10 months for Officer Vi and Haunted Zyra, really!?

BigBoiBob·Oct 16, 2013·1 votes·798 views

A re-release of 16 skins and 2 new skins for a huge NA holiday that I believe a lot of LoL players look forward to every year for the cool skins and excuse me language but all we fucking get is Officer Vi and Haunted Zyra? Are kidding? Sure a lot of work is being put into Season 4, I can only imagine how much, but 10 months for 2 skins that aren't even anywhere near last years Harrowing quality? I expect someone to say "blah blah it's free to play why the fuck are you complaining?" and to that I'd say I am someone who enjoys buying cool skins... one's that are actually worth it and not just costumes. It just sucks knowing work was put into these skins and this is the crap that has become 2013 Halloween skins. I was really looking forward to some great Halloween skins and we get a cop skin and a pale plant. Great.

11 Comments

ploki122Oct 16, 20133 votes

Yeah I'm pretty sure the whole art department has been shut down for the previous 10 months so that they could release these 2 skins.

No reworks, no new skins, no new champions, no teaser... nothing.

BigBoiBobOct 17, 20131 votes

A good point you've raised, but they've also done this last year... sure on a lesser scale but the game has grown in demand from last year to this year. That being said, they've openly said it takes months and on some cases a whole year to create skins... soooo like harrowing skins could have been in development before reworks and the teaser.

KufkusOct 16, 20131 votes

inb4 sultan gp doesnt count

BigBoiBobOct 16, 20131 votes

sultan gp is just a year anniversary for Turkish server I believe :(. I was really looking forward to like a harrowing Sejuani skin or something. Zombie Brand, Haunted Maokai and Headless Horseman Hecarim were badass and for the quality to just fall to this is insane.

FelineOct 17, 20131 votes

I'm pretty happy to hear about a new Zyra skin being released, and I think it's quite fitting. She'll also be getting a skin just like the TPA skins, in commemoration with Season 3's SK Telecom T1 victory. Officer Vi is excellently fitting for her. Also, what do you mean 10 months? If you actually count the amount of things that have been released in the past ten months, it should be obvious that the Harrowing skins were not on the list until just recently. How much work do you think went into Jinx, Lucian, Aatrox, Thresh, Quinn, Zac, and Lissandra? What about the Howling Abyss, which also came out within the past ten months? Or perhaps I should mention the work that was done on the upcoming map, the "Magma Chamber". And how about these guys: Aether Wing Kayle, Steel Legion Garen, Steel Legion Lux, Debonair Jayce, iBlitzcrank, Gladiator Draven, Blackfrost Anivia, Bloodstone Lissandra, Justicar Aatrox, Ghost Bride Morgana, Woad King Darius, Arcade Hecarim, Hired Gun Lucian, Forecast Janna, Masked Shaco, Deep Terror Thresh, Phoenix Quinn, Celestine Soraka, Headhunter Nidalee, Special Weapon Zac, Ice Drake Shyvana, Runeguard Volibear, Spirit Guard Udyr, Bear Cavalry Sejuani, Creator Viktor, Pool Party Graves + Lee Sin + Leona + Renekton, Riot Blitzcrank, Mafia Jinx, Panda Annie, Jade Fang Cassiopeia, Dragonwing Corki, Warring Kingdoms Jarvan IV + Xin Zhao, and the 5 TPA skins?

There were also the Three full reworks on Karma, Sejuani, and Trundle. There's the reworks of Heimerdinger and Xerath, plus the Visual Update on Sivir.

All of this requires a serious amount of work and dedication, yet you still have the audacity to insult them on the quality level of skins that aren't even complete yet? The Harrowing doesn't start for another week at least, so there will almost definitely be new skins for it other than Haunted Zyra and maybe Officer Vi. How about we wait a minute before we start criticizing, and take in the facts.

FelineOct 17, 20131 votes

Oh and I forgot to mention Sultan Gangplank, Victorious Elise, Scorched Earth Renekton, and Championship Thresh.

BigBoiBobOct 17, 20131 votes

Scorched Earth Renekton MIA since like June unfortunately :(

FelineOct 17, 20131 votes

Sadly, yes. Of course, he is most likely scheduled for release alongside the Magma Chamber, which I believe was slated for the end of this year. Merry Christmas! Here's a Lava Map!

BigBoiBobOct 17, 20131 votes

Magma Chamber is a myth. That map has been talked about and hinted at for sooooooo long.

BigBoiBobOct 17, 20131 votes

All those reworks were hinted at for insane amounts of time ESPECIALLY Karma and Heimer and I believe the first hint of a Heimer rework was well over a year ago. I understand it requires a lot of work to release what they have released but I mentioned 10 months cause it has been said that it sometimes takes months of development and on some skins(not sure which) a year of development so Harrowing skins could have been in development for awhile. Magma chamber is another thing that was hinted at for well over a year now and will mostly like never come out at this rate. If it does, awesome. If it doesn't, I wouldn't be surprised. And sadly Officer Vi and Haunted Zyra are confirmed the only 2 skins for Harrowing along with the 16 re-releases this year :(