Ghostcrawler ignoring the player feedback
As the previous thread on Ghostcrawler was locked due to no constructive criticism, and with the permission of the moderator who locked that thread I'm opening a new thread to discuss Ghostcrawler and his vision of the game.
Ghostcrawler joined Riot Games after leaving WoW balance, initially there was some concern as to his hiring coming from a widely displeased WoW community.
Source : http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4190291
So what has Mr. Greg Street AKA "Ghostcrawler" done to the game to give him such a negative view?
In my view he has little to no concern with player feedback in League of Legends anymore. Ever since he joined Riot games in 2014 the forums and player base have gone largely ignored in their requests at balancing the game. It has become a worst situation over time, but is truly hitting its peak now with Season 8.
If you asked people what the problem was in season 6, a lot of people would say the new trend of burst damage was getting concerning. Season 6 was really a large start of the "let's buff damage" trend.
So now current day the number one problem echoed by almost every LoL player is the damage being rediculously high, games being decided in the first 10 minutes, turrets being paper towels that just soak up damage, ADC's builds being the cheapest in the game despite being late game, and the rediculous snowballing going on.
What has been done to address these player concerns that have been voiced over and over again for the past year? Nothing.
ADC Builds are still the same cheap price.
Towers were given a negligible buff, then literally given a new keystone that helped destroy them faster.
Damage has gone up even more thanks to the new keystones.
Gametime in season 5 used to average 30 minutes if not longer
Source: http://www.leaguemath.com/match-duration-analysis/
Can anyone nowadays actually say they regularly get 30 minute matches where you can comeback a deficit?
In conclusion, it feels like the League of Legends forums and player base have voiced their concerns for a long time now and are being ignored in favor of the "uber cool damage" "super fast stomp" routes that many players don't want to see. I haven't played this game now for a month because I feel so isolated and ignored just like a majority of other players do in this current environment of League of Legends.
@Ghostcrawler @Riot , are you listening to us? What do you plan to do with damage, towers, snowballing, and ADCs. Or will you go back to ignoring us like always?
