We are finally starting to see the negative impacts of Ghostcrawler

Blåbæret··3 votes·521 views

These terrible class updates and mini-reworks come to mind. The very thought of these very recent total failures takes me way back to WoW when GC put his mark on the game. First came the destruction of balance through a myriad of changes no one asked for (hint: class updates and reworks). Then PvP slowly but surely died. GC, still convinced that he was on the right path, continued his destructive design philosophy. After a while PvP died completely, balance was non-existent and the game went to dog. GC quit, subs kept declining due to his irreversible impact and refusal to admit his design was pure and utter trash. The newest expansion was a huge improvement with GC gone, and the game has recovered somehwat.

League has been severely dumbed down for everyone but pro teams. Snowballing is out of control and games are more luck-based than actually anchored in strategical play since you can tell who's going to win by the 10 minute mark when your bot lane either wins or feeds. Astounding pure cancer like Draven item 3812 item 3047 is actually allowed to exist. Class updates and 90% of the reworks are failures no one asked for Zac Leblanc Rengar. Nerfing tanks when they were already weak so they have to be grossly overpowered to be even remotely viable Galio

My question is a simple one: why hire a dude that literally wreaked havoc in another game? What exactly makes such a person qualified to design League? A person who has no idea what balance is or should be should not be a part of a PvP game. Surely recent history (in both WoW and League) should be enough evidence that this guy has no idea what he's doing?

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Jorencice7 votes

What I enjoy is how people think GC is like the only person making decisions...

Yep wow failed because of 1 guy... fucking lol.

Blåbæret2 votes

Not saying he made all the calls, but he had a responsbility to see where the game was headed. GC is a firm believer of casualization.

Jorencice2 votes

Look at wildstar if you want to see what happens if you ignore "casuals

Sorry bud. This is a business not a charity.

I for one still love leauge and I've been playing since season 1.

Blåbæret2 votes

WoW had 12m subs. Every reason to believe it had reached its peak. It's not like WoW was a hard game anywayz - anyone could get into it. GC believed it needed to be even easier though, and see where that got them. Wildstar was just the victim of unecessary gating, grind and generally overtuned content. It just failed in every regard. Has nothing to do with "ignoring casuals" as you say. Even the most hardcore quit.

So ya, thinking that making the game easier will bring in a ton of new players it a common error of thought.

Jorencice2 votes

It got them many more years.

If you think wow is failing your...just being silly.

It's STILL the number 1 mmo

Zeke Maelstorm3 votes

It's easy to be number 1 when there aren't that many and everyone tries to copy WoW.

Takazaki1 votes

if everyone is copying you, that means you have the winning formula

you know what, i can think of a shit ton of exceptions to this but you get what i mean

Big Lincoln3 votes

boards posters would blame ghostcrawler if they stubbed their toe

Zeke Maelstorm1 votes

FALSE! They would blame CertainlyT.

CrazFight 3 votes

Actually im recently starting to enjoy the meta again, games are becoming longer and creating longer team fights. Thats all i ask for. Also everyone asked for rengar to be reworked :P

zacktootall3 votes

are there really GC fanboys out there omg read the room people

Brutalitops012 votes

If you read the news, you would know that class updates are no longer going to be a thing.

Blåbæret2 votes

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If you read the news, you would know that class updates are no longer going to be a thing.

Because someone finally set a foot down and told GC: "enough is enough". Damage is already done though which is proof enough that he is not fit for the job.

zacktootall3 votes

if anything that just proves his point

Subject 52 votes

I realize that the post is like being downvoted into hell.

BUT.

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4801581&page=4

At least read this, and think about where the meta is going. And how Ranged is superior. And how tank items have become lesser than they were once before. Read at least 4 pages, it was pretty entertaining for me! Maybe it's just a coincidence . . .

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