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Why is Riot so inconsistent with their champion updates ?

Namazu Ebisu··4 votes·786 views

It's like they gamble with dices every single time... They add features to some that others don't, instead of keeping the visual equality of the game.

Let's see Poppy or Sion or Gangplank for exemple, they got reworked and got new visuals and animations including a RECALL animation which is normal because 80% of the skins and all new champions have it.

But what about Fiora, Shen, Maokai, Singed, Miss Fortune. They all got updated as much, even if it's not fully, they added tons of new particles and animations to the champions and they couldn't afford to make a single RECALL ? Because now, if i want a recall on Fiora, i'd have to buy a skin to get it ?

In other news, they updated all Poppy's and Shen's splashes. But what about Tristana or others ? Why do we have this in the game : Riot Girl Tristana splash

It's a shame and worst thing is that it doesn't show the actual real skin ingame. It's not for Riot Girl Tristana only but lots of previous updates that didn't get fully reworked. I don't understand why they miss those important points every single time like "Hey let's put a recall on Poppy but let's not on Shen" "Hey let's make all new splashes for Shen but not for Nidalee".

JUST . WHY ?

6 Comments

Bootleg Gay3 votes

1- not all champions NEED a recall animation 2- if you want new splash arts, do them yourself. Riot teams have bigger priorities than tending to a visual complaint from a single player.

Namazu Ebisu2 votes

Are you stupid or something ? How "not all champions NEED" of COURSE they need since it's a path Riot chose themselves since they implemented the thing it's like you make a new champion and don't give them taunts or jokes. It's part of a champion KIT it's an identity to champions in the game so it MATTERS.

And i'm not here to make splashes and certainly not the only one complaining about it so keep your words to yourself thanks.

Bootleg Gay2 votes

"Identity"

Sweety, not everyone cares about what a champion does when they sit still for 8 seconds.

I haven't heard anyone else complain about splashes anyways, because the only thing that truly matters about a skin is what they look like in game.

Milodic Mellodi1 votes

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I've seen Brofresco pretty salty about Champs not having recall animations. Just saying. And I agree with you on your last point. For the longest time I didn't want to get Firefighter Tristana because her art is...not that good. But then when I saw her Skin Spotlight for Firefighter...it looks so awesome! Guerilla Trist as well. Nightmare Cho'Gath most of all.

Excitidly Insane2 votes

1/ If every new release will include recall animations, even something as simple as Darius looking to the sky, then when champions have model updates they should also have one to be consistent. Simply saying not all champions need one is pointless because since the start of default recall animations every skin/champion has gained one. Unless it's a 750 skin.

2/ Riot have a dedicated art department and also commission external artists sometimes.

Excitidly Insane2 votes

I think they are aiming to update all the splashes but until they decide which ones they want from artists they commission it's gonna take a while. Poppy's overhaul was revolutionary on how big it was. It's started a trend that Riot are hoping to continue.

As for skins losing value and the inability to add recalls that bewilders me completely. I'd be content if Shen's recall was an extended version of his awesome new ultimate animation.

One thing about recalls that bugs the fek out of me are pilot skins. This is a skin that started a range of other skins sharing similar visual themes. These include but not limited to Arcade, Battlecast and PROJECT, but do not actually fit in with the range they brought out after through subtle changes. What skins am I talking about in particular?

  1. Pool Party Ziggs
  2. Arcade Sona
  3. (Less but still applicable) PROJECT : Yasuo
  4. Battlecast Xerath

What do most of these skins lack? Recalls. What is wrong with Yasuo's recall? It's different from the other PROJECT recall animations. Yasuo does a single very fluid movement reminiscent of Raiden's sword skills in MGS : Revengence but doesn't have a finisher that the other skins have. Zed for example does the hologram spin thingie while throwing his Shurikens, then strikes a pose. It should have finished there but instead they made him "finish" his animation just before the recall completes. It doesn't fit in with the rest of the theme!

Sona completely lacks recalls unless you buy DJ Sona. And Ziggs also lacks recalls unless you buy Arcanist or Snow Day. Xerath? Well same as the other 3. Another one that annoys me is Gentleman Gnar. I expected a suave as fek new voice over but instead we get the base V.O.

Out of all the updates Sona lost the most on her Arcade skin due to the Aura's no longer having that Retro feel. Some people believe this was on purpose due to the fact DJ Sona was coming out soon after and that by reducing the value of the one skin that could compete more people would buy her Ultimate. I don't want to think that, but it's plausible.

Anyways sorry for the tall of wext.

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