Brian Feeney, the Design Director of Wild Rift, spoke in an interview about the future of the MOBA. Topics included a mode with fixed role selection and future champions. Feeney revealed that champions could also come to Wild Rift that do not exist in League of Legends.
What did the developer reveal? The interview from the Spanish website Areajugones revolved around the present and future of Wild Rift:
- The developers plan to release champions faster than on PC, but not every week. They want to land somewhere in the middle.
- Initially, there will be champions that are already available on PC. However, the developers are also open to original creations.
- A role selection for matches is already in the works.
- The console version is important to the developers, but there are no new details yet.
Feeney also revealed that there are no concrete goals for when the mobile MOBA will leave beta status. The important thing is that the game should be smoothly playable in all regions, and no emergency patch should be needed.
New champions that do not exist in LoL
What exactly did Feeney say about the champions? In the interview, the Design Director revealed that the developers are open to designing exclusive champions only for Wild Rift, but not immediately:
We are open to releasing new and exclusive champions for Wild Rift. This is something that has been in planning for a while […]. We know that we have the space to grow beyond what is possible in LoL on PC. So we are definitely very open to developing Wild Rift champions that do not exist on PC.
The catch is that we know we currently do not have enough champions from the PC version. So our first priority is to ensure that we deliver a lot of champions that we feel we are actually missing.
Even at the preview event for Wild Rift, the developers told MeinMMO that some champions from the PC version of LoL may never arrive in Wild Rift. Their ability kits do not fit a mobile control scheme. Therefore, it makes sense to directly design champions that fit the twin-stick controls.
How often should champions be released? New champions are currently being released regularly. Just earlier in December, the brothers Darius and Draven, who you can still unlock for free until December 23.
Many suspect that after the event, the champion Wukong will appear. In January, Teemo and “a few of the most well-known champions from League of Legends” may appear.
In the future, champions should be released faster than on PC (6 per year), but not every week. Additionally, simultaneous releases with the PC version are possible, though this may not work for every champion.
Role selection is coming, E-sports are planned
What’s the status of role selection? Role selection was our biggest criticism here on MeinMMO of Wild Rift. Anyone signing up for a match, whether in normal or ranked mode, does not know in advance which role they will play. Because everyone signs up blind.
Feeney revealed that the developers are already working on a role selection that had to be postponed before the beta launch. The new role selection is supposed to differ somewhat from the PC version and will be released when it is ready.
It should, however, be released before the end of the beta.
What’s the status of E-sports? E-sports is also to be promoted in Wild Rift. However, the developers state that they are approaching the topic carefully because they do not know how great the demand will actually be.
Replays and a spectator mode are already in the works. Precise details on E-sports are expected in early 2021.
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