Let's talk about the state of League or Riot games.
Hello everyone. I hope everyone had a pleasant start in the new year.
So back into the topic: State of League.
The game had become more flashy over the years focusing only on competitive resulting in a poor quality overall. My understanding is if you need external tools to understand what happened to you then the way information is conveyed, is really bad. The flashiness does lead to more enjoyable plays overall when you go into a higher tier of gameplay. However flashy plays do not always mean enjoyable gameplay. It is something you want to see in the worlds', for example, however, worlds had become a running meme by itself. For the past few years, the amount of dmg output had been rising it is satisfying to see your enemy die in 2 seconds but not if you are all equally passed (items, levels, skill). Also, the lack of drawbacks in some champions' abilities is infuriating. There are champions who got good ability stats, scaling, and utility. Resulting in really WT* moments. The current champions pull is in my opinion full of champions who do virtually the same just reskin and bit of thematic change. For me, this makes the current banning system a bit outdated. Because for me personally it is more important to not play against a certain type of playstyle, rather than a champion.
The infuriating gameplay that is beeing promoted aswell promotes excessive toxicity before Dota 1 was considered the king of toxic, now that is League of legends. I believe that is the cause of the desire of Riot games to make the game flashy, more fast-paced, more Watchable in Championships. However, let me tell you a secret I do not enjoy watching worlds anymore. The reason is too much Visual nose. Too much disconnect b/n reality and fiction. For me personally, the way I feel it is that the game had become less of a game to be played and enjoyed but more of a promotional piece of services that exist outside of the game. Tools that you have to buy/own so you can perform.
About the new Season. I believe it is total garbage. Elemental drakes are bad for it. The new jungle feels bad, half of the junglers that exist are unplayable in it. In few worlds everything you had said to happen happened in reverse. The addition of new hide spots makes conveying information even more hard. Elemental drake terrain change is happening way too late to have any impact and it is kind of there to annoy you and distract you. Also, the "new" items are not really that good because you replaced existing items with closes of the same effect. I would like more items. By more, I mean more than 14 new ones with new effects that add utility or effects that help struggling champions rise and have a good drawback so currently strong champions do not abuse them.
The question I want to ask is why do you play video games?
