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thoughts on the 750 rp skin Queen of diamonds skin for Syndra @riot

Jacccey·4/30/2015, 1:06:39 PM·14 votes·11,289 views

I think if you release a 750 rp skin for champions with very little particle effects eg. melee champs it would be less disappointing. but syndra, theres just so much potential to make a good and interesting skin, you just wasted an awesome concept becuase you decided to make it 750 rp and a lot of people WOULD NOT like it.

seeing the Queen of diamonds skin for Syndra makes me sad because if she looks like the skin is like 50% completed.
the particles does not match the skin at all and its not visually appealing. if you change the particles to something more attractive and relevant to the theme, im sure a lot of people would be interested in it.

the Sphere is the most important feature of Syndra, and you decided not to change it. whats the point of getting the skin really?

i dont understand why riot is so stubborn about this. There is seriously something wrong with your pricing strategy!

if i want to buy skin for my champ, i want to make sure its well spent right? 975 rp - $7.5 usd 750 rp - $5.77 usd its a $1.8 usd difference then BAM - you get a complete, nice looking skin. and obviously i would buy it. but for 750 rp skins, even if you make this skin for free, i wont use it. its not just about the cost of the skin. knowing your favourite champion got a new skin, but it does not feel completed - i wont buy it and then now you have to wait another 1-2 years for it.

you make the skins more affordable, but at the same time you are letting your players down. especially for those people who love their favourite champion.

a lot of people dislike 750 rp skins -- its not even worth it to spend money on it at all. so please. please reconsider what you gonna do with those 750 rp skins

PS. if you want to know more about what the players think, just go to youtube and read the comments.

btw, can you stop making ezreal skins please? he just got a debonair and now this.

59 Comments

Riotmoonstones4/30/2015, 6:23:25 PM15 votes

Hey Jacccey,

First off, thanks for taking the time to voice feedback about the new skins coming out.

but syndra, theres just so much potential to make a good and interesting skin, you just wasted an awesome concept because you decided to make it 750 rp and a lot of people WOULD NOT like it.

Absolutely, Syndra does have a lot of potential for skins! We strive to creative various price tiers of skins for champions because there are some people who like all the bells and whistles added to a skin, and there are others who just want a different outfit for their champion.

the particles does not match the skin at all and its not visually appealing.

Originally, Syndra's outfit was just red and white, which I agree, would not match her base particles at all. We added in some purple to better match with the base particles.

a lot of people dislike 750 rp skins -- its not even worth it to spend money on it at all. so please. please reconsider what you gonna do with those 750 rp skins

You're right, there are people who don't like 750 RP skins, but there's also a good portion of players who do enjoy them.

As I've mentioned, we want to make skins at various price tiers for each champion.

That said, we don't want to release a skin to PBE as a 750 RP skin, and then change it to 975 RP and add particles because we don't want to set the precedence that we're always going to do that. That wouldn't be fair to players if we said, "Oh sure, we'll change these particles" but when players requested pink particles for Sweetheart Annie we said no.

Blainezy4/30/2015, 8:16:10 PM1 votes

At this point, since they are starting Chroma packs, 750RP skins and below shouldn't even exist anymore.

JerrBear75/1/2015, 12:24:41 AM1 votes

Not ALL skins have to be amazing. Skins are re-textures. They might have a godly legendary skin for her later on.