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HellionSzel·7/24/2019, 3:05:37 PM·1 votes·751 views

After a lot of observation I have come across a big mistake you guys made towards the game. When you guys created the whole mastery Rune tree's and removed the long beloved plain runes to collect... you ruined the game and I can explain how... See there used to be a time where you bought runes and collected them and it took a lot of time and a lot of games to be played to collect these runes but now you have this overly easy rune mastery tree..hey it's great when you can just create a Fresh level 1 account and not have to worry about the endless grind of collecting runes like the old days...but here is the problem... your new system now only Promotes "SMURFING" over skilled players jumping in with the newcomers creating a violent experience for those who are new to the game by mixing them in with people who have been playing for years... personally I'm against smurfing...you should play at your skill level..not bombard the new players who are only trying to learn the game... by creating the rune system you have now only made it worse, now it's 20x easier to just make a new account and go from there... I preferred the system you had before that made people think twice about creating a new account just to "Pwn some newbs"... but now you have given the keys to the castle and all of your new player base is paying for it...as a business standpoint that was a dumb move... you have probably had thousands of new people to the game give up before they even started solely because they got there a$& kicked by a "Smurf".... The older system was way better at making this a not so appealing feature... new players had the enjoyment of playing with a similar skill level cause nobody cared to make new account and grind the runes for days... now it's just given for free.... Think about it Riot...if you want to fix this game cause right now, it's broke... you have youtube and twitch streamers even saying they play on fresh accounts instead of Higher Elo a.k.a their skill level to make content why cause they are preying on the unskilled new players to the game.... this is something that has been overlooked since the new rune system...and should be taken into consideration... your game was not meant to be easy walking into, there is and always will be a steep learning curve even in it's current state today...

and before you people comment to defend smurfing it's not right...and these people are not helping the new players... 99% are there just to have fun and take advantage of the skill gap. I know this because I have created a smurf account... and was shocked at level 15-20 I'm playing with platinum and diamond player skill levels... Ive witnessed and recorded way too much to prove my theory how this is ruining the game in it's self... god forbid Riot would change it back to the rune system before we all know that will never happen...but what it is now in it's current state...is just a feeding frenzy that will turn your new player base away from the game... when you are learning this game the last thing you want is to go against veterans in the skill levels...

(Rant over)

5 Comments

rujitra7/24/2019, 3:11:24 PM1 votes

You provide no evidence this system encourages smurfing, just your opinion.

AeroWaffle7/24/2019, 3:22:21 PM1 votes

The old rune system only served as a barrier to entry for playing optimally and that's not a state the game should be in.

Once you unlock the champion you should be capable of utilizing their full power, not after grinding another 10k [currency] to unlock the meta runes for that champion.

If you want grind-based power then MMORPGs is the game type that you'd prefer.

Pxerkza7/24/2019, 3:26:03 PM1 votes

true but i still had smurfs with the old rune system i just priod rune pages for specific champions i wanted to play and buying lvl 30s with 2 full rune pages and 20 champions was still a thing and fairly cheap so smurfing became easier but was still common

Busty Demoness7/24/2019, 3:30:13 PM1 votes

The reason the current rune system is bad comes from the fact it affects all champions differently. Therefore it's harder to balance it for outliers.

The grind gate to ranked from old runes was also bad, but it was easier to balance long term because it was flat or small scaling stats.

I would have greatly preferred that they kept old runes but made them free, as well as giving an actual one to one refund for IP spent on them.

MordridtheBlack7/24/2019, 3:32:02 PM1 votes

op

wall of text is all of text

use the enter key next time man

as Aero explained, the old systems were barriers

Riot wants people to play the game, and if there is a system in place that prevents or limits players (outside of things like their pc or internet) that makes people not want to play (or even quit because maybe others were trying to get their friends to join)

The new rune/mastery system is far easier to understand and use. Every rune and mastery is viable to some degree. While ranked may see a much less broadened rune selection, that's fine.

Ranked is only part of the game. Yes it is often what everything is balanced around, but that is a separate problem.