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League of Legends had me go through the same old Silver I to Gold V promos at least 8 times this season. I have passed only once, only to decay back down to Silver during the many weeks of summer I spent in Singapore. Then, 4.17 comes along and removes decay for Gold and Silver tiers. Well, the damage was already done. Would Riot address this if I asked them or do you think they'll just ignore it? | | | Reference to 4.17 Patch Notes regarding Inactivity Decay changes: "Ranked Inactivity Decay Ranked inactivity decay is meant to ensure that only the best active players can hold on to their position through a season. While this makes sense for the most competitive tiers, it just ends up as source of stress for the rest of the ladder. To that end, we've removed inactivity decay for silver and gold (bronze was already immune - we fixed a bug where this wasn't the case for promo series). NEW QUALITY OF LIFE Silver and Gold players are now immune to inactivity decay BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Bronze players who went inactive during a promo series were decaying out of their series "