r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Axis251 • Feb 24 '26

Discussion A tweet that has me thinking.

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I don’t know if Riot can copy what valve has created with Deadlock. The atmosphere and setting so what I think makes deadlock so enjoyable. Yes the gameplay is amazing and the moba aspects are great but I just don’t think riot will even try to copy valve and make a deadlock clone. What is all y’all’s thoughts.

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u/Successful-Coconut60 Feb 24 '26

You’re genuinely a robot if you think any of Riots games have even close to a terrible free to play model. You just don’t play any games at all. While league champs used to be kinda expensive in game it’s literally never been a problem and almost no one has ever bought champs with real money. It makes very little difference for most players cause they play sub 30 champions and almost no one is playing 100 different champs in their first 100 games

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u/timmytissue Feb 24 '26

Look I can only speak of my own experience. I played some league and I could only play the free champs. That wasn't a good experience. You boot up Dota for the first time and you have 120 heroes owned. How is that not better??

Idk how you can defend riot on this lol. Valorant I couldn't play any new heroes if I come back to the game.

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u/Successful-Coconut60 Feb 24 '26

I’m just saying sure if the only thing you want from a game is to play the heroes that say locked then it’s a major issue. I’m just telling you as someone that actually plays and engages with these communities, no one cares. You just play whichever free pool and buy who you want very quickly. You can even look at the reddits (people who love to complain especially about monetization) and it never comes up because it just doesn’t matter. I would love for every character to be free I’m not saying that it’s a good thing, I just think when you make a critique it should be an actual one that people care about or else it’s just dealing with your personal experience only

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Lmao, I played league for 2000 hours and dota for 2000 as well. I can tell you the locked champions feature bothered me throughout my entire time playing league. And I was a one trick.

If i ever wanted to try a champ out or learn how they work or even see if I liked them...guess what thats about 30 games I needed to play right then if not more.

A lot of people care about this obviously if your final point is "make a point people actually care about" then its just dumb

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u/Successful-Coconut60 Feb 24 '26

It’s not dumb because I’m telling you the feature is objectively bad theirs no argument, it doesn’t really matter cause people don’t care about it. That’s why it’s the way it’s been and why it’s never changed. You can dislike that, I don’t care, I’m just saying it’s not a very valid critique if two of the biggest games in the world with player bases that love to complain about everything, almost never ever complain about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Validity of a critique is determined by how many people complain about it? Seems dumb to me.

And plenty of people have complained about it, like right now

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u/TheElo Feb 24 '26

The ones who complained about it have already quit the game.

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u/timmytissue Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

Could you explain to me why and how people don't care? Because I quite enjoyed valorant but I stopped playing because as time passes the game becomes more and more locked for me.

It seems like you're saying the dedicated fans don't care. And that's fine. But what about people who come in late or leave for a bit. And idk how you can fail to see this as a selling point for valve games. The games are actually free to play.

I mean I would say they don't complain about it because they see it as a normal business model and probably haven't gotten into valve games.

There's also the fact that because you can't play every hero, they can't balance the drafting around every hero being available. So that vastly changes how they balance the game. It makes them make every champ very similar to each other and fit into a specific mold.

I have played every hero in Dota. Every hero has its own right unique playstyle and needs to be available.