Riot need to chill (A semi-rant about lols progression and balancing.)

Solice·5/3/2016, 2:02:39 AM·2 votes·383 views

Riot is a company that seems to constantly be under pressure from the fanbase to do all kinds of things, and seeks to better their game, as all games do. I've seen what the community does when something goes wrong: overreact, even if it is to draw attention, riot simply wont answer to the boy who cried wolf. The whole solo/dynamic queuing fiasco a while ago still sits wrong with people. I for one don't see any downside other than players don't see the game as a team game, and from what I can tell some believe personal skill in a team game is best achieved in a 'controlled' (or what they believe to be controlled) environment where they can show how good they are on a 1v1 level hence demand for solo q.

That is for another topic however, and this post is to try reach out to Riot to take a step back and stop moving at such lightning pace. My least favorite thing about league is the balance, it feels rushed and untested, and often is a foreseeable outcome to what will happen if the changes hit live. Although Riot have done good, they can truly make some questionable decisions that become big problems, and are eventually nerfed/removed from the game. These types of problems occur most often in pre-season and when new things just come out, but what is the PBE for if not to test for things? People have pleaded to Riot multiple times about things that were considered 'OP' in the test client, but were not changed until 2-4 weeks of it being in live.

Riot never seem to go more than 2-4 weeks without bringing some big change that create mass hysteria, and its often rightful to be angry, even if undeserved in the manner that some people do it. Riot need to step back, and listen to the community sometimes. Not all of it mind you, but people really want to see the game be better, and I think it can be, without all this haze headed haste do so.

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