@Riot, The Definitive Source Of Champion Bio's Should Be Their In Game Bio!

Impetual·May 18, 2015·37 votes·1,080 views

It makes no sense that you would want summarized lore in the in-game champion client lore tab!

Players who click on that tab want the lore, don't short change them!

11 Comments

Sneak DogMay 18, 20157 votes

Actually, I think it should probably be a webpage where all lore related to that champion should be listed or linked, given the current quality of the client. The client is rather small and I believe has obscure technical issues every now and then, like no spaces in champions' names when Quinn came out. However, the tab should provide a little teaser (preferably more than just a short boring description who they are) and a link to this webpage.

SharjoMay 18, 20158 votes

Some of those issues include:

completely missing or broken icons in the champion relations section
not being able to acknowledge ' as an actual character
nation names being a little broken
background splash art having yet to be updated (more of an art thing though as they're adjusted slightly for the site)

Those are just a few I've observed over the last few months.

ImpetualMay 23, 20151 votes

Are you new to Lol? The client didn't have those problems in the first three seasons.

McAllisterMay 19, 20153 votes

I cannot comprehend why there would be any lore for Azir that isn't on this page: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/azir/#champion-lore

And yet, that makes no mention of Arisen, or whatever his video's called.

GreenLoreMay 18, 20156 votes

I think the client should simply offer you a short lore,but also the other lore pieces. I mean the short lore has its own function,it is a small introduction to the champ,which can be read if you want to get a quick impression of the champ,however it shouldn't make the full lore unavaliable,because then it'd make the champ look pretty flat.

The lore-section could be seperated into different sub-sections like: 1.Introduction,giving us the short lore and maybe a viewable model of the champ,where you might be able to switch to the different skins to look at them,I mean I remember someone from Riot talking about how they wanted to make the skin-models more visible for the players and the short-lore would still leave a lot of space for something else.

2.Relationships,this would be basically the "friends&Rivals"-stuff that we have on the main page,they could add some one-liner to explain these relationships and even include city states among them.

3.Lore pieces basically the place where all the other lores are gathered,stuff like long lores would fall into this category

4.Trivia section,just stating some random and interesting facts about the champ.

Of course doing something like this would be a lot of work(I can't say how difficult that is) and given the fact that currently the "tech-issues" are still not solved,I don't believe we will ever get something like this....

Vistha KaiMay 18, 20157 votes

But that's the only logical way of doing it.

When you play, say, Skyrim you have all the lore available inside the game, not half of it being exclusively on a wikipedia. Who'd actually read the lore that's only on the wikia?

GreenLoreMay 19, 20151 votes

Well to be fair,I dunno if I'd call the client to be ingame. I mean you don't read the lore during a match for obvious reasons.And honestly I got into the lore through the internet,I have almost never read anything about it within the game client,because when I have the client open,then I'll usually plan to play,not to read lore.

Though I think there is no reason to not have the lore within the client,so I agree that they should offer quite some lore there.

Vistha KaiMay 19, 20152 votes

When you talk with a friend, waiting for a queue or generally screwing around having lore in-client is a blessing. I rarely even bother reading anything related to games that should be included inside them. I only check lore on wikia if I don't have League open and/or I need to check a quote in english - since I use localized client version to play.

If client will only contain short bios like the one of Ekko then average Joe will think of those "characters" as nothing but empty shells. Short bios like that don't make a champion interesting one bit. That's why I firmly believe all the written lore regarding a champion should be available without the need of opening browser. Perhaps even including non stricte champion stories later("when" or "if" those are ever going to be created) a la how JoJ was in the client.

NorthernDruidMay 18, 20155 votes

Seeing as the in-game bio is the only thing that can qualify as actual lore after violently separating the rest of the story from the game, yes, longer bios please.

kitcat300May 18, 20151 votes

I think the original Idea was to have the short bios in the game client, with a link attached to take you to a webpage with the full story.

TsumikiriMay 22, 20151 votes

Personally, I just want some kind of lore content put out on a consistent basis. A bimonthly comic or something. I think it's fine if the client shows just a blurb about the champion. Ideally there would be more lore (and more than just written stories) than could fit in a simple client page.