Leaks are inherently irreplaceably important to this game right now. Let me elaborate:

Every single new online multiplayer game right now has a means of progression, or any sort of acknowledgement of the player, of the fact that he's been playing and a thanks for their support. Be it cases, skins, badges, levels, new content, anything rewarding the player for their loyalty and dedication. One could argue ranks fill that spot in Deadlock, but the low player count make it very hard to rank up, and it's especially impossible if you play with friends worse than yourself.

Why spend 2-4 months investing time in a game only to MAYBE be met with an update that rewards you with new content if you can just play something else in the meantime? That's what most people have been doing. And even if it's just a playtest, I do believe that not having any players around to play the game will impact how much more resources Valve will consider dumping into this game. Remember, the game still has to be a financial success at the end of the day.

Leaks kind of push that to the side a tiny bit by reminding the player on a weekly, or monthly basis, that their time invested into this game will be rewarded at some point even if they aren't seeing it just yet.

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Vindicta was in jungle tier but she was killed when she was a teenager so IDK if she would fit in with the 120 year old french lady and the tomboy mechanic