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Why not release Sewn Chaos Amumu and Blitzcrank as an event or good behavior reward?

Gosh Darn·1/29/2017, 10:47:39 PM·60 votes·3,509 views

Background: If you didn't know, Sewn Chaos Amumu and Blitzcrank were released for testing on the PBE. They were met with a lot of criticism and Riot decided to simply scrap them altogether. They already had their in-game models and splashes, they were ready to go.

These skins are not bad, not bad at all. Maybe they are inferior to other skins these champions have, have a few issues, and probably won't be that popular, but they're not bad. ESPECIALLY not bad enough to be totally scrapped when they're already made.

Why not just introduce them into the game in another way? If they aren't going to generate any profit, yet their models and splashes are already made, there's no reason to flat out cancel them. I actually like Sewn Chaos Amumu but I have Surprise Party already, so I would never buy it but it would be cool to use every now and again.

They are more than good enough to be given as a freebie as they are. You can release them in any way shape or form you wanted. Blitzcrank and Amumu are also low-cost, old champions easily accessible to new players. You could release it as a cheap, fair priced bundle, or just give these skins away to everyone so that new players especially could try out skins. It could even be an IP Bundle, being the first non-chroma skin to be purchasable with IP. The possibilities are endless and it'd be a shame to just throw these skins in the garbage.

38 Comments

Fondling Gems1/30/2017, 2:00:27 AM9 votes

It is to maintain and increase a standard of quality. If you go to a decently nice restaurant and order a burger or something and the chef messes up and it looks super sloppy, stuff spilling everywhere, ketchup smeared over the plate you aren't going to want to go back even if it tastes perfectly fine. Realistically the Chef would scrap it and start over so the the restaurant maintains a level of quality.

In the same way releasing skins of a low quality into league lowers the overall bar, even if the skins aren't terrible in their own right. Additionally by not releasing the skins there is more push to give those champions good skins in the near future, while releasing them would put that off for a longer period of time without pleasing many people.

Also Riot does this a lot, but many of the skins never make it onto the PBE. According to some responses from Riot it seems as if them getting put onto the PBE in the first place was a mistake, they were meant to be scrapped before that.

It is about quality. Riot wants a 5 star game. If they release a 3 star skin that lowers the quality of the game and if you keep doing it then it adds up. It doesn't help that there are a lot of old skins like that too which mean that they are trying for a 5 star game from a 3 star starting point, part of why they take older skins out of the shop is to help negate that.

Releasing a skin through any means that is a lower quality has a negative impact. Making it a special event doesn't necessarily help as it can make players feel ripped off for going above and beyond to get a meh skin.

Shadòw1/30/2017, 5:07:56 PM3 votes

funny cause rn on PBE there are these so called Blood Moon skins who look like garbage compared to the splash arts tbh

The Dreamwalker1/30/2017, 2:59:17 AM2 votes

I still think these look much better than some of the other skins Riot has released. I mean, they could just release them for a limited time. Maybe like a Valentine day sale? Then they are retired to the vault?

I think a Sewn Chaos Amumu makes a doll sense. Blitz may have been the long shot, but still, he looked cool in the skin.

Spacesuit Spiff1/31/2017, 1:06:57 AM2 votes

Im surprised to hear they were scrapped, i really liked the look of those. Granted, tanky champs made of yarn are a pretty weird notion.

What we need is a kalista one, where she throws sewing needles. Saw a concept art of it somewhere.

Placentas1/29/2017, 10:48:46 PM1 votes

Your name though LOL

blackfootedfox1/31/2017, 4:11:16 AM1 votes

I think the main problem was that the skins really needed particle work to feel cohesive, but since they were 750 tier they had the base particles which felt really off. Like, Sewn Chaos Blitz with his base ult and passive just didn't look complete. Amumu had a better case, but it still didnt really feel finished.