Now, I might be the only person who thinks this but
I personally enjoy the changes. in the games I have played I have definitely felt like it was fun and different from the other one. I like the direction they took with some champs (remember i said SOME champs. I am not saying i condone the viktor changes or the anivia ones.) and the new items are actually really interesting to work with. i didn't even use it but i have seen it's impact on games but also how subtle it is. its not op but also not useless. I also personally LOOOVE THE XERATH CHANGES!!! omg riot thank you. he feels like the way he should. i don't know what number changes they did but his abilities are a lot more like the way i always saw them to be. I also do like the malz rework surprisingly. yes his shield is kinda stupid but his kit seems to be a lot more balancable than his previous one since his voidlings can be changed and so can his other stuff. the ult also no longer is exactly like ww ult but ranged, it is an aoe damaging suppress where if placed right is devastating but also doesn't last for an eternity. I also am personally a big fan of the dragons as well. Each dragon helps a ton no matter what comp you are running and it doesn't feel like one dragon can mean gg for a certain comp which is what it seems like a lot of people were worried about before this came out. personally I'm expecting to be downvoted to hell but ya know w/e I am a fan of the mage updates and if they can fix a few things ( LOOKING AT YOU ANIVIA AND VIKTOR CHANGES SCREW YOU FOR THOSE RIOT) i think that league is heading in a pretty good direction