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Rito Needs to Actually Start Listening & Performing What The Majority of the Player Base Wants

Kuntaa·6/22/2016, 12:52:03 PM·7 votes·1,646 views

{If you've got a short attention span when it comes to reading, just read the 1st paragraph below and the last one mate}

...otherwise, more and more people will make the next leap to Overwatch, which in due time will snatch the majority of the League Active Player base when they develop more MMORPG content and expansion into the game (and believe me, Blizzard will in due time). Of course, League will still have their dedicated player base to support them even if that occurs...

But from what I've seen from this season, things have changed dramatically. Before (season 2-6 just before mid dynamic queue season), when any* individual made a post on the comment board to critique Rito changes which he/she deemed unnecessary and moreover, at certain times, they'll present factual or mathematical evidence to back up their claim, they'll always be shut down and discouraged by the community, downvoted, called a troll, and worst of all, if the commentator (or Brown Noser) of the post had no clue what he/she was talking about and jumped to conclusions with repulsiveness in order to defend Rito changes by any means necessary, he/she will do so! Now, I do not see that happening as much and the reason why is because of.....Dynamic Queue!

Despite the uproar in the community about Rito's decision for not opening a Ranked Solo Queue mode and in return, leaving Dynamic Queue, I understand that the majority of the player base is contempt with this decisions (many polls throughout the site showed this). So this we cannot touch on, but many other things (like promised champion reworks which we are suppose to get, but never do like Urgot; the many champion reworks which destroy the players interest in using the champion like Taric, the total destruction with nerfs to the most "memorable and classical champions to use like Gangplank (and the worst part about it is, this was actually a good rework then they had to nerf him insanely to the extent that he can't even farm and it takes long to utilize his passive serpent mechanism since they nerfed the amount which you gain also). I could go on but then it just be another paragraph multiplied by 3.

So for those of you with the SHORT READING SPAN or if you've actually finished reading that whole wall of texts (I know I wouldn't if it weren't mine :-), what is your take? Do you think Rito should conduct a poll and place it in both their client and there website front page for the community to make their votes before they make any changes (which should be solely based on the majority of the votes)? Let us know! We do live in a "democratic society," or at least that's what I was taught in school after all? BTW, when I say votes I'm also placing champion reworks, nerfs, and buffs in the same playing field!

24 Comments

QuadraKev6/22/2016, 2:07:08 PM8 votes

Do you have any idea what the majority of the player base even wants?

Lohrr6/22/2016, 1:10:18 PM6 votes

Riot.. don't listen to them. The players often don't know what's best for them, or don't think they want it.

Kuntaa6/22/2016, 1:06:30 PM4 votes

[Spolier] Rito's position reminds of Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones. If anyone watches the show, they know exactly what I'm talking about!

It's like when Jon Snow said during Season 6 Episode 9: "Your men (league of legends community) will fight for you (support Rito Games), when they hear you wouldn't fight for them (Rito employees). They'll not support your needs and wants...even won't reimburst you if you lose your account, but we'd blindly will support them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eacxsJpBTU > skip to see what i'm saying 1:45

Oleandervine6/22/2016, 7:18:17 PM4 votes

Claiming that Overwatch will poach League players is like claiming that the Disney Channel will poach HBO subscribers. Overwatch is ENTIRELY different than League in both game play, genre, and depth. League is complex and tactical, with multiple objectives and so much more in terms of strategy. Overwatch is an FPS "take the point" game who's biggest strategy is "Hide behind Reinhardt" and "Find the alternate path to objective." There's isn't much more depth to the game other than trying not to die and trying to find clever ways to snipe enemies before they shoot you. Furthermore, Overwatch won't be developing MMORPG aspects because Blizzard has sailed that ship in WoW and is actively trying to expand into other markets. Blizzard's top competitor with League is Heroes of the Storm, and clearly that game is not going to be pulling over any League players considering how long it's been out.

Hell Taker6/22/2016, 1:22:46 PM3 votes

Hahahahahaha I'm dying of laughter! I just looked at the video, and it is true! Rito is like Ramsay Bolton! Even throughout the whole conversation their is parallel similarities!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eacxsJpBTU

I am Pacman6/22/2016, 1:57:40 PM3 votes

So much is wrong here.

Your second paragraph just flat out makes no sense. If people are polite and explain their point on the boards about their favorite champions then riot usually at least responds. The problem is those are only a very small fraction of the change posts with the rest of them just bitching and moaning with no real feedback.

But if the boards and riot is trolling these people in the last couple of seasons then isn't the implementation of dynamic que (something that you said yourself) a positive? It reduced trolling according to you.

