Cassiopeia's lore is fine. It needs not be changed. By changing it made her into a bland mary-sue character. She was relatable. She was a woman who screwed up and now suffers the consequences. Please Riot, leave her lore alone.
(Please sign if you feel the same way)
/Mad Chemist
Well, guess it doesn't matter anymore, since everything in the game is now 100% bullshit.
So far as I can tell Riot will be butchering Cassiopeia's Lore. I would be perfectly okay if they just expanded it to say the Cursed Sword she swore upon was Shuriman, but so far, Noxus has showed no signs of interest in the Shurima, so it makes no sense for Cassiopeia to have even been in the Shurima to get bitten by some statue in the first place.
She was relatable. She was a woman who screwed up and now suffers the consequences. Please Riot, leave her lore alone.
Lol what. A woman who screwed up? She was a spy, got caught spying, and reaped the consequences. I like Cass's character, but she is not supposed to be a sympathetic character, lol.
Agreed
Please don't do this shit riot. You're dumping all over your own lore for no good reason.
You might have a point with this topic, but since when is Riot going to give a damn?
I'm not knocking your topic; I'm just being realistic.
Agreed
Agreed! Cassi's lore should stay faithful!
how does changing the method she got turned make her a mary sue?? i dont understand your reasoning for the petition
I'll sign it, but my hopes of Riot actually doing something are nonexistent.
Have my signature. But i doubt it will be of any effect.
I guess they are cutting down the lore because they dont want to put in resources there anymore. Since they dont want to invest in it they are deleting the current plot to make it simple enough to not engcourage deeper character exploring and plot development( in the new plot General Du Coteau(her father and the reason she joined the league in the first place) is not even mentioned, so his dissapereance is not something they ever have to answer since she is the only champ lore wise directly connected with him( Kat is his daughter too but it was never really important).
"Plot is highly overrated" - official Riot designer's statement
What is funny is how Riot writers stated that they want less plot and more character but we are getting less in both departments.
If her VO is anything to go by I can safely assume that she is still Noxian , so I doubt they're doing anything TOO extreme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPeiyyV1Tg8
Btw I'm leaving my signature here (insert extremely well performed cursive signature that no body understands)
As the Cassiopeia roleplayer on the RP forums, I support this wholeheartedly. Don't destroy what I've spent a year coming to love and develop.
It seems the only definite change to her lore is what caused her change, which, frankly, I'm on board with. The old manner always felt a bit flat to me. She was still a temptress. She was still a strategic asset. She still finds that life ruined. I'm a bit bothered that they didn't mention her being sisters with Katarina, but they have't squashed that bit yet. If they do, I'll be on board. I like the idea of them as sisters trying to hold together a house now propped up by their dangerous reputation but without the formal protections their father, the former head and general, gave them in a Noxus facing so much internal upheaval as Swain works to remake it from the inside. There are a lot of dynamics there to play with, but than, that interpretation of their sisterhodd is my own personal headcanon...and the topic of a fic I'm working on.
Come on, Riot! Hire me already!
Agreed.
None of the new Lores since trundle have been very creative.
They are bland as can be.
Don't get me wrong cursed by a magical item for telling a lie is ground that has been walked before... but it was character driven ground that dealt with the character taking an action and then the fallout of said action
Bitten by a snake thing so now you are a snake thing is... no words but lazy. spider-man, werewolves, vampires and more all do this kinda crap.
The old lore sets up interesting stuff, and connected her to both Freljord and the new area. Artifact was from the new area... chief was from Freljord.
This new lore scraps the Freljord connecting and removes the character driven aspect of the story... and for writing team that says they are all about character driven story. Welp that seems odd they would remove those elements.
/singed...and while we´re on it, don´t touch skarners lore!
/Signed
Agreed. I liked Cass's lore, even though I never ended up playing her. I think that making her tie in with Shurima COULD be a good idea, but not the way Riot's going about it.
I have mixed feelings about these new lore updates, but I think Cassiopeia's is harmless enough. The Shurima connection is a long time coming and makes perfect sense. And Rioters have stated in the past that anything not explicitly retconned in lore updates is still true. So we can assume her dealings with her father and her value to the Noxian higher-ups as a spy of sorts, is probably still somewhat true. Its just not mentioned.
Skarner's and Amumu's lore change I dislike more so. Skarner's updated lore makes him out to be some sort of dumb, aggressive guardian, instead of the intelligent, civilized guardian of his people. I wouldn't mind it as much if it wasn't for the lore also saying "No one knows what he's guarding..." except we do: its the Brackern. They act like the idea of his race and his involvement in the Kalamanda incident never happened, which is a really rich piece of League lore that is just being forgotten.
Amumu's lore I mostly dislike because he's not a Yordle anymore. It was more a personal preference of mine--I felt like his existence in a place outside of Bandle City made Yordles seem like they are more involved in the world, rather than extremely isolated like they are today. But I can understand why they made this particular change.
/rattleSnakeWorshipper
I sign. But for all characters including Cassiopeia.
Brinderp ~ Rito plz
/singed
NOOOOOOOO please riot please dont change her lore add on to it please riot expand upon it /insert sign here
Riot will just ignore this, but signed.
Signed.
Signing this, and including lore and the other champions in general. So frustrating to be constantly ignored by the company we support.
