do riot listen?

DoFr·Feb 15, 2015·1 votes·375 views

just an honest question, seeing those 200+ upvotes with 1k veiws and not a single riot comment. why is the backleash of lee sin's changes were cancelled but not other champions? i'm just trying to understand the way riot sees this subject, pretty sure the balance team has made enemies for life, but why aren't they trying to get feedback? or atleast comment with something like "we're taking what you said and upvoted into consideration" i mean after all aren't they doing all this for us the players?

why do i feel like my efforts are completely useless? why am i feeling this gape between us players and riot? are they even listening? or are we simply being ignored despite everything? why do i feel left out even with my exp with x champion?

4 Comments

SlytherMinnFeb 15, 20151 votes

Are you a professional gamer? Do you have influence in the eSports community? Do you help Riot make more money than the average player?

If you answered NO to all of these, Riot doesn't care about you.

DoFrFeb 15, 20151 votes

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Are you a professional gamer? Do you have influence in the eSports community? Do you help Riot make more money than the average player?

If you answered NO to all of these, Riot doesn't care about you.

iam a player that loves the game, doesn't that count for something?

DisasterSolaFeb 16, 20151 votes

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iam a player that loves the game, doesn't that count for something?

No, you filthy pleb. Riot doesnt need you, for every one dissenter that leaves a thousand mindless sheep take your place! Muwhahahahaha!

Please note the obvious sarcasm. Riot doesnt actually care any more. theyre to large for their own good; just like the banks, theyve become to big to fail.

I think the bad balance decisions, however, are coming from to many cooks in the kitchen syndrome coupled with creators arrogance. they believe theyre right - 100% of the time - and have enough programmers and designers that these bad decisions get greenlit by sheer numbers of staff who support it.

Then you look at smaller MOBAs like Dawngate - Dawngate had actual lore that evolved, it had developers who listened, and it had developers who would bother to not only explain their decisions, but also explain why a suggested change was either a bad idea or just not possible.