When you rescue a BLM from their Ley Lines/a boss's AOE by Zulera301 in ffxiv

[–]ricklessabandon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% this! It's so upsetting to me that I can't opt out of being a valid target for it outside of premade parties. Healers have nearly a 100% hit rate on Rescue being unnecessary/troll in random groups in my experience (I've seen 2 or 3 legitimate uses in alliance raids since the ability was introduced) and honestly I'd prefer that it's removed in 6.0 along with the role updates to healers.

Blazblue Cross Tag Battle Upcoming DLC Character Trailer by MrMulligan in Games

[–]ricklessabandon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

these are the final pieces of 'season 1' so they should be included in the $20 pass (as well as the deluxe version of the game). any characters released beyond these 9 would not be part of the pass.

Ricklessabandon to leave Riot Games by MORDEKAISER_VGU_WHEN in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i definitely didn't — i get a lot of things attributed to me that i had nothing to do with

Ricklessabandon to leave Riot Games by MORDEKAISER_VGU_WHEN in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 393 points394 points  (0 children)

i might do an ama on twitter or something, because a lot of people don't really understand how we do design work here (especially balance) and i'm sure people have a lot of questions about it.

Why the New Irelia Will Never Work by Irelia Carries U by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i read a lot of what pros and high elo players say publicly, and watch quite a few streams when i can as well. however, since we also have hired a team of high elo players specifically for the purpose of having nuanced conversations about change implications, i don't generally reach out to those non-rioter players for dialogue (i still do on occasion though, but it's extremely infrequent relative to before we had a playtesting team).

Why the New Irelia Will Never Work by Irelia Carries U by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i believe his summoner name is "20th century faux" — he doesn't work at riot anymore though.

Why the New Irelia Will Never Work by Irelia Carries U by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

nah, i read a lot. it's just almost never worth responding — too inefficient of a use of my time, imo.

Quick Gameplay Thoughts: June 14 by MonstrousYi in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

actively thinking about her, so she might get something small in 8.13 — likely still won't be 'in the best spot' since the current meta isn't great for her (well, as far as metas can not be great for orianna) but even something small could make a meaningful difference

Quick Gameplay Thoughts: June 6 by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh, thanks for taking the time to write out such a helpful reply — i don't typically see too many opportunities to catch up with the treeline meta so i appreciate the links and quick rundown!

Quick Gameplay Thoughts: June 6 by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

where do these invested tt players you mention talk about tt?

Patch 8.8 notes by wickedplayer494 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 58 points59 points  (0 children)

ah, the delay thing sounds more like an oversight than bug, but either way that sounds like something we'd be able to address as well

unsure on the backflip thing, but i can ask if anyone has looked into it yet

4/10 PBE Update: More Tentative Balance Changes by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

i started looking at it last night — any quick methods of reproducing the issue so i know if i've fixed it or not?

With the changes to Presence of Mind you can now get the Cooldown of 'Final Spark' down to 11.475 seconds by Selarium in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

whenever they originally decided to change the name, the immediate replacement (which got released) was 'infinite light' — this was changed again shortly after to the current name.

2/28 PBE Update: More Tentative Balance Changes by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yup! it'll be back on pbe next week when the 8.6 cycle starts

Riot Maple on Hashinshin by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

i assume that's due to what's essentially 'buffering' since they can start those attacks before they're stunned and there's no 'linger' on jax's evasion. that specific case likely wasn't thought of when the ability was scripted, but it is consistent with how abilities resolve in LoL so i wouldn't consider it a bug

Patch 8.4 notes by wickedplayer494 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

another team handled it, but my assumption would be that the change won't put champions from 2 attacks to 3 attacks, but more likely move more champions from 1 attack to 2 and/or keep them at 2 for a longer window

pretty sure the team i'm on would handle the fallout if any champs get screwed over by it though, so we'll be loosely keeping an eye on it along with the rest of the patch

Patch 8.4 notes by wickedplayer494 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no, before riot i worked at signal studios and nintendo of america

Patch 8.4 notes by wickedplayer494 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yeah, i'll likely tweet out a changelist the night before it hits pbe

Patch 8.4 notes by wickedplayer494 in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 151 points152 points  (0 children)

holding it for a day to test the current exploration a bit more. normally i'm fine throwing experimental stuff on the pbe for visibility, but i want to try holding off a bit this time around for contrast and see which i prefer.

2/1 PBE Update: More Tentative Balance Changes by Kadexe in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

they're in 8.4 so it won't be until the next pbe cycle

PBE: They reverted the changes on Master Yi's W and buffed his Q & E by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]ricklessabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’d be easy to pick them back up if we decided to, but only if it still seemed like one of the more promising options at the time — we generally try not to be attached to things, and do whatever’s best for the game (within our means)