Is it just me, or is LoL not fun anymore?

Melledoneus··9 votes·5,448 views

Seriously, I play every week to have fun and.. well, it just isn't. When I'm with friends, we keep each other company and all is well. But other than that, League is just so... bland now. Half of the champion roster can't lane properly, my favorite class of champions has been trumped by one that does their job better, and I keep seeing the same damn champions every game. It's not fun to get beaten because a champion can delete me or because I can't get near my farm without getting skewered. (Leblanc Diana) I used to have so much fun trying new things, but now I'm literally forcing myself to play.

Since when did LoL become about stats rather than skill? Since when do I have to FORCE myself to play a game that I know and love? Riot, please help us old players stay interested in your game. Stop making a handful of champions your spotlight group, and let other champions be viable. I remember when I could play Kassadin before every other mid laner did his job better. I remember when tanks used to be tanky because they were building to be, rather than be squishier than that Garen building nothing but a item 3044.

I'm just tired of it. I'm tired of it all. If I can't have fun playing this game, why do I spend my Friday nights playing it? Why can't I ever think again, "Oh boy, I have IP! I can't wait to buy so-and-so champion!" Why can't I ever play the game and ENJOY it?

Sincerely, a disillusioned Bronze player.

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ChargeItDownMid3 votes

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Lime Josh1 votes

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O-o ummm what? League became much more about strategy and less about picking the most overpowered champion over the last season. The balance towards the end of season 5 is far better than anything we saw in season 3 or 4.

lol? have you seen pbe changes? have you even played against these last few patches "god tier" champs? garen with BC can 1v1 anyone who isn't ahead in lane (gl if your behind in lane)

ProjektSHIN1 votes

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lol? have you seen pbe changes? have you even played against these last few patches "god tier" champs? garen with BC can 1v1 anyone who isn't ahead in lane (gl if your behind in lane)

he can 1v1 almost anyone... if they are stupid enough to simply attack him while he's spinning and not try to use his easily recognizable pattern of abilities and outplay him... then .. yea... but if you're like any other relatively skilled summoner,... you'll find a way

Melledoneus1 votes

I'm not talking about balance. Sure, something can be balanced. But it's not fun when the champions people like to play are trumped because other champions just do everything they do better.

For example, tanks are the front line. They are supposed to zone the carry, and if they can catch them out for the team. So, pray tell me, why would I play Shen, diving the back line to get deleted by % HP damage when somebody like Garen can run in and do the exact same freaking thing without much consequence because he shreds the back line? I know Shen has CC, but Garen can literally get CC'd, ignore it, then run the hell back in, and while the enemy team is focusing him your team can pick them off? I know tanks are supposed to have peel, but how do I peel when I just got Diana off my ADC, my CC is on cooldown, and she just freaking dashes again and deletes my ADC?

I'm just hoping the preseason makes the game more fun.

ChargeItDownMid1 votes

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Melledoneus1 votes

You seem to leave out a specific detail: Shen was picked not as a top laner, but a SUPPORT. Shen was made to be a top laner, but if people play him support more than anything then Riot needs to balance him to make him where he was intended to go. A dueling tank shouldn't have any place babysitting the ADC.

Haptismal1 votes

Are you deranged? Season 3 was when it started going downhill and each season following has been worse and worse. Season 5 was better? What game have you been playing? It sure as hell isn't this one unless you are simply trolling.

Fredgerd1 votes

I completely disagree, League lately is more fun than ever. The forums are the only thing thats gotten less fun just because no one knows eachother anymore. I remember in season one everyone who was a regular kinda knew who eachother were and we had some kinda amusing personalities on the boards like Renekton Bot and SlyGoat.

BluePolarizer1 votes

funny thing is kassadin is an LCS pick.

Melledoneus1 votes

The LCS is a different kind of League of Legends. One we don't play.

BluePolarizer2 votes

so start getting good I guess.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

It's not. Especially when you main traditional, non-tank supports, but that's just me.

Even though I enjoyed the rise of tanks earlier in season 5, and the devourer meta where it's literally freelo for Lulu support. Other than that, IMO not really.

TeCoolMage1 votes

"It's not fun to get beaten because a champion can delete me" -Leblanc and Diana main

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHA

sorry

Also, Kassadin is fine.

And all the changes have been literally to make build paths as diverse as possible, I don't get what you're complaining about. Now I can have an AP build that doesn't require Zhonya's, Rabadon's and Luden's to be viable, I can build Liandries, Rylai's, Abyssal Scepter and all the other stuff I want.

Melledoneus1 votes

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"It's not fun to get beaten because a champion can delete me" -Leblanc and Diana main

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHA

I don't get what you're saying, but I'll let it pass without an explanation if you don't feel like providing one.

Other than that, I'd be willing to see some new tank itemization after the ADC update.

RavenMoon211 votes

I feel ya bro, it really has gotten bland. It's also annoying the way it's stomp or be stomped right now(Dirty boosters and smurfs in ranked for the final days..hate those guys). If the game is actually somewhat close it lasts entirely too long and in my elo you wind up losing after 45 mins half of the time which is really really really annoying. A big part of the fun is the strategic element of play so ARAM's don't appeal to me. I mean somebody has to lose obviously, but more often than not I find myself being sucked into the immature drama of the game or being irritated with completely irrational decisions my teammates make. I try really hard to ignore bad attitudes and the like but after so many games you just can't stand it anymore.

Blåbæret1 votes

Dude, there's literally not a single valid point in your post. Kassadin is perfectly viable and there are only very few champs that are really weak, the rest are viable. There will always be a meta, nothing new really. The Koreans keep coming up with new builds so you could do the same. There's always something lurking that has yet to be discovered.

It's always hilarious when people whine that their champ isn't viable, then someone at LCS uses that champ and suddenly it's OP when it was trash tier merely a few days ago. Get real bro.

I get it that you're bored of the game. My advice is to just quit if you're not enjoying it.

Melledoneus1 votes

Enter the necromancer.

VivaLaKitten1 votes

The same thing over and over will naturally get tiresome and stale, that's why alternate gamemodes exist to help spice things up and even though some champions are kinda shall we say "broken", it's not to the point where it's unplayable If you truly want to have some fun away from tryhards just try some custom games with your friends

a good way to fix this would be to stop with the whole tanks that can deal damage because as is, a team of all tanks stomps a team of all anything else, as clearly shown on aram. A tank is a tank, and a bruiser shouldn't be able to build both tanky and get a 1 v 5 pentakill cough Darius Illaoi Garen

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