I still think getting rid of the carousel items is the way to go.
Still seeing a lot of people complaining about the TFT item distribution. some of it might be blown out of proportion, but I do agree that the comback mechanic would be more balanced if we were to remove items from the carousel and instead only give 1 item per neutral monster wave defeated.
another option would be to make the carousel only items and reward bonus gold and xp for defeating neutral monsters instead of items.
i mean... there are probably a million ways to adjust it. I definitely think that all neutral monsters rounds should provide the same value of rewards though regardless of what is done.
gold and xp? sure. free champions? sure. but it has to be balanced.
I think getting the gold bonus for example could be beneficial if it was a permanent gold bonus and not just a single gold coin.
i'd even be okay with just removing the pve round rewards completely.