Riot, fix Thresh, Blitz and other hook champs

GreyfellD··2 votes·1,313 views

I am really growing tired of your simply BAD programming. You design these champions with massive CC skillshots and yet you cannot even be bothered to make these skillshots line up with the animation correctly or have a hitbox correct to the animation. This is not rocket science, this is a fundamental principle of game design, a BASIC level and you completely fail at this.

There are so many champions that have abilities that have hitboxes way way bigger then the animation that it makes it almost impossible to take your seriously as developers.

Some examples include;

Thresh - Hook Blitzcrank - Hook Jinx - Zapp Darius - Hook/displacement Morgana - Dark Binding

Seriously... why are you not able to make the abilities match the animation so that you can dodge them effectively? You only produce ONE game, you would think this wasn't an issue. Blizzard don't have this problem with their games (Yes, they have more then one). There is simply no excuse for such lazy programming and visual design.

Oh and Riot don't even have the excuse of being a "small" company because they are not. I'd expect these mistakes from an indie developer, not a large corporation such as Riot that try to pelt you with micro-transactions at every opportunity.

Also, having skins that improve your gameplay are bad as well, skins should be cosmetic ONLY. Having things like the I-Blitzcrank skin NOT being fixed after 3-4 Years shows utter contempt and laziness on your part.

I am not a programmer so I won't pretend to know exactly how programming works but I do know that as a paying customer, I should have access to a certain level of quality. Most games do not have these issues, SMITE doesn't, DOTA doesn't and HOTS doesn't... so why does League. I demand better quality from Riot.

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S V 2 votes

Dark Binding woooooo

GreyfellD1 votes

I am not a programmer so I won't pretend to know exactly how programming works but I do know that as a paying customer, I should have access to a certain level of quality. Most games do not have these issues, SMITE doesn't, DOTA doesn't and HOTS doesn't... so why does League. I demand better quality from Riot.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

as a paying customer, I should have access to a certain level of quality.

Erm, League of Legends is completely free to play. You are just paying money if you wish to yourself. So this is actually up to you.

GreyfellD1 votes

I'll add that one to the list, thanks

Ch1efBeefQueef1 votes

Unrelated, (kinda) how about we fix the hit box on Mundo cleavers while we are at it. I swear that is the most annoying skill shot in the game. It always feels like you aren't going to get hit, but you get pegged anyways.

SwiftKitten881 votes

....idk how you people have a problem with skillshots the VAST majorty of skillshots MATCH the visual.. the thing people DONT see is the CHAMPION hitbox

this isn't a FPS where you can shoot somone in the ear and it counts as a hit.

hitboxes extend AROUND said champsion.

the dont stop when the model stops.. also.. ANY point of the hitbox needs to hit ANY point of the projectile.. thats how they are coded.. it donest matter your a Quinn fluing at mach 2 and run into the BACK of a skillshot... you still got hit.. if u run into the side of it.. you get hit.. thats how the code works.. thats how it has ALWAYS worked.

there are somtimes visual issue with higher differential but i think the thing people complain about most, is they dont see to realize thatclicking "move" makes on cahsmp make make your champions model lean over like becuase its moving...

but the HITBOX is still in the CENTER

also.. skill easily modify visuals but not hitboxes... which again and make somthing LOOK like it misses when it doesn't.

believe me.. i give riot a TON of trash for thier horrible job balancing. but i have taken game programming classes.

i have never once. NOT ONCE seen ANYONE post on the forums complainingh about hitting hit by a skillshot and posting a video of it which i look and and i go" "well they're right, that clearly didnt hit them" it ALWAYS hits them.. sometimes it may be close... i might say "well thats kinda hard to tell it may be 50/50" but never once have i see ANYONE post a video where the skillshot actaully MISSED them.

riots skillshotr coding for the most part is great. it is far better than most of their coding.

and i think riot team does a VERY good job on this aspect...

(and yes i have seen some skillshot bugs where thresh throws a hook at their support and it somehow manages to land on the top laner.. but thats different..)

Summonah123691 votes

Just try to dodge them with something like a leap ability (Kindred Q, Nidalee cougar W, etc).

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