AMA #4 - Not quite four hours | TFT Runeterra Reforged | Teamfight Tactics
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Originally Aired: July 18th, 2023
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Your passion for this game and its community is inspiring. So much so that I booted up TFT 20 minutes in, because you talking about it made we want to play lol. Thanks Mort.
The individual augment re roll is probably my favorite thing added to tft this set including all Champs, traits, themes and all that stuff
i would have added that years ago
@@ssbbSephi Oh Im sure you would've made every good design change they've made and more, you are the perfect game dev after all
mort is probably the best, nicest game dev ive ever seen, this guy is such a treasure
Idk about nicest lol, but he is a great dev and his transparency is always appreciated
(not saying he’s too mean or anything, I just don’t even know if mort would consider himself especially nice)
yea i came here to say the same thing, he doesn't seem like someone that would strike me as "nice", he's just cool and normal and good at his job.
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2:02:28 You're welcome I know you needed this
1:32 33:54 1:37:47 2:43:36 Game design
2:07:50 About Mort becoming the face of TFT
2:58:52 Head developer's impact on Mort's life
2:24:13 Getting "mortdogged"
57:03 Daily routine
15:55 3:25:50 Handling toxicity
1:25:47 Favorite set
2:52:54 Favorite degenerate comp
1:29:29 TFT content mort would do if he quit riot
2:22:15 Legends of Runeterra
3:07:43 Sex life
20:22 Games that inspire TFT
2:14:44 Games that might threaten TFT
2:11:21 TFT Esports
32:28 Impact of streamers and professional players
2:41:54 For fun game modes relationship with main game
42:02 Non-league / original characters in TFT
1:12:19 Community organizations associated with TFT
1:44:30 PBE being congested due to TFT
1:35:14 In-depth explanations on champions
1:45:22 Making new sets feel fresh
3:20:35 More damage types in TFT
2:05:11 Puzzles in TFT
49:52 Mobile & other platforms
1:04:48 1:17:38 New player experience
3:08:31 Chibi animations
2:32:35 Cosmetics / Achievements
2:46:12 Merch
3:16:41 QA players in TFT team
6:05 28:38 54:38 3:03:16 3:13:26 3:27:05 Balance
2:16:54 TFT being tied to League's patch cycle
47:06 Mid-Set
2:19:52 Set 10 and moving forward
58:27 Battlepass rewards
2:49:20 TFT game duration
24:55 Overtime
51:19 Matchmaking
1:22:28 Interest
1:20:52 Placement logic when 2 players die
1:54:42 Making forcing comps less punishing
2:37:09 Counter for how many champions are left in the pool
3:10:39 Player agency
3:22:16 Upgrading a champion when 2 copies are on the board with items
12:31 Set 9 popularity
37:40 1:50:54 2:28:46 2:49:05 Legends
4:20 26:38 Portals
1:59:19 3-costs mostly carries
2:31:11 3-hex range champions
3:18:28 Aesthetic of champions (and Yordles)
46:23 1:11:49 1:49:06 2:25:20 2:51:50 2:57:30 Augments
1:22:53 1:57:30 3:24:16 Items
1:33:18 Spatulas/Emblems
37:24 1:25:56 1:51:58 2:54:55 Traits
8:34 Rogues/Assassins
36:57 Tanks
1:02:11 Rotating champions/traits
1:07:25 Utility champions
1:19:02 Champion anvils
1:15:29 Mana Reave
1:32 Game design
4:20 Portals (House Lightshield portal)
6:05 General Balance
8:34 Rogues/Assassins
12:31 Set 9 popularity
15:55 Handling toxicity
20:22 Games that inspire TFT
24:55 Overtime
26:38 Portals (like Hyper Roll or Fortune's Favor)
28:38 Balance (with respect to the playerbase)
32:28 Impact of streamers and professional players
33:54 Game design
36:57 Tanks (Carry Tanks)
37:24 Traits (Ability changing trait)
37:40 Legends
42:02 Non-league / original characters in TFT
46:23 Augments (Final Reserve)
