Talk:VPBE/@comment-24951773-20161019161634/@comment-8506165-20161020222223

Either the different dragons are significantly different in power level, or they're roughly equivalent. Either is bad, in a way. If Infernal is way stronger than the others, for instance, then RNG dictates how a match can go because a team that had access to that dragon when it spawns gets a lead that they wouldn't otherwise have had access to. If they're all roughly equivalent, then RNG is just pointlessly there for no real reason, because people would play the same ways with consistent dragons. Thus no depth is really added.

The fact that the type of dragon that spawns can change objective priority doesn't mean that they're adding depth either. It just means that the old problem of "one objective is better than the other" is still there, but sometimes a higher priority objective spawns and sometimes it doesn't. If Mountain Drake is more valuable than a tower, but Cloud Drake isn't, then the decision is clear-cut either way. The inconsistency of the drakes means that you can't plan for "an Ocean Drake comp", so there's no strategic diversity added to teamcomp or champion selection. Either the comp works fine without the specific dragon, in which case people will play it, or it doesn't, and thus no-one will play it because it could end up screwed by "bad" dragon spawns.

Hell, Riot could randomise tower stats at the start of a game and it would change how people play. Doesn't mean it'd be a good change. I'm far from the only person who dislikes the RNGdrakes; I've seen multiple Dia+ streamers complain about them since their release and not a single one defending them beyond saying "they're stronger than old drag so they force more fights", which obviously isn't contingent on the RNG aspect. It doesn't seem a popular change, and in my opinion it was a bad change. Maybe there are high elo streamers / pro players out there who love them and think they do add considerable depth - if you know of any, let me know. I'd gladly listen to their arguments as to why, because I've not yet found any who defend them myself.