Aside from Strix and Barik, this was one of the few all projectile games I've had. This is a nice change of pace. I'm sick of hitscans invading the game. I'm sick of snipers, Viktor, Vivian, Koga, and Talus in casuals. I'm sick of pocketed Androxus players in ranked.
"Why don't people like to tank?" Because of support players like this fucking Furia! She literally went Exterminate as the solo support. I really hate support players like her, I really do.
@Dusklicious It was always the pocket meta. The games were literally Corvus, Jenos, and Io pocketing a hitscan. That's why I called it the "pocket the hitscan" meta. I'm coining that term for myself personally. 
Not really...
Anyway, it's why I called it braindead. The supports just pocket one person, while the person is able to shred without much consequences because they have two or more pockets.
@KicsitCsicska I'm a bit different. I didn't play because no one wanted to play support. I played because I naturally want to help the team. Even when I'm not on support, I gravitate to the utility dps champions. Champions like Evie, Imani, Willo, Drogoz, and Tyra. Champions that do something other than just raw damage. I also like Kinessa and Buck. Buck because he says "fuck your damage, you can't kill me" and Kinessa because I like her beach skin. Other than those, I like champions that provide something to the team. I play this as a team game where I want to add something and help my team.
I do like the idea of supports doing more than just healing. They need to look at the design of Furia, Grover, and Io as the blue print. They are encouraged to damage and heal at the same time. Furia needs to heal in order to damage. Grover and Io need to damage in order to heal. Same with Pip, but that card needs to be buffed. I think supports need to have that design in mind. Instead of heal botting, they need to be encouraged to provide utility, damage, and heal.
I think Io needs another nerf actually, tbh. Her healing is still a part of this whole, "pocket the hitscan" meta that needs to be brought down. From 1,000-->900 healing per second, and she's good.
Also, you don't need hp cards. Luna has more than enough hp, and most enemies aren't buying bulldozer like that. If your fox is getting hit, reposition it.
@KicsitCsicska said in Why I'm leaving the game aside for a while:
@HeartQueen So maybe more, secondary balance changes will be needed. Fortunetly changing numbers are free for the company. Even more balance changes are needed anyways. E.g. who use selfheal cards for Willo?
I think numbers need to be brought down somewhat. Io needs to have her healing reduced from 150-->135 every .15 seconds. Corvus should not have been created, because he's literally pushing this whole "pocket the hitscan" meta, which is literally the worst meta. I'd rather have triple tank and double support. At least that meta was countered by running triple dps (Cassie, an blaster, and any third dps), and Jenos Luminary. The pocket the hitscan has no counters. Willo counters double support, but Androxus and Viktor counter her. Lian can't outpoke those two when they're being pocketed. Hitscans counter projectiles, etc.
I personally think the end of season 2 was the ideal balance. It just needed a few adjustments. Such as a few Willo nerfs, some pyromania Imani buffs (make her a true blaster with that talent damn it!), and some support changes such as Furia nerfs, Mal'Damba/Pip/Grohk buffs, and some item shop adjustments. Other than that, it was a good meta. Instead he threw it away so not only does the item shop need to be balanced, but the base kits of champions do as well.
I like the battlepass overall, but I really don't think balance was touched enough. It's still the same no skill "pocket the hitscan" meta. Casual games literally have Vivian players getting an Io and Jenos/Corvus pocket. Or a Moji betting quadruple pocketed by a Torvald, Io, Jenos, and Corvus. This is a no skill meta that needs to be changed. Jenos needs a short heal duration, and to nerf Luminary. I like @TTraw suggestion of making it a card that a Jenos player must sacrifice in order to get. Corvus should've never been created. Io needs her heals nerfed from 1,000-->900 per second.
Vivian needs an actual nerf. Her damage is absurd and her card Scapegoat is disgusting. Who thought that 50% damage reduction on a damage champion with a shield was a good thing? You can't even counter her with blasters because of her damage reduction, plus she gets a million pockets. Same thing with Viktor, Moji, Talus, Androxus, etc. Though to be fair, I haven't seen much of Talus lately. I guess people aren't feeling him due to the nerfs? Or the people who would've picked him decided to skin flex.
