvp on Dominion for the first time I found it much more simple and enjoyable because of it's pace.
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To be honest, after playing Dominion the other day for the first time. I myself am a new player so I mostly played against bots. But going straight into a pvp on Dominion for the first time I found it much more simple and enjoyable because of it's pace.
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 4:25PM cypherigon said
@Mayo20 Don't be scared to do PvP. Riot makes it so that you're matched up with people of similar skill level, so you'll be playing with people that have the same skill level as you.
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Posted: Sep 26th 2011 11:57AM Grimbear13 said
Personally I prefer HoN to LoL but I'll be willing to try this out, it'll be interesting to see if this new game mode will be something worth looking into in the future of DotA games (I don't like the MOBA acronym).
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 12:08PM Kiichi said
Gotta say I like this way of releasing stuff.
No "It coming on the x of x" and then being delayd.
This "It will as soon as it is done, which we hope will be soon" and then BOOOOOOM! Style is much more to my licking.
And Dominion is hella fun!
No "It coming on the x of x" and then being delayd.
This "It will as soon as it is done, which we hope will be soon" and then BOOOOOOM! Style is much more to my licking.
And Dominion is hella fun!
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 1:12PM Kyzhara said
Dominion is a bit too simple, but fun for the casual players of LoL I think. Lacks a lot of complexity that makes the DotA genre fun though.
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 3:31PM StringTokenizer said
@Kyzhara
I'm going to have to agree with you, casual simplicity is absolutely sickening. LoL, especially after the inclusion of Dominion, doesn't even deserve to be in the same genre as DotA. How can LoL even call itself a MOBA with its lack of denying, a deep mechanic for those with true skill, and with a silly emphasis on teamwork; really, I should be able to single-handedly carry the entire game through raw skill alone, LoL's balance is terrible in this regard, forcing me to actually cooperate to succeed like some casual scrub.
Honestly, we need more hardcore games for masocists like us, right Kyzhara? Someone needs to make a game for the real pros, perhaps something like competitive quantum mechanics. And that game had better have graphics for hardcore gamers as well, none of LoL's vivid colors and cartoony aesthetic, real players need hyperrealism with lots of grays and browns, dark and edgy really, because thats whats cool and hardcore.
Until that game comes out, I guess we'll just have to settle with DotA2; its going to be great to finally ditch those kiddies in LoL (because everyone but me is a small child) and roll with the real pros like I should be.
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I'm going to have to agree with you, casual simplicity is absolutely sickening. LoL, especially after the inclusion of Dominion, doesn't even deserve to be in the same genre as DotA. How can LoL even call itself a MOBA with its lack of denying, a deep mechanic for those with true skill, and with a silly emphasis on teamwork; really, I should be able to single-handedly carry the entire game through raw skill alone, LoL's balance is terrible in this regard, forcing me to actually cooperate to succeed like some casual scrub.
Honestly, we need more hardcore games for masocists like us, right Kyzhara? Someone needs to make a game for the real pros, perhaps something like competitive quantum mechanics. And that game had better have graphics for hardcore gamers as well, none of LoL's vivid colors and cartoony aesthetic, real players need hyperrealism with lots of grays and browns, dark and edgy really, because thats whats cool and hardcore.
Until that game comes out, I guess we'll just have to settle with DotA2; its going to be great to finally ditch those kiddies in LoL (because everyone but me is a small child) and roll with the real pros like I should be.
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 4:00PM JayFiveAlive said
@StringTokenizer
That was some heavy heavy sarcasm. Too heavy I would say lol. I think you read waaaay too much into what Kyzhara said.
I personally am not big on Dominion cause it makes some champs completely OP and others mega UP and a waste.
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That was some heavy heavy sarcasm. Too heavy I would say lol. I think you read waaaay too much into what Kyzhara said.
I personally am not big on Dominion cause it makes some champs completely OP and others mega UP and a waste.
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 5:41PM Kyzhara said
@StringTokenizer Im not saying casual gaming is bad -_-' hell, I play LoL over DotA myself as well, and really enjoy it. Just saying that I think the casual players will enjoy dominion more than the more hardcore players, as its more fast paced and has less complex gameplay.
Why do people always feel the need to immediatly act so hostile :-/
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Why do people always feel the need to immediatly act so hostile :-/
Posted: Sep 27th 2011 6:37AM ShivanSwordsman said
@StringTokenizer
Whilst your rage towards Kyzhara was un-needed, if not downright rude, against the community as a whole it's the greatest thing since pie. It was absolutely beautiful to read, and had you been countering one of those raging idiots in the actual LoL community who hated the fact people could actually get their game on in 15 - 20 minutes rather than having to defecate in a sock for an hour (they will SCREAM if you leave your computer for ANY REASON, even attending to your 2 year old daughter!), you would have ascended to epic level.
You do address what's wrong with LoL and it's community though, muchless "hardcore" gamers. I myself have been gaming since the NES days, my earliest memory is playing Crystalis. Yet hyper-realism is boring, I find myself returning to Half-Life 1 rather than 2 most of the time (I love it's horror aesthetic), and while I love cool-looking characters, cartoony can also be cool looking, if done right.
Doesn't mean jack if the game is terrible though, and Dominion makes this game sufferable, even if it now highlights the terrible IP gain rate that they nerfed harshly.
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Whilst your rage towards Kyzhara was un-needed, if not downright rude, against the community as a whole it's the greatest thing since pie. It was absolutely beautiful to read, and had you been countering one of those raging idiots in the actual LoL community who hated the fact people could actually get their game on in 15 - 20 minutes rather than having to defecate in a sock for an hour (they will SCREAM if you leave your computer for ANY REASON, even attending to your 2 year old daughter!), you would have ascended to epic level.
You do address what's wrong with LoL and it's community though, muchless "hardcore" gamers. I myself have been gaming since the NES days, my earliest memory is playing Crystalis. Yet hyper-realism is boring, I find myself returning to Half-Life 1 rather than 2 most of the time (I love it's horror aesthetic), and while I love cool-looking characters, cartoony can also be cool looking, if done right.
Doesn't mean jack if the game is terrible though, and Dominion makes this game sufferable, even if it now highlights the terrible IP gain rate that they nerfed harshly.
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 1:12PM peter pham said
Loved dominion during Beta :) cant wait to not do ky homework tonite. The only thing thats kind of annoying is that fiddlesticks is suprr easy to kill in this mode
Posted: Sep 26th 2011 3:05PM Epsilon said
Ooooooh nooooooooooo! There goes my week!





