New Batch of Texture Rebalances!

RiotQuquroon·11/4/2014, 7:49:09 AM·48 votes·82,152 views

Hey folks! Ququroon here!

I know I have a thread over on the PBE that's been sitting up there in the announcements for a while (that totally has a ton of context if you're not familiar with this!), but I wanted to cross the streams and open up the feedback channel a little bit. At least for now, because my sleep schedule is OP and because I like you guys. Except for that guy. That guy sucks.

So here's the link: http://imgur.com/a/x4BpK

I'll be hanging out for a bit, so lemme know whatcha think! I'd also appreciate to know who you'd prefer to see, if anyone. I'm curious. Totally. That's the ticket.

REMEMBER BECAUSE I GET THIS A LOT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A CHAMPION'S UPDATE SCHEDULE. THIS IS A BANDAID TO A LARGER PROBLEM, BUT HOPEFULLY A BANDAID THAT YOU FOLKS LIKE.

227 Comments

Quality413011/4/2014, 8:13:59 AM35 votes

Can you please move Groovy Zilean 's clock to 4:20 ?

Please.

disregardable11/4/2014, 7:52:10 AM9 votes

This is the first time I've seen these before, and I hate them. They look childish. Sorry.

Gear Kitty11/4/2014, 9:29:08 AM8 votes

Kay, so, first some itty-bitty nitpicks. In no order....

Frosted Ezreal's hair locks are hard to see individually, at least compared to his blond skins.
Little Knight Amumu's rear end looks especially slick considering it's supposed to be armored and not skin-esque.
The hair for all of Vlad's skins (sans Nosferatu and Marquis) feels... I dunno, grainy, like low quality compared to the rest of the piece. It may be that for the most part, the hair is just some thin lines when compared to the rest of his outfit (and each ones' lines with wider bands of color in between).
I'll echo the need to up the brightness just a tad on Old Saint Zilean.

Okay, that's all I can realistically find. Time to fangirl...

OH MY GOTT MORDE'S FEET ARE STILL PIZZAS BUT THE BASE SKIN LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DRILLS WITH ALL THOSE RIVETS AND IT JUST MAKES ME THINK HE'LL RAM A DRILL UP YOUR ASS.

TUNDRA FIZZ LOOKS SO ADORABLE AND I CAN ACTUALLY TELL HIS SKIN/FLESH IS A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN HIS BASE.

GRAGAS LOOKS FRICKIN' RIPPED.

KOG'MAW DFQWOEHGUWRJA;PQWJRFUOUIOVW collapses in a fit from too much d'awwwww, especially from the Reindeer skin cause DAMN that looks amazing, a lot more natural looking than the current version.

TALON GOT SEXIER.

URGOT ACTUALLY LOOKS SCARY (and holy frijoles, that Butcher skin).

Featherztorm11/4/2014, 8:06:31 AM8 votes

I saw better looking into the toilet after taking a dump. Jk. Looks cool. Hoping to see Kog'Maw and Cho resemble their splash arts in Season 5. In-game they look like a joke. But their splash makes me want to play them more!

Evelyn Endwise11/4/2014, 8:09:26 AM7 votes

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Tundra Fizz11/4/2014, 4:57:18 PM5 votes

The Fizz update looks so cute!! Thank you I love it! ♥

Arcane Shifting11/4/2014, 9:32:31 AM5 votes

Riot when you are retexturing Ezreal anyway, cant you please make it so his hair, in the pulsefire skin, doenst look like a bunch of bananas anymore?http://imgur.com/0Etp5ZP am i the only one who think this looks like a bunch of bananas?

ArcticSirius11/4/2014, 8:06:07 AM4 votes

Can I make a suggestion for Dragonknight Mordekaiser's mace to not have a gray-colored look to the end of it (Try to make the it the a color that matches the rest of his scheme)?

Or is it incomplete?

