User blog comment:JAlbor/Community Thoughts on Ward Changes/@comment-5001455-20131121031100

I am very happy for these ward changes.

I don't care how anyone wants to argue it. "Proper" support play for the past three seasons has entailed the support player being the guy/gal to buy the most wards for your team. A "ward whore" as I like to call it. A good support took one for the team by investing most of their gold income toward ward coverage, allowing for the rest of their teammates to carry them in the end because they buy the stat-boosting items to win.

If a support player (from the past three seasons) ever told you that their other teammates needed to buy wards too ... Well, it's true, but again. The norm was for the support to spend the MAJORITY of their cash toward wards for their team.

With the new ward changes, Riot is encouraging teammates to help out with warding duties. If your team wants to win the vision war, people have to spend some money at some point without relying solely on the support to ward everything. And of course, the ward limits will make LoL more strategic for the right reasons.

Honestly, I have always wondered why some players have not really abused warding in the sense that you could have the map lit up like a Christmas Tree with minimal effort.