You can tell way less players are playing ranked. And why should they play? Too much damage, too snowbally, some champs are too stupid, not all ranged adcs are strong, too many dumb reworks, making supports boring to play like in hots, and the list goes on...
Why play so long with unbalanced matches when you can get unbalanced matches on hots but lose a lot faster?
Also, a lot of players has no idea when and when not to engage.
Also, a lot of players has no idea when and when not to engage.
it's almost like they promised to give us a better tutorial 10 years ago and never really delivered so many of the core mechanics of the game aren't even noticed by most players until some stoned streamer finally points it out (like Solorenektontop) and the silver players and lower (Over50% of the player population) are like "OHHHHHH ok lemme climb up 6 ranks real quick"
The "stomp or get stomped" nature of the game is well known. And it's depressing for everyone with a bit of common sense. But there are still people not even noticing the issue.
And, sadly, this company keeps embracing it. Probably because it helps to create addiction, I guess following the same principles of the gambling issues: "yes I've lost so much and I feel terrible, but if I don't play I'll feel even worse... and if I play some more MAYBE I can win something back, right?".
It's just a game of gimmicks now. Honestly feels like a mobile game
"Forging a better Runes system first means concentrating the system's power into fewer choices so that each selection matters more."
When they released runes reforged, the first sentence was this. They honestly believe that removing diversity and creativity in how you play was a good idea and have stuck with this design philosophy since.
Runes reforged was a bad idea when it came out, and they have done nothing but prove me right every single new update.
Too much damage because everyone got base stat increases to account for losing old runes, where you had the option of going more damage, tanky, sustain, gold generation, etc... They made nearly every keystone be "do this and get extra damage" as well as making nearly every minor rune be "have some more damage" or "have some more cdr/mana for more damage". Also, too much mobility because Relentless hunter giving every assassin +55 BASE movement speed out of combat just for existing.
"Unlike basic attacks, no two abilities are the same, which makes the stat wildly variable in value.This means that it’s functionally impossible to make spell vamp work the way you’d expect, and it instead operates on myriad edge-cases to avoid feeling abusive and unintuitive."
Hey guys welcome to runes reforged, we added this rune called Ravenous hunter that does something kind of cool, you will heal for a percentage of the damage dealt by your abilities by 14%. Also it's a minor rune in the strongest rune tree.
We are going to keep Death's Dance because that lets you heal for 15% of your TOTAL damage dealt, unlike spell vamp that only heals for damage from abilities, because that is toxic for the game.
Or and hear me out on this... less players are playing ranked because it's the PRESEASON where more people play normals than ranked so that they don't risk getting their rank hit by people who have no idea what half the changes are.
this game is no skill anymore. Just pick the most BS champ and get the most OP item build and rank up like that. Looks like im back to quitting ranked again. Sorry for giving it another chance. I am sorry for supporting Riot by making que times slightly faster by me playing ranked.
You can tell way less players are playing ranked. And why should they play? Too much damage, too snowbally, some champs are too stupid, not all ranged adcs are strong, too many dumb reworks, making supports boring to play like in hots, and the list goes on...
Why play so long with unbalanced matches when you can get unbalanced matches on hots but lose a lot faster?
Also, a lot of players has no idea when and when not to engage.
woah supports were not boring in hots. karazhim and tyrande were peak fun,
knowing the game is over at 5mins was a big reason why I quit ranked in season 8.
I was regularly playing against high plats, low diamonds in my Gold 1/2 flex games. Now, one might think that was because of my MMR but no, I was not gaining more than I was losing. Even played against a couple of Masters players in my Gold flex games.... Hard to climb vs forced losses.
$$$ is the only language that matters to them sadly.
People stopped playing ranked as much, when playing ranked means jack
Honestly, the problem comes from the server itself. There isn't as much players in NA than before. People got sick of not being listened here (American/Canadian mentality is give up on a shithole company when you're unsatisfied, but Chinese/Korea mentality is deal with what you're given).
Pretty much since season 6, the matchmaking quality went down hard, which is weirdly at the same period Riot Games was sold to Tecent,
I'm sorry to learn you that : don't even complain, nobody is listening to you. Just don't pay that shithole company. It's already dying here in Na and other smaller servers.
Way less players are playing ranked... because the rank season it over...
Your face is unbalanced.
My biggest issue with league is how the game is based on what champions you pick, not how you play.
I do not want to argue, but I'm a main support in HoTS and I find that way more interesting and skillful than playing support in LoL.
Why play so long with unbalanced matches when you can get unbalanced matches on hots but lose a lot faster?
Lmao go make HotS propaganda elswhere.
Dead game for a reason.
Of course less people are playing ranked, it's preseason.
Still can't get over the last match where I was constantly in a 1v3 with the opponent top laner, his jungler, and his ocassional mid during my laning phase while my own jungler conveniently gave up every single dragon, including the mountain soul, and every elder, and didn't bother trying to contest the herald with me, eventually causing the team to go into a downward spiral shift where the entire game spun out of control, and we eventually got fucked.
Tell me how jungle as a single role is balanced, let alone the entire matchmaking.
Except.. it's preseason? Why play ranked in the first week of the most influencial and changing patch of the year, when the only thing it does is change your mmr?
