I don't get why I play this game anymore. Truly.

Whether it's the blatant balance issues that Riot refuses to actually commit to ( ), the constant server problems (Yes I know there's an East Coast Server coming SOON(TM)), or just random shit in solo-que via AFK's or D/C's.

This game isn't fun anymore. Legitimately. A huge portion of the playerbase just seems to stick to FotM bullshit champions. Champions who Riot takes their sweet time doing anything about, saying how 'we need time to assess what we want such and such champion to accomplish'.

Nah, you know when you do that shit? In champion design, which is also a mess, because you want your newest releases to do practically everything. %HP damage , extreme mobility ; little or no resource management . Everything must be made for flashy Esports plays, or else the champion won't sell.

And then on the flip side, whenever some outlying champion sees play, Riot will not hesitate to kick them in the balls so hard that the players themselves cringe. Nerf nerf nerf, rarely actually buffing anything. Eventually this game's champions will turn into a giant grey blob where you can't tell the difference between them anymore.

Let's ignore the fact that almost half of the champion pool have stupid kits, because Riot created them back when they were shitting the proverbial diaper. Why are you not putting new champ releases on hold, and going back to do a massive scale tune-up on all of the champs that actually NEED it. Woohoo, you announced that Poppy's next; how long will that take? When will Taric, Urgot, Yorick, and Morde get something? ANYTHING? Are you expecting to just kick them under the rug in the corner and hope that the new players (who apparently are having a terrible experience with the legions of smurfs playing with them) just don't see them or get interested at all? 'Nice to know this priority order of yours.

Frankly I'm just about done. And if you've bothered to read this far and only have to offer a 'lol cya next week', you can just leave the thread now; you weren't going to contribute anything of value to this anyway. The ONLY reason I bothered to play Season 5 was because of the SR visual update, which is the only good thing that's come out of Riot in the last year. I say this because the last balanced champ they actually released was Vel'Koz, and that was pretty much a year ago.

So does anyone have ANY advice for me, any reason I should continue playing this game? I'm starting to regret how much money I gave Riot over the last 2 or so years that I've been a part of this community.