@RiotKateyKhaos Would it be possible to convince Riot to recolor SweetHeart Annie's fire?

Kosm1K·1/23/2015, 2:05:55 PM·4 votes·8,141 views

Ever since the SweetHeart Annie skin was announced, all the annie players were swallowed whole by its cuteness, but even with this amount of cuteness, they still wished for different particles, at the very least, recolors of the base particles. There are many discussion threads about this topic {here, here, here, and here} and even in the PBE Discussion Thread here. There's obviously many people in this community that wish for the SweetHeart Annie skin to at the very least have recolored particles to better match the Valentine theme. Of these people, there is a large percentage that would not purchase the SweetHeart Annie skin unless it had pink fire. I understand that Riot wishes to release skins in a certain price range order, but giving annie yet another skin that does not change particles, when she already has 5 others like that, is a bit frustrating for those who love this little girl Annie . Not to mention that the of the 3 skins that Annie has that change particles, only 2 are easily accessible, panda annie and frostfire annie. Goth annie requires summoners to either purchase the entire digital collectors pack with rp, or buy all the champions within it with IP in order to get goth annie. For many people, this is a laborious task, that they complete for one of the few skins that annie has different particles. The community isn't asking for much, they aren't asking for more voice overs or a different recall, all they ask for is pink fire.

SweetHeart Annie is a skin with huge potential success across the world, but without the pink fire, I feel that Riot is letting a large number of people down, and I sincerely hope they reconsider their decision on SweetHeart Annie.

24 Comments

Riotmoonstones1/23/2015, 6:31:12 PM5 votes

Hey there!

This has been a topic of discussion, and I've been keeping an eye on the boards (and responding to a couple posts, including a couple you've mentioned here)!

As explained in one of the posts, we're trying to create more of a diversity in skin prices. We're creating more skins that fall into various price tiers so more people have an opportunity to grab a skin they enjoy, since not everyone can afford (or want to buy) higher priced skins.

I can understand the frustration with Sweetheart Annie not getting new particles, and I'm sorry. Unfortunately, she's going to keep her base particles for this skin.

Janna Windgale1/26/2015, 11:39:38 AM1 votes

This skin with changed particle effects would've been awesome, now it looks dull, and it seems to me that riot isn't trying to put any effort in the valentines' event of this year.

Thresh Outta Fux2/2/2015, 8:56:38 PM1 votes

I don't play Annie.

But... Seriously? Your community is plainly asking for something that they'd be willing to pay you MORE money for, and you're saying no to them because it doesn't fit with your skin release price schedule or whatever?

I mean come on. Is it more important to keep the community happy or stick to your schedule?

Caeru2/14/2015, 7:19:58 PM1 votes

Sooooo basically. Since the variety of prices in skins is trying to be made so that others can enjoy, a skin is has been released that a large collective of the community has said they do not enjoy. It seems the effort put into annie skins in making them diverse is actually quite subpar and rather disappointing. In most cases, it's a pretty picture that is selling the skin so kudos to the graphic artists. It is really disappointing to see this little girl get barely anything different. I can only hope Riot decides to up their game with her in the future seeing as she is such an amazing champion. item 3070 Annie item 3070