47:06 Mid-Set (Adding units when Mid-Set is gone)
49:52 Mobile & other platforms
51:19 Matchmaking
54:38 Balance (Openers / Early game comps)
57:03 Daily routine
58:27 Battlepass rewards
1:02:11 Rotating champions/traits
1:04:48 New player experience
1:07:25 Utility champions
1:11:49 Augments (+2 for a random trait)
1:12:19 Community organizations associated with TFT
1:15:29 Mana Reave
1:17:38 New player experience (Bot mode)
1:19:02 Champion anvils
1:20:52 Placement logic when 2 players die
1:22:28 Interest
1:22:53 Items (Nerf BiS items for champions)
1:25:47 Favorite set
1:25:56 Economy traits
1:29:29 TFT content mort would do if he quit riot
1:33:18 Spatulas/Emblems
1:35:14 In-depth explanations on champions
1:37:47 Story as a game designer
1:44:30 PBE being congested due to TFT
1:45:22 Making new sets feel fresh
1:49:06 Augments
1:50:54 Legend that randomly chooses a legend
1:51:58 Chase traits thoughts (9 ionia, 9 shurima etc..)
1:54:42 Making forcing comps less punishing
1:57:30 Locket changes
1:59:19 3-costs mostly carries
2:02:28 How do i find a girlfriend?
2:05:11 Puzzles in TFT
2:07:50 About Mort becoming the face of TFT
2:11:21 TFT Esports
2:14:44 Games that might threaten TFT
2:16:54 TFT being tied to League's patch cycle
2:19:52 Set 10 and moving forward
2:22:15 Legends of Runeterra
2:24:13 Getting "mortdogged"
2:25:20 Augments (transformative augments)
2:28:46 Legends (augment appearing right away)
2:31:11 3-hex range champions
2:32:35 Cosmetics / Achievements
2:37:09 Counter for how many champions are left in the pool
2:41:54 For fun game modes relationship with main game
2:43:36 Systems designs
2:46:12 Merch
2:49:05 Legends
2:49:20 TFT game duration
2:51:50 Reverse recombobulator
2:52:54 Favorite degenerate comp
2:54:55 Armor/MR traits
2:57:30 Gold augment of wandering trainer
2:58:52 Head developer's impact on Mort's life
3:03:16 Big nerfs/buffs
3:07:43 Sex life
3:08:31 Chibi animations
3:10:39 Player agency
3:13:26 Balance thrashing
3:16:41 QA players in TFT team
3:18:28 Aesthetic of champions (and Yordles)
3:20:35 More damage types in TFT
3:22:16 Upgrading a champion when 2 copies are on the board with items
3:24:16 Items (Blade of the Ruined King from league)
3:25:50 Handling toxicity
3:27:05 Patch frequency
you’re a gem
Goat
Holy. Thanks man
Mort Dog is a Red Mage.
Start and learn a little bit of everything... Become awesome at everything.
or a bard xD
58:27 thank you so much for adressing this question Mort, I was wondering about the exact same thing and glad you could at least share some insight and at the same time taking a great managemental stance for your employees
just wanted to say thank you to you and your team mort. For the dedication you put in the game, the creativity, the fast patches (you cant balance a game all the time) And for your personal inside in the process of the game
Loved the part about not tolerating toxicity against stillwater players
Love the set (gonna continue listening to your "podcast" now and play tft on hardstuck 0 lp master now)
21:00 cool!! wonder if itll be some cyberpunky or an ancient rome theme or a east asian myth theme
Definitely grateful we have people like Mort in the content-creation/gaming space! Awesome AMA!
watched it all, great listen, thank you!!
Loving this AMA so far. Thank you!
Re: identifying the # of units left in the pool; The new info panel that launched with this set could be a good way to deliver that information. I'm no designer or dev, so idk how realistic it would be, but it'd be nice to be able to right click a unit I have in the field or on my bench and just have a snapshot right there in the info panel.
