Ok....so....in terms of URF.....Riot should release it as, get this, A PERMANENT CUSTOM GAMEMODE for regular URF. That way people can enjoy URF with friends whenever they want without having to wait a full year just to play it. People love this gamemode to death and the whole stigma of "it will lose its popularity if it's permanent" is simply not true considering we've seen with other games just how large communities can get in regards to one custom gamemode such as Hide and Seek and whatnot.
Btw, thanks for removing the Crystal Scar Riot.....big help in making this game more exciting when you remove an entire map with a dedicated custom game community. Yeah, Riot did that.
As for the one shot potential that has been released I personally think that it's a disgusting move by Riot since they called out the assassin class for it in the whole update only to make a rune and champion specifically designed for one-shotting. If they're going to do that then they should just revert the entire assassin update.
People are saying Zoe is balanced and yet Faker has publicly stated that he just wants Zoe nerfed into the ground or deleted from the game. The same applies to people in higher elos since Zoe is utter cancer to deal with.
As for Dark Harvest it's a feast or famine rune which goes against one of Riot's main philosophies being that they hate feast or famine playstyles.
Blue essence
This one deserves an entire section.
You now get less in game currency in terms of consistency, your in game currency revolves around lootboxes (hello Battlefront 2), mastery token costs are through the roof and you're not rewarded for reaching higher levels.
Overall it's a horrible system based around RNG as opposed to consistent numbers each game. Cause you know, we don't get in game currency after each game......
This is arguably their worst decision besides the juggernaut update.
