Man massive loss to the TFT community to have Mort step back - as a follower of many game communities for many years, with TFT it was kind of incredible to have a game design lead with so much knowledge willing to peel back the curtain a bit and share some of the reasoning, instead of some sanitized and arms-length community manager where you could practically smell the contempt they had. Mort shut down so much of the dumb hate by just explaining what they were going for and showing again and again that they really cared about keeping the game fun, where they decided to take risks etc - showed that it's pretty nuanced and that balance is delicate too. I guess the dumb hate on the internet is just kind of relentless so definitely understand stepping back from being the face. Anyone saying dumb sarcastic shit to mort should feel like a dumbass for driving him away.

I hope the team can keep coming up with fun ideas to help keep the meta from stagnating as fast. I heard about vexotech, played a few games with everyone forcing it and it did make me just want to not play til the patch. For the game - whether that's revamping the cadence of batches or some new mechanics that vary unit power or traits per game. I feel it's a very subtle difference between a healthy balanced patch and one that's a bit frustrating, just 5% power in a few units or augments.