**Edit

My reasoning for disliking it is, it looks like a ball of dirt with golden spikes coming out of it. Everything looks fine, it's just that one piece if you know what I mean

ChârIes11/4/2014, 8:04:09 AM4 votes

All of these are so beautiful! Time Machine Zilean's clock looks so gorgeous.

ThatAutofillSupp11/4/2014, 8:24:27 AM4 votes

dat blood lord vlad :D

Flemman11/4/2014, 8:11:40 AM4 votes

Think i gonna wait for the before/after picture from Moobeat, it help a lot to see what seems strange on a champion (like the rust on naut)

If you have only the after, when you feel something is strange, you don't always know why you feel that way

Dormammu11/4/2014, 8:08:00 AM3 votes

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XianL11/4/2014, 8:57:09 AM3 votes

Reposting from Reddit in case you're mainly checking here!

Well if you're looking for feedback I might as well give my own. I like what you've done with Urgot in general, here are a few comments.

Personally I think the gold on classic Urgot is not quite tarnished enough.
Is there a particular reason why Battlecast Urgot went from shiny Silver/Black to Matte Green? Though I think the texture update on it looks great.
I like how you've really differentiated Butcher Urgot from the baseline skin. I think it'd be even better if the reds came up, or if there was a highlight of fresher blood on the apron.
Crabgot's gonna crabgot. No comment.

Torrenium11/4/2014, 10:03:49 AM3 votes

I do like all of the textures overall. Most of them give more clarity to the model and make it stand out with the skin's color scheme.

For example, Amumu's are really nice. His classic green is more toned down and easier on the eyes, and the rest of his skins feel that way as well.

Keep in mind I don't have access to PBE at the moment so all opinions I have on this batch are purely based off of images and not the actual in-game experience.

Here are my thoughts/concerns:

Sheriff Caitlyn's hair. I'm biased because I like her live splash art a lot, but I remember a while back that the model's hair was altered from blue to black, and yet it's blue here in the images. Could we change that to match the splash art? One of the biggest complaints with skins is the disparity between models and splashes, and here it feels significant enough to warrant an edit.
Zilean's overall color scheme. I feel that, across all the skins, there might be a darker tone of brown than is necessary. I could be wrong and maybe the lighter tones don't fit as well on the new SR, but it personally looks like a bit difficult to pick out on the map. Especially when you consider that the live Zilean textures are extremely bright, this will throw people off significantly and I'm not sure if the darker tones are thus the way to go. To point out a couple culprits, Shurima and Time Machine both have tones that I feel could be brightened up. Maybe it's the gloves? I'm not sure.
Gragas' skin tone. This is more due to perspective because of the close-ups, but I feel it's a bit jarring that his skin tone is significantly more subdued. Since all the textures were intended to have less visually cluttering schemes, I can understand why it's more tan (or peach, or beige? I don't know haha). I would like to point out though, that Caitlyn's and Ezreal's skin tones look brighter than Gragas, and that may be why it looks odd to me. Argument against this is that Gragas is substantially more naked than the other two (from the waist up, lest anyone dare imply that's not what I was referring to with the word choice).

Other than, I'm looking forward to the texture changes! Thanks for the hard work!

Marmy11/4/2014, 7:52:36 AM2 votes

Is there going to be a rework on Sad Robot Amumu, or are you just going to leave it as it is?

Kanzerman11/4/2014, 10:33:52 AM2 votes

We definitely need some Morgana up here. I was hoping she'd get a visual update when the Victorious Skin was teased, but since it hit the PBE I guess it's not happening, so I at least hope you will rebalance her skins because, well, look at her poor wings and still green skin. Aside from Ghost Bride, I think all of her skins are in dire need of some love.

Lord Graves III11/4/2014, 8:41:44 AM1 votes

Hey, Crimson Elite Talon's knife is different. I really like the single straight blade in its current form. Could I get you to look over that again? I'm really fond of that sword in its current form.

Other than that these seem pretty good. :D

Shineblow11/4/2014, 9:13:16 AM1 votes

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