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This game just is not good anymore.

BaronofBurst·2/20/2017, 5:09:40 AM·16 votes·2,054 views

I have played this game since late season 2/early season 3. I used to play daily and looked forward to getting home from school/work to play a few.

I just don't have that desire to play anymore. I even managed to hit my life time League goal in getting to Plat this season. It didn't feel good. I didn't enjoy it.

So much has been changed in this game I once loved. So much of it has been a waste. All the stupid items thay have been added like ZZRot and Redemption that reduce interactivity between people. All the sheild and healing amp along with the pen and damage amp that makes either someone nearly unkillable or pop in half a second with no inbetween. All the horrible champion changes destroying all the champs I loved ala Bruiser Shaco top and Veigar being more about you enemies being bad that you being good.

It feels like skill is no longer important anymore. It doesn't matter how good you are at your champion or how good you are at working the map. The only thing that matters is getting the most FLavor of the Month champions.

I used to do so well as bruiser Shaco top for example. Had something like a 60% win rate. It was not because he was op or even a litrle strong. It was because I had put literally hundreds and hundreds of games into him and I understood him, his matchups, and where to be and when. If I were to try that now, and I have, I just get one shot by the full tank Maokia or One shot by the Lethality anything. If I actually start to do well it doesnt matter anyway because the opposing teams support Janna/Raka with block anything I try to do, even she is not around with Redemption. God forbid I leave lane to help my team as ZZRot will just take my tower.

One may ask, "Well, Mr. Burst, why not just play tanks yourself since any non ranged squishy top tends to be useless". Because tanks are boring. 90% of them are targetted stat checking balls of stats. I want to OUTPLAY my opponent not right click them to death.

I just want to get that feeling of being outplayed and outplaying again. I want to win or lose because the a person was better at the game. I want individual skill to matter again. I know it is a team game and all but it jsut feels so much worse. I already said it, but the whole game feels like the team with the most stats wins.

I know this is a bit rambling and disjointed. I am a tad upset.

This is not a plea to change the game to suit me. I know that would never work. This is me mourning for a long time friend that has changed so much they are no longer same person.

I unistalled the game today for the first time our of bordem and almost sorrow.

I hope one day I can return to the game I once loved.

9 Comments

PaladinNO2/20/2017, 3:26:13 PM9 votes

RIP season 3, back when this game was good.

Camen Sieder2/20/2017, 2:01:09 PM2 votes

top lane is tank meta or anything that can absorb damage. Sucks, but for now that's how it's going to be.

blacknerdtaku2/25/2017, 5:32:08 PM2 votes
  1. overloaded kits, and reworks
  2. absurd changes to gameplay that make RNG way too prominent a factor
  3. Stupidly absurd snowballing nowadays
  4. Towers made of paper allowing for 4 man dives on bot to insta take it in under 10 minutes
  5. Top tower can also go down in under 10 minutes
  6. Absurd amount of mobility makes choices matter less because of less committment.
  7. Community shrank thanks to the mistake that was season 6 and dynamic queue throwing queue times through the roof

Despite all the changes to put more shit in kits, all it really did was make the game like watching a Michael Bay movie rather than playing a strategic game of chess with the occasional explosion making them feel special. And the worst offence of all, pandering to the newbies tastes in gameplay over the tride and true experienced fandom.

Add in Riot's tendancy to lie about things, and what you get is a game that i haven't actually invested money in in damn near a year. when before Id buy a new skin like every 2 weeks.

dont mind hanging around nowadays but honestly it's really not worth it. only thing keeping me here is familliarity but with so many new and better games (yes, even fucking overwatch) i dont have much a reason to stay for longer

DeathBurst6/14/2017, 1:19:20 PM1 votes

"This game just isn't for me anymore."

FTFY. Sad, but accurate. See ya o/

EDIT: and Fiora is still considered God Tiers pretty much universally. Isn't that enough of an outplay champ for you? In any case, at least, it's not a boring Tank.

Hawckey2/20/2017, 11:54:13 AM1 votes

Fuck off then

Lune201511/13/2017, 11:34:02 PM1 votes

It's good for playing with friends and have a good time. I already uninstalled the game and support those who will leave the game.

MadWifeHR2/20/2017, 10:15:31 PM1 votes

i joined season 4, and season 5 for me was the downfall,

I blame it on riots part heavely, they put adcs in the dirt since the end of season 4, the only time adcs where good since then was the short duration of static and rapid fire cannon stacking up back when RFC and the new static was introduced/improved (that didnt last a month)

Sure the adcs got a rework, but so what? As a 12/0 ashe i still get one shotted by a retarded no skilled 2/8 zed with two lethality items by the 28 minute mark, Wheres the balance and skill and the reward?

SKT T1 Fakër6/14/2017, 12:48:57 PM1 votes

Well all i can say is that. Time is changing so league is trying to do the same thing, maybe not for the old players back from season 1 but for the future generations to come. They probably know that the old veterans might not be able to adjust to the new feels and play style of the game, but only a good amount will. I think riot needs to just try and make most of the champs more playable and try not to "Nerf/Balance" them to the dirt. Like i remember before they killed my old mains. (Viktor Yasuo Yasuo XinZhao ) I could carry my self to silver with those champs knowing i can have a good amount of win rate with them. They shouldnt have nerf the good champs they shouldve buffed the ones no body plays. Look at the Yorick rework. No one barely used him till he havent gotten that rework and so on. Now look at Galio he now gotten a rework and up and running.