Change challenger Ahri's ball?

ZED G0D·Oct 9, 2015·5 votes·5,389 views

Can we change the color of challenger ahri's ball to match her skin? to more of a dark purple/pink? I just notice her ball never really changes color..

22 Comments

KrigjerOct 9, 20154 votes

The reason they state is that they don't want players to not know when her passive is active.

I don't understand the reasoning, because number one, Popstar Ahri has a mint green orb that turns brighter when her passive is up.
For Challenger, just make it pink when Essence Theft is not active and green when it is.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20153 votes

The reason they state is that they don't want players to not know when her passive is active.

This is correct.

I don't understand the reasoning, because number one, Popstar Ahri has a mint green orb that turns brighter when her passive is up.

The orb for that particular skin is cyan. We're okay with different hues of blue, just not changing the color to something like red.

KrigjerOct 9, 20151 votes

The orb for that particular skin is cyan. We're okay with different hues of blue, just not changing the color to something like red.

Oh, well that makes sense. The orb looks mint green to me, but I'm comparing it to the green grass of the map.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20151 votes

Ah, gotcha. I think depending on the monitor the colors may vary a bit, too. :x

XaenosOct 19, 20151 votes

although to fit with the color theme of the skin you could make the orb white and when her passive is up then change it to the purple color

Crowe StalkerOct 9, 20151 votes

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The reason they state is that they don't want players to not know when her passive is active.

So... they want to make Readability even less present?

Wasn't the entire map reworked partially to improve readability and situational awareness?

Photos of GhostsOct 10, 20151 votes

U fergots how 2 reado

1000angrybeesOct 9, 20151 votes

Honestly? I get more upset about the fact that they don't change charm. It's SUPER obvious what the hell Ahri is throwing out if it's brightly colored. giving it a different shade really wouldn't affect readability of the skill at all. If it was a brighter pink, or a reddish hue, or tinged with a bit of purple, people would still get that it's charm.

Or even just the general shape of charm itself. why not give it a new particle effect? something interesting.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20151 votes

We actually did give her charm a different shade for Challenger Ahri. :]

http://imgur.com/3bNuBeL

We're not against changing the hue/shade of this skill - same rules apply for her Orb of Deception. For clarity, we'd like to keep the same color, but shades/hues are something we're open to changing if it works for the thematic.

SaixosOct 9, 20151 votes

What if the passive changed the color of the orb to red when her passive is up? I think that wouldn't have any effect on clarity, and I think blue+red would match her skin more than blue+green.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20151 votes

We'd specifically chosen green because it represented healing.

1000angrybeesOct 9, 20151 votes

huh. Well then, I guess I was wrong. I really didn't notice the color difference, even though I use Challenger all the time.

Thank you for correcting me! Also, I'd bet a lot of people would be very interested in different shades and hues for her abilities, especially charm and Orb. Popstar Ahri is definitely one of the better examples when it comes to that.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20152 votes

No worries, it's not a huge change, and a lot of players don't know about it. ^-^ It was something that was changed once she was on PBE due to player feedback, so originally, she didn't have a different colored charm.

I agree, Popstar Ahri has a lot of good examples of the kinds of things we can change for Ahri. Although there are some restrictions, we can definitely work with them. :]

OerbàOct 9, 20151 votes

How come there was an email sent out with particle color changes for Ahri? They made her Charm and Orb of Deception orange colored. I thought they couldn't be changed bc of clarity?

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20151 votes

I'm not familiar with the email you're referring to, so I can't comment on the reasoning behind that one. :c

OerbàOct 9, 20152 votes

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I'm not familiar with the email you're referring to, so I can't comment on the reasoning behind that one. :c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwFpycY9aeA it's this one.

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/3e8sjn/new_riot_survey_finishers_for_975_rp_and_new/

Here's the whole thread.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20151 votes

Ah, okay.

So, this was a survey to get feelers for how players would feel about mastery skins/changing particles along with them. I'll admit, this was a poor example, and the team putting this together likely wasn't keeping gameplay implications in mind for it.

OerbàOct 9, 20152 votes

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Ah, okay.

So, this was a survey to get feelers for how players would feel about mastery skins/changing particles along with them. I'll admit, this was a poor example, and the team putting this together likely wasn't keeping gameplay implications in mind for it.

Oh, ok, I understand.

I have one more question though.

Why can't you change the color of the ball when the passive is down, like change it to purple or something, and keep the green for when her passive is up?

A lot of her skins would look a lot better with orbs that match her skin color, and they all look decent with the passive up.

RiotmoonstonesOct 9, 20152 votes

Changing it to certain colors create color blind sensitivity issues. In addition, keeping it the same color keeps it super obvious/consistent if she has her normal orb or if she has her passive primed.