This is my opinion. I realize they work hard, but they work hard in all the wrong ways. The game is no longer strategy based, its just a huge clusterfuck of stat checking at this point. It is honestly getting to a point where the game is not enjoyable.
again, just my opinion.
I mean, claiming they're even working hard at this point is a stretch given how we only have the game quality as a base to gauge their "success."
And we all see how the game's "quality" is doing now don't we?
They don't work. They roll a dice and flip coins.
They work "hard" but they don't work smart and that is why to this day the game is still not close to balanced.
They've been slacking or "working hard" wrong for more than a year. Incompetence is not an adequate excuse.
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yeah guys! instead of making new stat-checky champions, we should add more new and interesting champs with UNIQUE MECHANICS like 
!!! :D :D :D :D
edit: why the downvotes i was obviously being sarcastic
Did stat checking enter the lexicon because Riot used the term as a justification for the Aatrox rework?
LoL is chock full of RPG elements, thus stats. Though skills such as decision-making, juking, etc... will play a part in LoL, at some point stats are going to determine the outcome (power curve disadvantages, item spikes, etc...).
(would be nice though if the ttk was greater than .5s again and poking didn't chunk)
its just a huge clusterfuck of stat checking at this point.
Yeah, that's...not quite how stat-checking works. Like at all.
As an example of a stat-check, look at something like Kayle or old Aatrox. Essentially they get close to you, then pull out a spreadsheet and put on the business glasses. Then they check to see how the stats compare. If they had higher ones, they win. ADCs can also be guilty of this in some cases as a lot of their power is in unavoidable autos.
A clusterfuck of statchecking would be:
And yeah, the popular argument is "GAME NOT STRATEGY NO MORE" (which I still disagree with) but even a champion that boards hates like Zed or Yasuo still have avenues to fuck up in escape, skillshots or otherwise. Overall, game's not as stat-check-y as it was earlier. Argue the other stuff at your leisure.
I honestly have to wonder what they even do when some champions are trashed for entire seasons and others remain statistically broken in solo / duo / proplay.
It certainly doesnt help that the team that gets a slight lead, turns that into a commanding lead with no extra effort thanks to first tower gold and the ridiculous stats that items give.
I feel like they are just too afraid of the "invisible power". For example while I do enjoy the new Taric and I really didn't play the old Taric they changed him because of "invisible power". They changed Runes and masteries from "invisible power" to "stuff that you notice". However, now they are starting to realize that the "invisible power" is actually necessary and they're putting flat stats back into the mastery tree.
It is literally WAY easier to balance the game if you're working off of actual numbers instead of flashy abilities that you may or may not use to their fullest extent.
They seriously make their jobs way too difficult with things like akali and galio rework, new champions like zoe. Like the balancing nightmare they have where it goes from 1 shotting people with Q to almost unplayable with just some slight adjustments. Keep it simple, you aren't Leonardo and this isn't the Sistine Chapel. This is everyman's chapel the one that 90% of the world walks into. If you go for Sistine Chapel without the help of Leonardo Da Vinci you end up with a disaster.
They were working, untill they decided to take a vacation since midseason cuz game change too much
i just miss the season 4 and season 5 things where more balanced and enjoyable at the same time new one sucks so hard i mean they where doing great job from season 1 to season 5 and but they fucked up since the start of season 6.
I feel like the game sucks. You're playing with a bunch of noobs and they wont add in an automatic mute system. Like if you spam so much or say any bad words you're automatically muted for like 2 minutes.
Yes the game is less about identifying the best/right play and more just strike first. But everything is stat check in a way. What a lot people identify it with is champs who usually scale for late game. They trade a weak , uninfluential early/mid game to outscale everyone late; i.e. they are win conditions. LoL has always missed that if they had the right carries it would be fun killing them before they are carrying and rewarding to carry with them if you get over the hump. They always want more action in LCS and the answer is have the right carries that are actually vulnerable.
(just an example)
They buffed ignite in 8.6 because of dominating adcs (Infinity edge change happened in 8.11).
Instead of reverting it back when adcs arent 3 shotting anymore they keep it in it's broken state for a whole year.
Yes I am aware that the patch notes say that ignite was buffed because it was outclassed, but meddler literally said in his notes he buffed it so people would be able to deal with the adcs.
The same patch they nerfed duskblade but then gave all it's users insane compensation.
Nah they are on vacation, till season 10.
League has always been a clusterfuck of stat checking. They are literally in the game to get "checked". The thing that really slacks is the quality of arguments on the boards. Your post is just nonsense.
yeah no shit?
Like that hasn't been obvious since season 6
It's what everyone is saying.
These posts... boards please never change
