It wasn't stats or anything like that because the old runes and masteries were fine. The problem with the old system was that newbs couldn't use them. So it was punishing for new players trying the game out.
Hey h0w r ya4 votesOr that it literally cost the amount of 10 champions just to have 2-3 viable rune pages
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Or that it literally cost the amount of 10 champions just to have 2-3 viable rune pages
Which is not far off from what I said. The cost made it so newbs couldn't use them.
Hey h0w r ya2 votesThe way you are saying it sounds like you are literally insulting people for being new to the game and having an automatic disadvantage
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The way you are saying it sounds like you are literally insulting people for being new to the game and having an automatic disadvantage
I'm not insulting anyone. I even used NEWB over NOOB which is used to insult someone. Stop being so sensative.
Ren Amari1 votesNew runes killed off a lot of diversity by showing what riot really does. And that is forcing metas / gameplay they want to see, rather it be in LCS or however it promotes their game to get more money. They don't care about the competitive scene at all, unless its for money. Should have just made runes free... But then again how would you force shit down people's throat?
MagicMalice3 votesNaw fam, I think that they are really trying to make the game more accessible. With new runes, you can try out a bunch of new random stuff that may or may not work without having to grind the living hell out of it beforehand just to find that the thing you just spent 4 games playing to earn (roughly the cost of one of the more expensive runes) is completely useless and that you have wasted ~2.6 hours just to get one of them.
The new runes are way more welcoming than the old, and will probably lead to more actual gameplay/pre-game decisions than the old ones did.
Ren Amari2 votesYes, because the jungle meta should be entirely the play style "Lee Sin". What i mean by this is, that early pressure, taking early buffs, and ganking early are the only things viable right now. counter jungling means NOTHING, taking objectives means NOTHING, having a perfect farm path means NOTHING. I can do the latter 3 things, and still be the same level, and gold as the other jungler that i'm playing against. It doesn't matter. This is why i say diversity is dead. They took my main role, and held it down, raped it, shot it in the face with a shotgun then took the body and threw it onto the streets. If they really wanted to make runes more accessible they would have just made the current runes free. But no.... It's not just the runes either, it's been over time. So idk what to say, maybe i'm completely wrong, or maybe i'm being conservative about the type of game that i fell in love with. All i know is that my baby 
is dead. They killed him... Not even a capstone 
MagicMalice1 votesYeah I think you are being a tad over-dramatic with that, but seriously, I think that the issue isn't necessarily with the game at this point. You can find ways to make your game matter, with a champion other than Lee Sin (who admittedly has a strong early game), and win. Reading your post, I would suggest working on communications.
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