Runes Reforged - It's Here To Stay
Love them, or hate them, the Runes Reforged are here to stay. There is nothing, at this point, that RIOT can do to revert from them. What happens if they try:
- There are Platinum and Diamond accounts who've never had Runes. They will have none.
- If they then make all runes FREE - There are innumerable accounts who will demand refunds of both BE and RP for the fortune we all spent on runes before Reforged.
- People will then have to re-learn how to use Runes, as Rune pages were almost based on individual taste down to the % point.
- A number of items will have to be re-worked, due to the fact they have been reworked around Runes Reforged.
- Countless people will complain about certain runes at that point, such as Crit Damage, thanks to some of the new champions. You think Yasuo is bad now...Try him just rushing Infinity Edge because his runes started him with over 20% crit chance.
- Runes were also problematic, insofar as balance was concerned, and could decide the game independently.
Are there problems with Runes Reforged? Oh yes. Far too much damage has been added to the game. More utility granted to champions who shouldn't have it, more opening burst than they should have, and often far more toughness than they have any right to. Runes Reforged is seriously too high, numbers wise, across the board.
That all said - it is here to stay
Instead of demanding RIOT revert Runes Reforged, as oh-so-many popular posts have tried... how about offer actual solutions? Not "I hate execute, it executed me." Actually look at the numbers, and wiggle them around. See what might retain the function without destroying the whole. Because... as I said. Love it or hate it, It's going to stay. Forever.
