Riot, I feel let down
I could fill out a huge rant so I'll try and keep it short as possible.
Ban/Behavior Moderation --- Its a mess. Its inconsistent. EUW. NA. Especially Korea. --- People who bring great notoriety and attraction to your game are leaving; and this is a big reason why.
Matchmaking ELO scoring and Autofill --- inaccurate and inconsistent. The speediness works for casual, draft players, but anyone looking for competition will be disappointed. Between 1 & 2, players are losing motivation to play rank. I mean really what's the reward for grinding through tons of mismatched games?? At certain ranks fill is a death sentence in draft. Anyone who wants to seriously climb your game has to develop a dodging strategy. The faster you climb the faster you run into off balance teams in an effort "to force you to 50%".
Some of us try and make the climb hoping we'll get better match making---- apparently that's a fantasy.
You don't have a clear lines between certain game modes and who they're for. You should have a better vetting system for rank. You should have greater penalties for feeding and griefing in rank. A lot of players come for competition, others come for casual play. You should have some sort of barrier between the two types of consumers. As of now, Rank Draft and Blind might as well all be casual with as much fighting, inting, afking and other crap happens. Even more so people just give up all the time. When most people give up they want to leave the game. Some people only enjoy when they're stomping and quit trying if they aren't. Let kids have their permanent urf mode so they stay out of the mode where its more important you try for your team.
I believe "Unskilled Player" was meant for these players, because its easier than saying "Doesn't want to seriously play or apply themselves to see the game through". I wish I could use a similar report category still.
Honors are cool, but your rewards have not been rewarding. I won't call every strat a cash grab, but most of my "chests" were never skins. Some people go through hundreds and never get a gem. Having to earn keys AND chests seems like overkill. Orange essence generation is a joke. Getting a cool skin shard with only 400 OE is like someone parking a nice car in your driveway that you'll never drive.
I love your game. I love your items and changes for actual gameplay. I love the characters and lore. I love when enough of my friends are on that we can play. I used to enjoy solo too, before you policed chat and quit caring about match quality for anyone not on the stage.
ps
Let people FF at 10, then majority at 15. It fits the damage creep.