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almost 2 years ago - /u/phroxz0n - Direct link

Originally posted by DM_ME_YOUR_HUSBANDO

I think these changes have good potential. I don’t have a problem with making jungle easier, getting more people into the role will probably be good for the game.

Our goal is to make jungle easier to get into and increase the skill floor, but not change the overall skill required to master the role (not that anyone has really mastered the role anyway).

We wanted to move mastery out of unintuitive mechanics that were only satisfying for a small subset of players to mastery that is more clear and satisfying (eg. choosing and optimizing your companion, more champs can jungle, etc.) and we're still keeping some of these optimizations (like camp dragging).

Features like rec jgl paths, displaying leash ranges, etc. aren't intended to allow a Gold player to become Canyon.

almost 2 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by Jaibamon

Hopefully we can get new updates to the client this season. I have been waiting for years so the client will remember the Champion sort order. With more than 150 Champs. Having to scroll down to find the one I want to pick or ban; or having to select the sort order to "Favorites" every single time, is just so inefficient.

Hi there this is coming in 12.23!

almost 2 years ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by Flame_Zealot

What an oxymoron you can’t increase skill floor and make something easier to get into

I’ve seen skill floor used both ways

I’ve seen it be “here’s what you can accomplish when you know nothing” and I’ve seen it be “here’s how much you need to know to be useful.” For what it’s worth I like the former more than the latter.

almost 2 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by GoldRobot

Finally, thanks, please more QoL changes

What would you like to see? Things related to champ select are primarily where my team operates in the client.

almost 2 years ago - /u/phroxz0n - Direct link

Originally posted by HiVLTAGE

I had a question regarding champ diversity.

Champions that have been purposefully dissuaded from jungling such as Camille, Sylas and Twitch could see a return with the clear changes. Is the balance team still planning on barring certain champions from jungling by other balance levers if they’re a problem or is the goal to give as many champions jungling ability?

We're leaning towards being inclusive by default and then assessing champs case by case.

Things that might cause us to reduce a champ's strength in JG specifically might be because it's:

  • Unhealthy (excessive frustation, exceedingly low counterplay, etc.)
  • Damaging their main role (eg. if the off-role JG is too high WR which causes us to nerf the main role)
  • Too strong in Pro. Multi role flexes are really valuable for regular players, because players love to play their champions in multiple roles, but we know this makes champs inherently stronger in draft for Pro
almost 2 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by Rare_Epicness

If I ran ghost and tp on toplane, then queue jungle, replace smite with tp, not with ghost

Oh good idea. We're doing similar prediction for the upcoming Rune Recommender so might be able to do this as well.

almost 2 years ago - /u/GalaxySmash - Direct link

Originally posted by GamdzykMakayra

Did the warding assist changes get scrapped? Haven't seen them mentioned anywhere since this video

Changes to wards will be coming in a later patch I believe.

almost 2 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by bz6

Please tell me the rune recommender can be turned off 😆

It's a separate button, so you don't have to interact with it at all if you don't want.

almost 2 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by A_Wet_Sock

Can you make it so the collection page in the menu can sort roles like the champ select page. I want to see what jungle champs I could play while in q but it sorts it by stuff like fighter and mage instead of by lane.

I'm pretty sure you can, on the left side dropdown in the collection you can choose to sort by "Most Popular Position", it sounds like you're sorting by Role.

almost 2 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by bz6

Hey boss, I noticed in loading screen (Norms draft) that you can’t see the enemy level border on the player cards. Is this a bug or intentional?

Bug, being looked into!