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Do you guys still have any hope for mid season?

Cowgirl Ed·4/17/2018, 9:45:00 AM·60 votes·14,376 views

Few months ago I was like "alright, let's wait midseason updates, maybe they can bring back something interesting", but now... I don't know, I feel like I have lost all faith. Just look at the hot threads in the forums, it's all people rightfully complaining. Riot already backpedaled on the botlane/AD+Support changes; they keep making promises they do not keep. They think we're stupid or something, I don't know; also they haven't released any stats on the game since a long time.

All hope is lost for me, brothers. Please, bring light

76 Comments

JAAAAAAAAAAAAYCE4/17/2018, 11:26:42 AM39 votes

Nah I have no hope.

Players said when new runes were introduced, "Guys stop complaining, this is something new that will take a while to fix."

Then in pre-season while we were still complaining people would say, "Guys its only preseason, Riot will have this all fixed when season starts."

Then season started and still no changes and people say, "Just give em 3 months, it takes time for them to balance it."

3 months later and people are now saying "Mid season Riot said theyd fix the game on bot lane."

Let's be honest, if Riot wanted this game fixed they could do it. There are hundreds of posts on the forums a day complaining about too much damage, catchup exp, how 1 man can make you lose but 1 man cant win the game. Riot likes the game like this because its what the Korean players prefer.

Shuriman Curator4/17/2018, 11:19:06 AM16 votes

I don't expect anything to change to be honest.

Wild Geese4/17/2018, 9:02:04 PM15 votes

The 8.9 prelim notes are up and it seems they are nerfing mana yet again, like huge mana per level loss on every mage in the game and no more mana on Doran ring except a 5m per 5s.

The gutting of tank support continues tomorrow, and the cannon minions are going to be worth even more gold.

This whole season is like a preseason. There will be no midseason.

Dope Solo4/17/2018, 10:46:28 PM15 votes

Pissing off entire factions of the player base at a time is exactly what the recent video was talking about in terms of how to gradually kill the game. Mages, you're up next.

Dead flag blues4/17/2018, 3:32:53 PM12 votes

As long as the balance team is full of botlane players, no

MuffledGarbage4/17/2018, 8:10:49 PM12 votes

There's no hope. Riot said they would give Fighters viability. They gave us Conqueror and said "F*ck off swine" while letting us lose games that in previous seasons would have been able to be carried by us

Riot is killing league, and we have to let it die

Athenes Lulu4/17/2018, 8:39:38 PM9 votes

I don't have expectations from Riot, so no.

I'm just a salty enchanter main that wants skill expression into enchanters, and it won't be happening anytime soon. Otherwise, blindly grinding out in MMOs have more value.

Blåbæret4/18/2018, 12:18:04 AM9 votes

Nah, the balance team is useless. I have zero expectations. 99% chance the game will be even worse off come mid season.

Arnoi4/17/2018, 10:32:48 PM9 votes

Wanna know why they want an ADC meta? Because most pro players play the bot lane. It gets them more viewers. Long story short, Riot doesn't give 2 damns about the majority of the player base.

AmazoX4/17/2018, 3:05:02 PM8 votes

Unless ADCS scale X2 slower than Assassins or lose 400 damage per auto when they hit 3 items per aa then nope.

PaladinNO4/17/2018, 9:03:22 PM8 votes

Do you guys still have any hope for mid season?

No. I lost faith in them actually caring about their player base 3+ years ago.

Back in 2015 I said my opinion was that LoL had 5 years, 10 years tops, left. We'll see how it goes.

Raiyza4/17/2018, 9:03:41 PM7 votes

Nope.

None.

8.8 and still nothing to deal with the games actual problems, like Twitch and how bot lane decides games.

nelogis4/17/2018, 10:48:54 AM7 votes

I mean... what else is there to hope for?

If the mid season patch whiffs then there is legit nothing happening until preseason 9.

I also don't see how Riot is going to fix this mess with a single patch.

Dukues4/17/2018, 7:16:15 PM7 votes

I have 0 hope. Pretty sure this the beginning of the end. Ah well it's been a good run. Happy I can say I got to play this game especially in its prime.

Sasogwa4/17/2018, 10:57:39 AM6 votes

Riot said they would work on ADC state. I don't remember them specifying anything on supports. They seem to understand that botlane has too much influence. I don't know if they will be willing to nerf the power level of botlane and seeing their stance on supports having so much artificially created power via itemization and them being ok with it cause otherwise 'supp feels bad' ; I do not think they'll be able to do anything about it. And the "diversify botlane" project surprisingly disappeared from their mouths. Maybe they realized it is simply not possible without changing their stances on balance.

FrostQueensPlane4/17/2018, 5:44:30 PM6 votes

It's been 12 months and Riot STILL hasn't reduced the duration on shields. This game is done.

