I mean what's the point of not showing it? There are plenty of third party websites that you can see all of that info on when you are getting into a game and it seems like something that really makes no sense to try and "hide" from the enemy team.
Why not simply show it, just like it does for your team mates?
It used to show the borders for both teams but Riot removed it because "people would see they are against a Diamond and enter the game with a negative attitude"
Have you ever gone into a game of Smite? You're ready for the match, you're pumped up, you're getting pretty good at this God, and you're pretty confident you can take the other guy. Then you notice your lane opponent is using the diamond skin and has 10000 wins. You automatically just ragequit, even if you didn't actually leave the game or AFK
I actually like it. It makes people underestimate how good you are at something. Especially if you load in with default skins. Though, it would be nice to see what I was up against, as it would allow me to judge whether to play a bit safer or go ballistic on them level 1-2. (It's why they allow Overwolf and Curse btw...)