So far, I'm liking this battlepass. The skins are a breath of fresh air from Thunder Brush's vanity projects. Especially after that failure of an Egyptian battlepass and the Scalie battlepass.
WARNING! RANT INCOMING! SKIP TO BIG LETTERS LIKE THIS IF YOU DON'T CARE
Okay, could they not have gotten inspiration such as this for Maeve?
Normal face, but she has a cat head piece and a tail. Then gotten an Egyptian hair style with black hair. Instead they went full furry. How they managed to fuck up an Egyptian Ying is beyond me. Egyptian Ying looked orange and tacky. We couldn't gotten Io, Kinessa, and Mal'Damba skins such as these:
Instead we got Snookie cosplaying as an Egyptian woman (Ying) and a full on furry (Maeve).
OKAY. RANT OVER NOW. BACK TO NORMAL
After those failures, this beautiful battlepass is a breath of fresh air. I like it. The colors are beautiful, and I love the effects. Now Imani's face could be better. Now idea why they didn't keep her original face and just add freckles. The skin would've looked way better if they had done that. However, the outfit and the hair looks great. I love her color scheme.
@schachmaty said in Why I'm leaving the game aside for a while:
The Sustain Meta: Caut being at 75% is very unhealthy for the game. Supports at times are harder to kill than TANKS. People are playing double or triple support in Casual, and it's fucking impossible to kill something, actually disgusting. Io can literally 1v1 Androxus by sitting behind her dog and thus being impossible to hit. In general, it's imposssible to solo kill something against good players with Io + Corvus pocket. I want 2019 back
Only way to kill something is if your whole team is only shooting one target and perfectly coordinating, which obviously is not the case in casual. This sustain garbage is very frustrating to play against. Last year some people were complaining about "burst meta", for whatever reason. If you want to know what burst meta is then look at a game like Valorant where you get one tapped, which is perfectly normal for a shooter game....Well, now look at where we are now :((( a Sustain Meta....
Burst meta was a thing to be fair. It just had a counter. That's the thing people don't realize when they keep complaining about crap. Lian was a sitting duck against snipers, Cassie, Buck, and off tanks such as Atlas/Raum/Ash/etc. Burst had a counter, which was durability/sustain. The problem is that the hitscan pocket meta doesn't have a counter. Ash used to do well against Vivian, and now she's countered by Vivian simply because Vivian is being pocketed by an Io and has scapegoat 3+ in her deck. Bomb King can't even counter Vivian all that well anymore.
@KicsitCsicska said in Why I'm leaving the game aside for a while:
@Dusklicious I just report them ingame and with support ticket as well. It works
@schachmaty Healing against max caut became 2.5 stronger with the caut nerf, but ally heals got just marginal nerfs, and devs buff them back step by step in all new patches for some reasons I can't understand. For the solution of your problem I suggested various nerfs to heals but I get only downvotes from this community. Until ppl like sustain+caut meta and defend it nothing will change. They like "don't use your brain, just buy Cauterize".
The problem is that this game was balanced around the item shop. If you make those items not mandatory, then... Just like it was balanced around wrecker. They nerfed wrecker and brought tanks down, surprise surprise, off tanks suck now.
@Lukash369 said in Matchmaking Balance Problem:
I gave 2200+ hours, all champions, I've been playing since closed alpha (5 years).
Matchmaking works almost always correctly. Matches don't always seem to be fair, but when it comes to numbers, matchmaking almost always matches players well. The system will not predict when someone has a bad day or someone will be afk, etc.
This is why I'm curious about your IGN, because I'd love to see this broken matchmaking in your matches.
Dude... You can't be serious. Matchmaking is actual garbage right now. I do think some of it is attributed to the fact that it's towards the end of the battlepass, so not as many people are playing right now. Still, it's a problem that's extremely noticeable. I notice that the teams I go against aren't the best. If I'm outright farming on Lian, and my aim is bad, then that is a problem. I look on PaladinsGuru, and I'm going against level 90 people. That is just sad to me. Or I'll have level 60 people on my team.
Heck, I had one game where I went against a known grandmaster Androxus while I was playing Evie. This was a casual match. He had a Jenos, Corvus, and Torvald pocket. He had a diamond Imani, but meh. My team had mostly diamond or below players. Take in mind, even though it was a 4-0, it was one of the more balanced matches.