I think it’s safe to say the definition of “MMO” has changed in the last decade. The MMO playerbase is probably the most split it has ever been on what direction is the right one for a game in the genre.
Some people want the instant gratification of more modern games in their mmo, less grinding, more showing off my skills. Whereas others still want the 8 boar hearts over 40 kills, a leveling experience that is the bulk of the game, and more of a community feel (far harder to obtain the latter in 2026).
Not sure what we’ll get from Riot, all the “names” sound cool as long as we forget the jeering we did towards them when they were at Blizzard, idk.
Either way, gonna be hard for the game to be bad for me personally because hell yeah more Runeterra.
First official day at Riot Games working on the League of Legends MMO!