Why is nothing new available?

Oglaf·Sep 30, 2015·2 votes·527 views

There was a patch.

Kindred? Nope.

New skins? Nope.

I'm confused...

15 Comments

SukishooSep 30, 20154 votes

new content isn't released the same day as the patch.

Kindred's Q&A thread said the champion will be released next week

and skins are usually released later during the patch as well.

D BagSep 30, 20155 votes

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new content isn't released the same day as the patch.

This been going on since season 1 but people still surprise lol.

http://www.auplod.com/u/auopld60eff.png

SukishooSep 30, 20152 votes

I know right? lol. Yet everytime there's a new patch it's like "OMG WHERE IS THE NEW STUFF?!"

SarutobiSep 30, 20152 votes

its worlds this week so you can expect nothing to be released during the time it is live!

SukishooSep 30, 20151 votes

Not really. Worlds will be on-going all month, but they aren't going to release the new content right away because worlds is just starting up tomorrow.

OglafSep 30, 20151 votes

Well, that's **incredibly **disappointing.

Sort of stupid, too...

It clearly got added this patch - they just need to flick the "store switch" and off we go.

SarutobiSep 30, 20151 votes

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Well, that's **incredibly **disappointing.

Sort of stupid, too...

It clearly got added this patch - they just need to flick the "store switch" and off we go.

True, but then all those who do buy it will probably be too preoccupied with the new champions/skins which would result in less people watching Worlds!

OglafSep 30, 20151 votes

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True, but then all those who do buy it will probably be too preoccupied with the new champions/skins which would result in less people watching Worlds!

I'd hope Riot thinks higher/more of their players than that.

I have no interest in watching that, I just want to smash faces as Marauder Olaf.

SarutobiSep 30, 20151 votes

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I'd hope Riot thinks higher/more of their players than that.

I have no interest in watching that, I just want to smash faces as Marauder Olaf.

Sadly it is what it is. They care too much for E-sports, either that or they think every single person who plays/knows league thinks we all care about it. Personally i dont, and would like to play the new champ, but we have wait. They did this last year as well (or the year before that) when a champ was suppose to be released and didnt till the day after Worlds was over!

SukishooSep 30, 20151 votes

Some of the things they don't enable right away because they are linked to events, like the Bildgewater map and skins for example were released a bit later on during it's patch because that's when they started the event.

lightdragoon88Sep 30, 20152 votes

Releasing everything to buy at once can cause store lagg/crashes.

Remember when PROJECT was released? They had to shut the store down soon after releasing the skins cause it crashed. They release things partly at a time so that there isn't to much traffic at once and causes said crash.

Then there is the event of bugs. When going from the PBE to live servers, there is a chance new champs/skins can get a bug during the transfer, so when the patch goes live, they do a final bug check to make sure it is ok to flip the switch and make them buyable.

XonraSep 30, 20151 votes

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Well, that's **incredibly **disappointing.

Sort of stupid, too...

It clearly got added this patch - they just need to flick the "store switch" and off we go.

It has been that way for the last....5 years or so? It is nothing new, and pretty normal. Also no that isn't the case. A few things are being polished on the skins, and they are in the patch notes because they will be added in this patch, meaning it can drop any time before the next one.

Kindred is also going through some final polishing.

Would you rather they release both in a bad state and we have another Azir issue where he was so bugged I'm surprised the Riot building didn't burst into flames?

OglafSep 30, 20151 votes

Well, I still hope for the skins then. Kindred is not my cup of tea anyway.

OglafSep 30, 20151 votes

How can the skins be in a "bad state"...?

They're already complete and everything, just check the test server.