[GAMEPLAY] Yasuo Skins Missing Particles

Spartacus SVD·May 7, 2016·9 votes·20,547 views

Yasuo's Missing Particles?

There is missing particles for Yasuo skins, is this a bug or was it an intended change?

•Yasuo's Autoattacks Marks were left missing (HighNoon and Project)

•Particles that appear when ever Yasuo's 3rd Q hits (All Skins)

•The Darker Tone on the Lines of his E-Q (Classic and HighNoon)

•The Sword Swing marks that Appears on his Ult were Missing (Only for HighNoon and Project)

(Visit link for screenshots of old examples, where the particles weren't missing)

22 Comments

Moody JazzJun 1, 20165 votes

So if we want the particles we have to buy the Blood Moon skin, right? And since everyone would like to play with the old particles they will have to buy the skin which will bring Riot more money. I love it already. summoner 14 Bring the downvotes if you want but I'm just being honest here. Like for real, since when removing particles from the game brings the clarity?

RiotmoonstonesMay 12, 20164 votes

Hey Spartacus SVD -

Thanks for the detailed report! ^-^ We're in the process of looking into the missing particles.

EDIT: May I ask where you're getting these screenshots from? Is this from live, or were these from the PBE environment?

Looking particularly at PROJECT, as that's the skin I'm familiar with, the ground indicator around an enemy wasn't a finished asset, and what you're seeing on live is working as intended.

Spartacus SVDMay 19, 20165 votes

Hey, thanks for responding!

I've taken a couple screenshots from live to show you better what I mean: I would take more on the other skins but I only own Project: Yasuo so I couldn't.

Project Yasuo: Auto Attacks are missing a "swipe" line following the far end of the sword when swinging. 3rd Q-Tornado the 'mini-tornadoes' that come up after hitting something is missing Ultimate missing the 'swipe' line that should be following the far end of the sword when swinging.

How it used to look or how it should look

RiotmoonstonesMay 26, 20162 votes

Hi hi!

Sorry for the delay in replying here. I really appreciate the time you took to add visuals - it's super helpful (especially for a support main like myself who isn't insanely familiar with Yasuo.) We may have an idea as to how these particles have gone missing and are currently investigating. :)

AiriseMay 27, 20164 votes

I am so glad to know that you guys are investigating to find the solution for this, these particles been gone for about 9 months now and I was getting worried that Riot will just not bother with it and as a Yasuo main I was sad since the particles were really nice and Yasuo and some of his skins (Mostly Project) felt so weird after the particle went missing (In my opinion.) So thank you very much for trying to find a solution to this!

AsakawaMay 27, 20163 votes

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I am so glad to know that you guys are investigating to find the solution for this, these particles been gone for about 9 months now and I was getting worried that Riot will just not bother with it and as a Yasuo main I was sad since the particles were really nice and Yasuo and some of his skins (Mostly Project) felt so weird after the particle went missing (In my opinion.) So thank you very much for trying to find a solution to this!

I believe the particles were missing starting last season but it may have been hard for some to notice, If you have any evidence to help us on this case then that'll be fantastic.

RiotmoonstonesMay 31, 20161 votes

They've been missing since mid December - looking into why.

Okay, so I spoke with several teams, as it looks like particles were changes across the board. These were intentionally cleaned up for gameplay clarity. These particles are working as intended.

Spartacus SVDJun 1, 20163 votes

That is completely unfair, and I won't accept "they were gameplay clarity changes" as an answer, because we can obviously see Classic and Blood Moon Yasuo with the same effects that the High Noon and Project skins are missing. If they were really gameplay changes why did these two specific skins get removed particles? Because the only change in the skins is the color of the 'swipe' line, if it was that bad why don't they just re-use the Classic's particles instead?

if Riot is refusing or just can't fix the plethora Yasuo bugs out there the least you could do is fix his skins so we; the players who put in our money to get them feel like we are getting our moneys worth. Paying money to lose particles is absurd to someone like me who buys skins for those exact particle changes.

AsakawaJun 1, 20163 votes

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That is completely unfair, and I won't accept "they were gameplay clarity changes" as an answer, because we can obviously see Classic and Blood Moon Yasuo with the same effects that the High Noon and Project skins are missing. If they were really gameplay changes why did these two specific skins get removed particles? Because the only change in the skins is the color of the 'swipe' line, if it was that bad why don't they just re-use the Classic's particles instead?

if Riot is refusing or just can't fix the plethora Yasuo bugs out there the least you could do is fix his skins so we; the players who put in our money to get them feel like we are getting our moneys worth. Paying money to lose particles is absurd to someone like me who buys skins for those exact particle changes.

I can definitely second this quote. The skins are looking worthless if this is the state it's going to be left in and I also wondered about why Blood Moon was able to have the particles these 2 skins are missing about, it's quite obvious when you just put a bit of thinking into the difference between the skins.

FGO RinJun 1, 20163 votes

yeah i can see the NEW PARTICLES but they're practically invincible. can't they remaster the old particles or something? and what about the e+q combo on classic and high noon that didn't look out of date at all if anything that combo feels empty now

RiotmoonstonesMay 31, 20161 votes

Okay, so I spoke with several teams, as it looks like particles were changes across the board. These were intentionally cleaned up for gameplay clarity. These particles are working as intended.

zKenshiMay 29, 20162 votes

Also look into his 3rd Q indicator glitching. Sometimes it shows 2 on project and looks awful. Try getting his 3rd Q ready and dashing around to see what I mean.

