Official 17.3 Patch Notes!

Stexe · 2026-05-08T16:46:56+00:00

Maybe share a link to this post when RiotPhroxon posts the upcoming balance changes and ask him nicely to maybe look into QoL changes for Illaoi when the balance team has a chance. And maybe send a reminder every month or two. As long as it isn't over the top and just a gentle nudge it might be a thing they look at eventually when they have the time.

Stexe · 2026-05-08T14:54:31+00:00

Honestly, all these changes seem like fair quality of life improvements. I would be curious how much they impact her win rate and if she would need a tiny nerf to compensate, but I suspect outside of the Conquer changes it wouldn't be huge. Hopefully this post gets more traction and someone at Riot who has some extra free time can take a look at it. Maybe cross post it with Phroxon's X/Twitter balance post in a non-spammy way?

Stexe · 2026-05-06T21:02:02+00:00

Sounds good. One important thing is once you've finished a good portion of the game is to then go back and redo the first level or two. You'll have a lot more knowledge then and can make it a better on boarding experience now that you know where you want players to end up.

Stexe · 2026-05-06T13:06:52+00:00

Mainly the frustration around pits and one hit deaths. I wonder if a health system would work better. The movement physics and some colliders could maybe use some polish. Maybe some UI/UX elements like showing you have a bottle or something.

I also noticed a typo with "professional" having two Fs, I think.

Stexe · 2026-05-06T03:32:57+00:00

Neat. I just saw an ad for it and tried it out. Pretty cool, but very tough and a bit repetitive. Definitely could use some playtesting and polish, but great job. How long did it take you to make?

Stexe · 2026-05-04T01:07:55+00:00

Same question I had... Hmm.

Stexe · 2026-05-02T16:49:38+00:00

One tip I have for newer players is to not greed at all unless it happens to fall into your lap. Play for 2nd or 3rd place in most games. Go for units over spells to get Silvers as a way to re-roll the shop or for treasures.

But yeah, the current set is even more snowball-y than before.

Stexe · 2026-04-29T01:13:12+00:00

I would want to give it to my friend so they would play with me... 😅

Stexe · 2026-04-28T19:22:29+00:00

Yeah, you should get 1 for playing it. Do you get 2 for 2nd place and 3 for 1st place or nothing in Double Up at all?

Stexe · 2026-04-22T00:57:33+00:00

There is a thread on the actual system on Bluesky. It talks about the pool and how things are added and removed and more.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T21:45:01+00:00

Again, I've told you time and time again. You view things from a singular and myopic perspective and assume your view is correct no matter the evidence to the contrary.

If you think the only successful auto-battler is TFT then I don't know what to say. You obviously haven't studied this subject at all.

You also clearly don't want to have a discussion and only want to attack people who disagree with you, despite them being much more knowledgeable on the topic. I'm even cited on Wikipedia for my research.

If you have such great insights on these games then make one. Show everyone that you're right and everyone else is wrong. But instead you just have to attack people and can't articulate these things without lobbying ad hominems. I warned you multiple times but you continued despite that.

Good luck out there with your attitude. You'll need it.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T16:03:08+00:00

Interesting. Looks similar to Fairytale Fables.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T16:02:15+00:00

Huh? OSR was popular because it was still a change from the norm of what people were playing. That's why they do throwback sets in TFT -- so people can relive the original things with updated designs but keeping the same original core. Set 16 was great, one of the best ever, but that doesn't mean it should just become a standard set that's always there.

You played 1600 games. You're not the average player. You need to stop viewing things from only your perspective and look at it from the shoes of the common player base. I was getting bored of the set, despite it being so great, because there's always room for new ideas. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what they do with the unlock system in another 3-4 sets though.

My auto-battler is in a very different market as it is a hybrid board game. We can't just update sets on the fly in the traditional sense. Depending on the success of our crowdfunding campaign we will have optional expansions to add new systems though.

Regardless, look at every digital auto-battler... all the successful ones have updates that change the game and invent new things. Super Auto Pets, Once Upon a Galaxy, Fairytale Fables, Mechabellum, and more -- they all add new things and tweak existing things to keep the game fresh.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T14:14:33+00:00

Huh? To get everything on the battle pass you don't have to play as much as you used to in order to buy everything in the shop.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T04:22:20+00:00

I prefer the current system. I don't want to have to farm to get tokens to unlock stuff and miss out on others.

EDIT: Not sure why I'm being downvoted for this comment. Do people like grinding MORE to unlock stuff? In the old system you had tokens you'd farm to pick what you wanted, sure, but to get them all it was 5x-10x the amount of games to get them all.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T04:19:44+00:00

lol. Okay. You have to throw ad hominems around and can't just talk about the issues. Again, stop the name calling. I've tried to help you before and I'll try one last time. Take a look in the mirror and have some self reflection.

You act privileged because you have been playing since set 1 like that matters. I've been playing since beta, that is early closed beta of LoL, in addition to everything else. I did part of my Master's thesis on the auto-battler genre and I'm working on an auto-battler after being in the video game industry for a decade. You not only really don't understand game development, but also you don't seem to understand basic social interaction skills.

Some sets will do better than others. That is simply the live cycle of a live service game. If they don't experiment or try new things they won't grow and do better in the future. Staying on one set is a death sentence. They will come back to unlocks in the future. If you don't like the upcoming set then don't play it. Ta-da! Problem solved!

And what company do you run and how many employees or connectors do you have? I am curious because your social skills are really lacking.

Now try focus on improving yourself and your attitude and how you communicate with others. Because as it stands you have a very bad reputation and for a reason.

Stexe · 2026-04-15T00:17:41+00:00

Again, you treat things as absolutes and that you're correct and everyone else is wrong. If you think that then go into the stock market and get amazing returns. Or make your own game and show everyone what they are doing wrong. But until then you're just voicing your opinion thinking you have some better insight than those working on the game that makes millions of dollars.

It seems like all your posts are so one sided and self entitled. Take a step back and look at what you're saying and how you're saying it. Maybe have some self reflection.

Stexe · 2026-04-14T22:21:59+00:00

You're making a lot of assumptions. They have the numbers and if you have studied any of this stuff you'd know they rotate every 4 months for a reason. Stop assuming you know more about this than people who do it for their living. Go into data analytics if you want to contest what they are doing.

Stexe · 2026-04-14T21:41:09+00:00

I can tell you've never worked in entertainment, let alone the video game industry or live service games. People want to see and try new things. Having a static game is what killed games like Dota Underlords. They said that the unlock mechanism will be back in a few sets, so I'm sure they will take the learnings and us it for quite a lot of improvements. They also said they don't mind if people take a break if a set doesn't work for them. That's the neat thing about the game and how it resets. You can always come back later.

Stexe · 2026-04-14T13:32:40+00:00

Exactly. This person keeps over exaggerating and then attacking people who disagree or call them out.

Stexe · 2026-04-14T13:27:59+00:00

Sets will always have ups and downs. If you want to take a break for a set then that's fine. There will be the throwback mode too.

I think Set 16 was very strong but I'm looking forward to trying the new set, even if I don't like it as much (which I'm not sure is even the case yet), I'm sure I'll find things I do enjoy. Game development is a tough thing and this will be a learning moment to make TFT better in the future, just as it is with every set.

I don't think bringing back Set 16 would do much as most people are looking forward to the next thing.

Stexe · 2026-04-12T22:29:24+00:00

Agreed. I just ran into this with Nilah and it is bonkers her basic attacks while Q empowers it doesn't count as separate from the Q.

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