The League Of Legends Client, Pro's and Con's

NightStrafe·9/17/2013, 11:51:10 PM·3 votes·707 views

As the title states, what are the feelings on the League of Legends client? I've heard many horror stories, however I feel as though this would be a more productive way to find the weaknesses (and the strengths) in the current client.

  • Personally: I didn't like that they fixed the Html, that was just starting to get fun ;)

2 Comments

Kajika919/18/2013, 4:40:09 AM2 votes

Pro :

  • easy to code, interact with other programs.

Cons:

  • Heavy CPU usage (for what it does, and even though...)
  • Very slow
  • Tend to lag more the more you play
  • Adobe... meh
  • Patching -> couldn't we login to manage our runes, masteries, talk with our contacts while patching? And plz Riot clean up those 300MB+ Audio file when patching, this is taking spaces for no reason imo (maybe breaking this file into multiple ones?)
  • Can't change the in-game config (sure Riot is on the case but had to be said ^^)

Overall I don't like that client at all, but it does what needs to be done, is not THAT core for LoL and I understand why Riot started with such a easy, fast (for coding), and powerfull (for coding) client back in Beta/Season 1. Then once you got such a big client it's hard to start again from scratch...

Urdnot Entar9/18/2013, 3:26:32 AM1 votes

Do you mean the launcher, or the in-game client? Both have issues, but some pros too.

As far as the launcher, it's been steadily improving, but still problematic. There are still little bugs to be found here and there, but usually it's not a big deal. The same cannot be said of the in-game client.

In game, bugs are still rampant, including game-breaking ones that have been in the game for months or years. On the upside, it sounds like they're finally getting around to some of the long-standing bugs. Recently they fixed that no-damage projectile bug (well, one of them, there's another one to do with the shooter dying, which doesn't make any sense so please don't call it by design). They have also said that they're redoing the system for seeing things in fog of war and bushes, which is broken.

The solo ranked system could be much improved too, but that seems like a separate issue. :)