Lore Direction

Math Test·9/17/2014, 6:58:00 AM·1 votes·957 views

Hello all. This is hopefully aiming at a response from Riot, but I also want to know what you think. The recently announced change to lore is interesting. I think we've seen with this Shirima roll out a good story being weaved between champions and areas through nice cinematics that tell a story without being super intensive work for designers. This is great, but I am curious as to where the lore team is planning to go. Are they planning to sort of put the regions against each other? Is there some long-standing divide? Do they unite against the Void?

I like the direction of storytelling better and linking champs, like Azir and Sivir . I thought that was really neat and it made me want to learn more about Shirima and its lore. I think there is already some good lore, especially with the Freljord rollout you did awhile back putting Ashe Lissandra Sejuani and Trundle into the story and really made them feel more in-tune both with the area they come from and with each other.

Are we going to see future visual tweaks for champions across the board as the lore is redone and perhaps a more cohesive look or style that dominates each area is present? I think these would be great things to keep the lore in-game very obvious and exciting and take less heat off of the "what are summoners now? what is the league?" which still need answers (I can think of a few ideas here if you want them). It would also be great to see more playful buffs pop up in game for interactions, and even special buffs in custom games for a full team of champions from the same region gives the team a real buff, which would allow for great faction/country vs. faction/country gameplay.

Just some questions. Thanks for reading.

1 Comments

ziggsplosive9/22/2014, 12:56:11 AM1 votes

I do love how Riot has been bringing lore into the game in a more interactive way (game modes/special character dialogue/etc.) but I feel like the League lore as a general whole needs updating and clarification. Not to mention it would be nice to have somewhere official to read all this. I'm not talking champion lore but lore about the High Council of Equity, all of the Judgement series, and the old Journal entries. I enjoy reading about the world just as much as I enjoy playing in it.