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[WesternHeretic]

I normally play on 20 ping.. and the last few patches given me mid 30's-40's with spikes into the 200's.

THIS IS BULL SHIT. Did I just mention I keep dcing randomly?

 

[Ambition]

You guys complaining about ping and here i am playing with 120ms ;_;

 

[23qwerty]

I normally play on 20 ping.. and the last few patches given me mid 30's-40's with spikes into the 200's.

THIS IS BULL SHIT. Did I just mention I keep dcing randomly?

Well this is supposed to help with poor connection issues.

 

[drawkcaB]

Uhh isn't it kinda counterproductive to nerf armor but give armor back to champions

Not at all.

Don't freak out on the armor changes. It's to help tanks make up for the loss of armor from itemization. By shifting a portion of their armor from items to base stats they delay how long it takes to stack the same amount of armor. Less armor in the mid game than right now, roughly the same armor in the late game so they can still do their job.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Well this is supposed to help with poor connection issues.

By making it worse for everyone else @_@

 

[23qwerty]

By making it worse for everyone else @_@

Nah not ping

"but should also see that uptick mitigated by connection improvements in the form of better overall stability and reduced packet loss."

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Nah not ping

"but should also see that uptick mitigated by connection improvements in the form of better overall stability and reduced packet loss."

I wouldn't trust riot with my packets

 

[WesternHeretic]

Well this is supposed to help with poor connection issues.

So you're saying I lose my 20 ping and get 40-50 but I won't get "attempting to reconnect" and random "DC" and "lag spikes"?

Okay I'm okay with that....

 

[23qwerty]

So you're saying I lose my 20 ping and get 40-50 but I won't get "attempting to reconnect" and random "DC" and "lag spikes"?

Okay I'm okay with that....

That's their goal!

 

[Stone Ocean]

By making it worse for everyone else @_@

This is better for like 80% of the US

Riot's server is in a shite position. Whoever had the idea of setting a server meant for all of NA in northern Cali is a moron

 

[dimb]

I am happy about the server move because they are moving in right next to me.

 

[Pancakes]

You guys complaining about 50 and 90 ping. Meanwhile I'm here playing at 140 on the beast coast.

Edit: nami and naut buffs hooo boy. Maybe fish waifu is gonna make a comeback.

 

[patchday]

Huh, yeah you need multiple locations for servers


Oh wow, Zilean won his 1st summoner's rift. I was totally 100% carried with 0/2/3 I think

 

[Ghost is Bad]

Is it sadistic to leave a game because you didn't like what someone picked in champ select, and then spectate that game on another account and watch their feeble attempts to win 4v5?

Theoretically of course.

no worse than taunting your team while afk buying items to avoid leavebuster.

 

[Pancakes]

Is it sadistic to leave a game because you didn't like what someone picked in champ select, and then spectate that game on another account and watch their feeble attempts to win 4v5?

Theoretically of course.

HeCantKeepGettingAwayWithIt.GIF

 

[zkylon]

OMG YES! Finally, thank you Riot! Brilliant change I've written about a few times! Actually I was hoping they'd do it both portions of Q but I'll take it. Now make E a snare, not a stun. You know you want to...doooo eeeeeeeet

yeah i like the q change, it feels appropriate for a spider and everything

dunno about the snare, i guess thematically it's ok but it's a pretty huge power drop for her

tho i'm not really against it, coccoon is too hard to balance as it is

Nami buffs, yes! Very subtle but very impactful.

yeah i really like this buff, it'll have a big impact in how good it feels to play as nami since the juicy ms buffs are gonna be much more noticeable now

60ms is a really nice base number and i really like the ult buff since it'll let u catch up to ppl super quick

Nautilus buffs? The fuck

these aren't buffs, just tweaks for parity and to compensate for some of the armor item nerfs