2:31:52 I think 3 Hex champions could have a purpose as a sort of backline "tank" against Assassins or projectile spells targetting champions. The advantage of those would then be that you can put them in front of your actual carry without blocking your carry completely (as happens when you do it with other 4 range units) or have the "blocker" just wander off into the frontline as happens with 1/2 range units.
Having a 3 range unit block for a 4 range unit would presumably make them move around the battlefield together, staying back or stepping up simultaneously as long as the hit the same target.
Very well explained on everything Mort, love ya
1:48:12 in hindsight the one sentence thing actually worked, I called my friend and I was like: YOU HAVE TO PLAY TFT, so they made this mechanic where the music changes as you add traits. Dude got convinced just by that.
Thank you Mortdog for the years of developing and excellent effort. TFT is by far one of my favorite games and it would not be the case if not for your leadership and hard working team! Thanks for being a great example.
Shifting sands is my favorite lol. I like not worrying about selling a unit I might need later to switch items over
Lowkey watching the 58 champions all oscillate as people roll their shops sounds kinda hype.
You are great Mort, thank you.
I just need to know, if singed will be a chibi one day lol
for the execute, can he zoom across the field and yeet u in the air LOL
@@Quang- I don’t spend money on games like that but I’ll happily drop like $50 for a singed yeet execute lol
I liked these, these are pretty fun.
Thanks Mort. Appreciate you always. Got to play with you a little bit ago and it was an honor good sir
Wow. Thanks! What do you mean?
@Mortdog - didn’t you reach out to me.. saying something special?
"When the game is good, the team did great. When the game is bad, I did bad. That's what being a good manager is" mortdog.
Great line
I'm late to this vid but this is why you can't fault Mort. The love and care for the game/community is amazingly admirable!
21:32 “TFT SET 10: NEW JERSEY CONFIRMED” - GanglyTFT. absolutely killed me😂
2:21:39 Does that mean we could potentially get more gamemodes instead of midsets? That would be awesome
I'd like to see some more of the old Galaxies from set 3 become portals.
The goat at work again
ballin
I think everything mort said about diablo as an example is pretty true, not just as an opinion, but as a game in general. Some people just don't enjoy long build ups before getting something actually exciting, but all the other aspects that he may dislike might be due to the fact that because he's a game designer himself, he sees potential being fully missed, or at least that's how I imagine game designers seeing other games. I love how honest he is about the q and a's while also fully respecting other game company he shoots his pov's at. It'd be nice to see more game leads make time for the public to answer questions. Being transparent is so important in building a community to trust eachother. We're not left on blues on why things are the way they are, whether they're intended or not. I get frustrated in tft all the time, who doesn't? But it helps knowing why a certain mechanic was added in that way. I still suck at the game and complain like a baby when I don't have my way, but thats more than likely cause I'm bad.
Love your AMAs. I am looking forward to the day where i can host a double up tourney with a self made lobby of 8.
That answer about games where new things happen everytime you pick the game up is the reason Halo 3 was so incredible for me. It had simplistic mechanics, but it gave you all the tools you'd need to make your own fun rather than try to railroad you onto their planned fun.
Tft is nailing that for me at the moment.
piltovers problem is that people want to have their cake and eat it too.
I love mortdog so so much
For the t-hex, what if you do both? The t-hex gets upgraded and you get some loot
Thank you
I listen from start to end for his Q&A, really loves it. I wonder why other developers cant just follow him as an example on how to communicate with their fans community?
morts the best ever i think he is one of the reason why i love this game so much
Yeah, I always get threatened to report when I want to choose stillwater hold LOL
about the Stillwater hold flame thing, yea that's really annoying. I chose it once, got chosen, then got flamed the entire game for doing it.
