What do you guys think of the stacking dragon buffs in preseason?
To me it seems kinda obscure. Currently the dragons give gold and any advantage the enemy has over you or vice versa is reflected in what items they buy with that gold. Now it's going to be be "oh these are his items but also I/he gets these extra stats from the dragons their team has taken etc"
On November 11 2014 15:14 anmolsinghmzn2009 wrote: What do you guys think of the stacking dragon buffs in preseason?
To me it seems kinda obscure. Currently the dragons give gold and any advantage the enemy has over you or vice versa is reflected in what items they buy with that gold. Now it's going to be be "oh these are his items but also I/he gets these extra stats from the dragons their team has taken etc"
I think it'll be easier for balancing because you could longer have an objective that compounds the effects of poor item diversity and design. though % of stat bonuses still kind of do that, so they' need to be adjusted to be more flat bonuses.
for clarity, one of the founding points of riot design supposedly, its terrible.
though the best scenario is probably just to get items to a point where gold advantage isn't overwhelming.
On November 11 2014 15:14 anmolsinghmzn2009 wrote: What do you guys think of the stacking dragon buffs in preseason?
To me it seems kinda obscure. Currently the dragons give gold and any advantage the enemy has over you or vice versa is reflected in what items they buy with that gold. Now it's going to be be "oh these are his items but also I/he gets these extra stats from the dragons their team has taken etc"
I think it'll be easier for balancing because you could longer have an objective that compounds the effects of poor item diversity and design. though % of stat bonuses still kind of do that, so they' need to be adjusted to be more flat bonuses.
for clarity, one of the founding points of riot design supposedly, its terrible.
though the best scenario is probably just to get items to a point where gold advantage isn't overwhelming.
I don't think it's that much different from blue buff or red buff providing an advantage on top of items (gold) and levels (experience). It's less visually apparent of course, though.
edit: sort of quoted wrong person, still applicable enough
Dyrus puts off playing all day then finds out less than an hr before cut off that he is 1 point from being demoted from challenger. The hype is on!!!!!!
On November 11 2014 15:44 lilwisper wrote: Dyrus puts off playing all day then finds out less than an hr before cut off that he is 1 point from being demoted from challenger. The hype is on!!!!!!
On November 11 2014 15:44 lilwisper wrote: Dyrus puts off playing all day then finds out less than an hr before cut off that he is 1 point from being demoted from challenger. The hype is on!!!!!!
And now apparently he dc'd and can't log back in.
The End-of-Season drama is real
Lubu J4 in the game w/ Dyrus confirmed. Wow he is playing well.
Edit: This J4 is saving everybody! Rescue Ranger status.
In other news, apparently the offline matches for Expansion tourney are going to be played with all the preseason changes. Not sure if 3 weeks is adequate time for such a game-changing patch, but...
On November 11 2014 17:12 M2 wrote: So are we in pre-season now? and if yes, what does that mean?
Basically the time between now and next season is pre-season, but as to when and how the new SR and all the jungle changes will go live is anyone's guess.
On November 11 2014 16:42 Apex wrote: Dyrus has survived the hell barring shenanigans.
In other news, apparently the offline matches for Expansion tourney are going to be played with all the preseason changes. Not sure if 3 weeks is adequate time for such a game-changing patch, but...
makes sense though seeing how lcs is going to be played with all the changes anyways. i'd rather have a team that might not be so good on this patch but adapted quickly to the new patch then a team who is good on this patch and can't adapt.
Mmm makes sense. It just feels kind of weird because there might be a team that plays better on the preseason patch that gets knocked out early due to playing on 4.19.
But that might be getting way too hypothetical and it's not like implementing the preseason patch changes any sooner or later is going to make it any less awkward.
On November 11 2014 16:42 Apex wrote: Dyrus has survived the hell barring shenanigans.
In other news, apparently the offline matches for Expansion tourney are going to be played with all the preseason changes. Not sure if 3 weeks is adequate time for such a game-changing patch, but...
makes sense though seeing how lcs is going to be played with all the changes anyways. i'd rather have a team that might not be so good on this patch but adapted quickly to the new patch then a team who is good on this patch and can't adapt.
But all of the ranking/seeding/whatever was done on various S4 patches. I think it's retarded.
On November 11 2014 17:12 M2 wrote: So are we in pre-season now? and if yes, what does that mean?
Basically the time between now and next season is pre-season, but as to when and how the new SR and all the jungle changes will go live is anyone's guess.
What I actually asked is what happens with the ranking system, can I fall down or rise up in rank now? what if I reach platinum or diamond during preseason? does it count?