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The game is so trash right now I'm no longer addicted

Stay Close Dear·6/23/2018, 3:39:43 PM·113 votes·20,297 views

I don't even remember last time I played, but it was probably almost a month ago. League has never been a game that I could give up for too long. I have been playing since season 2 and every single time I got angry or fed up with it for whatever reason - like getting lose streaks, dropping in rank, not being able to climb, being fed up with toxic people or just getting bored for a while - I would always come back because of the near unlimited variety, the family-community aspect ( which died around season 4 I think ) and because of the competitive, addictive emotional kick that ranked provided. I loved the idea of how it was up to me to get better at the game in order to climb higher and how much was there to learn. However my worries about where the game was heading at the end of s7 came true in preseason, where for the first time in those 7 years of playing I genuinely felt like the game was just trash broken and unfun. They fixed their shit some time after but as of recent it's just been a roll downhill once again, namely the jungle rework combined with ad patch.

Right now the game is just a giant, nonsense clusterfuck. I don't think matches have ever been that short before. Tower health? lol. Careful planning and strategy? omegalul. just pick a nuke or something that can proc duskblade, flash in and hope to come out on top. Adc is too strong ? make them effectively unusable. And then nerf supports just in case. Tanks not being able to tank assasins? give them more damage so now they can compete. Nothing can ever be "just fine". Either super good or utter garbage. I hate how league has become a game of "abuse xx until it gets fucked up the ass and then move on to the next thing, then repeat". I'm not even gonna mention what the lanes and picks look like nowadays.

And don't get me wrong, I didn't like the season 7 meta either, but one thing that made it better than what we have now is that it required coordination and strategy. I don't even want to play the game anymore, I've started to grow indifferent about it. For the first time in a long while I enjoy other games more than league and I'm no longer addicted which is a good thing. There is just no incentive to play. A while back I would get a bad ranked streak or shitty teammates, take a day break and come back refreshed and enthusiastic because I knew the game was just and the sunny weather would be back soon. Nowadays it's like : "oh wow I'm winning a game, enemy is getting so trashed they can barely leave their base and we took their tower at 4 min. FF 15 incoming, boi I can't wait till I'm gonna have the same thing happen to me in one or two games". It's just sad and disappointing to see into what League has started to turn

87 Comments

Madsin256/23/2018, 6:43:59 PM39 votes

Same.

The game was pretty dam good last season too, not perfect but I was very hooked.

Now I play maybe 1 game a day. Boring 1 shot clown fiestas games just do not last riot. I hope you learn this soon.

t4JxNr2gszz6/23/2018, 6:26:24 PM13 votes

Tanks should deal very little pvp damage imo and you are 100% correct about "abusing X until it gets nerfed" and there are heartless people out there who do just that.

Anatera6/24/2018, 12:38:23 AM12 votes

Clearly this is Riot's secret plan all along in order to curtail video game addiction. Make one of the most popular games in the world so shit that no one will want to play it. Genius!

Of course, they'll just go play something else, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Sõna6/24/2018, 5:41:18 AM9 votes

Back at the time when i played league of legends because gameplay was strategical and fun to play. Now I play the league just for the game graphics (favorite champion skins)and friends. The fast-paced game no longer fun for me. I get that the game market is very competitive so they need to keep changing the game, however, please don't make this game boring with "either all in , you die or you win".

I don't know whether they are influenced by current some of the popular game out there "10 minutes game is fun", or they are just incapable of understanding some us, the lower elo/casual player's feeling.

Sephi516/24/2018, 8:43:07 AM8 votes

I dont want league to die, but its trash. Its trash since several years and im tired of Riots incompetence. Maybe the only way to get Riot to do something the players want is to stop playing league.

Ayanami3rd6/23/2018, 9:41:59 PM8 votes

I have to agree. Although I do not abandon the game completely yet,. I have totally given up on playing it seriously. Playing with friends is nice, and playing some OP shit or fun stuff in general is entertaining for a game of two - but if I was new to League, I would probably forget about it in a few weeks.

