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Is Riot trying a "Last Jedi"?

NemesisPony·12/30/2019, 5:36:32 PM·60 votes·15,481 views

In comparison... "The Last Jedi" was a Star Wars film that basically gave a massive middle finger to many of the original fanbase. It was essentially a message of "we don't want you" and made decisions almost out of spite and vitriol for the original fans that had stuck with that franchise for so long.

Now I feel that Riot are going the same way. Riot are completely ignoring the older fans of the game who have been around since Season 1 or 2 in favour for a fast, "Fornite"-style reaction meta that pushes damage and muscle memory over strategic planning or decision making. Most items have very little cost now compared to each other and most people build the same way, on the same champion... every game.

By allowing this continual power creep go on for years and years, Riot has essentially alienated a lot of their original fanbase. This is also the same with constantly reworking champions that some players have spent years mastering?

The problem with this method is that, like the "Last Jedi", Riot are starting to lose people in favour for a more flippant younger playerbase that will dump the game as soon as something better comes along due to market saturation (The Gaming Market is way more saturated then it was 10 years ago). They've essentially created a ticking timebomb out of their own greed and contempt for their original fanbase.

It will eventually come back to haunt them.

My question is, would Riot openly come out and say that they want to continue this way? I think it would help a lot of alienated fans of the game find some closure.

Is this why damage will never be reduced across the board so that other playstyles and metas can flourish? Are we in for an eternity damage meta?

118 Comments

2gudaiya12/30/2019, 6:44:50 PM20 votes

been playing since s2, game is better than its ever been.

Timethief4912/30/2019, 6:04:07 PM9 votes

Lv20 Account talking about how the OG players get alienated [zombie-brand-clap]

Kadexe12/31/2019, 1:34:52 AM6 votes

I feel like this is a TLJ rant that was paraphrased so you could post it to a LoL forum. Like... you wrote a lot of words but haven't actually said anything explaining what changed.

ThunderCraft12/30/2019, 6:50:22 PM5 votes

ryze was extremely powerful in beta ryze is still extremely powerful in season 10

powercreep

Rewt12/30/2019, 7:52:09 PM4 votes

The game is in a better state than its been in years. A Jungler's Perspective.

S2 - this season was a joke. S3 - was the season the meta as we know it was defined, but was definitely a clunkier game than we have today. S4 - Lanes do their thing for 25min. Junglers come out the jungle with a 40-50 stack feral flare as 1v9 monsters. S5 - "To create greater diversity in jungle picks we nerfed Warrior enchant by 5AD" Vi and Jarvan were still the only 2 good junglers in the game S6 - "You like jaz.. I Mean tanks." Cause that's all you get to play. S7 - 1 shot lethality. S8 - 1 shot lethality, but slightly slower S9 - Mostly Lethality with a few hard CC tanks like Sej. S10 - Pretty much every jungle style is viable and strong. Tanks are good, Bruisers are amazing, Assassins and strong, and the Auto attackers like Yi are actually making a strong outing in this preseason

WatchDogs Legion12/30/2019, 8:51:43 PM4 votes

Being an old player to the game doesn't make you special or hold special place in the game's future LOL

The logic of that.

SociopathFriend12/31/2019, 3:29:49 AM4 votes

Been playing since 2013 and don't actually have a second account to post from. The game is fine and no, Riot is not sitting there cackling about how to hurt off the fanbase and neither did anyone at Star Wars. Originally the prequels were referred to the exact same way and I assure you George Lucas also didn't sit there thinking, "How can I piss off my fanbase today?"

This is also the same with constantly reworking champions that some players have spent years mastering?

This might be shocking news but old, unhealthy champions make the game worse, not better. Players spending years liking bad design are a sunken cost fallacy. At some point you have to sacrifice to make things better. At some point you have to attempt change.

Some of the most unhealthy champions are the old ones: Jax, Tryn, Mundo, any of the champions that are so linear that you've little to no room to outplay them. If they're strong there is often little to nothing you can do about it.

Paroe12/30/2019, 6:00:05 PM3 votes

Oh bless your heart sweetie, did you just recently realize the way riots been going lately? This isnt anything new.

Also, stay away from "this is a darksouls" type stuff. Chances are things have been in development a lot longer than you think.

dramenbejs1/1/2020, 3:15:40 PM2 votes

If you check some of my posts you can see that I created similiar thread exactly 1 year ago, a lot of people agreed with me there, but ofc, nothing has changed. League is now targeting asian market, the game will stay colorful, dynamic, one-shot fiesta - this is what Asian people prefer.

Miss you League.