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I looked around a few days ago to see if I could find an actual date on when the new season would start, but it all seemed to be speculation. If they were going for a fixed season, then I don't really get why they would be shrouding the actual date in secrecy. I even looked on the forums, and I didn't see anything other than a few guesses.
The Q buff is an interesting mechanic, and I am eager to play her to discover how it will change her play-style. Her buffs to compensate for the loss of damage she will deal however, are not nearly enough to ensure she will not immediately lose to champions still extremely powerful i.e. Katarina, LeBlanc, Xerath.
No, that they do not. They dislike players having the opportunity to outplay their opponents, and outwardly show a difference in skill level. Riot wish for the game to be playable to any play of any skill, and for them to be able to compete with highly skilled players, without much show of the difference between them. I dislike their motive here and how it is developing the game. Another example of this are the new "buffs" to Riven. These too are a way to reduce the disparity of power between skilled Riven players and poor Riven players. A friend of mine has been working on aa cancelling for a long time, and now Riot has just implemented a skill, worked very hard for, to be easily accessed by someone who has never before even played Riven.
Actually, that was a bug they fixed. There was a very small window of opportunity between cc moves that a player could flash out of danger. Riot noticed this, and fixed it so that cc-chains now glide seamlessly from one to the other.