I think back line access should be a front line unit that swaps with a unit on the back of the opponent team
Were there any questions on double up? If so, which times? Thank you!
w mort per usual
The pool sizes discussion makes me think of the site you can play Catan on online where instead of saying explicitly how many of any resource there are in the bank, it just tells you roughly how many based on the number of "?" there are. "?" being the fewest and "???" being the most. Then you could have it update live without being overwhelming for the player to look at by having specific ranges of units left.
Using fun gamemodes to test ideas for the main game reminds me a lot of Un- sets in MTG!
sorry but i loved old sins. consistently my favorite trait to play and play against because it was all positioning skill expression whether you were against or as. idk i don't like these knew ones because they feel completely random in their targeting. i find myself never flexing into them unless i'm highrolling because they aren't consistent.
sett is a pretty strong frontliner for juggernaut. Although he is contested 3 way by taliyah reroll, zed, challenger players. He’s definitely real good at 3 star.
Thanks for not putting music/making it very soft. I find background music distracting
Even Mortdog asks "who is balancing the game?" while playtesting (and balancing the game)
Did I miss something? Are mid sets not a thing anymore?
Screw it... Mort for president!
*we are all screwed*
I am 100% here for Fridge TFT.
Le duck is actually my second fav tft tuber (second only to mort)
I wonder if making every stage 7 player combats and just having it be a round robin where you face each person once guaranteed would be healthier for the game. Essentially a 7 card deck that gets shuffled each stage. Gets weird when people start getting eliminated i guess
in terms of barrier to entry, as a new player who feels like they JUST got over the hump, some sort of PvCPU practice mode, that is maybe truncated to 20 minutes or so per game would be very appealing. even if its ultimately not the best way to learn, that sort of very optional sandbox area to just mess around and learn the basics might be really helpful.
your describing hyper roll but with bots, i recommend using hyper roll to learn comps and or augments. hope this helps a tiny bit
Hard to implement because it allows optimization of patches much faster and ruins a lot of the fun of figuring out each particular patch. Unfortunately the game is too complicated and changes too often for it to ever really be balanced, so practice tools would be properly utilized by high elo more than new players to minmax, and ultimately probably make the game a worse experience for new players overall.
It’s a forst
Mort is helding me hostage. Send help.
Taric was indeed. too strong
Great to get all this nice and explained by the one and only! i do have a quick question tho that someone here in te comments should be able to ask : i see a lot of people turn their tactician into an dummy ( kinda like emoting into it), if tried to look it up but maaan... i cant find it. someone here nows how?
When they're looking at another person's board they show as that dummy and "away" on their board
@@rowanwhite1416 oooh there is me thinking its an emote XD
@@rowanwhite1416 thank you tho! now i can sleep again :D
The best tutorial is no tutorial and the greatest example of how to teach the player everything about the game is Super Mario Bros. 1-1, within the first 10 seconds of the game you should learn how to play and get through the entire game of original Mario.
Nintendo did this with ZERO text whatsoever and just let the player play the game, control Mario freely, and have obvious visuals of what is what... Goomba looks squishy up top? Try jumping on him! [Goomba dies] Cannot access that ? block from the sides, but can from below? Try jumping into it! [Mushroom appears] Mushroom looks friendly and is running away from you? Try running into it! [Mario gets big (learns about power ups)]
SHIFTING SANDS is the least picked portal!? What did sand ever do to ya'll D: I swear I'm the only one that likes that portal. It's relatively chill, but surprisingly fun being able to slam your items/components in ways you typically wouldn't do. I honestly find it more interesting than The University or House Light Shield and a fair number of others.
its surprising to me, i thought the thing with the demacia item and the 10 seconds earlier overtime are the least picked ones.
i for example never played them so far.
I love that portal, it's a hard counter to all the reroll comps and works great with fast 9 strats
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
Welp people don’t like it in my elo cause it’s just a zephir game…
I saw the PBE update, it's a great idea to replace all the neutral portals with something more exciting, thank you for everything !
