This game will never be a sniff close to balanced as long as Riot profits off of imbalance.
Balancing it for the LCS is only works until the pro player finds the newest loophole. Can we stop putting bandaids on leaky pipes restart entirely with skill numbers? Sometimes I think they're just pulling out of a hat.
KidSpectre2 votesPerfect balance makes for stale gameplay. The trick is to have imbalance that is checked by systems within the game. That is why itemization is so critical. Yes, some champions are stronger than others. But each champion has their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses that can be exploited, and itemization helps shore up or magnify these traits.
TheKingDodo2 votesLCS have deadlines. LCS deadlines are "mission critical." (no point in adding in metas after the deadlines, since team XX would've won with Y broken strat anyways). rito needs a hybrid model to accommodate for the deadlines (which they aren't meeting in most cases).
Also riot's not a SW company. they don't need to follow such development cycles (also they probably don't have enough developer power to follow popular agile development). they provide service not a product. (LCS vs. the actual game)
Sad truth. :(
Sailor Mint1 votesWhat LCS deadlines?
There's been a patch every 14 days since well before LCS has been a thing.
TheKingDodo1 votes*was it's a different agenda now
