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@Riot Inquisitor Nautilus- first impressions and community responses

Grouchy Poro·1/28/2015, 7:11:09 PM·2 votes·2,986 views

So let me make this clear, I am not here to complain. I personally am very excited for this skin as Naut is one of my favorite champions but none of his other skins really stood out for me until now. I would like to purchase Inquisitor Nautilus, and have the RP to do so when it comes out, but would like to voice some opinions as well as my own on the current state of the skin.

I know this is PBE content we're talking about so I'm aware things are subject to change. That's why I'm here.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lub2JgAYxPw/VMgi4Y_2T-I/AAAAAAAAiiQ/Fc2HSW4hBvA/s1600/nautfront.jpg

So first and foremost the biggest thing I want to point out is what looks like flat out empty space under his visor. It doesn't look like it's meant to be like that and just seems very flat and undone. On standard Nautilus this looks fine because of the overall design of his face but with this skin it doesn't look right. It's like he's trying to lift his visor but only ends up exposing this weird and flatly shaded void. That's my biggest gripe but let me know what you guys think; moving on. EDIT: Looks like they fixed it on the newest PBE cycle. Awesome :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAjz_ZFZsJ4

So the biggest think I've seen strung in the youtube comments is his skills being the same (e and r mostly) but I understand this is a 750RP skin. I find the green blue colours still work with this skin but I thought I should say something about it since I've seen lots of other people noticing this.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YOKJVBugdKE/VMgo282WOnI/AAAAAAAAikA/pN7pRo4zAig/s1600/nautw.jpg

On the topic of skills though I think the current w is worth mentioning. Like inside Naut's mask the shield's look plain and uninspired which a bit of texturing would fix easily. I'm talking specifically about the little floating shields, as personally I think the eye glow effect is so freaking cool and the shield also shows how naut's original colours work with the skin (I think the shields spell effects aren't different).

TL;DR: The skin seems rough around the edges in a few places and even if this boosted the skin's price I've seen that lots of people seem they would be fine with this. The potential for the skin line seems so amazing and I think the backlash is just because of people hoping for a little more before the skin leaves PBE. Lots of people like myself already love the skin, and those that don't seem only to not like the rough edges I described above. Short story shorter; please polish it up Riot, only a little where it's deserved (The mask issue and shields mainly). Naut fans will love you for it :)

NEW EDIT: So the biggest thing was the empty space in the helmet which is fixed on the PBE now http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zukxl8Gg0bU/VMlB-fVQK1I/AAAAAAAAizk/L6diOjl0CfM/s1600/naut%2Bcompare.jpg I'm for sure getting it now, but if the other things everyone else seems worried about get updated I'll be even happier :P

EDIT AGAIN: They also gave the shields textures. Awesome :) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-na3qn6xzi4A/VMlKmvJgMwI/AAAAAAAAi1Q/JF3DvvgPHmM/s1600/bbbbbbb.jpg

11 Comments

KING OF MASKS1/28/2015, 8:26:35 PM2 votes

It's a shame that he isn't getting a higher-tier skin, but as it stands it looks pretty neat. Nice catch with the flat texture underneath the visor though, I probably wouldn't have noticed that until I bought it.

lightdragoon881/28/2015, 7:36:36 PM1 votes

Very nice armor

50West1/28/2015, 7:34:46 PM1 votes

I don't think any of the Inquisitor skins look good. They're bland colors with seemingly not much detail put into the armor. Nothing exciting, IMO.

Mirage Seraph1/28/2015, 9:04:35 PM1 votes

I'll be buying it the moment the skin comes out but I'll probably swap between this and Abyssal Naut every other game. I do wish it was a 975 or even 1350 skin so they could do more with it but I suppose it is part of a skin line so they can't spend too much time on each one.

It's pretty early on in its PBE life so I'm sure we'll see some cleaning up on it.

aaronconlin1/29/2015, 12:06:02 AM1 votes

I was excited for this skin as soon as the splash art was leaked, so I was both happy and disappointed when this was released. The skin is great and I will get it on release, but I was hoping it would have been a higher tier skin just so it could live up to it's amazing potential.

Someone suggested taking the particles from Astronautilus, which would work but would also devalue that skin

SnackieCakes1/29/2015, 2:45:37 AM1 votes

He looks... muddled - in pretty much the exact way that Rito has been trying to get away from with Swain/Cass, etc. He has so much banding that, particularly from some distance, he just doesn't look like anything. Furthermore, while a heavily armored theme sounds cool, he doesn't really look like he's wearing armor here. If anything, he looks like the furnace from Home Alone!

DoFr1/28/2015, 9:01:03 PM1 votes

i love the skin, but not the anchor, it's too huge and it's artwork isn't exactly matching the level beauty of this design, least reduce it's size or make it Thinner around the edges, it's blocking The Visor on his head