This community seriously needs more patience.

Marshbouy·Jun 17, 2017·30 votes·856 views

This idea that I constantly see floating around of "nerf this shit right now!" or "this has gone on long enough!!!11!1!1" isn't good. Champions can become overpowered due to metashifts. If you nerf the champion right now then the meta shifts back, they are going to be left in a very under powered state. You also need to wait because if you gut a champion that is abusing an item but riot doesn't have enough time to realize that the item is the issue nerf the champion, then others start abusing the item and it gets nerfed then you just super gutted a champion.

Not to mention riot rarely balances outside of the usualy weekly patches. Unless a champion is completely breaking the game then they won't hotfix it.

12 Comments

Miror BJun 17, 20178 votes

This post seems balanced yet might be hard for some people to react to. Expect people to ask for this post to be nerfed, or at the very least have one feature of it made harder to use effectively.

SwarovskoJun 18, 20175 votes

3 days after the tank rework everyone was like "GOOD JOB RIOT YOUR REWORKS ARE A FAILURE", now after number adjustments Zac, Sej and Mao are all playable with more identity, are fun to play and actually have skill expression. Zac needs some nerfs but I'm pretty sure that after all these number adjustments he will be fine.

TL;DR this community is pure cancer and comperable to a trash can.

MarshbouyJun 18, 20171 votes

that's a pretty good example. Riot can't just instantly put out a perfect rework, it takes time.

deadlychuckJun 17, 20173 votes

It's weird then, that despite having consistent complaints for years, nothing has ever been done about them, and they actually continue to get worse, burst damage, mobility, snowballing, or AD itemization superiority. Along with a healthy few champions which exemplify some or all of these things.

No, sometimes people become impatient because the devs will just let a problem sit until the meta "fixes" the problem itself. Even if it never happens or could never happen.

MarshbouyJun 17, 20176 votes

Irrelevant. There is a difference between "X itemization hasn't been fixed for a whole season" and "OMG FUCKING NERF ZAC ALREADY RIOT UR %%%%%%" when the patch has only been out for a day.

AirKingNeoJun 17, 20172 votes

Still waiting on those Fiora nerfs since a year ago. Anyone else?

option paralysisJun 17, 20173 votes

More patience ? Dynamic q was here for a whole god damn year and not to mention the shit show last season was balance wise too. If anything, people need to speak up more, not less.

WheatloafJun 18, 20173 votes

But being passive-aggressive and/or just plain aggressive is necessary! How else are they supposed to understand exactly how stupid they are?

:^) /s etc, etc

AirKingNeoJun 17, 20172 votes

Uh, Fiora has been broken for almost a year. Zero nerfs on the PBE despite them saying they'd nerf her.

Caitlyn has been broken for almost a year. Still broken right now; no note of nerfs.

Kennen has been broken or hovering it for almost a year. In fact, they're buffing him on the PBE.

It's been 2-3 patches and Death's Dance STILL HAS NO NERFS PREPARED FOR IT.

Elise has been top tier for a while now. Still no note of nerfs.

Kindred's rework is complete garbage and Riot refuses to give the huge meaningful buffs it needs. Or, reverting it because Crit doesn't work on junglers.

Thresh is super strong right now and still invalidates bruisers in skirmishes because he spams hook-flay on them.

Twitch has been hovering a high playrate and winrate for a while now. Zero notes of nerfs.

In fact, the only nerfs I can see done well recently was not changing Ivern (due to massive item changes) and the current nerfs to Xayah (though still took a bit too long).

Maybe the board's shouldn't be quiet. Maybe the balance team should just do their job and not leave champions overbearing for multiple patches without even noting them. "The first step in solving a problem is realizing there is one."