Question from a new player. Is it worth it?

I have read online about LoR development focus gradually shifting towards PvE, therefore as the title suggests, I would love to hear honest opinions from LoR veteran players if the game is worth playing in its current state. I am no stranger to TCG genre, been playing hearthstone, MTG and Gwent for a while. I prefer competitive playstyle and not really interested in pve content(even though i might give it a try). I have 3 main questions I would like to clarify before fully committing to the game:

1)Are developers planning to shutdown ranked game mode entirely or just terminate releasing new card sets/expansion in the future?

2)If so, will the playerbase be allowed to make minor changes to the meta (similar to balance council in Gwent), voting for buffs or nerfs once in a while?

3) What’s the state of the ranked? How long it takes to find the game on average? Is is more or less balanced/unplayable/average ?

Thank you in advance

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Hi there! Obviously my answer will be biased (yes it's worth it!), but I can provide a little clarity on some of your questions:

We'll have more details when we release our next set in April, but we plan on having ranked Standard and Eternal queues up in perpetuity, with seasons resetting every three months.
Our current plan for keeping Standard fresh is via rotation - we have over 100 champs currently and so the permutations for Standard are pretty robust. Whether we incorporate player feedback into this process is something we'll consider once we've seen how things go with our initial strategy.
Our game queues are still very healthy - our internal metrics have shown no increase in average matchmaking times over the last few months, although of course there are hours in the day where there are fewer players in queue, but this has always been true.

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