RICKTROLL6/24/2018, 3:31:15 AM8 votes

this game is shit now i don't even want to play it

SammyDayspring6/24/2018, 5:22:50 AM7 votes

Even watching the LCS has become boring. These "clown fiestas" get old very quickly. There is no competitiveness to the games anymore. It's all about who catches someone out and snowballs into an insurmountable lead at 15 minutes.

Iceborn Pippin6/23/2018, 9:26:42 PM6 votes

I honestly picked up playing solitaire more now than league matches as weird as that might sound. Can't pinpoint exactly why I feel so detached this way about this season, its quite weird to me.

DNFVixen6/23/2018, 7:41:45 PM6 votes

I hate the game in it's current state, I only play because of my girlfriends. I feel everyone who doesn't like the gamestate should leave instead of saying in hopes that riot listens.

Anin7776/24/2018, 12:19:13 AM5 votes

honestly, riot need to revert to s5 and work from there.

Fear the Kayn6/23/2018, 8:41:19 PM5 votes

Yep, I've recently picked up Warframe (also a free game) and it is run by a MUCH better team who actually cares what the community wants.

KICK OUT AT 26/24/2018, 8:52:23 AM5 votes

The past few seasons have broke my addiction as well. I no longer see the point of gaining a higher rank or playing ranked at all. That's coming from someone who played ranked 12-14 hours per day back in s5/6, even though those weren't my favorite seasons. As each patch drops I find it harder and harder to have fun in this game. Let me lay out my biggest problems...

Runes reforged completely destroyed any hope of balance. Keystones effectively add a 2nd passive to each champion which require varying degrees of awareness by you. I hated them when they were introduced in season 6, still hate them today. They add an unnecessary amount of complexity and damage to the game. You feel handicapped when you play a champion that can't use a keystone effectively. It sucks when a keystone you like is on a tree that gives inefficient stats or minor runes. There was nothing wrong with the pre-keystone masteries. The only problem old runes had was that they were too expensive, other than that they never cause major balance issues like new runes do.

Champions I had fun playing were reworked into champions that are no longer fun/as fun. Gangplank, shen, ahri, skarner, xerath, gragas, tristana, zilean, ryze, fiora, urgot, katarina, shaco, graves. All of those were champions I had fun playing in the past, now I hardly touch them. Some of these champions were essentially removed from the game upon rework. How is that OK?

Riot's mentality on change. Their devs have a firm belief that if the game didn't undergo major change every preseason and midseason, most of their players would quit. I really don't see how this could be true. They change the game to add more variety and freshness, yet they don't seem to understand that online multiplayer games, especially ones with PvP, have a VERY high variance innately. Every game will feel different simply because it has player-controlled characters. This is because every player behaves differently, has a different level of skill or game knowledge, plays a different character, and builds their own way. They have no grounds to say that they will lose a lot of players if they didn't massively change the game every so often; it has never been tried. I honestly think they should go one season without trying to "Freshen up" the game, only making the game as balanced, bugless, and fine-tuned as possible. See where the game stands with active players and player happiness. Major changes risk upsetting many, yet what is the reward?

PikPocket6/24/2018, 2:26:12 PM4 votes

Its funny how not a single rioter is talking on this thread. Like they could at least ask for some constructive criticism here but nope they decide to keep the game as it is- a non-meta trash game where you have top lane champs play bot. And that's not all of it, I'm constantly being paired up with people crying for a gank (I'm a jungle main as you can see) thinking that by me ganking their lane who's enemy laner is several levels higher than them and myself could possibly work... Honestly Riot, just delete this game, every time I see the League of Legends logo makes me feel disgusted about myself for playing this good-for-nothing game. Personally, I wouldn't even call it a game, its just garbage. Riot please...just delete this disgusting game. You have players constantly being toxic for some goddamn reason and then you have the constantly changing meta. Good Job riot!! :D*[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]*

