I am really sick of other players running from me with small amount of hp and right when i'm about to catch them they get to blast cone and escape without burning any abilities or summoner spells. Plants are nice try by riot, but they are too frustrating and luck depended. Overall i think they should just remove the plants (or atleast just the blast cone). And riot if you are reading this, PLEASE DON'T EVEN TRY TO REWORK THEM!
I don't think plants are a problem because they spawn in the exact same spot every time. If someone gets away from you in your jungle by using blasting cone, that is your fault by not using it earlier to put it on cooldown.
There isn't any luck involved.
I think they're more or less fine. Sure, it can be annoying, but think of it this way. That's a respawnable resource they've expended, and they're retreating to go back to base. It's still a win, no different than if they'd escaped under turret. Plus there are ways to counter it. Champions with dashes, flash over the wall (if you're not manly enough to play without flash like musounotakamaru), even sticking to them and riding over with them.
That said, I'd be alright with removing or altering honey fruit simply because I rarely see it used effectively. Like it happens, but compared to the other two, they seem to get ignored more often than not. Or someone broke them and they basically get in the way.
I've memorized each of the 2 spawn points for every plant except maybe honey fruit. I had to, as with Ivern they were the quickest way of escaping a angry jungler upset about me taking their red buff. If I'm not running, or I don't think anyone is gonna need a blast plant, I'll hit it. Blue plants I'll use to check the river for the enemy jungler, or the buffs on the other side. That's what they are made for, and they have the massive downside of giving away your location if any enemy is in the range of it. Honey Fruit spawns every 6 minutes, I know this, because I'm always keeping track if I'm jungling, or laning and need to know how long I need to last before I can grab one.
Honestly, they aren't luck, and they can be used to your advantage or used against the enemy. You're in the enemy jungle? Hit the blue plant on your way to the blast cone next to dragon pit. Check to see if the enemy is in your jungle with a blue plant, or use the blast plant to get to Krugs faster. They're not the worst addition to League, not by a long shot.
Get rid of everything. This garbage system, designed by a silver jungler believe it or not, doesn't belong in a competitive game.
