League of Legends has been a massive game for some time, and it stands as one of the biggest eSports games around. Developer Riot Games works hard to keep things balanced and fair for everyone, and sometimes that means making changes that some won’t like. Recently, they revealed that the game would be getting some major shifts in its Ranked mode, and this has made quite a few players upset. To balance this, the team spoke out about the changes and their thoughts on them.
On their blog, they addressed many things, including the question of “Who asked for these changes?”
One of the big questions we heard was, “Who’s asking for changes to Ranked?” We embarked on this journey because we saw a bunch of long-time Ranked players had started to burn out. That makes a lot of sense given they’re doing the same thing over and over again for the same result. And it makes even more sense when you consider that our last major update to Ranked was more than two years ago when we added Position Select.
Riot Games also reaffirmed that everything they do in the game is designed to do one thing, make the game better and more fun:
“Whether it’s a champion update or a big system like Ranked, we try to stay focused on what makes that thing fun and special. Then, we try to look at those essential elements from as many angles as possible. Are players telling us there are parts of it that suck? Is it under-serving players it should be serving? Is it driving a certain way to play that makes League less fun overall?”
And it goes on and on from there, it’s clear that Riot Games really does have League of Legends players thoughts and feelings at heart with the changes that are coming, so while it might be different, give them the chance to prove it’s important.
