Riot should learn from Earth's history about power creep

kargish·2/20/2018, 11:52:07 AM·110 votes·4,813 views

We all know that Riot is power creeping this game into the skies, while being completely blind to the effects of it. I don't understand why Riot doesn't take a look at Earth's history, and how insanely OP some of God's creatures have been. First of all let's keep the timespan within around the latest patches from about 100 million years back. League of Legends is currently in a state where everything deals so much damage, and everybody is so tanky it's insane and not fun at all. If you don't pick the meta picks you practically lose the game, and this scenario has happened before about 65 million years ago. Let us take a look at the T-rex https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jurassicpark/images/6/6d/T-Rex_2.png

This thing dealt so much damage, while being practically invulnerable, that it became the dominant creature for a couple million years worth of patches, before God finally fixed it. If you didn't pick T-rex back then you'd lose hard, sometimes you got ganked in your early game by it and most other characters just didn't stand a chance against it. You couldn't attack it either because it was a literal tank at the same time. It's the exact same as Chogath Riot, there's literally no counterplay against any of those two. When it was finally nerfed you could actually deal with it, but there were still so many other creatures that were insanely OP that it wasn't enough.

The second example I'll bring out is the sarcosuchus https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dinosaurs/images/2/2c/Sarcosuchus_imperator.jpg

A perfect example of when the assassins become meta during power creep. Sarcosuchus was so OP that while you were at the fountain to regenerate, it would pop out and literally ONE SHOT you without any counterplay at all. It was also a tank at the same time, so you couldn't even fight back. It was so disgustingly OP, it's literally the same as all the assassins combined into one being.

All the other dinosaur mains complained and complained to God just like we do to you right now Riot, and finally when God listened to us and smited all the creatures with the meteor patch, we could start moving towards a more healthy game for everybody.

Just look at how things are today, the megalodon has been nerfed into the great white shark and it's totally fine, sarcosuchus was nerfed to crocodiles and it's still doing good in today's meta despite it being less than 50% of its original state. Assassins like lions are finally in a stable spot, because they don't have to take down literal tanks anymore they can perform their job. Overall I think there's something to learn here Riot, everything is so much better right now. Damage is just right, tanks are durable but not immortal, mobility creatures like insects have been nerfed so hard they barely do any damage, and if they do their damage is so delayed through poisons and diseases that you can counterplay it with medicine in time.

Please hear our call Riot, stop this power creep madness you've set in motion.

62 Comments

Epicurus2/20/2018, 1:33:16 PM72 votes

I think we'd all agree that the old dinosaurs were pretty OP, but that doesn't change the fact that the Velociraptor rework sucked. I mean look at them now: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Chickens_at_Tranquilles_B%26B.JPG

God completely failed to keep the gameplay fantasy that made Velociraptors so fun to play in the first place. Velociraptors were supposed to be about working as a team to take down tough opponents, but the new ones are too slow, too squishy and don't have kill pressure on any opponent larger than a beetle. Honestly there's no point in maining Velociraptors these days.

FireDrizzle2/20/2018, 12:45:40 PM37 votes

{quoted} Let us take a look at the T-rex https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jurassicpark/images/6/6d/T-Rex_2.png

This thing dealt so much damage, while being practically invulnerable, that it became the dominant creature for a couple million years worth of patches, before God finally fixed it. If you didn't pick T-rex back then you'd lose hard, sometimes you got ganked in your early game by it and most other characters just didn't stand a chance against it. You couldn't attack it either because it was a literal tank at the same time. It's the exact same as Chogath Riot, there's literally no counterplay against any of those two. When it was finally nerfed you could actually deal with it, but there were still so many other creatures that were insanely OP that it wasn't enough.

Kite him. Builditem 3076 http://moziru.com/images/drawn-dinosaur-spiked-tail-7.jpg . If you get your whole team you can lock him down and kill him 5v1. Maybe if you wasnt in bronze you could beat him.

The second example I'll bring out is the sarcosuchus https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dinosaurs/images/2/2c/Sarcosuchus_imperator.jpg

A perfect example of when the assassins become meta during power creep. Sarcosuchus was so OP that while you were at the fountain to regenerate, it would pop out and literally ONE SHOT you without any counterplay at all. It was also a tank at the same time, so you couldn't even fight back. It was so disgustingly OP, it's literally the same as all the assassins combined into one being.

If you went into the river without your team that was your fault, You are supposed to lose to the assassin 1v1. He only has 1 dash and he loses a lot of his speed outside the river, so he has counterplay if you dont get caught. Because of whiners like you I lost my main.

TLDR: git gud

Gentleman Gems2/20/2018, 12:21:06 PM18 votes

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+1 man, riot balance team needs you, you deserve challanjour, and everything good in life!

