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Heimerdinger's VU Feedback

exec3·3/1/2014, 7:17:05 AM·6 votes·2,896 views

Seeing as you have to have a PBE account to comment on PBE stuff (there should be somewhere non PBE players can post feedback about PBE changes) i'll post here about Heimerdinegr's VU.

Overall I think it looks great, I like the push towards making him look like the same species as Ziggs and all the skins have so much more detail to them. All the new VO lines are great too however he doesn't quite sound like Heimer, the tone is ever so slightly off, I don't know if that's because the Voice Actor gave him a slightly different voice this time or there was a small filter on the old VO. Either way I think it should be looked at and brought slightly back in line with the old VO's tone.

Speaking of VO's I think Alien Invader Heimerdinger should be given a voice filter to make his voice sound a little bit alien like. At the very least it'll bring the skin up to Teemo's level of a Legendary skin.

A little on the negative side I think that Blast Zone Heimerdinger looks a little boring, a bit too close to a recolor (if that's the aim then don't worry) rather than an exploded Heimer and the hair looks a little fake.

Finally I think that his rockets should be changed based on your skin. eg: Snowmerdinger's rockets should be gingerbread rockets! You already have the model from his recall and dance animations so why not? It'd also be that little bit more epic if Snowmerdingers grenade was a big snowball! :D New sounds should be added if appropriate.

So overall a really good VU! Just one or two tweaks and it could be perfect! Keep up the great work with your VU's. As a Heimer player i'm excited! :D

19 Comments

RiotIronStylus3/1/2014, 9:03:57 AM5 votes

Cool, thanks for the feedback. Some of the things are great suggestions but at this point are a little out of scope. (VFX aspects are notoriously difficult to change heavilly at this point.)

Right now I believe we have some plans to update Blast Zone a bit more so it's not such a stark transition and such a graphic one at that. That's texture and should be doable before release. It was noted as legit feedback by the team.

I understand the "not quite sounding like" but in the end that's the direction we went mainly because of some particular direction on the voice acting itself. The "tension" that you might sort of get from his original VO wasn't something we were in love with as we reviewed the results. So he might sound a hint bit more calm this time around. Overall I think it's still a win. Again, good feedback, but it's unlikely something we'll be able to change at this point.

Glad you're generally liking him so far!

exec33/1/2014, 10:28:13 AM1 votes

Ignore, failed reply, this forum is confusing. :S

borisk943/1/2014, 9:04:03 PM1 votes

I don't care for the new heimer look I feel it is to cartoonie looking, and disappointed that his signature walk was taken away

but i do like the new alien invader turrets

Only Play Nid3/1/2014, 9:47:24 PM1 votes

I'd like it if the multi-coloured turrets we're re-added for the hot-rod skin. It's like, the sole reason I bought it...

DaiSojo3/10/2014, 5:57:50 AM1 votes

i would like to see snowmerdinger to shoot out cookie rockets like the ones he has in emote. i agree with the grenade being a snowball. can the turrets shoot out snow and can we get new sounds to follow with this skin like similar too snow day ziggs or snow day singed