League 2016 is becoming everything I hate about game industry

Cenobite Azaziel··3 votes·1,248 views

Marksman update - I think (before juggernauts update) s5 was the most balanced patch I played. Mages and assassins could play, riot mana starved some of them, but in the end we had carry/tank/bruiser/and nidalee junglers, top laners. Now we go back to ADC fest. The role that warped the game in season 1 making some player their bit* (Hey I got to farm, you'll have to babysit me) , throw in the spot light again. The role that has a permanent spot in team composition. Black cleaver was good on bruisers? Not anymore. We will release new items that upgrades from last whisper but we need to take a decent item from bruiser. While we are at it, triforce will be changed too. I could go on and on, but you already know that.

Keystones masteries- More burden of knowledge. Since they are buffing some hidden stat (Hey, there is no need for ingame info about your opponents, use a third party site for it).

dumb down the game - Too busy to upgrade your trinket? No problem sugar pot, we will upgrade it for you! We already gave it for you so you could deal with the meanie jungler that was ganking you in this season!

Bias- Someone is spamming skills and using mana pots?No more mana pots. Zed Katarina Yasuo Shen - Why I'm the only one that has a high energy cost for my skills? "Shut up and wait for your update". Azir - I'm OP for pros and decent in normal games! ( Nerfed to death). LeeSin : I'm fine for pro palyers. Why I'm getting buffs and being dumbed down?

Ranked solo abolished- It is hard to climb? No worries! Now elo boosters can group up and carry more than one boosted player! You want to play with all your friends in ranked? F*** the ranked teams that already give team rewards. If you play as a loner YOU WILL GET A HANDICAP and who groups up will get the same LP you would. We say that 95% you'll face a team with the same team members as you but remember we abolished third party whistleblowers that told who were duoing? So just trust us.

Promo helper - Because you need some help winning. Because you really need that icon/skin we will give you an get out of the jail card. That means almost nothing because we have a "hidden" elo. The MMR. Climb up and fall off really fast because you are in an elo you don't belong with a low MMR =].

HEXTECH CRAFTING - We were thinking on giving more IP so the game isn't more grindy. We prefer to add an illusion of choice, because good luck getting something you want, dust that rental into some shards and wait a lot for that champion you want. Sou you get boosters! I mean, hextec boxes. That's what the cool kids want right? That's what Halo 5 is shoving up their player base throat right? We are already milking you for skins, champions (cyclical FOTM champions), rune pages and even runes (if you consider ip boosts). Now we will add % in league, because we love RNG, spent 4 seasons complaining about crit chance but now it is here to stay. Want somethig good? Buy our rigged safes, ops, hextec boxes. But wait, there is more! Wait until we will sneak in some "rare skins" for some booster madness! Not available now, but it is the next step .

Drop hack/botters/scripters - LALLALALALALA look a new interface LALALALLALALALA.

The only good thing is a team builder for ranked. That took 5 seasons to be created.

What is next? No more ip champions buy? Time restrictions that will only vanish a pay wall? (see mobile dungeon keeper/candy crush) .

Kudos to you riot. Milk the cow while you can. Sooner or later the game will lose it's player base. (Except for starcraft. That thing is stable).

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Lost R2 votes

You know absolutely nothing about the gaming industry if you see League as a microcosm of the industry at large. Right now major companies out there are dealing with extensive labor violations, overclocking their workers as the STANDARD, releasing yearly installments of franchise titles that have been milked dry with no features to sell the game, cutting up older games and reselling them in smaller pieces at higher prices, and trying to sell merchandise related to titles rather than focus on the quality of the title itself. THIS is the practice that is killing the industry at large right now, and Riot hasn't engaged in any of this. If anything, they've been going very hard against the flow.

Cenobite Azaziel1 votes

We survived merchandise related to titles (Shovelware/ game based on movies - See the ET game crash) We survived cutting old games/milking out titles (Super ultra mega imba Street Fighter V gold premium championship edition, it started at SFII). Overclocking workers is an old problem. Harassing is a new one ( #f*ckkonami)

Riot does throw out yearly installments. Sure, the game is a moba and doesn't need a new version, but most of the champions are filled with bugs and sometimes even game breaking issues. Sounds familiar with Assassins creed buginity?

Riot cuts up parts of the game and "resells" them. Did you ever tried to start league from scratch now days? Good luck. You'll need 3~5 years to get all it's "free" content. Add up to that the limited harrowing skins that just became legacy. Because cash, ops sorry, fun and self expression.

Pre order exclusive content bullsh*T to get more cash for almost no work? No riot doesn't do that. We have now exclusives borders for skins that early buys them paying more!

Microtransactions is a big part of that cancer and they are trying to expand it in league of legends, bringing a more random coin grabbers. So yes, I did my home work and I know a lot of the gaming industry. If you want your game warped with boosters/chest/safes, fine, but don't be blind and think that riot isn't milking too much their player base. Riot isn't a saint and it is going the same path as EA/activision.

edit: Well about bruisers - We assassins were screwed. Nasus too, Kayle lost a core item. AS I said, I could go on and on.

Unlucky Number71 votes

by god. I wonder how you react to Konami, EA, and Digital Homicide.

Cenobite Azaziel1 votes

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by god. I wonder how you react to Konami, EA, and Digital Homicide.

Digital homicide only releases crap. No problem with them. They can keep ruining their games all day long. Konami : They already burnt their bridges to the gaming world. They don't make games anymore. Only pachinko (don't know why it is censored). No problem with that. EA : I don't play madden/ etc... no problem with them. Sure they killed dungeon keeper (bullfrog), but is a game that was limited by it's design. Killed sims ( yay that a good thing) .

MudintheWater2 votes

Keystones masteries- More burden of knowledge. Since they are buffing some hidden stat (Hey, there is no need for ingame info about your opponents, use a third party site for it).

They are updating these to be visible in game.

Mana regen us buffed for any missing mana over 404 missing mana for many champs if you take 18/12/0 masteries. For free. No 35 g or item slot needed. If you're wondering that means you can outregen mana pots at level 3 with most champion's mana pools.

Marksmen are overbuffed but they will be toned down - some of them are already getting nerfs now.

The promo helper is only until gold and helps alleviate the randomness of climbing if your winrate is less than 60% which it will be if you're near your correct mmr.

I hate the proposed teambuilder if it replaces the current one. Otherwise it sounds cool.

I am not a big fan of the idea of parties in ranked. Let's see how it plays out.

2yordles1cupcake2 votes

http://i.imgur.com/jJeT8ot.png[/img] Lets focus on the social media that casuals love so much! http://i.imgur.com/JFYryxy.jpg[/img]

MudintheWater1 votes

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http://i.imgur.com/jJeT8ot.png[/img] Lets focus on the social media that casuals love so much! http://i.imgur.com/JFYryxy.jpg[/img]

I love it. Just wish they would make a windows phone app

Eedat2 votes

Is this a joke? Out of all the classes you could try to make a point about you pick Bruisers? Bruisers are still Gods compared to actual tanks. You're seriously going t complain about the change to black cleaver while just skipping over AP itemization getting nerfed? Shit, even assassins are getting more screwed than Bruisers with these changes.

Heaven forbid the currently most overtuned class hands down in the game gets toned down a peg.

Chilshots1 votes

I couldn't agree with this guy more.. I hate new league of legends its full of swore people who can't take harsh criticism without screaming toxic and threatening you with their ban guns and shooting you with reports. I hate how Riot thinks Dota from warcraft 3 is ever going to become something.. this game will blow over like the sand in the desert.

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