You know, lore wasn't really big last year. What's the expectations of 2018?

Seemingly, the biggest thing was Vastaya update....maybe The legend of Orrn. Then there's the left overs from Piltover/Zaun in which didnt that roll of the previous year?

I mean, yes, finally some things of Runeterra are fleshed out, but the pace has slowed down. And I think it started too after the tip of last year. I know we potentially have new Noxus lore coming with Swain and all. But after that whats next? Look, I get that Riot took the time to add some lore, but the pace of it just isn't enthusiastic imo. When they declared they would start doing better with lore a few yrs ago, im not going to lie, I expected much more.

When I saw the comics, I was surprised. And thought this would be a consistent thing. It doesn't really seem like it. And I'm excluding December since Riot slows things down around this time which is understandable. The really audience grabbing lore seems to still be tied around new champion releases, if not a vgu for a current champion. That would be Vastaya(Xayah and Rakan), The demi-gods of Freljord(Orrn), and Targon(Zoe, even though her story just doesn't deliver.) The Darkin lore with Kayne gave us no info on the actual Darkin himself(Rhast) and Varus was just a mistake imo. I mean we find out that Darkin aren't from Runeterra after all, even though Aatrox's lore gives you the impression that they have been around Runeterra for a long time.

And with 2017 passing what can we expect from 2018? I'll be honest I grew unenthusiastic about the lore. And it's not just because of what I wrote above, It's because alot of the things I expected to see covered with their lore updates aren't. Some things are givien more tidbits about them, but are ultimately still left for later as we are constantly being told. Swains update is coming up, and I expect alot of things(not all) to be covered that fans have have been asking questions about since the times of lore discussion forums. I got interested in the lore with Jinx's arrival, when I started the game and it sucks that I might have to wait a couple more yrs just to reads about a mystery that fans have been wanting to know about for years.

Even though it seems a little selfish(I'm really trying to not be) when I hear Swain, the grand general of Noxus getting a big update, I expected if not all most of Noxus lore to be covered. Because this is what Riot has been doing, tying lore updates to things like this. That includes the Black Rose, Noxus or Noxus Prime's general life for Noxians, and things like the disappearance of Katarina's father. Because these are things fans have been wanting to know about for years, you can't really blame a person for expecting it. Same with Ionia(if that means Riot is going to do this with Irelia too): Yasuo's killer, Irelia's brother, the cabal who freed Jhin?

My concerns is that Riot isn't closing the holes in lore atm, instead their are expanding the world ever more and are leaving these things untouched. I try to not expect anymore do to my on philosophy on having bad expectations. But when you want to learn something, sometimes I just can't help it. So I ask of you lore fans and maybe/also Riot what are the expectations of lore for this year?