Discarded Voice Lines
Before you decide to scroll over this because of the title at least hear me out! I've been thinking about the champion's voice lines and how most of the newer ones lose some make them a bit more interesting and diverse in terms of thematic and personality. And because I main the Marksmen role I'll be talking about two of my favorite champs: Xayah
, and Kai'sa
. When Xayah was being revealed she was advertised as a feisty edgy rebel willing to cut down anything that stood against her (which by the way wonderful job on delivering that) and the thing that made her stand out and made me interested in playing her was her foulmouthed voice line and in a game rated ESRB for teens I don't think any 13 year old or any of the much more mature players would've minded that to have been kept. But even so Xayah still has a ton of personality without it in her shared voice lines with Rakan
so this one I am not too peeved about and couldn't care less if it was added back.
Kai'sa on the other hand, with her reveal I was too hyped too excited to even wait for live so I got a PBE account just to play her and she had voice lines that made her incredibly unique from any other marksman and they where the voice lines that she spoke whenever she missed her "Void Seeker" ability (Marksmen rarely get long skill shots to hit and when she addressed that it was missed it was very beautiful and added a lot of depth) and the fact that she interacted with her support whenever they either backed without her or when she got a heal or shield from them (SHE THANKED THEM AND THAT MADE HER EVEN MORE COOL). Like this entire post, in my opinion (but this is what you guys want feedback right?) those interactions are what added to the fantasy of her being alone in the Void for most of her life and it showed her being grateful to finally have someone there for her when she needed them and those not being present in the game just take away from the entire story you guys were trying to build for her, you essentially promised me this fantasy and said "Never mind now she's just like every other marksman you've been playing." I believe you guys are trying to make the story of this world more enticing to the players hence the large and very detailed map that was recently put on display and that's extremely hard to accomplish when the things about certain champs are advertised and aren't even added into the game itself.
I'll put this into conclusion right there. I know that one person's opinion won't change an entire company's mind or its decisions but I am an optimistic and hopeful person that my words will at least be taken into some account and maybe those Kai'sa voice lines will be added back into the game at some point. Feel free to add your own opinions on this too! [sg-ahri-2] (I didn't know whether to put this in Story or Gameplay but here it is in Story)