FGO RinMay 19, 20165 votes

If it Helps you Classic Yasuo Should Look https://gyazo.com/81e45651c0ef86f6bb6b58728d254f20 High Noon Yasuo Should Look https://gyazo.com/5d370585dfa63d6f91cdcd25ff5039b4

classic yasuo has the aa marks tho hope this helped a bit

RiotmoonstonesMay 26, 20163 votes

Thank you so much! <3

FGO RinMay 27, 20163 votes

Glad i could help :) Good luck with fixing the issue

RiotmoonstonesMay 31, 20161 votes

Okay, so I spoke with several teams, as it looks like particles were changes across the board. These were intentionally cleaned up for gameplay clarity. These particles are working as intended.

AsakawaJun 1, 20163 votes

Thanks for the response but I have a few things in my mind that I want to question the team or anyone that can answer.

I can accept this answer but I will only do so if the team can answer what I want to know and I'm trying to deal with a bad day so I'm keeping this as simple as possible. If they can reply back or give an answer that explains why they chose to do this then I will gladly accept defeat and withdraw all my comments.

I want them to elaborate on what they mean by 'Gameplay Clarity' because from what I can see, having the particles changed or having it looked like it being removed only made the skin value drop. I am sure many would prefer to have those particles back even if it looks retarded in the current style rather than the new one which is almost invisible, if it is present, can they provide some sort of proof of what the new particles are?

Yasuo Mains Subreddit. This is the subreddit that both Spartacus and I came from to present this issue to Riot, or you in this case. I am requesting that If you or someone that works on Yasuo or anyone that can change his particles to pop into the subreddit and ask something along the lines of wanting the old particles back and I can guarantee at least 10-20 of them will say yes or even pop in and question them about it.

Otherwise, atm, the 975 RP, let me remind you 975 RP skin High Noon will just end up looking bland and it's pretty disappointing to users like me and even more for the 1350RP skin PROJECT skin that I know a lot of players have. I remember Riot asking in a survey if we feel our money was worth, I said yes to it and I want to believe they still is. Sure 2 skins won't make me change my mind ENTIRELY but this issue is making me reconsider it.

If High Noon and Project's particles were fixed/changed for 'Clarity', then I want to ask, why is it the Blood Moon skin that came out a few months ago fresh this year, ends up having the particles that the previous 2 are missing and Classic keeps his? If it were to be changed to 'Clarity' then why isn't Classic and Blood Moon changed as well? I'm not blaming or flaming the the team for they did but I am QUESTIONING as to why they only specifically chose those 2 skins for the 'Clarity' change.

This is just me reinforcing the fact that these changes for Clarity ended up making it look it being removed. I know that Yasuo has many bugs that cannot be fixed due to it being hard to pinpoint down but these effects is all that I and even the Yasuo mains are asking for in return at the VERY LEAST for Yasuo.

This is me pleading for another hope or chance of them reconsidering returning the old effects back since a lot of Yasuo players (Including me) are really sad about it being replaced/removed and we would be SUPER APPRECIATIVE to everyone that worked to get it back. I will even take a shot of it and tweet it out for them to see. Thanks for taking your time to read this and hopefully consider it, You can tell I truly care for Yasuo and definitely his HN skin that I always love to use so please reconsider about this and I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER as with everyone else.

AsakawaMay 20, 20162 votes

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I have the High Noon skin on my acc and I can provide the screenshots needed like Spartacus has to show the missing effects for the aa, knockup, the E+Q effects which was not mentioned and the ultimate. Katey would know that I have discussed with her on twitter about this and as I promised to have screenshots provided, outside commitments and life events kept me busy this past week but I will get some ASAP. Once I or anyone else with the High Noon skin provides the proof, hopefully the team can look into this to investigate. In the meantime, I present to you videos that I recently watched as my evidence to kick off the case, the effects are still there and I hope the team can look into this video even for just a few minutes of gameplay to investigate.

Dade Yasuo-Effects present Season 4 In here of course are the aa 'swipe' marks, 'wind' knockup effects on 3rd Q cast hit and a 'swipe' on cast also as well and last breath's 'swipe' marks that were present, the E+Q effects and compare it to this, Dade Yasuo-Effects missing Season 6 where he uses the same skin again but now in recent times and it's evident the 4 or more effects are missing now. It may have happened during Season 5 but I cannot confirm myself because I was on school studies that year but some videos of Yasuo gameplays proves otherwise, I only noticed it this year and when someone brought the issue to my attention.

The videos above are for High Noon and for Spartacus who uses Project, the videos are here Dade Yasuo-Project Effects present Season 4 and compare it to this video The Shy Yasuo-Project Effects missing Season 5 .

In case someone asks: Why Dade? Why not Faker or anyone else? He's my favourite player to look at when it comes to Yasuo but the video is where the proof is at, I would use Faker as an example but he rolls with using classic which the effects ARE STILL present in this time and that doesn't help with this discussion. Even so, a side by side comparison with Classic+HN or Project in game is enough to see the differences in the effects. Everything is fine with the Blood Moon skin so we'll leave that out.

Sorry for the long post but as a Yasuo main myself, this feels important to me and I would like to join in on it. Plus if you think about it, without these effects, it feels bland using the skin and may as well go back to classic. Hope you can give the players something worth with the skins they own.

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RiotmoonstonesMay 26, 20162 votes

Hey!

Thanks for following up on this boards post, it's greatly appreciated. ^-^ As I've mentioned to OP, we may have an idea as to what happened here, but we're still investigating.

Stone FreeJun 1, 20162 votes

#Make Yasuo GreatAgain

LoryAlbyAug 12, 20162 votes

HI Riot im in the seson 7 and the particles are not returned and i love that particles soo can u re add that particles pls??? i realy enjoy it

NøbleSep 13, 20161 votes

Any news regarding the missing particles? Been three months since it was brought up. Should we expect it on a bug fix list in patch notes any time soon?