New Patch Notes Organization is Great.

ZXPrototype·12/14/2017, 8:03:44 PM·10 votes·1,840 views

This is kind of a small point, but I like how patch notes are now organized by "Themes" instead of being just one giant numerated list of what changed. It helps explain a group of changes and the mentality behind the shift as opposed to being just a collection of sometimes seemingly random alterations.

On a side note, I think I'll still be consuming hours of discussion videos and podcasts every time a new patch goes live, but this set up will help me digest the new patch a lot easier.

6 Comments

RiotRiotAether12/14/2017, 10:32:07 PM3 votes

Thanks for walking us through your thoughts! We figured 7.24b would be a good candidate to test these changes since it's a pretty small patch overall—I think 1050 words, whereas we usually come in at 2-3x that many. That helped offset the potential risk of the new structure being more confusing, since buckling down and reading the whole thing is a significantly shorter task this time around.

One thing we haven't come up with great solutions for is (a) one-off changes like Rammus , and (b) changes that have a broader effect than their placement in the notes imply, like the item 3134 stuff. If anyone's got suggestions, we'd love to hear 'em!

Daedric Etwahl12/14/2017, 8:10:54 PM1 votes

I will admit I do like the new organization, but I think I prefer the old style of context for each champion, rather than the broad context of the group.

Also I hope they just excluded the summing up of a champion's changes. (Ex: "Q mana cost increased. W Damage increased at all levels." That sort of thing) Since it's way more reader-friendly to see that stuff.