ƒ Šký ƒ6/24/2018, 8:55:51 AM4 votes

The game really died for me 2 years ago. I cant really say what killed it. I think the main thing is that the game changes too fast. I wanted to play league, simple, somewhat easy but hard to master. Not Dota. I don't want to spend years just to learn what the hell you did to it last update. The champions that I have wasted months to master are straight useless now. You killed them. They were not op, they were balanced (50% win rate but I had fun) but because you changed the game so fast you made them op unintentionally, by adding new items and removing old. Then you decided to nerf them to the ground. I can still play those champions and try to enjoy them but I can't If I lose 90% of games. There is no balance the way it use to be. You add too many champions without planning their abilities and balancing them properly. One example is 90% of champions got cc, how do you play katarina anymore when more than half enemy champions have at least 1cc ability? If a champion has lots of cc then it shouldn't have lots of damage, it is common sense. You trade cc for damage and other way around, same with tank. Not lots of cc and still can 1 shot you. The reason why people keep playing the competitive game is to get better, but you take that away with each update, by adding more things to learn, putting us behind. Game is trash. No one will spend money on the game they do not like. The last thing that could still keep people in game is free skins, but hey there are so many champs that you don't even get skins for champions that you like. I have no reason to play this game anymore. I still come back from time to time with hope and memories of how much fun I use to have just to quit after the first game of afks, trolls or just pure champion imbalance. Rest in peace friend, you will be missed. item 3070 item 3070

Wisteriå6/24/2018, 4:50:44 AM4 votes

Unfortunately, I pretty much dropped the game after the recent patch and picked up HoTS. Sure it's not LoL but it does feel satisfying when you finally win a game with a team. I've tried to go back onto League after taking a break for a week because my best friend still plays, but after a match or two, it feels really messy and underwhelming.

GankLord6/24/2018, 5:37:08 AM4 votes

Honestly I feel the last enjoyable season was 5 and then the game slowly went on a decline.

CausingNickel6/24/2018, 8:31:43 AM4 votes

I completely agree with you. League is not the same today as it was before. I took a break from it about five months ago. Tried to come back to this game but I just can’t. I’m not enjoying it anymore... That’s sad for me, because I really liked this game and they are doing everything to destroy it for me (oh wait. They already done that)

GigglesO6/24/2018, 1:48:41 AM3 votes

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It's just sad and disappointing to see into what League has started to turn

I log in to see if my friends are online, no friends, no games... It is as simple as that.

HekaPimp6/24/2018, 4:42:33 AM3 votes

What killed the family aspect of the game in season 4ish? Cause I oddly agree with it dying off

BigFBear6/24/2018, 10:56:31 AM3 votes

"Nowadays it's like : "oh wow I'm winning a game, enemy is getting so trashed they can barely leave their base and we took their tower at 4 min. FF 15 incoming, boi I can't wait till I'm gonna have the same thing happen to me in one or two games". It's just sad and disappointing to see into what League has started to turn"

100% this. Its just luck if you win or not. I lose my 80% kill participation games and i win my 30% kill participation games. Its like playing roulette. Do i have afkler/troll this time or will enemy have?

Stomp or get stomped.

Shobek8/8/2018, 12:29:39 AM2 votes

I cant even take the game seriously anymore.

I'm ready for a new moba. I don't see league coming back unless they bring back old runes, add back legacy champions ( all old champs ), and remove all of this true damage.

There is no longer counter play because all the carry champs do ass tons of true damage and runes and masteries are gone and replaced with the current nonsense system.

Beacon Academy6/24/2018, 8:47:36 AM2 votes

When the game was simpler and things you could kill on the map were just nice bonuses, games would have a lot of variety in how they played out.

Riot has long since opted to streamlining the game so that everything on the map has a specific purpose and must be fought over or you'll lose.

Basically games are becoming the same because you have to fight over the things Riot wants you to fight over in order to win.

Tundra Hunter6/24/2018, 9:22:17 AM2 votes

Same here. Loved the game since season 3. Been platinum since season 4. Mained Warwick. Loved the game. Then they reworked my main from a scaling macro champion to a strong early weak late champion, a popular no-brain "early gank bot, late smite bot", and yes I call new ww no-brain and old ww macro. But it was still good. Less good but I still enjoyed league enough to be addicted. Then, instead of shifting ww power from early to late, they nerfed his already weak late and kept his early OP. Ouch. Then the jungle patch arrived... Ouch. I still win as ww. He is still strong. But oh so boring to play. So unsatisfying. I hope they fix this whole thing.... because League was such an amazing game. I miss league.