Cassiopeia - a history of ongoing neglection?

Yes, it's THAT time of the day again. Well, it actually only has been 2 days since the last thread, but you get the point.

The lack of red responses regarding the state of Cass aswell their seeming lack of interest for other related discussions only leave me with one perturbing conclusion: Riot doesn't like the snakelady. I know, those are some strong words, but please consider the following questions.

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1. When was the last time you saw Cass in a cinematic, a piece of merchandise or in the game itself (e.g. summoner icon)? The answer is: close to never before (the Dominion trailer was an unfinished and leaked project). She was released in 2010 and still hasn't managed to attract any notable attention from the company itself since then. How could that be you may ask? Is it the fact that she's some kind of abomination?

Or is this a matter strictly related to her gameplay? Could it be that she always was considered an outsider, especially in a metagame which favored more and more mobility as the years went on?

2. When was the last time she received a skin? Around two and a half years ago. She may have no legs but there's by no means a lack of potential when it comes to skin ideas. I recommend visiting the Skin Concept board, they have some pretty awesome stuff there. It's just too bad Riot hasn't picked up on any of those concepts so far. How could you explain this lack of interest?

Speaking of skins, the pricing on her Mythic skin isn't up to date from what we've come to expect from a 975 RP product in terms of quality. The skin neither has custom particles nor a recall animation, it's a 750 RP skin at best. I strongly implore you to reconsider your pricing in that matter, at least do it for all the other players who haven't had a reason to get the skin so far.

3. How did the later rework affect the champion itself? No no, I won't talk about her gameplay (I did that far too often already) but I want to highlight the other part of that update - her visuals and lore. To be precise, it wasn't even a VU, what she received was a TU (texture update) which was accompanied with some questionable changes to some of her skins (most of all her Desperada one) and the way her classic skin was represented (key differences between splashart and ingame model).

Then there's the matter of her personality which is a big change from what she was before. The seductive temptress who was so well portrayed on her old splashart along with her charming voice acting were changed into those of a vicious viper (gameplay and splashart wise) talking about betrayal and leaving behind her humanity which was never the case for her old self (she was deeply disturbed by what she had become).

Lorewise she has lost a lot of her complex and tragic nature, just looking at her champion profile presents you with 3 lines of text defining her as the being which I described before. Her little story from the summoner insight isn't probably even canon anymore, so what does this leave us? A massive downgrade in every regard.

4. How were veteran Cassiopeia players treated since the rework? After almost an entire season of having to deal with this now reworked champion and closely following the discussion, I can only conclude that her playerbase was mostly left out of the loop when it came to wishes & suggestions and what would be best for the champion in general. Remember the hundreds of pages in Stashu's thread when the rework came out ? Not a single response.

The lack of interaction between reds and Cassiopeia's playerbase has been one of the most appalling cases of neglection I've seen so far accompanied by an equally impressive outcry. Every single other rework in the history of this game had MORE communication going on than this one, hands down. And sadly this seems to be an ongoing trend considering the more recent complaints from many other Cassio players who are simply dissatisfied with the way their champion is represented in the story driven universe aswell within the metagame of League of Legends.

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I simply can't shake the feeling that "they" aren't taking us seriously. It's extremely frustrating to be the main of a champion who happens to be quite unpopular just to be left waiting for god knows how long without any certainty of things to come.

Which hurts the most however is being unable to pick my favorite champion without getting constantly punished for it just because the majority of the roster happens to be a natural counterpick or because my champion was nerfed into the ground just to stay forgotten and unloved while her natural enemies constantly receive new skins and buffs.