Uhh isn't it kinda counterproductive to nerf armor but give armor back to champions

well they're not buffing everyone, mostly support and tank characters. they're specifically leaving out bruisers from that list so while tanks will stay the same, this is overall a power balance that hurts reksai/j4/vi/etc. while keeping straight up tanks intact.

like, nautilus and alistar need nerfs but having them lag behind in base stats is probably not the right idea

i wonder why zac and sejuani and some others didn't get the buffs tho. maybe they have pretty good tank stats already

Edit: nami and naut buffs hooo boy. Maybe fish waifu is gonna make a comeback.

i feel that might be it for her to make a comeback. not sure how she matches against janna but i'm guessing she's pretty good and this could be the little bit of a buff she needed to be worth blindpicking again

a change i would love to see in this direction would be to make her passive work like nunu w and just apply to you as well as the other person. might be kind of op but i think it would be really neat

 

[sleepykyo]

As I posted before, Sheen could be good on her due to her q and E. Inf. Edge will also help make her 2nd E hit deal better damage. With BoRK her E deals a good chunk of damage too.
So you could go for a combo of BoRK+Trinity+Inf. Edge then tank up.

Yeah, your games are a bit unconventional. Like it is possible to get 3 expensive attack items and tank up before the opposing carry hits their 2 expensive attack items and a last whisper/void staff, but it isn't likely.

Oh my sweet, SWEET ping

No, my 40-50ms ping days are over.

Yep

Moderate latency increases (up to ~45 ms) in the Pacific Northwest and outlying regions (Hawaii, other Pacific Islands, Japan, etc)
Minor latency increases (up to ~30 ms) across the rest of the west coast of North America.

I don't see an 80-100% increase in ping as being moderate.

Did Riot give a reason why they aren't dividing the US into west and east? Like the USA is one country, but wiki puts USA at 3.8 million square miles versus Europe's 3.9 and the USA infrastructure is pretty awful.

 

[Edwardo]

My ping didn't change. Still chillin at 88.

 

[23qwerty]

Did Riot give a reason why they aren't dividing the US in west and east? Like the USA is one country, but wiki puts USA at 3.8 million square miles versus Europe's 3.9 and the USA infrastructure is pretty awful.

And add Canada into that..

My ping didn't change. Still chillin at 88.

They haven't moved the server yet.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I don't see an 80-100% increase in ping as being moderate.

Did Riot give a reason why they aren't dividing the US in west and east? Like the USA is one country, but wiki puts USA at 3.8 million square miles versus Europe's 3.9 and the USA infrastructure is pretty awful.

Yeah, Europe is kinda split up server wise, they should do the same with the USA. It'd suck for some but you know what? We need better ping for everyone!

 

[sleepykyo]

And add Canada into that..

Oh. Wth, Riot?

 

[Ghost is Bad]

i would literally rather have an afk than a yasuo on my team

fuck yasuo

 

[23qwerty]

yasuo is such cancer


literally no counterplay as an immobile champ lmao

 

[Nekofrog]

http://webm.host/f82a0/vid.webm

it was an accident i swear

 

[Vincent Alexander]

http://webm.host/f82a0/vid.webm

it was an accident i swear

Hahaha. Ouch. I'd be pissed if I were Viktor.

 

[23qwerty]

mid varus is so fun to play

Spoiler

except when you're playing against a scripter, really not fun then

 

[Vincent Alexander]

First game as Gnar. Going against a Teemo. I hope this doesn't suck.

mid varus is so fun to play

Spoiler

except when you're playing against a scripter, really not fun then

Are scripters a real thing? How can one even tell if someone is scripting?

 

[23qwerty]

First game as Gnar. Going against a Teemo. I hope this doesn't suck.