Professor Ward2/21/2018, 3:10:16 AM5 votes

leaves out humans, the champion so broken that it will literally end up breaking the game. ** This is literally the most unbalanced meta in all of earths history....**

Radiant Seraph2/20/2018, 4:00:28 PM4 votes

WTF are you talking about, nowadays there's this fucking OP trash champ that just ruins the game for everyone else. When they were reworked like a million years ago to have intelligence, they just became a fucking monstrosity, they completely reshaped the world as they pleased and made everyone else feel like shit to play.

I'm not even gonna point out the similarities this species has with Marksmen, but there they are.

Rouwhorst2/20/2018, 3:15:22 PM3 votes

Yeah, and in-combat healing and life steal is a lot lower as it should be. Grievous wounds is not even a mandatory purchase versus vampires, leaches or mosquitoes.

And don't forget that the end-game takes a lot longer to reach and games are often not over in 15 minutes.

EkyonKun2/20/2018, 2:31:50 PM3 votes

I tried to keep a straight face, I really did. But I lost it at "Meteor Patch"

Blue Moon Wolf2/20/2018, 9:38:37 PM2 votes

This reminds me I need to go play ARK again. there is a new DLC that looks amazing.

Chembaron Yamada2/20/2018, 12:32:13 PM2 votes

All that I learnt here is that all the meta dinosaurs were Juggernauts and Marksmen were not existent.

So.... nerf Juggernauts and buff Marksmen?

Nayqua2/20/2018, 2:31:38 PM2 votes

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Velzard of Koz2/20/2018, 2:47:44 PM2 votes

The meme is even stronger when you realize evolution is basically mostly powercreep buffing with natural unintended nerfs.

An Enemy Sutando2/20/2018, 9:21:27 PM2 votes

The human class would be really good if getting something actually valuable wasn't so hard. You have to spend literal decades just to get a fighter jet or something. Not to mention the 18-year tutorial before playing.

Velasan2/21/2018, 2:53:12 AM2 votes

All I want to say is...

Pterosaurs OP.

3TWarrior2/21/2018, 6:51:17 AM2 votes

I think you have this backwards as currently, there are so many fancy things that weren't in the game to start with or were not noted in patch notes until the Human Update: morality, macro-scale war, currency

and then the unnecessary OP items of mass destruction: chemical warfare, nuclear warfare, biological warfare, space warfare

let's compare that to the Asteroid Impact summoner spell from back then....sure it was way, way, WAY OP, but it happened once every 100 million games or so

Mortroxx2/20/2018, 11:28:54 PM1 votes

Think you can hide from me Tierzoo? I see you.

Linna Excel2/21/2018, 12:59:52 AM1 votes

Posting in a "delete every champ but teemo" thread.

What Is Smite2/21/2018, 1:49:53 AM1 votes

There's a YT channel for life on Earth.

Here's the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHsRtomD4twRf5WVHHk-cMw

theminiom2/22/2018, 6:17:24 AM1 votes

I didn't play much back then but i remember that T rexes were mainly just scavengers, Stealing all of my kills despite Filling as "Support" I mean Jesus christ, Literally the only kills i got were from using some long ranged ability and Hitting them with the meteor, which had I'll admit it completely BS damage till they changed it. Fortunatly i found Malphite to be pretty good for dealing with the stupid state it was in at that point going full ap and Crashing into the enemy team like an Unstoppable Force and Killing basically the entire team was good for morale.

_YOU KNOW WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS? item 3110 THE ICE AGE... Or item 3751 A METEOR, i have no idea. _

Doozku2/20/2018, 4:43:55 PM1 votes

Real life will never be balanced as long as overpowered humans have access to retarded exploits like "agriculture." Don't even bring up real life as a good example of game balance since god hasn't even patched the damn agriculture exploit in millions of years.

General Esdeath 2/21/2018, 5:23:06 AM1 votes

I love you op

GodlyBane2/23/2018, 3:48:59 AM1 votes

T-rex has a few counters and skill matchups. a skill matchup would be a Spinosaurus. He was really good in the 2 legged pre-rework, but after rework hes 4 legged now and the matchup is much harder to win.. another one would be Ankylosaur, which was a counter matchup that worked really well. I dont know much of anything else, because after t-rex rework, he turned into a tiny bitch, i mean he is still good, but far more balanced (Komodo Dragon).

And after complaining to god they removed a few overpowered things such as sauropods. Remember how cancerous sauropods were to kill? they would just never die and were too tanky and healthy.. thank god those were removed.

I actually used to main Velociraptor until he got gutted into a bitch chicken.. (zed s3 -> zed s8) now i main crain, (used to be a omegaraptor) until slightly buffed then nerfed again. It has similar playstyle to velociraptor pre-debuff/rework

I Smell Pizza2/21/2018, 4:04:56 PM1 votes

What are humans? The supports?

Immovable Ozen2/20/2018, 9:02:03 PM1 votes

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50Shades0fTrynda2/20/2018, 10:23:21 PM1 votes

but after all....this game will live in our hearts , just as T-rex does