No one ever complained about it, why does it matter now? The idiots who claim they are better because they are 30 elo higher are still idiots. Why should we let the small majority affect the big majority? What if I run over someone with a car, do you think the government should put a ban on all the automobiles? Yeah, I don't think so. Yes, the granularity of the numbers don't matter but it is very practical for LoL users.

Isn't Riot usually against needless complexity? This new system really doesn't add anything to the game just hides the actual mechanics.

One final bump for the people who realize that this change doesn't actually do anything, it just hides your rating to make people feel better.

But apparently Riot is going to go through with it anyway, no matter how pointless it is.

Oh cool, a second draft mode.

Unfortunately, I can't answer that one - I'll see if Yegg can shed some light (if he hasn't already elsewhere)

We have lots of user surveys and data that point to many reasons some people prefer not to play ranked. Now, it's entirely possible that behavior like that contributes to people STOPPING ranked play, but it's not the biggest reason people don't want to even try it.

I'll mention it to Yegg, but I'm fairly certain it was a conscious decision (rather than "well, this has to be sacrificed for the system to work"). I know there were a lot of people who were happy that we hid "low" rankings from public profiles while leaving the private value shown only to the Summoner.

Not to misrepresent the new system, but a change that does NOTHING but make people feel better seems like an awesome change. Players who want to see their specific standings can still scout their entire league (heck, it'll even try to get your friends in the same league), while players with a budding interest in playing ranked get a more streamlined progression system without all the archaic tables and shifting rating thresholds.

I know the current system is comfy, but it's also very clunky - Do you know what Elo you have to achieve to get Platinum on the Korean server? How about Gold on EU-West? Not many NA players do - it's specific to each server. However, with this new system it's easy to tell what you must do to achieve higher ranks.

"The only constant is change." Get used to things changing guys, it happens.

-AILD

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...3#post33519733

also have you seen how many people cry about how they're in "elo hell"
it's been proven that a lot of people CANT in fact handle how the elo system works

i honestly just feel like this is gonna come back to bite riot in the ass, but thats just me

The change is not costless. I for one, enjoy having and objective measure of my progress. The tier system is not just more granular; as it is moved by different factors than Elo, it will quickly be impossible to approximate one's Elo via tier.

i like having a visible number to see
i guess in time, ill get used to the new system, but it seems unnecessarily complicated to me right now

also, this: