How is it even possible that a patch this busted can release 10 years into a game's life?

Naalith·Jul 17, 2019·6 votes·2,970 views

Electrocute doesn't work. Three champions are turned off for gamebreaking bugs. Death recap is broken. People can't reconnect. Bug splats everywhere. Many champions with channeled abilities (I was playing Vel'Koz) are unable to cast said channel for no reason during parts of the game.

And that's not including the "intended" features of the patch. Why the fuck does mousing over someone on the minimap display their name in a way that takes up the whole lower corner of your screen?

Big yikes, Riot.

12 Comments

KoiyakiJul 17, 20194 votes

Because no matter how advanced technology is, human error still exists and computers still bug out. Why Does wow still do bug fixea every patch? Why does windows computers still have problems? Why do isps still have internet outages after schedualed maintenance?

Problems happen. Thats just life, no system is infallible.

PhieldworkerJul 17, 20191 votes

Thank you. Working in development I wished people understood this. No matter how many people and how much money someone has, you can’t test all the bugs out.

AlienPrimateJul 17, 20194 votes

I don't think people care so much about bugs existing. The problem is when most of these bugs are reported on PBE and then Riot lets them through to live anyways instead of delaying the changes until they can get it right on PBE. Why not just shut down the PBE if they are going to do that?

Zero ShingetsuJul 17, 20194 votes

Because you see, this game is run by Riot Games. Riot Games is capable of miracles the likes of which no other company has ever dreamed.

The reason no other company has ever dreamed of those miracles is because they want their respective games to actually function as intended.

SuicidePlankJul 17, 20192 votes

And that's not including the "intended" features of the patch. Why the fuck does mousing over someone on the minimap display their name in a way that takes up the whole lower corner of your screen?

Thought it's just me. I don't give a shit about their Names, can I please see HP and Mana again while also being able to watch the Mini Map?

Linda de MolJul 17, 20192 votes

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Thought it's just me. I don't give a shit about their Names, can I please see HP and Mana again while also being able to watch the Mini Map?

I know right. Who thought placing usernames on the minimap would be benificial for your game in any way!?

Zero ShingetsuJul 17, 20191 votes

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Thought it's just me. I don't give a shit about their Names, can I please see HP and Mana again while also being able to watch the Mini Map?

Now this, THIS is a good idea. The name thing is just stupid. Unless of course you're playing LCS, and you want to know which player is where. Gee, it's almost like they actually build the game around pro play...

Death by GlamourJul 17, 20192 votes

tbf the death recap is that old that trying to fix that caused all this, but the issue is how did this get passed the pbe

Tuition FeeJul 17, 20192 votes

WITH ALL THE BUG REPORTS ON PBE FORUMS TOO???

Death by GlamourJul 17, 20192 votes

but the issue is how did this get passed the pbe

JRobin31Jul 17, 20191 votes

League of Legends is not a finished product and never has been. RIOT is always innovating and changing the game. That is why it is possible to release a surprising number of bugs 10 years after the so-called "release" of the game. You are not nor ever have been playing the final version of this game. It is known.