Thoughts on Preseason
I like the idea of BE and IP merging, it gives us more access to currency in which we need, however champs still cost the same and now we don't get IP every game. Also everyone got their IP from runes back, but new players that just bought runes basically got nothing, which is completely unfair, because now everyone either has a bunch of IP but no income, or no IP and income... Did Riot not do math during all of this? I thought the point was to help making buying champs easier, in which they did by giving us like 23k IP, but with 23k IP, I can buy like 3 expensive champs... I've been playing for 3 years, and it's been hard for me to get champs because the good ones are so damn expensive, that's what needs a fixing.
I like the new runes, but to me they're technically masteries. I would prefer that the new runes and old runes together, because now stats are a big problem and there's no way in hell will the new runes replace the old runes. Also some are underpowered versions of the old runes, like electrocute has low af scaling, but is the same thing as thunderlords, just feels stronger in the first few minutes but weak late. Phase rush is the same thing as stormraiders just useful on all champs. I don't have a problem with these being like the old keystones, but the main problem is the new ones overpower these. Electrocute is the only one that might be used because it's the only keystone assassins can actually make use of. Also why do we only have 2 rune pages, like, seriously? They're basically just like masteries, plus we can edit them in champ select, so whats the point?
Jungle is still a problem, I was hoping that the preseason would fix all of it's problems, but still a whole year has passed and Riot hasn't fixed shit. Talismen users are still broken compared to hunter's machete users. Compare a Rengar clear vs Sejuani. Also WTF happened to assassins, I thought the rework would help Riot be able to balanced them out easier by changing their numbers, but now it's just a clusterfuck. Talon and Zed are alright, Leblanc is good on people that know how to use her, but she feels so clunky and all her damage depends on her passive, like 90% of her damage, which allows for unfair burst and it's harder to dish out damage in teamfights. Rengar is dick, like, the new jungle was made to fuck him up with his rework, all his single target dmg is gone so he can't kill buffs easily, and he doesn't have much aoe dmg except for Q and W, which don't do enough to jungle camps. Shaco is just the biggest cluster fuck, I'm surprised Riot actually screwed up my favorite assassin. I loved Shaco for his Invis and Boxes, but then they reworked him to shit, keeping his boxes and invis but ruining all his damage. Like, they rework him by adding damage to his Q and removing damage on other parts, but then they remove the damage from his Q for more passive damage, which doesn't do shit...
also it sort of sucks nothing big came out this preseason. I really hoped for a jungle change or new items to be added but nope, just S7 but worst to me.
edit: Also why doesn't everyone get an honor capsule for each level they're currently at, like lvl 30s get 30 honor capsules, now high level people are stuck with higher xp caps and have to climb harder to get BE, instead of getting rewards for their hard work in the past.
