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over 3 years ago - /u/Riot_Mort - Direct link

Originally posted by StrawberryjuiceeTTV

Same for me, rewards like this are destroying the balance of the whole game. Like, what should you do against this teamcomp? Correct, nothing!
Already saw ppl getting 3 Spats and stuff like this from neutral rounds

In any individual game, luck will play a factor. Over the course of many games, consistency and skill play a much larger factor. When this happens to an opponent, your goal is Top 4.

Something we need to work on making clearer is that Top 4 is A WIN, not just 1st place.

over 3 years ago - /u/Riot_Mort - Direct link

Originally posted by krelord

This is a very bad strawman argument. The point wasn't about the average probability of such a drop or how often it happens, but about how it is fair for other players, that don't receive such a good drop (in the same round or match, of course). You're basically not giving a proper answer as to why such a drop is fair or balanced. You're basically just saying "If a opponent gets such a lucky drop, you just have to accept that you didn't get one too, because it happens so rarely, that it is insignificant."

It may suck less, because it's rare, but it still sucks full scale, when it happens.

Perhaps you could simply change it, so that every player gets a great drop, instead of just one player. This way these drops would remain super fun, but also fair. The way it is right now however is like giving one single player at the first carousel a Full item, while the others just get one component and then saying they simply have to accept it.

I know using big words like "strawman argument" can help try to make a bad argument sound valid, but what you're arguing for is a different game.

TFT is closest to things like Poker or a Magic the Gathering Draft. They are not "fair" by design, and the skill expression is measured in how you use what you are given. In such a system there are going to be moments where someone else had an extreme moment of luck (perfect drafts, hit on the river, etc). Doesn't mean you played bad, but also doesn't mean "Every game should give everyone the exact same thing".