User blog comment:NinjaWolfy11/Change in base speed and boots - what it really means/@comment-216.58.59.39-20121118161336/@comment-4922088-20121119071609

Not really... Riot has tuned the jungle up for S3 to cut back on ganking and make it more "farm friendly." It is a lot harder to clear, but over time begins to be worth a lot more gold.

Honestly this MS change has a lot to do with trying to get certain roles to start with something that doesn't gimp them as hard as boots + 3 pots can at times. Currently you get boots on basically everyone right off the start, not because they're the best item for you to begin the game with for your role, but because the massive gap in MS you have when you lack them practically FORCES the item to be the "best" you can get at lvl one.

Actually, depending on who you are it gives you quite the advantage coming out of the jungle simply because you can now start with something besides boots. The slower 300-305 champions will most likely still start with boots, but coming out of the jungle as a champion with 320+ ms you can keep up with them even if they do have boots. Five ms is really such a small difference it takes quite a large space before you notice the gap starting to form.

What this means is you can now start with damage (hopefully... right now so many junglers are forced to start with the new jungle item it's kinda lame) and be viable in ganks. This means champions who like to jungle but lack CC (Gangplank, pre-lvl 6 WW) can contribute a lot more since they will actually hurt and can farm more freely.