New runes thoughts
I feel like the new runes are overall a healthy and good idea, however, I think they need some balancing for sure. Right now, I feel like all of the defensive runes are pretty bad, and the support runes aren't great either.
The AP geared runes aren't bad, but aren't good either. I would say these runes require a little tweaking but are the most balanced.
Ad runes on the other hand seem to be too strong right now. I think a lot of it is because of the addition/reduction of base stats in combination with the face that the AD runes are primarily offensive stat based. In comparison, the other rune trees have a lot of utility built in while the ad runes tree is basically straight damage.
Overall, a good system, and I look forward to seeing what else comes from this.
Shower thought: super spell vamp Vlad is not nearly as good as I expected it to be. Really wanted my extra shield vampire to be good. Hope those numbers get tweaked.