No disrespect SnugglePuggle94, but like we're pretty much moving past the "most people don't like it" argument at this point. It's just not true—it's a small but vocal (and very passionate) minority that's super upset about dynamic queue. Lots of people always wanted the ability to play ranked with more than one friend, and lots of people are fine with DQ now. The upset vocal minority has some very legitimate complaints about dynamic queue, so we're gonna bust our asses to try to address those criticisms and make ranked better for everyone. That means new features, more communication tools, better matchmaking tuning, and on. That's where we're going now. Again, this isn't to say that we're ignoring the criticisms of dynamic queue. We hear you. And we're gonna get creative to make things better for all players.

Cactopus - a day ago

This was posted on the last riot pls.

And then the reworks. The teams the do reworks are seperate from the ones who do dynamic que. Also there have been plenty of great reworks, taric being one of them. They also just released a list of like 10 champs that need a rework and urgot is on it.

And now the last paragraph. Wow you act so entitled. People fought bled and died so you could have democracy. Riot and its relationship is not a democracy and shouldn't be. Just like nintendo and their fans. These are businesses not countries.

The JigSAW6/22/2016, 2:10:18 PM2 votes

I didn't agree with them when they took away our mana potions.

I didn't agree with them when they took away Team Builder.

I didn't agree with them when they removed the Dominion mode as a full-time mode.

I didn't agree with the mana regen and spellvamp removal that has made most matches either insanely difficult or insanely easy for the mages they either overbuffed or underbuffed.

I didn't agree when they say Yasuo, Yi, Tryndamere's ult, Veigar's infinite stacks, Nasus' infinite stacks, and Xin Zhao's new crit/heal mechanic are 'balanced'

I didn't agree that they refuse to offer refunds on reworked champions, which shows how much confidence they have in their own work.

I didn't agree Fiora and Irelia's art look better than they used to, that Shen and Taric aren't useless and pathetic in comparison to pre-rework versions, and that champions need reworks just because they said so.

Tell me this, with the current regime how many people actually think there will be less things to agree with and more people saying sayonara to the game? The ONLY reason I'm not on Overwatch is I need to update my GFX card first and I'm planning to build a new comp from scratch soon. After that? Tell me why I should stick around.

For trolls and AFK's who get one lousy five minute queue ban and then head right back in and do the same thing again? For smurfs in ranked holding down players who can't compete against a bronze III who is really Plat I on their actual account to help boost their friends, which is LEGAL? For decisions Riot makes on reworks, item and kit changes without bothering to ask the plebians who pay their salary if they like the idea first? For the once in a while "crackdowns" on toxic behavior that go away quickly and people are right back into their troll all day every day mode?

The last fun season I remember was 4. It was also my last ranked season because it was getting unbearable and insulting to have to "place" back into your old rank. I can imagine the look on any NFL quarterback or running back's face if the NFL said they have to "do placements" for their old position. They earned it, and they should keep it, same as ranked players. Now, with the archaic ELO system and their own messed up MMR they find a way to drop people up to two full tiers on placements from their old rank, making it much more difficult. ELO was designed to measure the chances of somebody winning a game of chess between two people, not a 5vs5 team fight on a MOBA computer game in 2016.

Worse, their matchmaking! I have a great teammate ribbon and over 1700 teamwork honors - How many times do you think I'm matched with others with ribbons? If you guessed about 3 times a month out of 100-150 games, you'd be correct. Why aren't good players with sportsmanlike honors given more teammates possessing the same traits? Hell, a few weeks ago I was matched with randoms vs a Plat IV and his pre-made buddies. Another few times, I teamed with a friend just about to hit level 30 and we got paired against silver players... an under level 30 player matched with silver and higher? The system isn't just broken it's absolutely FUBAR'd.

In the end, Riot needs to remember their paying, casual playerbase are their main income source. Start catering to pros and your OWN view of what the game "should" be and chapter 11'll be calling soon enough, and there's no /remake to get out of that.

I WILL TROLL YOU6/22/2016, 2:00:33 PM2 votes

I corrected your title.

Riot needs to listen to the forums or I'll cry and quit the game.

Vanjie6/22/2016, 7:14:30 PM1 votes

They have to take everything with a grain of salt. Almost everything they do is scrutinized. Some of the new content and decisions they make deserve negative feedback, like this horrible matchmaking system, but a lot of it is just people whining about something they don't like.

I hate the changes they made to Karma and the refusal to do anything about it for three years now. Does that mean everyone agrees with what I think? No. There are many people that like Karma the way she is and have their own opinions about her.

If you don't like the game or the Developers, don't play or give them your money. I play one to two games a week . . . . sometimes less . . . . and I will not give them a single penny more until they fix this matchmaking system and work on Karma . . . . or give her something. That's just the way it is.

Quepha6/23/2016, 3:46:21 PM1 votes

Internet forums are not the majority.

ShhYoureMuted6/23/2016, 4:39:19 AM1 votes

At this point, I doubt League of Legends will ever improve. The Ranked/Matchmaking System is too broken. Until the Ranked and Matchmaking system gets a complete rework, the game will continue to lose it's players to better quality games.