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Season 10 Sucks. It's broken and I'm upset and I really want something to change...

BlitzuCranku·1/11/2020, 7:49:45 AM·7 votes·2,862 views

I have so many thoughts about this subject and hope I can articulate them correctly. First off for some background, this is not a baseless rant and I am not new, I have played this game for close to 3 years getting over 100k on 8-9 champions and playing it almost every nigth for atleast an hour. I love the game, it's my favorite multiplayer probably of all time, and I have so many skins it's not even funny. I appreciate everything about it and have never been someone to complain or rage or be toxic cause I always thought to myself, "I can get better" or "I could've played that better". That is until preseason 10. This preseason, for lack of better words, f*cking sucked. I have been pummeled so many games and placed behind in my favorite rolls in so many different circumstances and have no clue why. Games are now decided by a single person, assassins can now carry the game and get Pentakills early in the game easily, AND I MEAN EASILY. And overall, the game just feels so BROKEN. I always assumed I could get better or I could play a fight better, but now it seems like that isn't the case. You can no longer outplay your lane opponent who is one or two levels higher and can no longer even attempt to outplay an assasin. You will die miserably and you won't get to play for the rest of the game if you do. And that may soudn like a dumb thing to say. Of course you shouldn't go in to a fight when your underleveled and expect to win.

But plenty of pros have outplayed a situation, dodged abilities, lifestealed to stay in something, or played a long fight perfectly and took out people higher than them. It should be possible. Outplays should be possible. But with the new League it feels like they aren't. That certain champions won't be able to survive against others regardless of how well you play it. That running away, dropping traps, flashing, igniting, slowing, ccing, doing LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO to stop an enemy Darius with only 4 kills from walking you under two towers with no minions and murdering you without a cent of counterplay. I thought maybe I was playing the wrong champs. That adcs were just weak and you needed to stay at range. But then I switched to my mains, and I still got walked down by bruisers who had literally 1 or 2 kills and were suddenly as fed as a lvl 18 full build Kayle. It's infuriating. It's like certain champ styles just can't played and there's literally no room for any mistakes in the early game. Cause any 1 or two kills given to the enemy Qiyanna could mean her oneshotting a tank and carrying the entire team. I liked the game when that wasn't possible. When team play was rewarded and smart macro or micro was the only way to pull off risky things. When an enemy can walk you under tower with no minions and kill you when you aren't even past the 20 minute threshhold of surrendering is absolute utter Bull Sh*t. Whatever the changes were, whether they be the extreme Dragon buffs, early game experience changes, or buffs to assasins or bruisers, something needs to be changed because the game does not feel balanced at all. I have spent over 1000$ on this game because I was confident that it is a fun and balanced game with good developers and competition. But it feels like all the competition has been removed so that I can't enjoy it the same way I used to.

And the worst part? It doesn't even feel good to win anymore. I was playing Veigar apc with Leona. We got one kill on the enemy bot lane. One kill. And the next time we got into lane, Leona goes on them again, and we wipe them. The next time we wipe them again. And again, and again, and again. But it wasn't satisfying at ALL. They died in two hits. One of my combos would kill them without ult at lvl 5 which has NEVER happened before since I have played Veigar all 3 years of this game. We killed them again and again and instead of feeling good, I felt bad for the other team. Like it was too fast too kill them, like they never stood a chance, like I didn't actually get to outplay them. And this wasn't the first time. The entire preseason has felt like this and I hoped hoped hoped that it would be changed by the start of ranked season 10 on January 10th. But it wasn't. And I'm still unsatisfied. Today, for the first time in my entire League career I rage quit. I waited til the end, but I quit once they were at the nexus, and I shut down everything. And it was a terrible feeling of hopelessness I don't want to experience again. Please Riot. I don't know if this will be heard by anyone, but if it is. Please bring the game I love back.

6 Comments

S Tier Waifu1/11/2020, 9:12:18 AM3 votes

Jungle is the only role that matters and it fucking sucks to play

should about sum every angry post up right now.

νinni1/28/2020, 9:13:19 PM2 votes

I‘ve the same problem but just with smurfs.

My season 9 rank was D3. And even at the end of the season I noticed that there are more smurf accounts than usual in my games. But with the start of season 10 it went totally out of control.

Every game feels like a coinflip atm. Because it’s all about the smurfs! Are you playing with or against a smurf? Is the smurf taking the game serious? (Because it’s just a smurf. The player doesn’t have to care about his ingame behaviour)Did I get the better smurf or the enemy team?

Teams getting carried by ONE person. Teamplay became pretty much irrelevant. If the under lvl 40 75-95% player is in the mood to carry the other team has no chance.

I love league but smurf are ruining it!

(Sry for my English)

Dont Waifu Thots2/11/2020, 11:33:58 AM2 votes

Feels like there's little to no control over what happens in games. Currently sitting at silver 3 with 8 wins and 20 losses. Placements were bs (they always are.). Waited an entire month to play my first ranked game and everyone was on a freshly lvl'd account. Get through those thinking once I get placed it should settle down, but it's just been a giant smurf-fest. I used to be able to play an entire weekend day if I'd like to, but it's a struggle to even play 2-3. Just stomps on either side. Really not fun atm.

artail31/31/2020, 5:09:28 AM1 votes

I 100% agree with you. Solo laners (top and mid) now decide the game, and can snowball a game easily. I cannot count the number of times this preseason/season 10 where I was ahead with my support botlane, and when we faced a toplane or midlane that was fed, we both got crushed. Blame it on the smurfs, blame it on bad matchups, I disagree.

