Streamers say, "This game isn't as fun"

Aweshumness·9/18/2015, 12:42:33 PM·5 votes·1,280 views

I think maybe they're right.

But hear me out(or don't. It's the internet.) they're tired of something not being as fun as it used to be. And I've gotta say, sometimes its the moments with friends that make a game truly enjoyable. And sometimes it's hard working around Riot to have this kind of fun.

It's hard working around patches that make some kinds of play broken. Sometimes it's hard to play against the toxicity of members in the community. It's the same for any game. And I was thinking, maybe the game needs a game changer that isn't just quality of life.

With champion mastery and being able to select your role before a game starts is fun. But we could think of expanding that idea to more types of play. Like maybe making IP farming more fun? Skins can motivate people, reduce the cost of runes and runepages maybe.

Maybe instead of buffing and nerfing and adding new items, try removing so much fat from the item builds and streamline the experience a tiny bit. Or make certain builds more obvious for the champions. OR maybe even champion specific builds. I know it makes champions seem less versatile, but it still gives the player a lot of agency when they level up their character. What happens is you don't have to nerf items, but individual character upgrade paths.

And that's just a few ideas. But I'm not recomending these ideas in any way. I just think the barrier between gameplay and fun should be fixed or adjusted somehow.

EDIT: I think it's also important to mention that you should try to spitball some ideas that are generally fun outside of summoners rift. Something that could make the minute you open up League to be, "what do I wanna do today?" Without having to think, "What am I sacrificing if I play something more casual than ranked or normals?"

22 Comments

ArcticWolf249/18/2015, 12:53:31 PM2 votes

Riots going to make no items and make it like Heroes of the Storm D:

Big Lincoln9/18/2015, 12:58:33 PM2 votes

I would say we need more items with different build paths and uses (namely utility like what many Black Market items offered)

Right now there's a handful of champions who build the same items so it boils down to who uses it best.

killd0zer9/18/2015, 1:39:47 PM1 votes

As a long time player, the game is nothing like what older players would hoped it would be.

Champion creativity is at an all time low. Meta roles are cemented and enforced. Riot STILL tries to tell its players what they want instead of listening. 0 features, despite being the largest game in the world.

Krigjer9/28/2015, 12:14:37 PM1 votes

I'm still having fun.

But if I'm honest, it's enough to have to adapt to every new champion that comes out. All these item changes are starting to stress me out, and now there's a Marksman and item update on the horizon? I know games have to change and adapt, but I feel like a lot of their recent changes are arbitrary, just because they can.

Meep Man9/28/2015, 1:30:24 PM1 votes

To be honest, the day approaches where Riot is going to NEED to release either a new engine and new everything for LoL or just make a LoL 2. The current engine limits EVERYTHING! They have to play around it SO MUCH! And due to that, the game suffers and is eventually going to feel old and broken by these other greater companies (Blizzard, Valve, etc.) updating MOBAs with new and better engines and technology that lets them truly explore the limits of the genre.