It cannot be overstated how important game optimization is to me. I cannot stand when a game performs inconsistently, crashes, has bugs etc. and I know most of you probably feel the same. When I look at the games I've enjoyed the most over the past few years, they obviously were great games but they all also had great performance and optimization. Up until the last few months, Valorant was definitely in that class. I recommended the game to several of my friends, with one of the main selling points being how awesome the performance and dev support is for it. And while I believe the dev support is still excellent, and I know Riot is working to find solutions, the performance of the game is currently unacceptable. It crashes over half the time I open it, with several different error codes being the cause. My frame rate has dropped by 30-40 FPS in the past several months. It's flat out just a buggy, inconsistent game right now. I definitely have high confidence in Riot that these issues will be resolved, and I know that I'm being a bit of Karen, but I'm just a little disappointed that this game has fallen so far in this category. I hope fixing these is their main priority right now, have seen several other titles focus on new content rather than current issues. End rant