Why another Soraka skin?

Devack The Holy·3/12/2015, 4:59:47 PM·3 votes·814 views

I know I'm going to get a lot of flame for this, but seriously, I have to bring this up. We just got Reaper Soraka not too long ago (October), and she's getting another one?! Granted, you pulled this crap with Vi last year (Harrowing skin followed by a regular skin), but come on. I know that this was a skin idea that was demanded by the fans, but come on. What other skin ideas have been floating around that Riot has continuously failed to deliver on?

Cheerleader Lux (Probably one of the most demanded skins ever) Debonair Zac Snow Day/Frozen Syndra (Probably not implemented for obvious reasons) Among others.

I think that after Reaper was released, Soraka should have been kicked to the bottom of the list, and not seen another skin until the patch that has Poppy's rework (figuratively). Other champs need skins too, you know!

Zac: Only had one skin, his launch skin Lux: Fans were promised a skin that would come soon after the fans reacted to Steel Legion negatively. It hasn't come yet. Shen: No new skin in two years Kennen: See Shen Brand: See Shen Cassiopeia: See Shen Fiddlesticks: See Shen Fiora: See Shen Dr. Mundo: SEE. SHEN.

Do you get it now?! A good number of champs haven't had a skin in over two years, or were promised a skin that never came, or haven't had a skin since launch. And yet, people are losing their minds over a new Annie skin, a new Katarina skin (granted it looks nice, but she has plenty already), a new Ashe skin, a new SORAKA SKIN, AFTER SHE GOT ONE LITERALLY FIVE MONTHS AGO! Don't you think that some of these champs deserve a skin more than Soraka, or some of the other champs to get skins recently?

As for the others:

Definitely not Udyr: Guy needed a new cheaper skin, and it looks really cool. Amumu: If not for this skin, he'd be on the above list as well, so I'm cool with that. Nasus: I'm on the fence about this one, since he got a skin recently as well. (His Legendary, which I think came out over the summer) Nami: Only two skins, and I think this one captures her playful style quite well. I'll let this pass.

I don't have a problem with champs getting skins, and even in short bursts if there's only one skin available (Vi last year.) But when you do two skins on the same champ that already has a decent selection of skins within five months of each other, that's a little much.

Riot, all I'm saying is to spread the love to other champs, and space out the launches between skins for a champ to much longer than six months. Look how long it took for Rumble, Sona, Amumu, Evelynn, Twitch, Heimerdinger, Kog'Maw, and Skarner to get new skins.

3 Comments

Dryad Soraka3/12/2015, 5:06:25 PM5 votes

Cause Soraka is the best!

DollaMenunaire3/12/2015, 5:15:10 PM5 votes

Because I am a Soraka waifulord willing to spend my hard earned moneyz to see Soraka play with bananas

GundayMonday3/12/2015, 5:20:02 PM3 votes

You're thinking about it the wrong way.

Certain champs are WAY more complicated than others for making skins. Zac uses some weird goofy amorphous character model that has to also scale in size with his current health. Makes skin design a challenge. Same thing for Yorick and all of his ghosts (more things to skin, goofy ult skin interactions, etc.). All skins don't take the same amount of time, and it honestly makes sense for Riot to pump out the easy ones.

Also, Riot is a free to play game company. Free to play. They make their money from people buying skins. If you were Riot's CEO, do you make skins for the champions that more people play, or less people play, if you want to make more money? See what I'm getting at? Plus, maybe soraka players are more likely to buy things from Riot! There could be some super weird interaction where goat footed banana throwers are a little looser with their cash than the average player.

Not trying to nitpick your post (I would love a new Zac skin!), but wanted to throw out the bigger picture since there are more forces working on Riot's dev team than the random "I want this skin" posts from the forum.

See what I mean?