Why does Riot not listen to the community?

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Data doesn't make them money, players do. They've continually ignored the community since I joined the game and I've played since season 2. Meta has run the game for the past two seasons and honestly is where they ruined the game. It's VERY clear pro play is all riot cares about for the simple fact it makes them money. I recently watched an interview on youtube with the head of riot's balance team who was asked multiple questions about the meta and every. single. question. he dodged or gave some bullshit non-related response. The simple fact that most of riots community is made up of BRONZE and SILVER players and the game is balanced for Challenger. Riot never cared about the community, they simply want to milk as much money as they can at this point hence the battle royale gamemode they're "developing." It's sad to see a company have so much and do so little about the state of their game and then realizes they're losing players so they try to take shit from other games? Like riot was the innovative moba game back in s3-s5 where skill mattered and you couldn't lose a 1v1 to a support. The game is nothing but metaslaves now who only care about winning. Games are meant to be fun.

Mate why are you necroing a 2 month old thread?

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"Bullshit aside Yasuo is a broken champion." Apdo, Korean Rank 1 mid laner. One hell of a silver crybaby if he is literally the best League of Legends player in the world.

Nice necroposting.

Secondly, that statement was made in September 2016. Try again with a less outdated quote by Apdo.

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"Silver crybabies" when bronze 1 - silver 2 makes up majoirty of the league community. Why would riot not listen to the MAJORITY of their player base rather than the people who got lucky and got to high elo. "Your frustration is misplaced. Don't bitch at Riot because you lack the ability to fight Zed/Yasuo effectively. Bitch at yourself and try to improve your laning phases and picks. Improve your micro and macro." Riot makes the game what it is and puts meta where they want meta to be placed. That fact alone shows riot is fully at fault for their game and what their COMMUNITY (not the 2% of players that make up diamond+) When you have over 140+ champions to play in a game and only 15 are "meta" making everything non meta basically useless even when ahead. If you want to start an argument go watch some pro play from season 3-4 and compare it to what the game is now. The game lasts either no time at all now or goes into late game where both teams are so equal it only matters who clicks the wrong fucking place on their map. Team fights are no longer team fights, there's no "WOW" plays in the game anymore. You can't expect team play at such low elo now because there's TOO much diversity in the game. Riot literally will never stop changing their game and for that reason they will gradually decline until this game is dead.

Firstly, holy shit stop necroposting.

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when bronze 1 - silver 2 makes up majoirty of the league community. Why would riot not listen to the MAJORITY of their player base rather than the people who got lucky and got to high elo.

It doesn't take luck. It takes skill. Riot listens to the majority of their player base because THAT is where the money comes from. Why should Riot listen to a bunch of kids who wouldn't know the definition of Macro Play if it right-hooked them in the face versus people who have been playing this game for either long enough that they know more than said kids, or people who simply are THAT good to get to THAT level?

Riot makes the game what it is and puts meta where they want meta to be placed. That fact alone shows riot is fully at fault for their game and what their COMMUNITY (not the 2% of players that make up diamond+) When you have over 140+ champions to play in a game and only 15 are "meta" making everything non meta basically useless even when ahead.

Ok... I agree that they put the meta where they want it, but I didn't mention anything about the meta in that segment. Of course Riot is at fault for their game. That's like saying the deadbeat parents of a troubled kid are at fault for not raising the kid and taking care of him. Like... no shit lmfao. But you gravely underestimate the power of off-meta. You ever done Cho'Gath mid into Zed? Maybe even AP Alistar Mid against Zed? You don't NEED to pick a "meta" champion when it comes to EVERY single match.

If you want to start an argument go watch some pro play from season 3-4 and compare it to what the game is now. The game lasts either no time at all now or goes into late game where both teams are so equal it only matters who clicks the wrong fucking place on their map. Team fights are no longer team fights, there's no "WOW" plays in the game anymore. You can't expect team play at such low elo now because there's TOO much diversity in the game. Riot literally will never stop changing their game and for that reason they will gradually decline until this game is dead.

No shit the game is different. Season 3 was, what, 5 years ago? In a game that updates pretty consistently every 2 weeks, obviously it'd be dramatically changed compared to what it is now. People are gonna use this excuse in 3 years from now, comparing the game to Season 6. You can't expect the game to remain so stagnant. Otherwise, League wouldn't be as successful as an e-sport as it is. You don't expect team play at low elo because the people in low elo are goddamn walnuts with the mental capacity of a fucking plastic bag. That's why Zed and Yasuo and Riven and Vayne are so successful in low elo. People don't know how to play against them, versus higher elo, where people actually use their brains and it becomes more difficult to play against them. It's not diversity. You can have 340 champions in this game, and the result would be the same. High elo knows how to actually play the goddamn game, and certain champions aren't problems for them. Compared to low elo, which runs around with their dicks out and their eyes closed, hoping to fuck a game into Victory without actually focusing on the issues.

Once again, that logic is fucking flawed as all hell. If Riot kept the game in Season 3/4 Meta, how successful would the game be? When Assassins were 50x stronger than they are right now? You don't seem to understand. The key to success is to improvise, adapt, and overcome. The devs improvise when a problem arises. The players adapt, and the game overcomes, rather than being stuck behind this obstacle. They don't have a set plan for where the game goes. Nobody does. They run with the flow, and it's gone pretty well for them for the past 10 years or so.

Frankly, I don't think you have a clue about what you're talking about if you think a stagnant game would last a whole goddamn decade with this much popularity in the pro scene and the casual scene.