This issue stems from several things.

  • First off, the toplane midlane XP buffs, the jungle XP nerfs, and the botlane XP nerfs. So three lanes have been weakened while two lanes were strengthened. Look at this way. You have 5 players in a game, and you have just put much more power in the hands of two of them. Now 3/5 players in a 5-person team get to feel useless. Almost every single game, when the laning phase is over, the support/adc/jungle roles are Lvl8 while top/mid are Lvl11. How is that fair?! Just as you say, there is one Darius or Yasuo running around diving towers and killing you. So many times have I stunned a Sett under my tower, attacked and used abilities, have the backup of my tower blasting him, for him to Q me to death and walk off merrily immortal.
  • It definitely doesn't help that these new heroes have SO much in their kits. I know people want fun heroes, but no one wants to face off against a Senna that has range, a slow, an AOE stun, a global ulti, a heal, a shield, and high damage output! How ridiculous is that kit of hers?! I have been saying it since day one of the hero release, and pro-play proved me absolutely right. Sett is released with immortal status, Aphelios is released with all types of damage and global auto-attacks. Riot may be getting extra cash from these new releases in the short-term, but I truly believe the player base will shrink as a result. These balance issues and messed up matchmaking issues are too much to bear. Psychologically, positive and negative reinforcement get people hooked to games. But with enough negative reinforcement, you can drain the life out of a game. And just as you say, these wins don't even feel rewarding anymore. Most games where I win, I am literally commenting to friends that this feels empty. We are stomping our enemies and it doesn't feel like they can even fight back. It is now very rare for a game to swing both ways and become truly enjoyable.

It has finally gotten to the near-breaking point. I finish work, looking forward to having a bit of fun. I start playing with friends around 9PM, and we average 3 games per night. In the past, we would win 1/2 and lose 1/2. Now, after a mega loss streak, we are truly fed up with this game (6W,14L). So the routine is: finish work, try to have fun, get pissed off instead, and then try to sleep it off. I will take a break from the game, and see if maybe the upcoming patch 10.3 will fix all the issues we've discussed.

(FYI I have also been playing LOL for 3 years, and have experienced many meta changes. This season 10 is full of issues that are making it so difficult to balance correctly.)

KEIWIZ2/13/2020, 3:05:32 PM1 votes

i also used to be able to play whole weekends. now i can play 1-3 games and its just not fun anymore. if someone is fed, you really cant do anything about it. i honestly hate the game rn, and i feel like even if i win or lose, i cant move forward with my account, im stuck in the same rank, ranking up and down between silver 3 and 2. i dont know if its because im really bad, or if its just the game being fucked atm. my previous rank was gold 1 so idk.

Riku Wolyafa2/18/2020, 1:48:12 PM

I personally dont like this new ranked system Up to Gold 4 i earned a 19 points roughly and lost about 18-19 per match so it was evening about and i just had to win more then i lost so i eventually climbed. Finally reaching Gold 4 and even Gold 3 i was happy as can be as i was Proud to have gotten there as Yuumi Main (300+ Games Yuumi Only and not gonna change that just because of the meta, i DO know she cant carry as much as other supps blabla i know all that stuff) But i subsequently get AFKs, Feeder and one bad team after another. Just today i havent won a single game and everytime i have an afk on my team. The worst part, i dropped completly from Gold 3 back to Silver 3 now. Even IF i get a Win i get 12-15 LP AT BEST! And lose 20-21 per loss. So the system even PREVENTS me from ever climbing again with these change in points. I win 2, lose 1 and nearly lose the entire progress. I WOULD understand if i had these point gains/losses while beeing IN Gold 3 and higher as clmbing FROM there should be harsher. But why am i still getting these points gains/losses even though i dropped SO hard? And why am i keeping to get punished by the game for afks on my Side? I will NEVER understand that. These thousands of Smurf accounts they can just throw away and behave shit on even if they get banned and im the one getting even more punished for having them. This is not just unfair its infuritating. I really enjoyed start of the season but the past 2 weeks i just kept falling and falling and getting one sh*t team after another every friggin game.

I know, im really not THE best player, never claimed to be, never want to be. I enjoy helping a team as Yuumi to succeed. I still own that stupid opinion that every champ SHOULD be viable even though i know that there really are only like 20 acceptable choices per patch to play else you suck completly. Its a conviction to stick to what i like to play, not what the meta tells me to. And i always do whatever i can to win. Yes, it is my fault for not playing anything else, i dont claim it to be any way else, im not entitled to win a game. And also yes, Yuumi is not the best choice for every composition, and me sticking to her could also lead to losing the game as i should have picked a Nauti/Leona for tank purposes so sure, losses are also on me.

This all doesnt change the fact tho that i keep on getting afks in my team or feeder on other lanes then bot. So even IF i go 0/1/10 and 6/1/3 with my adc, we still end up completly bashed in by the 8/1 Darius from top who simply snowballs the entire team and the botlane we won is just non-existant.

Yeah blabla, cant win all games, just FF and go next. But just accepting it everytime doesnt change it, so yes, just another rant and qq. Had to get it off my chest