Are scripters a real thing? How can one even tell if someone is scripting?

yeah there's dodge scripts, combo scripts, last hit scripts, pretty much anything you can think of, you can get a script for i think

it's pretty easy to tell when someone is dodge scripting, they dodge just slightly out of the way the exact instant you cast, every single time.

something like this, pretty obvious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGFZZWY8m-o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UViojltEa6I

lol at the comments though, they're probably all scripters >_>

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Yeah, scripters are nasty. Wayback when I had a Xerath scripter who had a freak out moment as well, where he ulted 3 times in like completely opposite directions. Cassiopiea was a popular scriptee back in the day as well. For aiming that is, not dodging.

 

[23qwerty]

still is popular, it's funny seeing players that main xerath and cassio with like 90% winrates and 25% winrate with everything else

 

[Pancakes]

yasuo is such cancer


literally no counterplay as an immobile champ lmao

Yasuo is more of a detriment to his own team than anyone else. And even if he gets ahead he will throw in typical yasuo style.

 

[Leezard]

new pbe patch http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/86-pbe-update.html

lots of small armor buffs to many tanks

elise q is now a dot and apparently has 1s cd? that might be a bug tho

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand

nami buffsssssssss

this sounds really nice actually

Cool. I still wish they would revert the latest nerf, but this is an interesting change.

 

[zkylon]

http://webm.host/f82a0/vid.webm

it was an accident i swear

mid varus is certainly a great addition to this game -__-

 

[23qwerty]

mid varus is certainly a great addition to this game -__-

all you have to do is script to counter him :3c

Spoiler

playing against a scripting yasuo as varus was my least fun experience in this game ever probably

 

[WesternHeretic]

all you have to do is script to counter him :3c

Or just gank.... He isn't exactly Ezreal. Just need your mid laner not to get chunk down to like 20% blinking red before the gank.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

mid varus is certainly a great addition to this game -__-

Walk south and north. Don't act like a duck during hunting season, act like a sly fox.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Well. My Gnar game up top against Teemo was...boring. I was 0/1/7. I killed him none. He killed me none. Finally a 3 man gank came up top after I'd destroyed his tower and killed me. I don't think I was playing Gnar nearly aggressive enough.

 

[faridmon]

Just watched the Korean League for the first time....
Yeah, gonna stick with the Chinese LPL. The Korean one seemed boring and too careful.

Speaking of which, QG V OMG is gonna be a tasty affair!

 

[Pancakes]

Cool. I still wish they would revert the latest nerf, but this is an interesting change.

I wish they would revert Sona's base HP and Q nerfs but that ain't gonna happen either T_T.

 

[faridmon]

So was playing support Karma earlier with the the adc rat dude (Twitch) in the bottom lane and he reveals too me that Support not supposed to kill any creeps?! I'm supposed to let Adc take all the creeps and just watch him have fun. Even though I outscored, outperformed, and died less I let him have the creeps

As a support player myself , I can say worst of it all is that, you are always the blame for any rash behaviour of your ADC. And once you actually play well, no appreciation. It sucks to be a supp at Bronze level.

But at least you ain't a jungler!

 

[killatopak]

As a support player myself , I can say worst of it all is that, you are always the blame for any rash behaviour of your ADC. And once you actually play well, no appreciation. It sucks to be a supp at Bronze level.

But at least you ain't a jungler!

Support is probably my dream role if not for the fact that they flame me so much. I've always played a support role in all my games like healer or priest or something. Sigh.

-----

Edit: Just came back from 4 ranked games. 2 wins 2 losses. Lost because my laptop sucks and restarted by itself and did a windows update at the start of the game. The other loss was because of all of us. The wins were pretty good tho. First win was with Renekton against Riven. Poor Riven. She was 0-12 at the end of the game. Next game I took Riven and fought Leblanc. Sej and Fiora did a 3 man dive and I killed them with the help of Lee Sin and it snow balled from there. It was quite surprising that someone already used reworked Fiora at ranked when she was just released at my region a few hours ago.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Support is probably my dream role if not for the fact that they flame me so much. I've always played a support role in all my games like healer or priest or something. Sigh.

