Originally posted by
mattheguy123
Maybe this is just my experience playing the game for so many years and absorbing so much high level content from pro games to YouTube content to watching twitch streamers; it feels like the game is way more nuanced than what it makes you think it is. It’s really hard to describe, but the gameplay and tone and everything feels like it should be easier to be successful and know what you should be doing in any given moment, but in practice this is not the case. Especially considering how old the game is now. We’re seeing 2022 silver players having the same level of understanding of macro play as low 2014 diamond players.
There’s just so much moment-to-moment decision making that has to be done. There’s a lot of decisions that have to be made in well advance and require planning to execute, and when players don’t understand this; it’s as frustrating as herding cats
Yeah, like many games it has endless opportunity to go deeper due to matchups, timing, hidden information, and similar when you're ready for that - but to start enjoying the game you don't need to know all that.
Is it helpful to know that Kayle gets super powerful in the late game so you should try to end the game early vs her? Sure, but do you need to know that to play the game, and will knowing that at the entry level matter more than just landing more last-hits or keeping an eye on the objectives? Not really, so it represents a chance to go deeper when you're ready to do so - but new players can have a lot of fun before that by focusing on improving on the most obvious stuff that matters.