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How VGU's are prioritized

Almighty Prismo·2/2/2018, 2:02:14 PM·2 votes·371 views

With the January roadmap released, I'm just plain confused as to how champion VGU's are chosen and prioritized. The way I see it right now, it doesn't seem to follow any logical progression.

Right now they're working on Irelia Irelia, Aatrox Aatrox, and Akali Akali. All of them are definitely in need of an update, yes, but there are multiple champions that have much more severe issues. Mordekaiser Mordekaiser and Fiddlesticks Fiddlesticks in particular are in such a bad place that I couldn't blame you for forgetting they're even in the game with how rarely they're played. Not only are their models severely outdated, but their kits have been rendered completely obsolete. Fiddle can't compete with the newer highly mobile, highly versatile champions, while Morde is just a mess in every sense of the word. Part fighter, part mage, part tank, part top, part mid, part bot, his kit tries to be everything at once, which end up just being nothing instead.

Meanwhile Akali and Irelia are still usable enough that I still see them in games regularly. Yes they sometimes struggle to stay relevant, but not such that they have become completely obsolete.

What confuses me even more is Aatrox. He's a relatively new champion, and yet he's already seen multiple updates, and now he's adding another to the list. You would think the much older champs would take priority, especially now with how successful the VGU's have been.

Is there a progression here that I'm missing? If not, I'd like to request that old, busted champs like Morde and Fiddle get bumped up on the priority scale.

6 Comments

paisy2/2/2018, 2:23:45 PM3 votes

"I would like it more if we could vote the next VGU rather them choosing a champion."

Reav3 (NA) Gameplay Producer - a day ago The problem with that is we wouldn't want to force though a bad design. When we are in early ideation we generally try out kits on a couple of different champions, and there are times when we end up hitting a dead end on a specific champion and pivot to something else. This is why I don't mention a VGU in my roadmap until after we have a solid thematic and kit direction we feel confident we will release.

If we started on a Champion chosen by the community and then we couldn't fins a strong direction and had to cancel the project or picot to something else it would probably upset people quite a bit. We do however have survey data on what the most requested VGUs by our players are that we use to determine which champions to start ideation on.

YoRHa No5 Type N2/2/2018, 2:10:53 PM2 votes

I don't see how morde is in a bad place. I absolutely love his kit. I've heard he has bugs or something but I've never experienced anything myself. And he isn't absurdly overpowered unless you get fed just like every other champion in the game.

leakinb2/2/2018, 2:26:22 PM1 votes

Mordekaiser Fiddlesticks Nunu Aatrox need the most Irelia Akali bitch plz

Sukishoo2/2/2018, 2:37:24 PM1 votes

They've said many times that they have many ideas in the works at once but whichever ones get a solid direction that they can work with are the ones that go into production first. It's why they announce the ones that they have so far, though they did also mention at one time they revealed Aatrox a bit early but now he's set.