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A bit disappointed in the Gangplank "rework"

Xonra·7/7/2015, 8:30:13 PM·3 votes·390 views

I know it may not be a popular opinion, and I get that.

I feel this was less of a rework, and more basic quality of life changes that could have been easily added years ago. He got a visual rework that I feel wasn't needed to the extent that it was, as it took away from his character, not adding to it, and outside of taking away his E, which I feel was bad, it feels lackluster, and far from the hype they made it out to be, and for the time it took to do.

It is at least better than the MF equivalent, which actually took away from some of her stuff, and just literally tacked on some extra goodies (another quality of life buff more than a rework) to her current abilities.

It IS an improvement but...this is it? All this hype, this new map, all this time talking about and time spent on it, and this is it? I don't mean to sound ungrateful, cause he needed some love in certain places but...this feels like random QoL changes you'd see halfway down a patch notes page...not an overhyped rework.

6 Comments

Arch Mage Magnus7/7/2015, 9:04:45 PM2 votes

Completely agree. Fortune runs faster and does more damage on her rebound shot. That's it? That's a patch note change. GP drops an exploding barrel that honestly takes away from how I envisioned he gets played.

I honestly feel Riot is one of those companies that will sit in a board room and just bounce ideas around for hours, with everyone wanting to be the alpha player and feel their idea is better. As a result....nothing gets accomplished cause no one comes to terms with anything.

FarRockBF7/7/2015, 9:08:07 PM2 votes

I agree both changes are underwhelming.

Open Jar7/8/2015, 12:23:23 AM2 votes

The rework just leaves me confused with the direction they want him to be played. I really enjoyed playing him as a run and gun champion or with a jousting style, but the change to the "E" seems to break the previous synergy of his kit. He use to run really fast and get out of everything, now you prep locations to fight in?

On a side note:

"The e ability change is pretty significant (Imagine loading them in bushes and waiting for a face checker). But I do wish they kept his old visual look. For some reason I liked his previous model better."

I agree about the model and really hope they add a classic skin

The Great Divide7/7/2015, 9:01:30 PM1 votes

The e ability change is pretty significant (Imagine loading them in bushes and waiting for a face checker). But I do wish they kept his old visual look. For some reason I liked his previous model better.