hahaaa epic tank rework

well the problem is that tanks arent really a good class to have in a moba. tanks after all come from mmorpgs and rpgs where the goal is for the player to win usually. at least i think that's where they originated. probably from tabletop rpgs first. anyway the problem is that tanks in mobas have to die sometime and finding the balance of how much damage they're doing vs how long they live vs how annoying they get is no small feat since they're literally the same thing as an assassin or fighter that has melee attacks with just different base stats. they're trying to fix it with the item shop and the mastery tree when they should instead make the items general purpose, the masteries roles specific, and then give tank champions skills stats and abilities that fulfill the desire of a tank and then continue to tweak from there and not from the item shop or mastery tree.

organizing the item shop and the masteries to be EXACTLY as they are planned would go a long way. however due to riots opinion on staleness in video games they've constantly been changing everything even the core game mechanics like jungle and game time to keep it feeling fresh.

so the question is do players want the game to become stale and old or is riot taking the right approach by tweaking everything periodically for the chaotic effect to create fun and memorable moments?

me personally i've mentioned this before, but with just the basic stats that are in the game there are quite a few hundred item options from just combining 2 of the stats. even more so with 3 or a varied ranking system. they could and should slowly add in a new item every couple of patches and with the way the mastery system is set up currently there could be 30 keystones with a new keystone added every few months. the champion roster is pretty much maxed out unless riot plans to have 300 champions. i think it would just be better to rework the mages and fighters to slide them into the other ranks slowly. i cant remember the number i came up with of how many legitimately different combinations of champions and strategies there were, but it's only like 30 or something of each class.