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Unhealthy ranked system for a game still in Beta!

Cräfty·7/30/2019, 7:31:32 PM·2 votes·403 views

I love TFT, but somehow Riot found a way to f**k up a simple auto battler game!

I know Riot said it's still in Beta development, but when you put the game on live server and give it a ranked system?! Nah bruh, that's not beta anymore, that's the real sh_t!. People are gonna grind that ranked ladder and they want it to be in the best environment possible. But I guess Riot doesn't give a sh*t about the players, since they were so hasty to launch the game on live server for a quick cash grab! And what's funny is that some people are stupid enough to actually spend money that fast on a game still in beta (to hell with game quality, give me that little furyhorn, baby!).

For me, (opinion alert) if any game is put on its live server and there is a competitive ranked system in it, I don't care what anyone says, I need the gameplay to be good, with no bugs (or minimal bugs with no game breaking mechanics) and balanced game design to make it fun to play! Ranked is competitive by nature, and having an unfinished game with a ranked system, filled with game breaking bugs and obviously unbalanced, is stupid af, frustrating to play and very unhealthy.

(P.S.: SoloQ (SR) is not fun to play anymore for these exact same reasons, btw!)

You know the game is still in beta?! Fine, keep it in PBE (B stands for beta, afterall) and give access to PBE to more playtesters! Or, you can still put it on live server BUT don't put in a ranked system for it. Keep it a normal mode for all people to play and test it for you, for free, and once you figured out all the bugs and inconveniences inside the game (or atleast, the most game breaking ones), THEN implement the ranked system! In this way, people will actually enjoy the game even more since it will be stable and fun enough to play in a competitive environment.

I mean, it's not rocket science, it's pure logic, Come on, Riot!

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

3 Comments

Unker1397/30/2019, 7:49:08 PM2 votes

Why does it matter if there is a ranked or not? Your rank means nothing except bragging rights and I like knowing how I compare to others.

Riot put it as a public beta because while it still needs a lot of balancing and bug fixes needed, it's a lot of fun to play. You even opened your post saying that. There is one pbe server that can't possibly handle the volume of people that are interested in playing the game - even in it's current state. Why does it matter if it's on the main client if riot is not trying to present it as a finished product?

Putting the ranking system in does two things..... first it allows riot to "beta" test the ranking system along with the rest if the game....I'm sure there will be adjustments to how that works as well if needed. Second, it allows for testing matchmaking and let's the game put the better players together. It's easier to balance the game when you don't have good players matched with weaker ones and will dominate no matter what they build.

Sona Ping7/30/2019, 9:29:59 PM1 votes

That's the trick. It's not in beta.

Illabethe7/30/2019, 10:07:54 PM1 votes

News Flash: Beta is ALWAYS the live Server. Beta is always the launch of the real game, and technically never "ends."

It just updated over time to the point where we stop calling it Beta.