Memorizing things is skill, but it is not the type of skill you want for TFT
The Lux and Kai'sa nerfs were absolutely necessary. You just can't cook when units are that overpowered, because you lose to even full 1* boards with decent items. Just those two nerfs *really did* open up so much more stuff. I think it was an awesome, patch, and let's make no mistake that the vast majority of the increased breadth is because of the patch, not because of "figuring stuff out."
I agree partially, but I also fear nerfing a champion too much will lead to players that like go full demacia, or void to be nerfed as well, as Lux and Kai'sa are many times the main carries for those verticals. I enjoy Void, I hate mech comps, and monster comps most of the time. But I fell in love with Void this set. But it has been nothing but nerfs since this set opened up. There was a 6 void buff, but you only feel it if your are lucky enough to get 6 void early. If you are unlucky, then its a quick trip to a fast 8th place.
How about you host some tutorial sessions on the discord or something? Since new players are so put off by the game
For the chibi legends animation question. I feel like as the person losing it’s not too bad. But as the player that owns the chibi, having to watch that same animation multiple times in the same game as you kill other players can get annoying. Especially because you paid a premium to have that little legend so you want to use it. But it does get repetitive and annoying
Forget Rogues LOL Yasuo is the biggest joke when it comes to blowing up the backline.
I love mortdogs and riots philosophy on making games where they don't appeal to everyone. Like valorent it an pvp fps. League us a moral. Tft is, tft. And I hope they do the same when/if they make the league MMO
Every single time stillwater was pfered o voted on it (about 35 times new) never got tô go there :c still i heard a lot of shit for trying
On the stillwater thing: Im not a person who flames people who pick it, im anoyed yes, but i never write smth. What i noticed tho is that ther are allot of people taking it just to troll. This might not be true in really high elo but in mid dimond were im at atm allot of people pick and say smth like "suffer with me guys. I kinda think the pick rate might be infladed by people who just wants to troll others cause most of us have more fun with the beautiful augment system you guys designed. I understand why you wouldnt just remove it but i also think it isnt as easy as just saying some people like it.
1:05:48
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My idea regarding pool counter:
Champion card in shop should have a small coloured dot in the top corner. Green = enough to make 3* champ in the pool. yellow = enough to make 2* champ in the pool. red = can't make 2 star.
How to make TFT better for NEW players and HARDCORE players?
~Simpler abilities and abilities are VISUALLY CLEAR of everything that they do. If you have to read to know what spell does, you failed and lost that new player. Read should only be there to make things clear and precise, not there to substitute poor visual clarity.
~Less total traits in a set, like less than 50% of what you make now.
~Every trait has more champions than max limit i.e. 2/4/6/8 trait has 12 champions with that trait.
This allows for a new player to play the champions that they like without knowing what any champion, trait, or ability does and have fun with the game while for the hardcore allows for more creative freedom with comps keeping the game fresh for hundreds and maybe even thousands of games longer.
~Every champion has at least 3 traits.
For a new player experience, this allows that player to feel like they are playing the game the correct way while throwing in champions that appeal to them since the champions that they like also are more likely to have matching traits create more fun and enjoyment out of the game.
For hardcore players, allows for more creative freedom and keeps interest in the game for a lot longer without the need of balance patches.
~Keep traits simple.
If the trait is getting too wordy then it is either overcomplicated or there are too many systems and this makes it really hard for a new player to learn vs a trait that gives team attack speed, traits do not need to be all this simple, but just an example.
Nice to play Kassadin carry augment only to have it move left to right of the front line only... 3 star and barely cracks 1k dmg in a fight
its effin awful
I'm a casual GM/Challenger player, and I LOVE LEGENDS. It feels like picking a new deck in Hearthstone. I love that I can completely change the feel of the game when I want to by running something new. Don't listen to the haters. Sure, they're tough to balance, but even Draven patch was fun for 2 days.
