It's hard to play this game anymore

Arsinik·7/29/2018, 11:05:03 PM·25 votes·9,981 views

I have been playing league since late 2012 or early 2013, and let me tell you this game just is hard to play anymore. Not only do you have to try and get into a match behind all the dodging and pregame flaming, but once you are in you have to try and win a stressful strategy game with a lot of intricacies while trying not to get flamed, flame, or get trolled. Every game is like a roulette of toxic filth, and the good games are just too far and few. On top of that every single game you have people begging for reports or spamming report keys on every single person it just seems ridiculous what this community has become.

That's all really just seems depressing to watch a game that has been a large part of my life for so long get absolutely wrecked by a notorious community that can't fix itself.

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muted team chat7/30/2018, 3:41:05 AM8 votes

I've been playing since the Lux release. For the first few years I COULDNT WAIT to log in and play for hours. Now I feel a hesitation to que for a game because it's a gamble if I will enjoy myself or not. Even when I'm smurfing 2 tiers below my main account I still feel like games are surprisingly unwinnable after about 7-8 minutes and a lot of the games I do carry are unenjoyable because my team seems hell-bent on losing the game with their horrid macro.

There are a multitude of accurate complaint threads on the forums as to what's wrong these days so I won't repeat them. Just wanted to vent here with the OP.

Ghosł 7/30/2018, 6:25:46 AM6 votes

-Lp system been overdue for a rework for years. Doesn't reward those who contribute to the team. And punishes you with more lp loss when you lose and less when you win. I literally win like 14 lp and lose 24. Doesn't matter how good I play or even if I get win streaks my lp does not recover. I had a 6 game win streak last week won 15, 15, 15, 14 ,13 ,13??? Then i lost and lost 24 lp. Its like how am I supposed to climb like this. It takes 2 wins to counter 1 loss.

-Honor system serves no real actual purpose because you don't get placed with people of high honor if you have high honor. Its almost like this system was made to give the illusion that you can do something about toxic players. But nothing has changed with this system theres just as much of this. Id prefer 5 minute wait ques to play with non toxic teammates over the 20 second wait ques with everyone toxic or unskilled.

-Class rating system after the game serves no real purpose because lp is not rewarded at all based on your contribution to the team. Yet in every other pro sport the better people on the team get paid more. Why not do what the entire rest of the world has done and that is proven to be fair and work and reward the better players with more lp per win and less lp per loss.

-Placements been broken for years. People make new accounts and play with plat freinds to skip bronze/silver and go straight to gold all the time. Thats part of why you have these players in the wrong elo. Why stay loyal to an account with you can just skip the first 2 elos.

-To many random jungle nerfs lately. Had a game recently i was 4/1/1 early and enemy udyr was 4/2/3 early. We both had more farm and kills then all the other players but we were both lvl nine while mid and top where lvl 11 and 12. Its like how does that make sense? If this was balanced that would be impossible.

Yaskamasandwich7/30/2018, 11:56:21 AM5 votes

Well OP you said this is still a strategy game, that is the problem, this isn't a strategy game. This is a CoD, Overwatch, first person action shooter cop out. But it is not supposed to be like that crap, it is suppose to be strategic like from the original roots. Ever since Devourer, Gangplank, Fiora, Juggernaut reworks from Season 5, Riot has been snuffing out strategy for flashy crap. Reason the game is getting shittier, because new Riot team is trying to change it from the original design. No wonder why we go into a "riot" when the word change is mentioned, change has traumatized the entire player base.

SirLucsean7/30/2018, 5:30:57 AM2 votes

Ouch OP your making feel OLD. If Riot LEFT the masteries & runes pages alone this game would've been more fun than it is now. I miss the OLD masteries, yet I'm still older than the game itself LOL*[slayer-jinx-wink]*

LightningShado7/30/2018, 6:10:16 AM1 votes

If it's hard to play, you can always quit.

Asgerith7/30/2018, 5:00:46 AM1 votes

There's too many changes and this game is just imho anxiety inducing to me now because there's so much going on, I feel like I will have to go back to maining Soraka or Janna again because they rarely get changed and they're always an at least ok pick that can get me through a few games...

KingBlackthorn17/30/2018, 5:56:34 PM1 votes

I never have dodges. It is so rare. And I am sick of people saying the League community is toxic! I literally encounter toxicity once or twice a day. If you are scared of being flamed then just used the magical "Mute All" command that was invented for that reason.