Your biggest challenge as a sup is not getting dominated by the other sup, and in this Meta, Nautilus dominates everyone.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

As a support player myself , I can say worst of it all is that, you are always the blame for any rash behaviour of your ADC. And once you actually play well, no appreciation. It sucks to be a supp at Bronze level.

But at least you ain't a jungler!

I agree with the first part. If my ADC is being dumb as shit, I get yelled at for it. I had a game Blitz with Malzahar bot. Against us was Nautilus and Vayne. Malz was getting pissed he kept dying when he ran right into them, then yelled at me for never pulling when they were several kills ahead. They played damn smart, and Vayne was CONSTANTLY behind Naut. I told Malz he didn't want either of them pulled into his face either way, but he still raged and eventually asked I be reported.

But I will disagree with you on the second part. When I'm making great grabs and we're stomping, I fairly often get an ADC who is kind enough to throw some praise at me. They must know the secret of what feeds Blitzcrank---love.

 

[killatopak]

Your biggest challenge as a sup is not getting dominated by the other sup, and in this Meta, Nautilus dominates everyone.

Surprisingly, nobody uses him at my elo. A lot more Thresh, Blitz and Alistar.

Thanks for reminding me about Naut. I'll probably buy him next after GP.

 

[23qwerty]

Realllllly hope this isn't exactly accurate https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueofle...ou_can_check_what_your_ping_will_be_when_the/

Tripling my ping from ~30 to ~90 would be fun...

Pinging the current servers gives me ~25 higher ping than I actually get though, so hopefully it's also ~25 less than ~90.

 

[faridmon]

I agree with the first part. If my ADC is being dumb as shit, I get yelled at for it. I had a game Blitz with Malzahar bot. Against us was Nautilus and Vayne. Malz was getting pissed he kept dying when he ran right into them, then yelled at me for never pulling when they were several kills ahead. They played damn smart, and Vayne was CONSTANTLY behind Naut. I told Malz he didn't want either of them pulled into his face either way, but he still raged and eventually asked I be reported.

But I will disagree with you on the second part. When I'm making great grabs and we're stomping, I fairly often get an ADC who is kind enough to throw some praise at me. They must know the secret of what feeds Blitzcrank---love.

True on both counts.

But I do get flamed alot for not ganking when I am power farming as Jungler, so its a double edge sword being a jungler. As someone who mains Sejuani, She is terribly weak until she hits lv6 and add to that, her early farming ability is rather weak, but when I am playing with impatient tops and bots (who usually can't take control of their lane) The complain for not ganking enough.

Granted, I still have a lot of decision making to learn since watching top level players, junglers seem to be at the right place at the right time, but its Bronze lv ffs and I rather not feed than anything else.

 

[faridmon]

Also guys you need watch the LPL RIGHT NOW

OMG V QG match up have been amazing!

 

[jerd]

Realllllly hope this isn't exactly accurate https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueofle...ou_can_check_what_your_ping_will_be_when_the/

Tripling my ping from ~30 to ~90 would be fun...

Pinging the current servers gives me ~25 higher ping than I actually get though, so hopefully it's also ~25 less than ~90.

From 105 to 23 praise rito

I always think it's funny when people bitch about 75 ping calling it lag. With any luck I'll be one of those assholes in a few months

 

[23qwerty]

From 105 to 23 praise rito

I always think it's funny when people bitch about 75 ping calling it lag. With any luck I'll be one of those assholes in a few months

75 ping is pretty noticeable lag, I've done it before. It sucks. You're going to be very very happy when they switch over
We just need east and west servers honestly.

 

[jerd]

Idk 99% of my games are at over 100 ping and although there's a very slight delay there's never been a time where I've thought i woulda made that play with better ping or I'd be ranked higher with better ping

Maybe after the switch I'll dodge a skillshot or two that i wouldn't on higher ping but I'm not ranked where i am bc of lag, I'll ranked here bc I'm bad.