A messgae to Riot: these new runes are way too op... and why does my game keep stalling at times?

Raven Azarath 23·11/12/2017, 9:59:03 PM·5 votes·607 views

First off... is anyone else having lags during ranked? My ping isn't bad (it's probably one of the better ones out there), it's where it normally is and I never have any issues. But for some reason I have had a lot of like 2 second lag during the game this week... so I wonder if it is related to the new rune system.

Also, does anyone else notice how games are so hyper everything? The dmg some characters do is disgusting off the bat (looking at Ezreal and Leona), the laning phase ends sooo fast, and games are determined much more quickly now. Like bot lanes gets a double kill and it is all over down there. Games only last at max like 30 - 35 mins now and inhibs are destroyed at 20 mins almost every game.

Like I have poured two years into this game and a lot of money (I don't want to talk about how much :/) and I know that Riot has to change a lot and released the update right after S7 for this reason... but my concern/ question is this:

Are these runes supposed to enhance the old game or change it entirely? Am I supposed to get a kill and then snowball out of control now, or is this a minor setback that will be fixed? Is this similar to the Paragon overhaul where they're objective was make changes the game to quicken match times? How are you (Riot) going to make sure certain champs aren't left behind with this new system and how are you going to make sure certain ones are not always out of control? Honestly I feel like this new rune system has managed to isolate a lot of champs who can't take advantage of certain runes like others... Jhin is a great example. Even with the old system he didn't have anything great to use. Now, he has nothing aside from like Arie or thunderlords... which are not great at all on him to begin with. Will new runes be introduced to compensate for these issues or are certain champs screwed?

I want to believe in Riot and not be down their throats the first week of the rune release, but I also want to voice my concern. Do I think the new rune system is better... yes. Do I think it Riot will fix it so it is somewhat fair... yes (Riot is very transparent (for better or worse for them) and I believe they will try to make things fair even considering the meta). Do I hate Ezreal right now? Y to the E to the S. And, lastly, does Riot need to make Pen runes for my Zyra? Hell yes they do.

4 Comments

Maszii11/12/2017, 10:01:58 PM2 votes

complain bout ez but play zyra

Arboghost11/12/2017, 10:03:17 PM2 votes

I completely agree. Honestly with how snowbally the game is, it is the first time in a long time where league doesn't feel fun, or rewarding. There is not point to picking a scaling champ. Why have 6 items slots if you are only going to use 3 max a game. The base damage on everyone feels really high as well.