As someone who has always played mages, I don't even feel it's worth the effort anymore.

Why in the fuck are mid mage players being punished for no reason at all? Why are they forced to stay mid because of how weak towers are, how strong junglers are and how cheap it is to get power spikes in the bot lane (without counting shit like janna and lulu who simply deny your shit). Roaming is risky and staying in lane and wave clearing is getting gutted so what the fuck are we supposed to do? Use our shit tier autoattacks? Wait until late game and cross our fingers that our bot lane is big enough to carry and theirs weak enough not to right click on you twice to nuke you? Meanwhile we actually have to land skillshots but your mana pool is weakened? Meanwhile energy champs can wave clear for days, push you to your tower, force you to use mana to last hit and then they roam?

I just don't get it. I seriously don't. Give more resistance to towers, stop it with global fucking resources and make ADC and support itemization more expensive. Your slowly losing your hardcore fans and in the long run it's gonna be the death of your game.