It's when you pick the 5-10 champs that Riot deems "balanced" and automatically win no matter how fucking terrible you are. You didn't pick them or ban them? Well, you automatically lose, no matter how well you do. That's healthy, fair gameplay!
Thanks Riot! You set an example for the ENTIRE industry! You obviously care SO MUCH about your game, and it shows in everything you do!
Dealth2 voteshttp://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2435456455/228953398?tab=overview
you're just mad about this match
Niyumi1 votesI'm upset about nearly all of my matches.
40130406_DEL1 votesMoney, all is about money ,skins give more that improvement the gameplay. like a better AFK , troll detector in ranked, you can stay online 1 min then dissconect and the rematch never happen.
Deep Terror Nami3 votesTry not to be surprised, but Riot doesn't actually put their artists and other visual designers or marketing specialists on their gameplay teams. In other words, there is no compromise being made here like you suggest.
Niyumi1 votes[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=r8RuEXpn,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2017-02-25T10:12:22.805+0000)
there is no compromise being made here like you suggest.
Except, if Riot put more than a skeleton crew on updating the game, we would have probably every champion brought up to modern standards, instead of one every four months or so. Even an amateur team could do a champ update in a few days to a week, so Riot must only have 1-2 people working an hour a day.
Only really time-consuming parts of it are setting up an appointment with a voice actor (they can sometimes be totally booked) and modeling / rigging. Programming doesn't take long (especially in a tiny game like League), and QA doesn't take long on a singular, small map with 140ish champs. So, there's really no excuse for how long they take.
The other half of the issue is that Riot balances around what's the most profitable, not what's actually fair.
F2P just needs to die already. It's always been a money making scam, but people are too dumb to see it, and too lazy/greedy to pay a subscription or a box price. Meanwhile, the quality of gaming suffers for it.
Deep Terror Nami1 votesYou sound like you know what you're doing, you should submit an application to Riot; http://www.riotgames.com/careers
Niyumi1 votesI'd love to work in gaming (always been a dream of mine), but I wouldn't work for a company that has already sold out to a Chinese megacorp and cares as little for their game as Riot does.
Even if I did, I actually put effort into what I do, and I care about games as more than just a way to make money. I wouldn't cut corners to save money, I wouldn't be willing to intentionally destroy my product just to make it more profitable, and I'd want to slap Beck and Merril the first time I saw them. I interned at Nintendo over the summer a few years back, and I loved it, but my ideals and values just don't match up with how money-driven modern gaming is.
So I'd likely be fired, despite being one of the hardest workers they have. :P