Turrets feel "Weaker"

Bresn·Dec 5, 2014·7 votes·661 views

I feel like the turrets are nerfed when they were meant to be stronger and to counter late game turtling.

A minion swarm is now able to destroy even the Inner Turret and that wasn't possible before the turret changes. Also, the Turret shield doesn't seem to do anything, because it's actual health keeps going down and it's shield health never gets used.

Also the "laser turrets" are ridiculously weak and easy to siege, combine with siege effects and it's just very easy to push turrets.

9 Comments

NicktoonsDec 6, 20142 votes

The inhib turrets are weaker, It takes too long to get a single minion to half health honestly.

BresnDec 6, 20141 votes

The inhib turrets are weaker, It takes too long to get a single minion to half health honestly.

I think all the turrets are weaker. Somebody ALWAYS have to recall during a team push to prevent minion mobs from backdooring.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 6, 20142 votes

No, they don't "feel" weaker. They are weaker and complete shit now. Like, to the point that they don't even serve the purpose of being there.

NewGrangeDec 6, 20141 votes

yup, the minions are able to attack the inner turret while the shield doesn't get used up. Makes no sense.

BresnDec 6, 20141 votes

I'm surprised nobody even mentioned this in other threads.

junglerboy16Dec 6, 20141 votes

Easiest fixes imo would be: buff the damage scaling on all towers (they seem to hurt a lot less for some reason), Reduce the time required for the inner turrets to regen their shield and buff the shield strength, make the Lazer turrets do more damage and ramp up faster/more responsively (currently it does a few ticks, ramps up, a few more ticks, ramps again and then hits max dps), Make the "Lazer Turrets" into "Lightning turrets"; they still have virtually the same function against champions (persistent damage like the laser) but It arcs between minions (to help them clear waves, because right now they are just awful).

SalidfingersDec 6, 20141 votes

Saying easy fix and riot doing is a different story.

it will take a group of 10 people in a room to decide in about a week on what they want to do. After that they will run it by balance to be denied and then they start over again.

Then once balance is happy we have to wait for PTR and another 1-2 weeks to be pulled and put back on PTR to be canceled last min. because the lead balance came back from vacation.

I think riot problem is they say balance TEAM. it shouldn't take an army to adjust stats.

junglerboy16Dec 6, 20141 votes

Ok, let me reword that: Simplest way to fix the gameplay experience. I wasn't meaning anything in regards to the physical difficulty of coding those changes into the game, just the easiest way to fix the gameplay.

SalidfingersDec 6, 20141 votes

Fair enough.

My statement is still valid though :P

Still will take an army to decide to fix game play.