Why is it that all the buffs and nerfs seem to me LCS related, But us Casual players get the short end of the stick. Riot you need to listen to your players of all ranks not just high tier. What about us who play just for the fun of it. With season 6 I feel you just ruined another game.
Gaston du Coteau2 votesThey just wanted to flat out nerf the living fuck out of AP champs. Let's see:
Did I miss anything? Literally anything that could be done to cripple AP champs and empower AD ones has been done. Their "math pass" is complete bullshit or they'd post it, they never will.
BluePolarizer1 voteslol try being a tank/tanky bruiser player and getting rekt literally 10 patches in a row.
BluePolarizer1 voteshigh elo solo players are also getting the short end of the stick.
Eondedue1 votesYea this patch was just stupid all around. But I'm talking about how much of a down hill slope league is going. Everyone is now compared to the LCS even players ( like myself) who just like to play the game, and don't ever play ranked.
BluePolarizer2 votesI believe it's because what's cool to watch is not necessarily fun to play. For me, I don't watch LCS and only occasionally watch worlds. I'd rather play the actual game. Making it more "spectator friendly" is useless for me. I want the game to be fun. I like the challenge of the climb and to outthink my opponents rather than fight the game itself. But since you can't see thinking or strategy on the screen, it has been deemed useless. So it has been replaced by ultra snowbally shit.
Eondedue1 votesI agree, I like to think on my feet a lot but now... Whats the point.
BluePolarizer1 votesI had ALOT of fun in ranked in high plat/low diamond. This is where I thought I started to see the deep strategy come out. I bounced up and down plat as I tried different things. Then just a few weeks ago, I mathematically optimized a new build for Hecarim that vastly improved my winrate by taking maximum advantage of his power spikes and gold efficiency, going against all conventional wisdom (such as not getting Triforce). This build, combined with my 300+ ranked game experience on Hecarim, let me climb from plat 5 to plat 1 in a week. If season 5 lasted 3 days longer, I think I could've hit diamond.
But in season 6, Hecarim is essentially unplayable. That to me removes a huge reason of why I play the game.
Packun Flower1 votesRiot has already publicly stated they dont give two shits about anyone's opinion unless they are pro LCS players.
I am not even over exaggerating that (Believe me I wish I was), there are quotes on the boards and there's even a dev blog about it. They really hate the low tier players and actively try to push them away from the game because low Tier players dont rack in the $$$.
Eondedue2 votesRiot is just another EA company now.
Eondedue1 votesIts just not the same as season 0-3. Now its just the LCS buy this shit, and get this limited Teemo shroom mug.
Neo Cyrus2 votesDon't forget they've repeatedly stated, multiple times this year alone, that they're alright leaving champs gutted into oblivion for an entire season if it had play time before. They said it this year about Sej, Jinx (who just got nerfed directly), and one more which I forget.
Too bad some only get play time for a month at best before being shrekt to the garbage bin (Cass), or some just stay in the garbage bin for 3+ years until the game is so different and everything else is nerfed so much that they become situationally viable (Diana). 20-28% win rate for over a month until the R range nerf was reverted, then it went up to the 30%s, never forget.