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After a few days of watching the new meta play out, the devs just acknowledged all the player feedback and rolled out a bunch of nerfs, addressing all the cards the subreddit has complained about for the past few weeks. This is an unconditionally good thing, and is positive news out of nowhere. People were already doomsaying, saying "they didn't listen" and expecting nothing for the next two months, but they have proven today that is not the case. All those complaint posts have been proven incorrect.
But why do I see just as many complaints as before? In the comments, people are complaining "why wasn't X card buffed, the nerfs don't do enough, why wasn't Sivir/darkness/aggro/other nerfed, this ruins the tournament etc." The new posts are no better, but I'd rather not call out any posts.
This wasn't the state of this sub just a few months ago. Usually, after every balance patch announcement, especially unexpected ones, this sub goes crazy with thanking the devs. What happened in the past few weeks? Is this sub really going to fall into the trap of almost every other gaming sub, where every other post is a negative meme post?
We don't deserve these nerfs so soon. They could very well have waited another 2 weeks for the tournament to finish before even acknowledging something needs to be addressed, with the excuse of "not wanting to hurt the tournament." But they didn't.
Thank you to the devs, for listening to player feedback and giving us this hotfix. No one expected it, no one needed it, but it does makes the playerbase happier. PR is a hard job, and we are certainly not making it easier.
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