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First things first I have nothing but respect and appreciation for Mort and the tft dev team. But I disagree with Morts approach to those who dislike Chibi cutscenes. I think cutscenes aren't a trigger for tilt but an aggrevator for tilt. If I have a game where I play like garbage or feel like rng shafted me the last thing I wanna see is something that feels similar to taunting. Don't get me wrong there are plenty of unreasonable takes on cutscenes ( ie the hostage comparison) but regardless of the logic behind it if people think they're toxic there should be a way to turn them off.
I understand what you’re saying, for me personally it’s only tilting to me if the person in game was being toxic such as pinging, emoting or chatting. I get boiling hot mad but I think it’s stupid to remove chat, pings , and emotes just because I got tilted by it. I feel the same about the cutscene, my personal experience shouldn’t remove the fun for others. In fact I want one too really bad but I can’t decide which I want lol so I haven’t bought one yet. I am a fan of the aatrox one, it reminds me of the anime bleach.
but you realize the stillwater lovers are actually doing it just to be toxic and say it all the time
here is an idea, take stillwater hold, or w/e it is and turn it into a game mode. If people really like it go let them play that with other people that do as well. Because if I had money to bet, i'm willing to bet that more often than not, 7 other people in that lobby would rather that person not be there than to be forced to play that portal. You added augments to the game for a reason, and though balancing can be a problem I've still enjoyed them ever since they have been introduced. To be forced to play with out them literally against our will is not fun.
Stillwater, makes some comps all but impossible to play, it makes some strategies as well impossible to play. Its bad enough when you can't play a favored comp, because one champion in it is highly contested. That shite is not fun, but acceptable. its another thing though when certain comps or strategies are all but virtually impossible to pull off because of the lack of augments.
I mean I would rather play the old Yuumi's zoomi portal all day, every day than ever touch Stillwater. Honestly, you should of added too the stillwater portal and shortened the boards to season 1, and literally just called it "Genesis" or "Season 1" portal, because that is what it feels like playing that portal.
I agree that toxicity is bad, but what usually gets the rage pumping with Stillwater is that there is a Scuttle Puddle, and/or Shuriman Bazaar to pick from as well. Either of those are insanely fun to play in. And then ONE person. ONE not many but ONE person walks over to Stillwater, and fucks it up for 7 other people. And you wonder why there is so much hate for stillwater players? You had to know putting that portal into the game was going to ruffle feathers, I know you couldn't of been that naive to think that it would not. Yes toxicity is on the one doing it, but I can't help but think that as the devs you share in that toxicity for facilitating a situation that would spawn said toxicity.
Turning Stillwater into its own mode does several things. It takes it out of the portal choice pool, so something else can be chosen there instead. It takes the players that like to play that mode, and puts them in lobbies with other like minded players, or players that are going into it knowing what they are in for. Taking that portal out of the normal and rank choice pool then removes that rage inducing option, which will lower the toxicity against said players.
backline access trait can never be successfull. they either do their job or dont. at least in the way you release them
On the topic of the battle pass and new monetization,riot dovagedys made a fool of himself replying to players,rejecting their opinions and got clowned on,so i doubt they take player criticism seriously.
The way he keeps referring to set 9 as a success doesn't give me a lot of hope for the future of this game. Max level delusion.
What are you on, Set 9 is amazing for most of the players. Only the TFT addicts and people addicted to playing the meta comps get mad at it, the more casual audience (which is a huge majority of TFT) loves the set
YASUO IS NOT TOXIC FOR THE GAME? ARE YOU PLAYING THE GAME MORT? WHAT OTHER COST 4 FLY IN THE BACKLINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROUND LIKE A KILLER SPAMMING CC AND SELF SUSTAIN AND IGNORING THE TANKS?
I agree Yasou is overtuned atm, but on a couple of different occasions he has said about how yasou as a 4 cost damage melee carry is doing what he is intended to do.
Not saying it's overturned or not but you can position around rfc yasuo fyi. He doesn't have 'target enemy backline carry always no matter the positioning' ai
Skill issue