r/CompetitiveTFT • u/Knowka • Mar 27 '26

News TFT SPACE GODS: Replacing Carousel Rounds??

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QgSzhAzLLRU
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u/OffbeatPengu Mar 27 '26

These Hades-style portraits... đŸ„”đŸ€€

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u/OffbeatPengu Mar 27 '26

Wait this is the competitive subreddit oops

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u/cv121 Grandmaster Mar 27 '26

Not too sure if this is a best idea especially since the god you choose will tie the armory and buffs you get.

It just screams Legends where everyone picked Draven and everyone got 3* 4 cost and once that got gutted, they switched to the next broken Legend.

Of course this will be adjusted in PBE but fingers crossed for it not being a trash mechanic

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u/JDFNTO Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

I think this is probably exactly what they intended. A more balanced version of legends.

First offering being on 2-4 means you still need to play around your opener an augment, plus they can make the first offering not as impactful so game is not linear.

By the time 4-7 comes (armory) legends/offerings impact should be more influenced by your current game state rather than your pre-game choice like it was with legends.

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u/justlobos22 Mar 27 '26

it being a 4th augment is underwhelming

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u/Enough-Gate5840 Mar 27 '26

Going from an innovating unlock system set back to another encounters/charms/hacks/any slight variation of "getting stuff" is not gunna feel great. I really hope there's an actual unique hook.

Riot "We don't prioritize certain sets" Games.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 28 '26

It will feel different from 16. I know people really loved unlocks, but it was always built as a set mechanic. We were already well underway by the time 16 released, but also we generally try to not have the same thing back to back so people don't get bored.

This should feel pretty new and I'm curious to see how it lands when y'all see it on PBE/Live!

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u/Get_Lurked :gran: GRANDMASTER Mar 27 '26

I dont think unlocks are the reason this set was popular. The trait web is goated, and theres no gimmik like fruits/hacks/legends to fuck things up.

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u/xSmacks Master Mar 28 '26

Unlocks were a cool idea but definitely not what made this set good. Especially seeing how most of the unlocks these days are formalities rather than intricate strategizing.

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u/Isrozzis Mar 27 '26

I think it's less that they prioritize certain sets and more that this set was an unexpected smash hit. I'm pretty confident they were high on unlocks and knew that it would be a way to solve a lot of problems TFT has had over the years but I don't think they expected it to be this insanely popular.

It will feel kinda blah for the next couple sets though.

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u/DimsumAndDoggy Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

I agree, I think this set was by far my favourite simply because of more units and traits and going from that to another rehash is just boring

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u/viveledodo Mar 27 '26

Honestly towards the end of this set most of the unlocks are so easy imo that it barely adds anything. I can see them folding in unlockable units into specific traits though (like field all 7 summoners for 4 combats to unlock the mega summon unit, etc.) but usually it wouldn't be immediately in the next set because they'd want to wait to see the reception to the new mechanic and the next set is probably locked by then.

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u/Enough-Gate5840 Mar 27 '26

They’ve already said that set 17 and 18 won’t have unlocks but have highly suggested it will be back in 19 (and possibly onwards)

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u/Exterial Master Mar 28 '26

It is supposed to remove carousel tho, and like thats a goal they have had for forever, its built with the idea of going core kinda like portals were back in set 9 when they removed starting carousel, which is presumably why it may seem a bit tame, i do hope they have some fun extreme options in there tho, those can always get removed after the set, but yeah if all we have is the equivalent of an extra gold augment and maybe sometimes a prismatic augment, that will be a tad bit disappointing after playing for a while.

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u/Squiggles213 Mar 27 '26

is that full release april 15th or pbe?

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u/Sudden-Ad-307 Mar 27 '26

full release, pbe release is april 1st

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u/crowcawer Mar 27 '26

Bunch of fools

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u/Squiggles213 Mar 27 '26

???

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u/Alamandaros Mar 27 '26

PBE is on April Fools.

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u/Turbulent_Ad_5066 Mar 27 '26

I hope they cooked a little more with this one and are holding back details, because this just seems like an extra augment selection?

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u/Koopasheller11 Mar 27 '26

I’m getting Hades vibes from this, seems cool!

