Riot could you please finish what you promised to us ?
i don't understand why but with the new map rework in 2014 riot promised us 2 things :
Visual rework of all old characters : did we get it => NO
Malphite, Anivia, Corki, Amumu, Nunu (finally coming this year after 4 years of wait...), Caitlyn, Skarner still don't look correct to fit in the new map. 4 years and those are still waiting.
New custom designed maps : did we get it => Yes and NO
Riot promised us even better skins that the vintage event ones we got for halloween and for christmas (winter).
Did we get it ? well yes and No. We got a nice winter map however no halloween or new themed map.
Why am i not happy with it ? well it's just that those maps keep the game refreshing !
Riot makes more than 1.6 billions $ a year with less than 3000 employees. So they have the ressources and if they have not enough employees keep hiring people. There are a lot of young people with degrees and loving lol looking for jobs !
for those saying that riot hasn't enough time and ressources here is a comparison. Creative Assembly has only 380 employees and an estimated annual revenue of $16.3M. Each year they make a New total War. Total war games require a lot more work and technology than LoL and each year they make a new game with only 380 employees and 16.3M. Riot in comparison has 3000 employees and makes 1.6 billion per year... When you don't want to spend your money to improve the game...
They promised to make new maps. They did change tiny things like music themes, creeps, and little textures. However it wasn't real new maps.
They promised us new custom skins for maps and nothing except the winter map for the 5v5 and the bilgewater aram has been made since it.
here are what they could have done :
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Bilgewater 5v5 map with kraken baron, leviathan dragon, and pirates, squelletons, ghosts monsters in the jungle) with pirate themed music.
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Piltover 5v5 map. Steampunk map with piltover themed buildings, Giant robot as baron, steam mechs as monsters in the jungle with victorian themed music.
So many ideas that could make us enter LOL's LORE but no you keep us playing in the summoner's rift forever. YOu could make a 5v5 bandle city, demacia, noxus, iona map...
releasing custom themed maps with events all along with custom themed skins, icons and emotes would be profitable...
So what is retaining you to make those map ? It would be refreshing for the players and certainly profitable...
once those maps are done you don't need to work on it anymore and you can release them each new year with new themed skins...