Does Everyone at Riot even play their game??

Unlimited Ninja··5 votes·551 views

I'm starting to think that half of the employees at Riot HQ don't even touch their game, they're just doing it for the paycheck. We have people like Lyte who tested out the new queue which is cool but when it comes to balance and how snowbally everything is lately, they have no idea what they're doing. They don't listen to their playerbase, the last time I heard anything about a rioter take a player's idea was when someone came up with the new name to Mordekaiser. If someone gets one or two kills, its only a snowball fest from there. I hardly see any AP anymore in the midlane. The comparison between season 5 and 6, a good half of the champion pool was made less viable in Season 6. Games end usually before 30 minutes and thats when one or two teamfights happen and most of the time, whoever wins the first teamfight pushes to win. Turrets are paper and fire wet noodles. Riot thought it would be splendid to add turret resistance and turret damage to dragon buffs, as if they were bad enough. And whats even more awesome is that this is Riot's only game and they keep screwing stuff up. Maybe if they kept their attention off of the LCS and focused on the rest of the player base, the positive feedback would increase by a large margin.

I still think this game is fun. In fact, it is my favorite game, but after playing seasons 4 and 5 and having the most fun I've ever had in a videogame, It's disappointing to see how this season is in comparison. I just hope that Riot does a complete 180 and turns stuff around when mage champions were fun and when they weren't performing sub-par in the first 20 minutes because instead of getting a mana regen item, they had to rush a seekers armguard against Zed or Talon so they don't get instagibbed post-6.

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Darius Bøt3 votes

Fun fact, I know a Rioter and from what he says about half of the or more don't actually play the game. I'm assuming this is because they're code writers or not part of the balance teams.

Pika3101 votes

On the other hand, even "balance" team are guilty to some degree as well. What I mean is a lot of them actively make unqualified changes to champs and roles that they lack the personal experience playing as. This admittance coming directly from Fearless, a self-proclaimed jungle main when he made the decision to lead changes on a support that he'd never played before. Then again, his jungle changes the 2 following seasons were crapfests as well, so this could just say more about his own incompetence at his job as a whole.

Unlimited Ninja1 votes

Tis' a shame, I wish more rioters played their game so they could have a better idea on how to handle different things and maybe able to work on and change some stuff before release. So basically more views from different angles on the subject.

Dominick Destine2 votes

I've played with many Rioters before, including that one major Rioter that always used Ionia Yi.

It's disappointing to see how this season is in comparison.

Heard that literally every season except season 1. You are predictable.

Unlimited Ninja2 votes

You may have heard in every season but I think in this season the number of times it has been said has skyrocketed. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the game but it sucks when people give their money and support to Riot and this is what they get in return. So yes, I do believe season 6 is the most disappointing season thus far.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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You may have heard in every season but I think in this season the number of times it has been said has skyrocketed.

Nope. I actually heard more doom and gloom when trinkets were introduced... when GP10 items were removed... when purple wards were made visible.... when perma-bans were first 'truly' introduced.... when Riot reworked global gold... when Riot changed dragon/nashor.... etc.

Every single time people say; "NO BUT THIS TIME ITS TRUE, GAME SUX GG NEVER PLAYING AGAIN" and the rest of us just roll our eyes and move on to the next issue.

Unlimited Ninja1 votes

I never really heard of any of these issues but then again, I started playing the game in early season 4. Besides, I will never truly stop playing League unless: A. Riot abandons the game completely to work on another project. (Which is highly doubtful) B. The game is just unplayable, too many bugs/glitches, hackers, etc. I do think the game is very playable and is capable of being fun, but this season compared to the other 2 seasons that I have played, season 6 falls short of entertaining the game's public, but keep in mind this is my opinion. The two things that I want to happen is that they buff turrets and make more champs viable in the current meta.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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I never really heard of any of these issues

You are relatively new to the game then.

Unlimited Ninja1 votes

I haven't heard of the issues pre-season 4. Like "GP10" items. Idk what that is, but I hear that season 3 was the best season of all of them, which is a shame because I wished I could've experienced it myself. I don't usually bitch about stuff being changed except for this season. But pleasure talking to you sir, and thank you for giving your input. :)

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