A few days ago, Riot Games announced extremely important information regarding the 2024 season of League of Legends. Firstly, the Mythical Item system will be removed, and some items will be adjusted to return to their proper value in the Legendary tier. This is seen as a reasonable change as this system has revealed quite a few shortcomings.
Next, Riot Games revealed that the new ranking season will have up to 3 phases spread throughout the year 2024. Furthermore, the Pre-Season phase will be completely eliminated and only added to League of Legends when the 2024 season begins in January next year. Additionally, game modes like Arena and Nexus Blitz will soon return in the future.
As soon as the information about the new ranking season was announced, it faced significant opposition from the League of Legends community. They believe that this change is nothing more than “forcing” players to spend more time playing League of Legends. However, with League of Legends facing numerous balance issues, Riot’s move may not increase its player base significantly.
Not stopping there, a section of players is concerned that the “game ruining” situation will occur more frequently as the ranking phases increase. It should be noted that the ranked experience in League of Legends has been quite poor due to the “toxic” issue. Without effective preventive measures, the ranked environment in the upcoming season will be significantly worse.
In summary, Riot’s decision to add ranking phases to the 2024 season has faced considerable opposition from League of Legends players. Perhaps Riot should reconsider this decision carefully before actually applying it in the upcoming 2024 season.