I mean, I’m happy he got the buff, he desperately needed it, but over the past ~year or so Riot has only been investing time and effort into fixing things that have enough public outcry to warrant attention.
Ryze mains stage a mass inting spree? Buffed after two years of stagnation. Syndra mains send in death threats over a skin? Skin gets fixed. Vel’Koz mains do the same over their champion’s state? An ability gets work done two patches later.
The problem is that all of these are a vocal minority, most people didn’t see any Ryze mains TPing into fountain and most Syndra players were just kind of quietly disappointed with the skin. However, Riot is putting its designers under more stress than they have to by only responding to the most vocal players and public outcry.
Most Corki mains have shut up for four seasons now, most Zeri players haven’t been sending in death threats, and basically all of the Yorick players have been too busy sobbing in the corner to do anything rash. I honestly think that these champions would have more resources and attention allotted to them if their players were bigger assholes because that’s apparently what works now, and that’s a horrible precedent to set.
Recently, Shen mains are worried that their champion is becoming an ult bot and his power is shifting out of lane, where it has historically lied. Guess when Riot’s going to give their champion some love. Whole thing makes me exhausted for Riot’s gameplay designers.
I mean it’s the same kinda thing as inting really
People know that certain things won’t change if they flame and that they will be punished if they use it, so they go the route that is the most effective with the least risk of punishment. And it has been shown as the tried and true best method of achieving the goal of throwing the game with 0 punishment, so people will just do that.
Once players find a strategy that gets them what they want with as little punishment as possible, they’ll always use that. So if Velkoz and Syndra mains are sending death threats and it’s resulting in good balance changes, that sets a hugely negative precedent for the company. Same thing as to why everyone is flaming the fuck out of Riot for the ping and chat changes over the last year, because they’re not going after the main problem and letting this strategy just lie. Instead of Riot just ignoring these people and focus on what matters, Riot always just focuses on loud minority instead of looking at the main people who need to have the spotlight put on them. They always focus on the wrong group of people when it comes to their changes.