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This game, man...

DrProfVibeCheck··1 votes·392 views

I love League. Most of my friends play it, and we all have a blast while doing so. If I have free-time, I'd most probably spend it on this game. But, League can be just as unenjoyable as it is fun. There are some times where I just feel ... sad ... at the state of this game. I only joined League in preseason five, so I can't say much about it before, but I've seen how amazing this game can get, while simultaneously seeing crappy it can feel. There are many problems I believe Riot should address that could most likely vastly improve the game.

First off, let's talk about the shitty new player experience. We've all been through it at one point. The 1 to 30 grind, runes, masteries, all that jazz. But, I doubt most people remember how crap it was. I had a friend who wanted to start League, so I made a smurf to level with him, and oh boy, there were so many tryhards. I know that Riot can't stop smurfing, but it's still a major problem in the early experience. If you make an account just to Rofl-stomp new players, you're instantly one of the most despicable type of player in my eyes. These new people just want to learn the game, but if they just get pooped on by everything, they won't learn shit.

Don't even get me started on Runes. Did you know that I recently finished my 2 rune pages about a month ago, but I started this game in December? It took me over SIX MONTHS to finish 2 PAGES. You know why? As a leveling player, I wanted to get as many cool-ass champs as I could. Whenever I looked into the "Runes" section of the store, I'd just see a shit load of numbers and not understand what they meant. So I just said "Fuck it, I'll do runes when I'm 30". So time passes, and I hit level 30. I looked up some simple Rune Pages online, and I nearly cried. It was over 19,000 IP to fill two pages. Even after that, you'd still have to buy extra pages for 6300. Again, I said "Fuck it" and I went back to saving for cool-ass champs. But, at one point, I was forced to get runes. This happened in a Talon game I played. It was a mirror match up mid-lane. I was confident in my abilities, but the enemy would ALWAYS out trade me. We both had flask, so I looked at his stats. He had 30 more AD than me. That's a shit ton early game. I couldn't keep up that game, so I lost. Not only are runes poorly explained and expensive, they give an edge to players who actually spend the time to get them.

Secondly, there is no longer a reliable way to punish people. The tribunal is gone, so all of the punishing is made by robots. This can lead to some very bad situations. Here's an example: have you ever played a game where you have a troll that basically handed the win to the enemy on a silver platter? In that same game, is that troll in a premade that won't ever surrender? Because of that, you would be stuck in that game essentially for 30 minutes. During those thirty minutes, your face is getting butt-sexed hardcore by the 22-5 Zed who got fed off the troll. You can't leave the game because an automated system would believe you are abandoning your team and would punish you. This situation happens too often to me, but the sad part is, a non-automated system could fix it. A Human could look at the score and chat logs of that game and use proper judgment to punish the trollers, not the person just trying to play another game.

Lastly, the champions in this game can just be so UNFUN to play against. There are some champions that are so poorly designed that when you play against them, your gameplay experience just sucks major ass in general, even when the enemy does bad. Along with some bad design, Riot lately loves to make a select group of champions overpowered in comparison to all the other ones. I'm looking at all the Sated Junglers and Juggernaughts out there. I feel like that if I don't choose a power pick in champion select, I'll never have a chance at winning without working my asshole off, and I play this game to have fun.

There are many things wrong with League right now, but it's not like Riot is completely incapable to fix it. I know they love their community, and I know they love their game. I just hope that Rito solves these problems eventually.

4 Comments

Angry Monster2 votes

It took me over SIX MONTHS to finish 2 PAGES. You know why? As a leveling player, I wanted to get as many cool-ass champs as I could. Whenever I looked into the "Runes" section of the store, I'd just see a shit load of numbers and not understand what they meant. So I just said "Fuck it,

So cause you refused to look into the matter or ask questions; and now it is a new player problem...... yeah please go on

there is no longer a reliable way to punish people

Yeah the tribunal does not make these problems go away. You have never seen the tribunal in action or lack of action. You have no point of reference to be talking about it, so please dont

the champions in this game can just be so UNFUN to play against

you mention stated but have no problem playing it. Your lack of understanding is your biggest problem. You say it is unfun when a late game champ gets to late game....

