So we had a very quiet update this past week during Tuesday’s maintenance window. As far as I can tell there wasn’t a post about it or an announcement anywhere on discord, the only place you can see information regarding it was in the release notes for the update.
What I’m referring to are the Softer Season Resets that have begun with the season that started earlier today. Instead of dropping all the way down to the bottom of the league you are supposed to begin in, you will now be at the midway point for that lead. The main goal behind this is to reduce the occurrence of somebody losing their first game of the season and dropping to a lower league.
A couple of months ago we also had a change that reduce the number of tiers you would drop. Instead of dropping three tiers (so for example Gold 1 to Silver 1), you would only drop two. Combined with this recent update, the change in season resets now only drops you one and a half tiers overall from where we were just six months ago. That is quite a difference.
Ultimately though, I really like the change as dropping down into a previous league with different rules and summoner caps was always annoying. Now, you are rewarded for hitting the top tier of your league by not dropping down into a position where you can go into a lower league with a single loss.
What do you think of the change? Does it help or hurt you?
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