Good things:
1. The Ghost Poro rune when used by Braum spawns a mustache on the Poro. (I know I keep talking about it but it makes me super duper happy)
2. Not having to pay for runes is nice
3. I no longer have to run Ardent Censor in the bottom lane and feel like my engagey supports are alot more fun
4. Its given me a chance to play Aatrox again and I've missed him terribly. That said, its making me rediscover my love of certain champions I haven't played in a while.
5. My duo and I are on a winning streak (excluding our ARAMS to unwind but we've won those too ) when we're together, mostly with him jungling.
6. Even my losses alone during the day have been mildly enjoyable (but I dont know how long that feeling will last )
7. Everyone seems nicer because they understand its a new ballgame and they aren't yelling at each other because we're all relearning stuff together
8. Fiddlesticks is strong again and my duo is enjoying the hell out of it
9. We played Kennen in the bottom lane and it didn't suck.
10. It feels fresh and shiny and I love learning new things about my runes. This was risky for Riot but I give them credit for trying something new? It feels a little more accessible to new players while giving older players something different
11. While I'm not fond of the blue essence currency and its earn rate, in other games I get annoyed when theres too many currencies (* glares in the direction of a few MMO's * ) . And it seems like a logical step to combine two of them.
12. the editing process for runes is very streamlined so its easy to do in champ select without clicking a ton
13. Games seem quicker (I'll put this on both lists ) which is good when you have limited time
14. *pokes #1 repeatedly *
Bad things:
1. the earn rate on blue essence (as I mentioned ) is mildly annoying
2. Having no level cap** might** open up a new form of elitism
3. I feel unhappy playing my tank junglers (but given I've only played one game as a tank jungle this preseason I think I just need to keep at it )
4. We still have to buy rune pages, which is fine, but when you're used to 20 mastery pages for a few select builds you like , I miss the ability to create them at will.
5. Owning every single champion makes me annoyed at the Champ Capsules.
6. These runes seem to favor AD users more than tanks and AP users (though some mages like Fiddle , at least in the hands of my duo, are very nice right now )
7. Games seem quicker (but for the wrong reasons , eg. getting stomped if the enemy team or yours gets the slightest advantage , its gotten very snowbally )
8. Ardent Censor still exists and certain runes on certain champions have made it more painful. (depending on your like and dislike of the item, this one is debatable )
9. I had a game as an ADC where I didn't get a single kill because everyone else did too much damage ( and this is a personal annoyance because I just want my last S Rank for Caitlyn M7. )
10. I despise the preset rune pages. They're cluttered, they sit in my rune page collection like annoying pop-up ads and I want them gone. (I would rather Riot have given us the ability to edit but still keep them, like as free rune pages? )
11. some of the runes, eg. the 15% heal on kill, have made certain champions very annoying and not fun to face so I've been forced to permaban them. (Xin especially. I knew he was too strong when I saw him go 25/4/16 and fight 1v3. But is that really new for him? )
Wow, I didn't expect to type so much