You are really clueless and should not be sharing your uninformed opinions. You do not even have logic beyond I did X so it must be a problem . Also the name does not help, what are you 12?

DrProfVibeCheck1 votes

As to your first critique, most new players don't even ask for help. I was a new player back then, and that was my reaction. The point of me talking about Runes was to highlight that they are an obstacle that look daunting to beginners.

As for the second statement, yeah I admit that I never had interaction with the tribunal, but a human made judgment system would be hella ton better than what we have now.

And for the last one, I'm fine with late game champs, but most sated dev champions gain absurd power spikes when they get sated. Many times I've seen a yi or a Xin do shit poor early and mid game, not even getting sated until like 30-35 minutes, but still scaling hard enough to duel many moderately good players.

So, to cap off my rebuttal:

-Many people agree that runes are expensive. The ancedote I used was to highlight that beginners are misinformed at first, not even getting accurate info FROM THE GAMEITSELF.

-I'd rather have a group of people dealing with our reports than a machine that doesn't have the same amount of judgement we do.

-When I talked about UNFUN champs to play against, I was referring to champions like Fizz or kalista who just generally are really annoying.

And I like my name. It's pretty cool, sir.

Angry Monster1 votes

Many people agree that runes are expensive

actually only people that are new say this. They want to be given everything for free. They refuse to spend money and spend the in game currency on things instead of runes.

You pay one way or another deal with it. IP boosts do exists and you can double stack games won with time.

I'd rather have a group of people dealing with our reports than a machine that doesn't have the same amount of judgement we do.

considering you have no clue what you are talking about; this is funny. Riot states when you use the tribunal voting that you are not supposed to considered anything besides the behavior. Voters are told not to consider who did what first, just like the current system.

You think the grass is greener on the other side, cause you have not been there. In the past people voted and those votes taught the current system. Nothing is going to change.

-When I talked about UNFUN champs to play against, I was referring to champions like Fizz or kalista who just generally are really annoying.

Except that you mention devour jugglers specifically. You just show how little you understand the game. Anti "fun" si a joke and fun as a reason is as bad as saying "I want to".

And I like my name. It's pretty cool, sir

you got to be kidding. Cant come up with something better than a fart jk? really? I cringe when i see people with your name in game and for good reasons

DrProfVibeCheck1 votes

Do you not like to read whole posts? It feels like you dont.

OF COURSE RUNES ARE AN OBSTACLE TO NEW PLAYERS. THATS WHAT IVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY. Also, 19k for ANYTHING in league is expensive, considering you'd have to pore hours upon hours just to get it. Sure, you could buy an IP boost, but some people don't do that.

So, a machine is better at decoding human behavior THAN A FREAKIN HUMAN? I highly doubt that.

I mentioned that Devour Junglers suck to play against because they gain ABSURD power spikes when sated. A suck-ass Yi can be instantly back into the game when he gets those 30 stacks. Imagine, your team pools all this effort to shutdown him early game, but 30 minutes in, Yi just comes out the jungle getting double kills left and right.

And what the hell is wrong with a slightly comediac name in this game? I play League to chill with friends, not to be serious. I honestly feel like you attack my Summoner Name because you have no better ground in this argument other than trying to insult my character. All I hear from your posts is that "I don't know anything" when in reality, I try my hardest to explain me reasoning in a clear way!

Let me sum up my OP so that you can understand

-LEAGE IS FUN, BUT IT HAS PROBLEMS

-THE NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE IS SHIT CUZ ALL THESE TRYHARD SMURFS AND LACK OF PROPER TEACHING.

-RUNES ARE POORLY EXPLAINED AND THEY COST A SHIT TON OF TIME IF YOU DONT WANT TO USE IRL MONEY.

-A HUMAN SYSTEM WOULD GENERALLY WORK BETTER THAN ROBOTS WHEN DEALING WITH RULEBREAKERS

-THERE ARE CHAMPIONS IN THIS GAME THAT EITHER ARE SO ANNOYING TO PLAY AGAINST, OR THEY GET SO OP EVEN IF YOU SHUT THEM DOWN THAT IM AFRAID TO EVEN PLAY ANY OTHER CHAMPION AT ALL.

Honestly, if you still don't understand what I'm trying to say, I fear for you.

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