I think I know a way to improve on the issue through the use of key bindings (for lack of a better term)

My biggest issue with unlocked camera is that if I move my mouse to the edge of my monitor to slide my view, I cannot be using it to target a champion or creep. So why not allow us to move the screen in a different fashion?

I think the easiest way to do this is to allow us to spin the mouse wheel to move the camera north-south and tilt the mouse wheel to move the camera east-west? Or would this be considered unfair because not all wheels can tilt left & right?

And yes I know that the mouse wheel is currently used to zoom in and out, but that function doesn't seem like one that anyone really needs or uses.

The game already starts at max zoom-out, and no one EVER zooms in.
There is a zoom-in function, but why?
The max field of view allowed is what most be would consider tolerable at best. Meaning that if the game would be 1 or 2 ticks further in, it would be not only be un-enjoyable to play, but verging on unplayable.


A common argument i often see against allowing further zoom-out function for this game is that then everyone will play zoomed-out, never ever zoom-in thus causing them to:
1) Have a generally worse gaming experience, not realizing that being zoomed out so far makes control more difficult.
2) Not enjoy the visuals because they are too far zoomed out.

I am here to de-bunk not one but both of these arguments.


I am a long-time fan of the RTS genre and the custom games (like DOTA that birthed LOL).
One custom game in particular I enjoy a lot is called "The Star Strikers" for SC2.
This is a HIGHLY, HIGHLY micro intensive, team oriented game (I consider LOL mildly micro intensive).

Anyways, to my point, in this game, the player was allowed to zoom in and out decently far. I would say imagine LOL could zoom out about 6 ticks more, that was this game.
The results were interesting. At first it was as you expected.
• The game's fanbase mostly played zoomed out all the way. However, quite quickly players began to adapt.
• Better players would play zoomed quite far in to allow for better micro, and even better players would zoom in and out constantly throughout gameplay whenever the situation required it.
• Soon, players began to learn that the best players zoomed in, and more and more players were playing zooming in and out.

A lot of people do still play the game zoomed out, but not because they are ignorant, it is because it is how they prefer to play the game. Maybe they are very casual, or maybe they are just lazy, but either way it is their choice.


As for the claustrophobia argument, that is just poor. "I want my players to make mistakes because it is hard for them to tell what is going on?"
Why not darken the screen by 80% so they have to squint and can experience nyctophobia as well?

That was a little long, but my point is this:
tdlr; Allow you players to zoom in and out as they please, it is currently not really an option for LOL and it should be. Don't treat your players like they are ignorant, they can figure out what works for them. Zoom-out will be a very welcome feature and no one will ever hate you or the game because of it.

Riot by rejecting this, supports hacking the game.

also the weirdo resolution thing.

Not sure if this was suggested before... but what if you could zoom out further than normal by clicking and holding down the mouse scroll wheel. When you release the mouse scroll wheel the camera snaps back to normal.

I'm not actually sure if clicking the mouse scroll button click has any function in the game currently but i know i don't use it for anything.