The newer version of simulator is ready for testing and we plan to test and gather feedback until 20th march when it will be released to the LIVE server. Before that I plan to create a testing environment which will be publicly available. I will try to make it happen today, but it is unlikely, so you can expect it tomorrow. Season switch is delayed until 20th of March. The upcoming changes will be released before season end.
The upcoming fixes and updates will be:
Game simulator refactor.
There are a lot of modifications to the simulator. Some things that previously were working illogically are removed and current features should be improved. Big portion of the code has been rewritten and the sim in general should be working more logically now. The code is refactored in a manner where newer balance adjustments should be easier to make. This version of the sim could be called GS4.5. There is still in plans to create a completely new version of the simulator in the future, but the planned time for that is around 3 months. The current fixes are temporary measure to make the current sim more stable, transparent and give new opportunity to find out perfect strategies. I will be monitoring the feedback closely and making adjustments to the simulator throughout the near future. There could be some unexpected issues coming up, but we’ll try to solve them as fast as possible.
I will write about more detailed changes with GS4.5 after the testing period has been through.
Champion buffs / nerfs
Champion buffs and nerfs will also be rolled out and the way they will work will also be visible on the public test server.
Player Soloq Fixes
Since player soloq has been buggy for a while now, the fix for it will come out also with this update. All the players with solo queue ELO over 3200, will be reduced to 3200 and players with solo queue ELO under 800 will be put to 800.
There are some other less notable fixes, but all in all these are the major upcoming changes. As I’ve been quite busy with other things than development for the recent period some of those issues have been going along for quite long. And lately I’ve been busy with the simulator.
Near future plans
In the near future I plan to bring my focus back more to game development. Right now the goal is to polish any issues there are first and monitor new simulator effects as close as possible. After this is done I feel there are some economy related things that should be gone over. For example player salaries being pointless and other minor bugs and tooltips that do not exist in the game. Once the game seems stable and polished I will go over the plan for further future.
I will notify about when and where the test server will be open as a new update. Most likely tomorrow.
Meanwhile good luck and have fun!