League of Legends Pre Season Updates

I've been out of the League of Legends scene for a while but some recently announced updates have got me thinking again. So while my game client updates I thought I'd talk a little about what they plan to do and why its great.

The MOBA genre is possible one of the most competitive ones around in gaming today. This is great, but at times it creates a hostile environment because folks who consider themselves 'pros' are very set in their ways. Rigid roles, Early and Late game snowballing and a whole lot of infighting really hurts the whole LoL experience which otherwise is pretty great. Personally I love the constant reamphsis on teamwork from Riot through their updates. As someone that usually plays support I usually end up being told what to do, where to go, what to ward and so on. Basically most players treat the Support class as more of a 'servant' class and I for one find it extremely annoying. Being Forced to buy wards for the whole team is expecting a bit much but it kind of comes with the territory. However i like to play as a bit of a hybrid support class that manages to pack a punch, or do a bit more based on my what champion i end up using. This usually doesn't go down well with a lot of these 'pros', who feel its their duty ot carry their team and win the game on their own. I'll be honest, I feel like punching them and if i could send my fist through cyberspace to that punks house somewhere in North America , believe me I would. The latest planned addition to the game however solves that problem for me. Now each champion has a limited ward capacity, making the entire team responsible for warding parts of the map over the course of one game. This si great in two ways; It encourages teams to communicate more and share the responsibility of warding and secondly (more importantly) it lets support players concentrate a little more on their build and get in on the action. These sort of updates keep the game fresh and as a result keep players on their teoes constantly reinventing their play styles. As a support i sure as hell am happy players will at least be less hesitant to let me spend on my build now that I literally can't buy enough wards to cover the map.