Lets hope they are not for real
They are scared that their game ll become to complex with to much pre knowledge ROFL. Guys if they keep smite buffs game ll become to hard for us because we are to stupid
I think I am speaking in the name of 90% of LoL players when I say Removing smite buffs is a bad move
Kitty Cat Tosha4 votesYou don't even know what they have planned exactly. Why not wait until you have more information before you jump on the hate train? ;)
Poske3 votesI guess true...
They are removing depth by adding rng Depth....
They could have added depth in a league Summoner rift update and just make a map interactable (Kinda like it is in dota2)
Instead they are putting plants in laegue and removing smite depth...
They also dont seem to be fine with clearing a jungle in a row... From left to right from right to left.. They want you to skip..
All around I dont like their ideas and those ideas ll flop
Keevalroy3 votesI think after two years of the community calling them out on it, they actually stopped doing crack before they design and balance. Now, considering what they've shown us recently, they've mellowed out of their insanity. Unfortunately they're on weed now from how quickly this shift happened, and the introduction of...jungle weed.
Dev 1: Bros...check it out. There's weed in the jungle now.
Dev 2: Wooaahh...yeah man that's great.
Dev 3: We got some dank ass plants now broooo hue hue hue.
Dev 4: DYNAMIC QUEUE! LCSBIGPLAYS!! KEYSTONES! BUFF PLAYMAKERS! LEAGUE IS A GLOBAL SPORT!
Dev 1: Woah chill bro, we stopped with that stuff for now, look at deez plants man. Take in that jungle weeeed.
Dev 4: ......yeeaaah....
At least that's how I imagine it happened.
Big Lincoln2 votesit's not like they were any good
gromp buff was only used for your first clear, after it got nerfed it's not a worthwhile thing for tanks to grab late game
the only ones you really took were raptor buffs for vision control, everything else was just for jungling
Poske2 votesWolf for scouting and securing your jungle side. Raptor so you can gank through wards Gromp was the only buff which techicly was useful in combat (Even in PvP)
Diff junglers should have different starting routes. But honestly everyone was starting from botlane since 2 players help them with first camp
Only non utilized thing was krug helping you crush tower. I feel like none cared about that
So aside from krugs which could use some tweaks I think players love the other depth
I dont even want to mention how useful smiting red/blue is
Big Lincoln2 votestbh I would rather junglers be balanced around not having all these add-ons
it's gotten unnecessarily complicated and I would say diversity has been worse per season
Poske2 votesIf you want a simple game go play tetris
WoonStruck1 votesThey're adding a HP restore on every smite to replace red buff smite.
Blue smite is rarely useful; the only junglers that need it are ones that Riot doesn't really want jungling anyway.
Gromp is useless, even during first clear. It contributes almost no damage.
Wolf isn't really useful compared to raptors.
Raptors were the only ones worth smiting past first clear unless you're just smiting for speed.
Krugs were useful for clearing, but it enabled way too many junglers that shouldn't be jungling in the first place.
So in actuality, the only thing they're removing is something that's holding red/blue champion smite back, and champions who shouldn't be jungling in the first place.
Its a fantastic change, even if they weren't adding plants.
Literally the only thing that would be missed is raptor smite, as far as game health. Vision itself is fucked lately, and Riot needs to work on it though.
Poske2 votesWhat they are doing is boring simple and stupid
Their whole philosophy of skipping camps is also stupid
MOST LOGICAL THING TO DO IS do the jungle from left to right or from right to left. NONE WILL FKING SKIP and they seem to want to force us into it judging by what they said
But whatever keep the game simple for NEW PLAYERS because VETERANS SHOULD GIVE FKS ABOUT THEM
WoonStruck1 votesIf they do it the way DotA did, encouraging skipping camps can be done quite well.
Just because something's different doesn't mean it will be bad. They'll likely compensate the loss of efficiency. Just shut up and see what happens before you bitch about it.
That said, Riot will probably fuck it up because that's what Riot does best, but still.
PermabannedGaren2 votesKrugs were useful for clearing, but it enabled way too many junglers that shouldn't be jungling in the first place.
Like who?
The Oasis1 votesI'm more worried about stealth changes. Evelynn just needs to be deleted or re-made from the ground up to NOT be a stealth asassin. While we're at it get rid of Vayne's stealth and give her buffs elsewhere
macdshifty1 votesHow is Vayne having stealth a problem
The Oasis1 votesIt's not pure cancer like Evelynn, it's just obnoxious that a marksman gets Tumbles, a Knockback (and often stun), and invisibility on every tumble.
Very Person1 votesI think the plants are a great addition! But they should still keep smite buffs...
Poske1 votesthis. Maybe even improve the smite buffs
I honestly find the smite champion concept more stupid