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Being Tragically Reworked is Better than Banality

RookPusher··9 votes·5,202 views

I think I'd rather have a rework that was really bad, or really OP because it's immediately known to need addressing. Does Galio suck again? Fine. People know. Does Ryze need a third rework? it's not good, and you'd definitely be fired for that shit anywhere I've ever worked, but it's known and people are moving on it.

But I main Maokai. And when you're doing OK you're not ever going to get addressed.

Not your lackluster ult. Not your downgrade of a VO change. Not your half-assed status in three different roles or your strong, albeit imbalanced abilities. Seeds are cool in the brush. But everywhere else they're erratic, inconsistent, and weak.

I didn't come here to present hard data and airtight rhetorical fireworks. I'm grieving out loud. I miss his long range W. I go back and forth on his new passive. His ult is boring just like his Q has always been. And it makes me sad that he had a near one-hit-wonder level of fleeting fame that got the shit nerfed out of him and a victorious skin which, of all the things, I now can't complete his skin line (that's a shitload for that one.) I just wonder why you had to shit on my dreams. I don't play this game for celebrity or Patreon funding. I play it to get away from my problems. And now I'm taking on leagues. They need change, and revenue, and big plays.

I just wanted a tree, man. A tree you could have left in jungling obscurity and I would have been happy but you had to soil the good name of Maokai. And I just want you to know, when you lay your head on your pillow at night, that I hate you.

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Oleandervine7 votes

These champions have suffered in the same way that Maokai does, except at least Maokai got a new VO: Alistar MissFortune Shen Singed Fiora

Like Maokai, Riot qualifies these champions as having had a "VGU." They've all gotten gameplay updates separate from their visuals (except Fiora). Their kits are more modernized than someone like say Mordekaiser or Nunu. The exterior of their model was spruced up to look pretty. But that's the whopping extent that went into these "VGUs."

None of them got full animation and rigging reworks. NONE of them have the basic animations we expect from modern VGUs (which occurred before AND after these champs) such as recall animations, homeguard animations, or even speed up animations. Their dances do not loop seamlessly. These five didn't have their vocals updated either. So in essence, Riot basically put new cushions on rotting furniture. They move and sound absolutely terrible. People still remain unconvinced when I assure them that, yes, Miss Fortune did have her model updated, and everyone assumes these champions haven't been updated at all. It's disgraceful that these champions are considered in a state equivalent to real VGUs and hell even older VUs with the likes of Heimerdinger Karthus Sivir Sion Poppy Gangplank.

To Riot, I say, what's the purpose of doing half-assed visual work like you did with these 6 champs and then never completing it? You're deliberately leaving half completed works in the gutters because "they're ok now, we can move onto bigger projects." NO. You don't just half-finish something, call it done, then move on. You need to go back to these pitiful "VGUs" and actually give them the complete attention they deserve. These aren't even tragic reworks. They're not even reworks. It's just rushed, flimsy work that could have been great but fell flat on it's ass.

RookPusher2 votes

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These champions have suffered in the same way that Maokai does, except at least Maokai got a new VO: Alistar MissFortune Shen Singed Fiora

Like Maokai, Riot qualifies these champions as having had a "VGU." They've all gotten gameplay updates separate from their visuals (except Fiora). Their kits are more modernized than someone like say Mordekaiser or Nunu. The exterior of their model was spruced up to look pretty. But that's the whopping extent that went into these "VGUs."

None of them got full animation and rigging reworks. NONE of them have the basic animations we expect from modern VGUs (which occurred before AND after these champs) such as recall animations, homeguard animations, or even speed up animations. Their dances do not loop seamlessly. These five didn't have their vocals updated either. So in essence, Riot basically put new cushions on rotting furniture. They move and sound absolutely terrible. People still remain unconvinced when I assure them that, yes, Miss Fortune did have her model updated, and everyone assumes these champions haven't been updated at all. It's disgraceful that these champions are considered in a state equivalent to real VGUs and hell even older VUs with the likes of Heimerdinger Karthus Sivir Sion Poppy Gangplank.

To Riot, I say, what's the purpose of doing half-assed visual work like you did with these 6 champs and then never completing it? You're deliberately leaving half completed works in the gutters because "they're ok now, we can move onto bigger projects." NO. You don't just half-finish something, call it done, then move on. You need to go back to these pitiful "VGUs" and actually give them the complete attention they deserve. These aren't even tragic reworks. They're not even reworks. It's just rushed, flimsy work that could have been great but fell flat on it's ass.

Why are you saying "at least" as if we all liked it? It's almost universally felt that his VO update was a big downgrade.

Blakiepug3 votes

On the other hand, because Galio was addressed he basically no longer exists. :P I'd rather play champions I enjoy even if they're not the best, then have them replaced by something else I actively despise just because?

I mean if you're not satisfied with Maokai, then just don't play him. Asking for buffs or a revert is one thing but asking for a champion to be constantly reworked because you aren't enjoying them just seems like unnecessary work that, while it may make you happy, will leave other players who do enjoy playing that champion upset. Just my opinion though.

Vyuprax2 votes

[but you had to soil the good name of Maokai]

I see what you did there*[slayer-jinx-wink]*

Madsin251 votes

I used to play a hell of a lot of AP Maokai.

I would do anything to go back to those sap throwing days. I will never forget the patch that slaughtered AP maokai.(before he had his rework)

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