Riot has changed their logic since season 7.
Instead of saying "Ok, what should we do in this patch to make the game more enjoyable", they say "Ok, what should we do in this patch to make more money?"
And that is the problem of League, what is trending these days, anime, so how will they make their china playerbase happy and make more money, ANIME SKINS FOR CHAMPIONS LIKE LUX AND EZREAL WHO ALREADY HAVE LEGENDARY 20 BUCK SKINS.
They are trying to make us forget that the gameplay is pure shit, with pretty graphics which for the new audience works (especially the kids) but if that is the technique you want to follow then forget about the serious players who have years of experience on the game.
OR
You could admit that you have failed on your job and do the simplest thing, ASK THE PLAYERBASE, create polls on what should change and for the love of good god, STOP LETTING Bradford 'CertainlyT' Wenban CREATING CHAMPIONS (Yeah I actually think he is one of the main problems of the game since its beggining).
So back to what the thread reads. True, the patches have been unsatisfying and I actually wonder, how Riot used to create 1 champion per half a year and we were getting hyped up for it now, they create 2 champions per 3 months and they rework half the unique ones to a generic "revenge" theme.