Why I would hate to be a game designer
^April 2, 2016
The boards today.
Gotta love not being able to please everyone, no?
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Those are different people posting different opinions. Of course not everyone agrees.
Here is the issue though. Because of this kind of thing, the devs are always receiving contradictory feedback on everything. This means that player outcry on pretty much ANYTHING is... well... easy to ignore. After all, a quick scan of the boards would likely find a bunch of people who LIKE the new lore/dynamic queue/Fiora's art/whatever. So the devs have real trouble figuring out what the fans of the game really want. Or worse... they don't bother. If they're going to get people griping for AND against every choice that they make, why listen to anyone but yourself and your co-workers? Riot becomes an echo chamber that makes things that IT wants and it takes MASSIVE revolt and objection for them to even consider that they might have messed up or put out something unpopular. The game is huge and successful and unless it cuts into their profits to dismiss them there isn't much reason to cater to fans. People will snap up whatever is put out. People will complain on the boards about everything. Riot just does what IT wants and filters everyone's feedback out unless it's excessive.
Look at all the reviled reworks that have been put out. At the new queue and how hated it is, even by pro level players. They realized after the fact that they ruined some things too. Skarner got trashed and was reworked what... three times? And he's still kinda crap. Cassiopeia got reworked twice and is due another one. If they had listened to the fans back when those reworks were being worked on, perhaps some of this could have been avoided... but because they get so much negative feedback no matter WHAT they put out, it's hard to tell the good from the bad. So Skarner, Cass and Morde got trashed. Every patch... EVERY update... there are posts of "X is ruined forever" by over-reacting people on the boards. I'd love to blame Riot for trashing solo queue and some of my favorite champs, but in all honesty... I see why they don't really listen to fan opinions.
It just blows to realize you have NO impact on the game, your opinions and words mean nothing and champions you love can be pulled away from you, gutted, re-built into hideous things you never want to play and then handed back to you with the devs saying "There... they're better now! You're welcome!". Makes it hard to get attached to ANYONE.
URF is amazing. I don't know why people complain. They will literally lose and be like "I hate URF".
and then the is someone like me who never cares for urf since its a fun mode ruined by tryhards each year the mode i want is doombots ;-; literly no one bitched about that game mode
Different parts of the community will cry out at different times. There is always a silent part and a vocal part to every change, gamemode or whatever.
I don't like URF all that much, but I accept the fact that other people enjoy it and move on with my life. Its always been like that on the boards.
Day 1: OMFG YASUO IS BROKEN NERF HIM GOD LEE TOO PLS RITO Y U DO DIS Day 2: Rito balances said champs Day 3: OMFG RITO ZED IS SO BROKEN SHIEEEET BALANCE HIM PLS GOD AND GIVE YI ATHE NERF BAT Day 4: Rito nerfs devourer and Yi ulti, balance zed around item changes Day 5: GOD RITO MAGES ARE SO WEAK AND MANA REGEN IS AN ISSUE Day 6: Rito releases MYMU with balanced items after testing on PBE Day 7: GOD RITO MAGES ARE SO OP NOW BUFF AD CHAMPS ZED IS SO USELESS NOW GOD
But then most arguments on the boards use the following structure:
I had a bad game or 2 vs insert champion name, therefor I think he should be nerfed.
OR
I just played a game with said champion and I did not carry, therefor please buff said champ pls he is weak.
Urf is fun if you just pick w/e you want and put everyone on mute, you'll probably lose but so what it's urf
This is like saying "why I would hate to be accountable for anything ever." This is what happens in the real world when you deal with a ton of people; they're not all going to react the same. Even then, those threads were largely taking into account how badly other PLAYERS wanted urf, not that Riot screwed up in implementing it.
Meta-sensationalism is just as awful as regular sensationalism.