Anybody amazed how the jungle hasn't been nerfed yet?
One of the main reasons why this game feels so miserable to play is because so much of the game is dependent on 1 person on your team, and they literally have 70%+ impact on the game. Most meta picks in pro play is based solely on junglers and their ability to lane 1 v 2, most champions literally cannot escape any ganks/dives, or farm safely.
One problem is that vision denial is far greater than vision granted. yellow trinkets have 50% up time, so it can't even protect you 100% of the time if there was no way to remove it. yet we also have vision plant, red trinket, and control wards to completely eliminate vision as long as you have more map control. control wards are mandatory buys but it still feels terrible when all the enemy has to do is hit it 4 times to cost you 75 gold and gave them a bit of gold and exp, which makes it as good as killing a camp. mid game it is super easy for a team with an advantage to completely deny vision around baron and force the enemy team to face check and lose on the spot, or just lose baron for free and lose anyways.
Bad jungle plays are not punished, and it is very easy to not make a bad play. I've seen junglers sit in a bush for 3 minutes straight and get nothing done and not get punished for it. also most junglers by themselves have enough damage to do 70% of a squishy champions health in just 1 rotation, and that's if they're playing a low damage tank jungler. this means literally getting dove as soon as a decent minion wave is shoved to your turret, because even if you're full health you can get dove anyways. a 1 for 1 trade is a MASSIVE disadvantage for the defender, the assist already gives half a kill worth of gold and exp, not to mention the amount of minions denied makes it as bad as a solo kill. it's also impossible to ever fall behind to where you're not a threat to the enemy laner, because of catch up exp. all junglers have to do is use their vision denial tools to just clear vision to apply pressure, then walk into a lane that doesn't have vision and do massive damage to that lane that usually swings the lane in 1 sides favor. no point of timing wards, that's a thing of the past.