Man I Hope We Start Getting A Bunch Of VUs Soon

Garentheon··2 votes·951 views

Otherwise this is going to be sad year for me ( I love VUs as you can tell lol)

"Currently we have 4 VU's/Relaunches in the pipe, including the Sion relaunch which is a while out. Not going to spoil what's grouped into our launch cadence but we're now beginning to project what's going to slot in between other slotted relaunches if Sion's takes a while longer.

That said, we have aspirations to do a relaunch per month, but it's not a hard deliverable we must hit. It's what we want to hit. It's what we plan to hit, but it's not always feasible if we encounter problems.

Problems can be anything from the theme of the character being unclear and how we go about tackling that more philosophical side of a relaunch. That can sometime be the biggest point of contention. Production is often easy. Modelling, animation, VFX, while challenging is often more of a straight forward process and series of deliverables than something that's a lot more malleable and subjective like the concepting/thematic solidification theme.

In addition to process and concepting, we also had a fairly long break over the holidays, and that's pretty standard not to be producing content during that time. We had about 3 champions in various states of completion before we left. Some near the end of production, some in the middle, some at the end of the concept phase. Who knows, we might end up having a few close proximity VU's together because we have a couple of champions as a pretty late state hanging out in the polish phase. Not sure.

Either way, it's the beginning of the year, and we only recently got back into full steam. There's a lot coming this year. I think you'll be pleased with the results."

Man I really hope they start coming out with multiple VUs close together or at the same time, otherwise I don't see them beating last years VU release numbers (10 released)

Btw, no bashing or insulting of Rioters. Take that to another thread, or better yet, don't do it at all. This thread is for fun, productive, and incite (If a Rioter will do us the honor of chiming in) discussions only

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Sir ArmaMalum2 votes

Speculation of course, but I think it's the Sion relaunch that's probably gumming up the works, as it's a complete thematic and gameplay overhaul.

Game designers are mulling over Lee Sin right now, and Visual peeps probably still got their fire extinguishers ready for Heimy VU as well. So that's delaying the delay.

I don't see them meeting the # of VU's as last year either, but I'm still excited about any upcoming VU. I'm putting money down on a Morde VU very soon, probably with some slight kit re-work as well, would be very much a fan :)

daft inquisitor2 votes

Sion shouldn't be holding up regular VU's, though. Until his kit is finished and the GAMEPLAY DEVS know what they're doing with him, the art team should be completely free to do the regular VU's. The fact that they're not getting them done as quickly as projected has absolutely nothing to do with Sion's rework.

Sir ArmaMalum2 votes

Ah, but until they know what kind of abilities they're wanting to end with, the general theme that they agreed upon and other general tests, they have to prototype, which can lead to art assets being used. Keep in mind kits, themes and looks are all synergetic and it's very very difficult to frame any of them without some of the other, at least I think from the little I have gleaned over the years.

Now I'm not saying everything's being thrown at Sion, and there are bound to be people working on the other VU's I completely agree, but (again, speculation) I would think that Sion's overhaul is the biggest thing that has fallen behind schedule and has been one the larger contributing factors to the delay.

Garentheon1 votes

I don't feel that Sion should be taking up much resources. If it did, the team wouldn't be that efficient in what they do if they let a champ hinder them like that. And I think they are efficient in what they do ( hoping we get a bunch of VUs very soon)

PlatonicMistress1 votes

I think Evelynn's relaunch may also be slowing things down too, because the last we all heard they couldn't decide on a theme or direction for her. So if that's something they want to get out this year, being unable to settle on an identity three months into the year is going to slow everything else down.

Sir ArmaMalum1 votes

Oh god, I could imagine all the artwork/lore proposals just flooding the offices lol. There's so many things you could do with her.

Kexus1 votes

I think Galio could use a VU. Not that anyone would ever see it. Poor Galio.

Garentheon1 votes

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