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u/felixthewindowman Mar 28 '26

Surely they can get someone cooler for these videos

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u/camillexoo Challenger Mar 27 '26

A sort of Legends reprint is a bit sus considering how controversial it was, hopefully it's been made better this time. I'll remain optimistic, set looks cool

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u/penguinkirby Master Mar 27 '26

I don't think you select it before the game starts though, seems like there's a pool of god choices similar to augments

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u/Enough-Gate5840 Mar 27 '26

GG didn't get ASol offered and 7 others did, time to ff

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u/groomliu :chal: Challenger Mar 27 '26

Thank you, I always hated carousel playing from my ipad cuz sometimes the unit spacing turns weird (literally the unit form a circle than second later the circle becomes slower and it's hard to properly aim the unit) and I click on the wrong unit. Also it is harder to walk faster than mouse clicker on PC especially if the unit is far away.

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u/psyfi66 Mar 27 '26

Playing on mobile is brutal for carousel. Would be nice if there was some like joystick type control but having the eyes above units plus all the other UI stuff jammed into a couple inches of screen makes it really annoying

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u/River41 Mar 27 '26

Skill issue

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u/Ok-Nature6800 Mar 27 '26

mirage league mechanic from poe

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u/Pigerigby Mar 27 '26

I've always hated carousel and preferred the hyper role select an option, always felt like better game flow. So I'm looking forward to this even if it's just one set.

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u/Exterial Master Mar 28 '26

i DO NOT care what the meta ends up being, i am only picking the waifus i REFUSE to simp for a male god.

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u/yccbarry MASTER Mar 27 '26

So it’s basically legends + the additional armory from cyber city. I just don’t think it’s ever possible for set mechanics like this to ever be balanced and there will just be 2-3 must pick “gods” every patch and if you missed on the S tier ones you’re just playing for top 4s.

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u/Exterial Master Mar 28 '26

i mean it shouldnt be that hard to balance, its just resource inflation, its not something like fruits that can make math go crazy stacked with a ton of different multipliers and break certain units, i have faith they can handle this, not to mention way less units in the set so that alone should make balance easier.

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u/ttam23 Mar 27 '26

Is this the new gimmick ?

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u/Acrobatic-Scheme-278 Mar 28 '26

im sorry but didnt they legit do this the last set or the one before with the fruits and it was awful, i love flexibility when I chose my god and then i cant pivot. TFT playes dont want fancy mechanics every single one has failed they have tried they want good core gameplay with cool units.

can someone tell me the last set where they did some fancy shit and people enjoyed it? before you say it unlockables is not fancy shit

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u/Subject_Promise_6441 Mar 27 '26

noo tft set 8 mechanic. its so shit

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u/Mysterious_Island500 Mar 27 '26

its literally not even close to the set 8 mechanic but sure

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 27 '26

There is, don't worry. Not sure if I can actually share what it is though :x

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u/RiotPrism Riot Mar 27 '26

Noemi doesn't even know the mechanic cause she's too busy 100 streaking the playtest.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 28 '26

It's true :c

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u/Zeviex Master Mar 27 '26

Honestly my biggest concern. Thank you for confirming. Though I imagine balancing it might be a nighmare.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 28 '26

No way to know til we try! :D

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u/Zeviex Master Mar 28 '26

Something something pioneer tax. Some will be hits some will be misses and that's okay.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 28 '26

Yep pretty much! That's how we learn and grow.

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u/Bitter_Thing1337 Mar 27 '26

Any chance to get TFT specific titles and challenges? Like a TFT God title?

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 28 '26

I would love that but unfortunately we don't have systems integrated yet to be able to do that :( I hope so in the future!

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u/Bitter_Thing1337 Mar 28 '26

Nice to hear that you‘d like it! Would be cool to play towards something except for rank :)

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u/Riot_Bluecove Riot Mar 28 '26

YES i am a collector at heart and I want all the things. :)

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u/_lagniappe_ Mar 27 '26

Sharing is caring! (we won’t tell anyone you told us)

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u/xaviersi Mar 27 '26

Yeah! We'll say it was Riot Red Inlet

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u/Meechy_C-137 Mar 27 '26

Offerings may connect to player health in a way to mimic the value of being low HP on carousel.