I've been playing PBE a bit, testing out Season 4 mastery and jungle changes... I'm not sure I'm thrilled. I only played one PvP game and completely dominated in it, but regardless of that, I feel the jungle took a nerf.
The new camp is terrible. I wouldn't touch it until later levels, or until I built a fully built jungle item, for that extra gold (+40 gold for a large/epic monster kill is nice). However, I'm not sure those changes to the jungle items make them worth it. For the cost, it doesn't seem like it makes up for what you pay for it until the time it'd take you to build two items (including the time you spent making that jungle item). I've read many posts about this through the League of Legends communities as well and it seems they all think the same way - with some math behind it. I've also noticed players that stream (like Trick2g) not fully building their jungle item at all and just sticking to their Spirit Stone all game, while building everything else instead.
I'm not sure how I feel about the new jungle at all. The masteries are still kind of weird to me to begin with. I feel like I'm taking way more damage in the jungle and have so many close calls in the jungle at starting levels... Every time I start up a game, I have a fear of hearing "executed!" while fighting the wolves after I've cleared blue. There's also the fact that I'm still level 3 after I clear the jungle entirely... Yay, slower leveling in the jungle... ._.
Also, just a small note : When I first started playing PBE and the Season 4 Jungle, Udyr started at level 1 with boots and potions, using utility masteries, with 422 movement speed. I played again a day or two ago and it seemed to have dropped to 411. I can't find any data on any changes to movement speeds or anything, so I don't know what went wrong. Even Trick2g was talking about how he had 422 movement speed as Utility Udyr with the Season 4 Masteries at level 1.
The new camp is terrible. I wouldn't touch it until later levels, or until I built a fully built jungle item, for that extra gold (+40 gold for a large/epic monster kill is nice). However, I'm not sure those changes to the jungle items make them worth it. For the cost, it doesn't seem like it makes up for what you pay for it until the time it'd take you to build two items (including the time you spent making that jungle item). I've read many posts about this through the League of Legends communities as well and it seems they all think the same way - with some math behind it. I've also noticed players that stream (like Trick2g) not fully building their jungle item at all and just sticking to their Spirit Stone all game, while building everything else instead.
I'm not sure how I feel about the new jungle at all. The masteries are still kind of weird to me to begin with. I feel like I'm taking way more damage in the jungle and have so many close calls in the jungle at starting levels... Every time I start up a game, I have a fear of hearing "executed!" while fighting the wolves after I've cleared blue. There's also the fact that I'm still level 3 after I clear the jungle entirely... Yay, slower leveling in the jungle... ._.
Also, just a small note : When I first started playing PBE and the Season 4 Jungle, Udyr started at level 1 with boots and potions, using utility masteries, with 422 movement speed. I played again a day or two ago and it seemed to have dropped to 411. I can't find any data on any changes to movement speeds or anything, so I don't know what went wrong. Even Trick2g was talking about how he had 422 movement speed as Utility Udyr with the Season 4 Masteries at level 1.