Salson4/17/2018, 12:03:27 PM6 votes

I decided to finally try out X-com, should keep me busy for a while. I also intend to try out FF15, Deliverance and Far Cry 5, so I think I have my fill of games until Mid-Season.

So idk, guess I still hope that one day, Riot gives me a game to come back to.

LVL99 Helper TK4/17/2018, 8:30:02 PM4 votes

LoL is more pain than pleasure at this point, I'm not masochistic enough to continue playing it.

I certainly won't be buying RP again. EVER.

Ionian Vulpix4/17/2018, 5:02:17 PM4 votes

No hope. Only despair.

DanganRopna on the brain.

wildfox994/17/2018, 8:14:30 PM4 votes

All hope is lost for me, brothers. Please, bring light

i almost hoped they were going to do something good with AP item and with ahri mini rework,after see what they did i literally quit LOL

and yes,bot lane has still the 80% of team power budget,but i could almost accept that it takes so long for nerfing them if they could do a decent work on other classes (srsly,AP rework was a joke)

just a tip,try fortnite,is way more funny and satisfying to play atm,and their changes makes sense

GodlyBane4/17/2018, 11:26:11 PM4 votes

wait theres gonna be a mid season? not at this rate LOL

Vanjie4/17/2018, 11:40:06 PM4 votes

I am sick and tired of the special treatment towards specific champions every year. I am sick and tired of the same champions getting work done for them every year. I have reached a point where I am done with the Development team and their game. I am probably leaving by the end of the week if I do not hear anything good in regards to Lissandra, Morde, or Karma.

I am really hoping Morde mains get their VGU he deserves.

rtbf2216514124/18/2018, 12:20:41 AM4 votes

Here is some light. Riot repertoire said fiddlesticks is primarily mid.

Oh wait.

Nyarlathοtep4/17/2018, 10:11:31 PM3 votes

So i just saw some changes of mage's and some items mana. So no, i dont have any.

SephAgro4/17/2018, 5:43:26 PM3 votes

Nope, I've given up on this company

Tacosrock4/17/2018, 11:08:38 PM3 votes

Yeah, I was one of the fools that thought that preseason 8 would bring really positive changes to the game with new runes and shit like that... yeah... no, I was wrong. They clearly have no clue how to balance the game at this point, especially with these new mana changes to mages. Way to alienate an entire class of players while ignoring the damage issues with ADCs, Riot!

Anyways, nothing good could come from them in mid season... the game's just too messed up right now.

Phoenix Ral4/18/2018, 12:43:20 AM3 votes

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Caidicus4/18/2018, 4:19:38 AM3 votes

I really don't.

Like just recently on the PBE they were like "Lets nerf dorans ring and make it so every mage in the game has a mana problem"
At that point your just asking more people to play Yasuo andZed because its not like a ton of mages already have enough trouble CSing. If that doesnt happen I can imagine every mage buying item 3003 until that gets nerfed.

They reworked Ahri several times and made this change, but did nothing about how snowball the game is, or rework classes that actually need reworking, Or doing anything about botlane.

Mid-season better blow away my really low expectations.

Grubbling Butter4/17/2018, 9:06:49 PM3 votes

Riot Lies

stone the blacks4/17/2018, 9:25:25 PM3 votes

no not really i feel like itll just be a huge bot lane buff that makes all other roles 10x more useless to the point they release 2v2 in botlane with 3 mandatory spectators on each side

DBS Ronovon4/17/2018, 9:46:01 PM3 votes

Why would anyone have hope at this point?

Malix Farwin4/18/2018, 11:17:34 AM2 votes

No.

FancyKiwi4/18/2018, 9:57:44 PM2 votes

Riot would pretty much have to go back on nearly every change they've done since season 8 started for people to care and, lets face it, they'll probably double down on instead.

MysticDreams124/18/2018, 12:42:37 AM2 votes

I have no hope. Riot has been ruining the game for me ever since this season started, and the Galio rework as well. Ugh.

Linna Excel4/17/2018, 5:49:15 PM2 votes

Not until riot gets a few right in a row. I still don't like the MYMU or the one that messed up Sej's ult.

TyroneWatermelon4/18/2018, 1:31:07 AM2 votes

My hope was lost during season 6’s marksman update

Ionian Vulpix4/17/2018, 10:49:31 PM2 votes

Now that mana and mages are f***ed, nope.

Unvictus4/17/2018, 3:54:46 PM2 votes

I’m cautiously hopeful.. meaning I won’t be the least bit surprised if nothing gets fixed, but until we see the changes I’m holding out at least some hope.

cPXt3JHpf44/17/2018, 11:17:42 PM2 votes

no the shit dying

Pierce The Veal4/18/2018, 10:51:48 AM2 votes

Wait a second, we’re not in preseason anymore?

Wow...

And A Real Hiero4/18/2018, 1:20:37 AM1 votes

If ADC's don't get a mage tier gutting then I'm done, unless the upcoming Shen skin is the best skin ever.