Why hasnt riot moved away from completely remaking champs?

Mega Annie X·Aug 11, 2016·6 votes·483 views

The way smite handles it, they respect the players who mained the old version of a champ by rebranding said champ into a new version with almost exactly the same kit with a few balance changes then they make a remake that is completely different to better fit the lore of the old champ.

This helps not ruin players investing years in said champ while allowing new players to have something original.

What they did to karma and xerath could never be forgiven. Its crazy how veteran players get punished so hard by complete revamps.

9 Comments

Best Valor NAAug 11, 20162 votes

Rip Valor

CherysseAug 11, 20161 votes

I feel you bro, as a main Quinn JG and addicted to Valor mode, I feel you.

Furor NexisAug 11, 20162 votes

'There's always room for improvement.' A motto that I've seen Riot live by as a company for the last year or so since getting back into league.

JbelsAug 11, 20162 votes

You're mistaking gameplay update for visual rework. The Smite God swaps they do are not gameplay updates at all, it is always completely aesthetic with some numbers tweaks here and there. Riot is actually straight up reworking champions because for whatever reason, the champion's kit just doesn't have a place in the game. Look at old Sion. Do you really think Riot would want to keep that old kit in the game? There's a reason why Sion was reworked in the first place (because his kit was at odds with itself and made literally no sense as a champion)