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Golden chroma being released for the 2012 Championship version of Riven.

edate··12 votes·5,030 views

Hello, I'm new around these types of discussions, I'm here to suggest that the 2012 Championship Riven skin should also have a golden chroma as well as the 2016 version.

There's been multiple discussions of this recently on mainly Reddit/some Discords i'm in usually receiving a lot of positive feedback because there's been a constant tease of the 2012 Version (The version with the crown) being golden, this includes being in the client itself, and ending up actually just being only for the 2016 version.

I've not come here to be salty, but a lot of the original CS owners feel a bit ripped off from this? It seems like everyone feels similar by feeling a bit mixed about this since, to have the skin re-released (when said it wouldn't be re-released in the first place), then these types of perks go to only the 2016 version, leaving the 2012 version in the dust.

It's evident the model etc. is already made, so why not just implement it as a separate version? I had a discussion with a Rioter on Twitter about how this would be problematic because:

  1. People have already spent their tokens on the 2016 version, so they may feel annoyed about earning them again for the Original version (If they had to buy the original chroma again)
  2. (Source) Apparently different regions have different approaches/treatments to the Championship 2012 Riven skin(?)
  3. (Source) They decided 2016 was the better candidate because it didn't limit the amount of people that could get it.

So I have a few solution to these issues:

  1. Release a 2012 version of the Chroma in hex-tech crafting for 400 Tokens, maybe allowing users to ask for a refund of the tokens/a change via support/tickets.
  2. Release a 2012 version of the Chroma and once users with the 2012 Skin purchase the 2016 version with the 400 tokens, they'd have the Chroma(s) for both 2016 and 2012 versions.
  3. Release a 2012 version of the Chroma and just mass-add it to the accounts with Championship Riven, it's evident this is possible since it was done with the 2016 version of the skin.

4 Comments

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

Can I just say I really don't understand the hubub around it?

If you really want the chroma, it's not like it's not available to owners of the OG riven as they were given 2016 Riven. So just get that Chroma.

If there were a more significant difference I could understand it, but it's just a crown. In the end it just seems people are annoyed because they saw the Chroma on the 2012 version and feel entitled to it.

I get 2012 CS Riven is unique, but I don't know how much more special treatment you people want from riot. Just get the 2016 Chroma and move on.

edate2 votes

Oh, I can see what you mean.

It just doesn't feel like it makes sense to have the skin completely left in the dust when it's also apart of the Championship line-up, and it's also pretty evident that the model was made for the CS 2012 version, so in a way it's just why not just that release it alongside of the 2016 version?

And yes, it's pretty annoying because the skin wasn't supposed to be released in the first place. In a sense it's also just agitating to have it teased for the 2012 version when it's only for the 2016 version.

Kosm1K2 votes

cant even bother talking to this dude man, he just doesn't realize how gypped OG CS Riven owners have been. Riot can clearly make the effort to re-release a skin but keep the original intact, just look at Neo PAX Sivir, the new one is just a swapped color palette and the original one is still clearly evident. OG CS just got a couple of half assed additions like a tiny crown, a border no one will see in loading screen, and vfx during ult only that are easily mistakable as her passive.

edate1 votes

Yeah that's also the thing, just because a newer version of the skin got released doesn't mean that we should also be left behind with these new additions, like chromas.

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