@RIOT Why does a visual UPDATE mean "we're deleting the champion you like, and replacing them"?

ShinTwist·7/22/2015, 12:05:47 AM·53 votes·2,822 views

Fiora and Gangplank are dead, gone, and have been replaced by strangers who I don't want to allow into my home. Where are their old voices? Where are their old faces? Why can't you just update them without turning them into an entirely new person? The people I've spent years laning against are gone.

Why? Why not do a simple update like you did with Katarina and Ashe? What about people who are attached to the champions whose looks you are deleting?

47 Comments

HowPlayGAEM7/22/2015, 12:16:28 AM15 votes

{quoted} Where are their old voices?

The guy who did Gangplank's old voice was never contacted. Riot just doesn't give a shit.

https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/3544410-6028578303231668227

"Nearly all the lines start high and end down. The rhythm of each line is punched almost exactly the same every time"

The new VO is lower quality.

NemeBro7/22/2015, 12:10:35 AM12 votes

Creatively it made sense to them, because they wanted to do it.

Tendrian7/22/2015, 3:43:29 AM11 votes

"we're deleting the champion you like, and replacing them"?

rip Cass mains

ChaosThief7/22/2015, 5:46:35 AM6 votes

Fiora's old voice is still there.

Thankfully.

Vistha Kai7/22/2015, 12:18:46 AM6 votes

Ha. Ha. Ha.

You think Fiora and Gangplank are gone?

Every main of pre-relaunch Trundle and Karma wish their champions were "dead and gone" like this.

ilt7/22/2015, 1:58:36 AM4 votes

now they're all shiny and jolly and Disney

Solaxo7/22/2015, 9:37:35 AM3 votes

Karma

Silents4297/22/2015, 1:26:46 PM2 votes

Entirely subjective to which is better, I loved old Gangplank but love everything about the new him.

GreenLore7/22/2015, 12:56:04 AM2 votes

Yeah,I can kinda understand them changing the appearance of some of the older champs like Sion Gangplank Tristana and also the change in champs whose designs kinda clash with what they are supposed to represent like Sejuani ,but I think in Fioras case it is a bit unnecessary(although I like the new design itself,even though the splash art and some skins could need some work)

Narog7/22/2015, 4:51:56 PM2 votes

the interesting thing is that they did it right with Miss fortune ,she remains what people like about her plus a new skin .while gankplank sounds like a old dude trying to be shady way to hard.

ModKnightsKemplar7/22/2015, 5:19:36 PM1 votes

Um, new gangplank is awesome.

And I'm sure fixing the Fiora models was already in the works. That didn't slip by them. They do fresh passes on models in the PBE all the time. Nearly every cycle.

Only A Soldier7/22/2015, 1:53:25 AM1 votes

I like the new Gangplank though.

Crett7/22/2015, 2:56:46 AM1 votes

Because old Fiora wasn't good for the game

EDIT: OH you mean visually that's a whole nother ballpark

I think they're shifting character focus from her looks to her personality, and I feel they convey it a lot better with her new looks.

Poske7/22/2015, 3:14:43 AM1 votes

Gangplank aged alot I guess

Rinky Dinky7/22/2015, 3:18:10 AM1 votes

Miss Fortune literally looks the same what the fuck are you talking about

IceKingChernobog7/22/2015, 5:13:48 AM1 votes

twitch got a freaking improvement in looks and voice, as for personality....not really

Ironclad Dragon7/22/2015, 6:50:01 AM1 votes

{quoted}

Fiora and Gangplank are dead, gone, and have been replaced by strangers who I don't want to allow into my home.

You'd allow old Gangplank into your home?

McAllister7/22/2015, 2:54:01 PM

Fiora is straight-up better designed now. I can't be upset when they delete an alright champion and replace it with a good one that delivers on the same fantasy better.

Gangplank is not dead. What, were you obsessed with his E? It was a really weird skill, and entirely beside the point of Gangplank. His Q's the same except you have even more motivation to farm with it, his passive is a lot more fun, barrels look like the "you can have skill-based input with this character" button that he didn't really have, and his ult is the same except when you make it more awesome.

Honestly, of all the things to complain about. You strike me as someone who knee-jerk hates change.