Feedback from Reds in Gameplay and Balance

Dear Reds,

As a disclaimer, I am not bashing you at all, but I am very dissatisfied, and I really want to voice my opinion.

While I do acknowledge the immense pressure that the community puts on each and everyone of you, I cannot help but feel that we, the community, are being neglected. We have consistently, for months now, displayed dissatisfaction of the Season 5 Jungle, especially in diversity, and none of the top posts about the state of the Jungle has received attention from a Red. Additionally, some of the top posts, such as MrSc0tty's post about new player experience, receive so much positive attention from the community, yet we receive no feedback from Riot. Instead, most of the Red comments are located in posts that praise Riot in non-balance issues such as how someone got half-XP from Gromp, Azir's QoL change for soldiers, and how Bard is a really nice champion.

Of the last 10 Riot posts in Gameplay and Balance:

• 5 of them are regarding QoL changes or clarity.
• 1 is based on how Riot designed Bard well
• 1 is about why Veigar was changed, but explicitly had to state that it was not bashing Riot
• 1 is about where Azir is headed in terms of Gameplay and Balance
• 1 is concerned about the use of niche items like Ohmwrecker
• 1 is concerned about how Riot is handling balance (There was a Red Post a while back)

Of the 10, only 3 of them were major or at least notable concerns about balance and gameplay issues, but 7 of them are minor or irrelevant to balance and gameplay. What I am concerned about is how major issues with the community, which DOES include high-level players like FoxDrop and Stonewall008, two high-level Junglers, are often left with no feedback whatsoever.

I am not asking for Riot to patrol the Gameplay and Balance forums. I know how hard Riot is working to improve the game. What I am asking for is Riot's input in some of the more problematic things within our community, like the state of the Jungle. We, the community of League of Legends simply want to feel like we matter. If we have absolutely no power in affecting how the game can change, then we won't feel important to the game, and some of us might even quit our roles, or even worse, the game.

Sincerely, Nin10do0014