Why Remove Spammable Taunts, Riot?

Hotrodbunny·12/1/2016, 12:51:05 AM·24 votes·3,182 views

In case you haven't heard, Lissandra , Garen , Nasus , Heimerdinger , and Zed 's spammable taunts/jokes can no longer be spammed in-game. Spamming taunt was some of the most fun I ever had on these champions, especially Nasus (with his your leg-your leg- your leg- youryouryouryouryour-legacy), and playing them doesn't feel the same without it. Unlinke taunt skating, taunt spamming has no direct impact on how the game is played or how hitboxes are displayed. If the reason this was removed was to prevent people from being tilted by it, then this removal has about the same logic as, for lack of a better comparison, Graves losing his cigar. I know spammable taunts' removal doesn't effect many people, but if we few don't respond with out concerns, Riot may take it further by putting cooldowns on things like Ezreal 's taunt or Nami laugh, or even emotes in general. I know it's their game, but Riot removing taunt spamming without obvious reasong or making a post describing and justifying their decision just doesn't seem right to me. But hey, what do I know. I'm just a silver III Nasus and TahmKench main. Maybe I don't know what's right for the game.

Just wanted to post how I felt about this whole thing, hopefully a Rioter sees this and sheds some light on the whole situation, but for now, I'll just go back to my end-of-season chest grinding. To anyone reading this, have a good rest of your day. [zombie-nunu-bummed]

18 Comments

Risk of Fate12/1/2016, 12:59:30 AM9 votes

Aw man, I loved with Zeds spammed their emotes. It just gave me a reason to smash their faces in and burn the lane.

Hawkefire12/1/2016, 5:54:19 AM7 votes

I miss being able to taunt spam as Nasus, it just cracked me up every time I saw it done, even when I was on the receiving end of it.

Joseraph12/1/2016, 5:37:11 PM5 votes

I don't see why they did this over making a "mute emotes" button.

Saianna12/1/2016, 9:02:19 AM4 votes

it was fun for you, but tilting to enemy. And they are simple players too. They don't wanna have LAME AND SAD TIME while PLAYING because of some cheeky ahole shows how better he is in his smurf account, right?

I don't get how you guys don't understand this.

PROJECT Katarìna12/1/2016, 2:02:58 AM3 votes

TBH my favorite one is sion when he drops the axe

rework trundle12/1/2016, 3:50:45 PM2 votes

Infernal Doggo nerfs :'(

Cipse12/1/2016, 3:00:17 AM2 votes

Well, like you said, at least we still have Ezreal and Nami , as well as Lux laugh and Brand spam.

paperbIade12/1/2016, 12:53:09 AM2 votes

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A Loyal Support12/1/2016, 3:56:51 PM2 votes

good, those spam taunts tilt me.

MetalGearTeemu12/1/2016, 10:23:33 PM1 votes

Get used to it, you're only going to see more of this as Riots older workers move on and they replace their staff with fresh faced snowflakes fresh out of college. Those same institutions that give optional midterms and therapy dogs to grown adults literally having hissyfits about the elected president.

You think they can deal with a NuNu bot mercilessly playing that laugh/mastery7 mind game with them when they get triggered because people don't remember their pronouns?

Spôôked12/1/2016, 5:31:21 AM1 votes

Zed can still spam his taunt. I hate the fact they haven`t taken it off him yet but they did for everyone else.

Bladeglory12/1/2016, 9:13:42 AM1 votes

Preface: I loved using them.

That being said, I know exactly why they removed them: it was a bug. Bugs are better off being quashed and if something of value is lost, it should be placed intentionally. Unfortunately I can't imagine them being replaced because that'd mean every champion would then be capable of it and... well, may the Divines have mercy.

lGIaurunGl12/1/2016, 8:55:33 PM1 votes

Because no one cares about how small your wiener is

5050BS12/1/2016, 8:57:56 PM1 votes

#1 reason

Workshop Nunu

#2 Reason

Alistar

SwiftKitten8812/1/2016, 9:21:41 PM1 votes

i will glady afk to take a loss in a promo series rather than listen to an allied Lux spam laugh or allied Ezreal spam "you belong in a museum"..