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Too Much Too Soon---Message to Riot

Cawen·5/13/2016, 5:30:32 PM·6 votes·679 views

I'm not sure where to start, but this game is not what it has used to be considering that I only started playing seriously in season 5. I understand Riot has good attentions with their constant changes, but something is always being reworked or completely changed, even when not needed.

Season 6 has changed so much so fast, and its the same reason why I quit playing other PvP competitive games seriously (WoW-WoD). Since the start of season 6, Riot has introduced: completely new talent trees, hextech crafting system, approximately 1/4 reworked champion skin portraits, complete overhaul and introduction to countless new items, and reworks of tons of champions (malzahar, cassiopeia, anivia, taric, etc.). I have actually found my self playing less and less with each update because I feel as if I have to relearn everything new like i'm starting all over again, (oh what does this item do now?, why does malzahar have 6 voidlings?, why does my skin portrait now look like a Chinese knock-off?)

Riot, please slow down and assess your changes. You are doing way too much too fast. Society, in general, does not like change. I understand some things need reworked, but a complete overhaul of everything and having to relearn what I thought I already knew is infuriating. If you are going to introduce change, make sure it has been thoroughly tested on the PBE.

6 Comments

Kan1x5/13/2016, 5:34:04 PM2 votes

Yup game is trash and the community is even worse. Lost 13 games in a row because of toxic players who literally bait teammates and do whatever they want, talk smack to their teammates the whole game, then tell everyone to report ME after the game when I DIDNT EVEN TYPE A SINGLE WORD THE WHOLE MATCH.

Something is seriously seriously wrong with the developers of this game. Even Lyte said "enough, im outtie"

Im putting this one down until AT LEAST season 7.

if it weren't for LCS, this title would have died years ago. Theyre lucky people cant shake off the whole magic and mana gimmick, and that WoW is actually trashier than ever.

Bye

Detectivepikachu5/13/2016, 5:53:13 PM1 votes

This happens to all games some point somewhat of an example is trove it just became terrible but league community can't really be changed cuz you would have to go to every toxic person and ban and stuff so just gotta pray the other team sucks more then you just like in. All moba

Also it's just riot thing to do these bull reworks nothing new

Zoeeee5/13/2016, 5:56:07 PM1 votes

Yup I second this. You had me at riot.

Romans 85/13/2016, 8:17:24 PM1 votes

I agree with the above. I personally feel the MYMU update was too rushed. My favorite champions, Cass, Swain, Zyra - definitely could have used more time in developing and testing their reworks. Generally, it seemed like you were still thinking about and implementing feedback from PBE servers on the changes but pushed the changes out to meet the deadline before really refining the changes and assessing the impact on the champions. It seems really half-assed. I'm personally debating investing my time elsewhere, as my mains are pretty much unplayable or not fun to play anymore.

Karma Deified5/14/2016, 12:16:45 AM1 votes

I don't think it's a matter of changing too fast. Season 3 to 4 brought some really big changes. Most seasons I've been here for brought big changes in fact.

But those changes were fun and didn't really harm any group of players in the process.

Season 6 has just been a bunch of sacrificial changes with very little in return.

  • Fun aspects of gameplay sacrificed for a particular gameplay style vision.
  • Solo players sacrificed for dynamic queue.
  • Game modes sacrificed for design resources/arbitrary reasons.
  • Champion playstyles sacrificed for the sake of changing them.

None of these are anything but arbitrary change for the player and short term positive change for Riot.

The keyword for season 6 has been "alienating".

Ahegao Bunny5/14/2016, 7:55:02 AM1 votes

Yeah... I can understand when they rework a boring hero without any gameplay like warwick or taric. But I don't know why they had to change Cassiopeia's spells. Her original kit had a great synergy and i loved it. Seeing how my main hero works is frustrating.