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I actually enjoy the current state of the game...

Insanity 101·1/22/2018, 4:08:09 AM·17 votes·897 views

A lot of people seem to be complaining here that season 8 is garbage but I'm actually enjoying the current state of the game...

The runes are really fun... I love playing around with different rune setups on champions, sure there ends up being one really strong setup on a certain champ but I don't really see how that's avoidable? People will always find a way to abuse something.... you can still play around with rune setups and develop your own playstyle because most of us are in solo que anyway... I get phase rush on Ahri with rylai's and it works incredibly well for me and I find it super fun. I feel like people are too obsessed with playing what's overpowered to win rather than finding what works for them that's why everyone is complaining so much. We're not in the LCS, we don't need to play like the pros do.

Everyone feels really strong now. Tanks are super strong because they deal a lot of damage while being tanky. Assassins are super strong because they deal even more damage while having ridiculous mobility. Mages... okay mage itemization is overdue for changing anyways, but they still do a MASSIVE amount of AOE damage. ADCs... are well ADCs... they kill everyone. This is the only season in which I felt mobility doesn't reign supreme. Bruisers like Warwick and Cho'gath deal incredible amounts of damage yes but they have very low mobility I've had no problem kiting them... Cho'gath's 4 abilities make him stop moving for christ's sakes I don't get why there's such an uproar about tanks.

And I know games end really quickly now but... I actually enjoy this. It feels unique to league now, the game feels much more fast paced than other MOBAs of a similar style while still being strategic. I understand it's a radical change from the formerly long game times of the past seasons but I really enjoy it. Rather than slugging off for a 20 minutes farming in the laning phase you're off doing skirmishes and making decisions with your team as early as 10 minutes. Maybe I don't notice how bad it is because i'm a low rank, but i personaly enjoy the new fast paced gameplay. Most people are skillshot oriented and mobility is very common while at the same time tankier, slower champions are still very effective.

Overall I wanna give props to Riot for this new season... I thoroughly enjoy it and I'll be playing league for a while more.

17 Comments

Sairek Ceareste1/22/2018, 4:26:36 AM8 votes

There's nothing wrong with enjoying how things currently are.

However, a lot of people don't enjoy games being decided within a few minutes, and then for the rest of the match, sitting there in a snowball that they are trapped inside with almost no way out unless the enemy team misplays, rather than a skilled decision from the losing side deciding the actual outcome.

9/10 of my games, it's either a stomping victory, or a soul-crushing defeat. I don't find either one of those to be very fun. Sometimes a game is so decidedly snowballed to one team's favor, that I've seen Inhibitors be cracked by around the 10~12 minute mark. Understandably, a lot of people won't enjoy this either.

A lot of people also don't like being three-shot by ADCs when they only have two items by the 10~12 minute mark either by just auto attacks that do insane burst damage, whilst they are still tankier and in some cases, more mobile than most people. Of course, that should hopefully be addressed by next patch, but it's still mostly supports who suffer from that change, as the role is going to become a little more monotone as a result.

When it comes down to it, when I wanted a quick, short game with a lot of hectic gameplay, it's why I played ARAM. But usually now-a-days, my ARAM games last just as long as the Summoner Rift games (15~25 minutes on average), but Rift is surprisingly a lot more snow-bally most of the time.

I do enjoy the new runes. I enjoy them a lot, actually. I wish I got a chance to use some of them though, like gathering storm, or overgrowth. You know, all of those super late game ones. Gathering storm is not very useful when games close around the 20 minute mark and one time usually has a giant crux over the other.

TehNACHO1/22/2018, 4:34:59 AM7 votes

WOAH WOAH WOAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Get your positive affirmation for this game off this website this instant! How dare you like this game and post here!?

ChuShoe1/22/2018, 4:55:40 AM4 votes

To each their own I guess, I haven't touched the game for a while and I just don't have fun with it anymore.

T4underbolt1/22/2018, 7:14:47 AM4 votes

Quick look at your op.gg though I didn't have to even look. Riot did that changes to appeal to casuals/bad players/kids/people who want freelo. It is just unhealthy and is a big middle finger to anyone who cares about balance and is a veteran player.

MoldyCheese11/22/2018, 4:22:17 AM3 votes

i dont enjoy the meta in the slightest, every champ i love his trash the late game runes i like are garbage adcs are tanky as fuck and tanks assassinate people. Ive quite litterally been waiting for the swain rework so i MIGHT have something fun to do while i wait for Kindred Twitch to be playable in their respective rolls, hell ive tried taking them everywhere with different runes they never work, riot is scared to buff them because their history but i mean i have nothing to do why play kindred when i can play sej and win games. Hell i had 20 stacks in the game i was previously in and i still couldn't do anything.

LoomberFoot1/22/2018, 4:23:11 AM3 votes

The game is feeling both very refreshing with the new runes and slightly annoying with the snowball. But overall still a very enjoyable season so far.

Naalith1/22/2018, 5:03:56 AM3 votes

I like the new runes a lot and I'm glad the old system is gone, I honestly have had the same pages since season 4 or so and they've always been basic stat adjustments. I still miss 30 lethality and stormraider's surge but overall net positive I guess. I'm also glad they added infinite leveling even if the BE gains are a bit off, I've been wanting a way to accurately measure how long I've played since season 1 and we finally got it... although I'm a little sad they didn't retroactively give out XP.

That being said, the balance of the game is a bit out of whack. Games are too short in my opinion, although I'm chill with 15 or even 20 minute games I think the average should be 25-35 with some 40 or 45+ games every once in a while as well. ADCs are absolutely out of line, last season it was Ardent and this season it's a combination of their tank supports being completely busted as well as the relic shield trash which is going away next patch hopefully. Snowball and damage is too high for a number of reasons as well but if those outliers were knocked out I think this game would genuinely be better than it's ever been right now with the new runes and stuff. Just my two cents.

LordGeovanni1/22/2018, 7:55:13 AM3 votes

good for you alot of us cant

hhaavviikk1/22/2018, 10:59:22 AM2 votes

as an ARAM player I don't like it, the new runes caused games to snowball even harder, I'm frequently having games end at the 7/8 minute mark, was nowhere near as often as before

PowerSlave9931/22/2018, 2:25:01 PM2 votes

Not sure if this is a troll post or trully enjoyable person writing this...

I accept your states but this game is actually garbage. Sorry.

Lord of Math1/22/2018, 8:05:59 AM1 votes

I enjoy it, but because I am an addict. Damage is the way to go since the resolve tree sucks. I think that it can be reworked to fix major sections of this problem. Also maybe some slight changes to the sorcery tree could be handy, the transcendence rune is just ruining games. I love it on ryze, for then I can build item 3110 item 3025 and still get quite a lot of damage.

Śhunpo1/22/2018, 8:18:03 AM1 votes

Ah, so you're ok with tanks being unkillable and ADCs being our overlords. Understandable.

Dr Dog1/22/2018, 5:36:09 PM1 votes

i sorta get the playstyle thing mainly because ive been having giant success with lethality jg wukong, the hypercarry potential with the build is pretty insane if you snowball a little early item 1400 item 3047 item 3142 item 3071 item 3147 item 3036