Poll: Is the game balanced?

Janet Dockingham·Dec 27, 2015·3 votes·692 views

People have been paid to balance the game for six years now - have they succeeded?

19 Comments

PIMPSMOOTHDec 27, 20153 votes

Is the game balanced?

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ModWulf HelhammerDec 27, 20153 votes

You need to add middle ground in the poll

3ofGot40veDec 27, 20153 votes

No. Its preseason, no use crying

Janet DockinghamDec 27, 20155 votes

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No. Its preseason, no use crying

It's preseason in the sixth year of this game's life

DrCyanideDec 28, 20151 votes

Are the balance issues from Seasons 1, 2, 3, or 4 (or early Season 5) still a problem? If not, then I'd argue that the balance team is successful.

The balance for things that have been more recently changed are still in flux, but that's to be expected.

CrossetteDec 29, 20151 votes

Season 5 was just as fucking bad with TahmKench item 3930 and Kindred

AyRe CoNteMpTDec 27, 20152 votes

not even close. the problem is, whenever the game comes close to being balanced, they throw everything overboard again. i could do their job better.

ModKnightsKemplarDec 27, 20151 votes

I doubt it. If you could, you probably would have already done so and either been hired or made a better game.

Since you haven't, you're very likely wrong, and also probably delusional.

AyRe CoNteMpTDec 28, 20152 votes

that chain of arguments is pure glory xD

DrNovaDec 27, 20152 votes

The game will never be truly balanced, but that's just the nature of the game. Nearly everyone gets a turn . The spotlight at so e point or another. Its a game in constant flux, there will always be the stronger and the weaker.

But virtually everyone is playable, also. Just cause there may be a strong get champ doesn't mean a good player can't make a champ just as effective.

DreadlocksDec 27, 20151 votes

I don't think many ppl understand that riot shakes things up on purpose. .. they like to make the game feel new and unique. If people rly wanted a more steady balanced game that doesnt have drastic changes each year, they should strongly consider dota 2.

ModKnightsKemplarDec 27, 20152 votes

"People have paid..."

People pay for skins. Game is free, bro.

Janet DockinghamDec 28, 20151 votes

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"People have paid..."

People pay for skins. Game is free, bro.

I said "people have been paid". My post was one sentence long, come on.

TroiannDec 28, 20152 votes

If no one bought skins, this game would be dead already, or they would start charging for the game itself. The game is not free at all. It costs money. The thing is some people can pay and make up for the people that don't pay at all.

That has nothing to do with the original post, obviously, but you seem to underappreciate the money some people spend on this game, after all, they're the ones who keep it going.

SerevasDec 27, 20151 votes

Riot has a different philosophy about balance than most, so technically the game will never be balanced when considering this.

They use the approach of everyone gets a turn at being strong, where games like DOTA go with everyone being OP all the time. Different philosophies.

NiyumiDec 27, 20151 votes

You think Riot pays people to balance this game? Ha! Hahaha! Funny. See, balance doesn't make money for an F2P game, so this game will never be balanced. Riot's "balance" team is just a bunch of greedy suits who try to come up with ways to alter the "meta" and create / force FOTM champs / classes to spur skin sales, and repeat every couple months.

Balance is not a factor, in F2P.

Illâoi Evê SiônDec 28, 20151 votes

The game isn't supposed to be balanced. It's supposed to be unbalanced just right. That's why there's flavor of the month champions. And why Riot has to rebalance everything after new features have been implemented.

Rabid HuskyDec 29, 20151 votes

the game is heavily unbalanced but that's kinda the point if the game acheived perfect balance then the game would stagnate and die people constantly come up with interesting plays and sometimes you just gotta take power from them as a great champ would say "balance is weakeness Zed "

LordGeovanniDec 29, 20151 votes

they do what it takes to keep as much money flowing as possible is what i would think because balance nope never closest thing recently was in the so called tank meta where fighters were being played and not dieing immediately like everyone else who built no defense did. and before that was season 3 where 4-8 assassins were a problem and most of the other champions were balanced