Thoughts on Lore:

Daedalus871··3 votes·916 views

The Good: When Riot puts effort into lore, it is some of the best lore out there. They are capable of creating world's that you want to be drawn into. Take a look at the new Bilgewater story line. You learn about how cunning TF is, how bent on revenge Graves is, and how bloodthristy GP is (seriously, before this he seemed like a pirate from an Icelandic kids' show). It's some seriously good shit.

The Bad: The biggest problem with lore is that Riot doesn't seem produce a lot of it. There are videos and stuff that let us get a feel for the champion, but we don't get to really know them. For an example, we know that Ekko is some sort of time travelling guy who fights corruption in Zaun, but we don't know who he actually is. Another issue with lore is that oftentimes, it seems like placeholder lore is made and forgotten about. See Skarner for an example.

The Ugly: Currently, the only lore easily accessible is in the form of written Bios. The Shadow Islands, Freljord, and Shurima events are now incredibly hard to find on the LoL website. Furthermore, these events are nowhere near any other lore, making it hard to follow the story. Instead of the current presentation of lore should be redone so it is all in the same place.

Edit 1: Fixed some bad writing.

6 Comments

rockdalian1 votes

Can't sell lore $$$$$$$$$$$ I really hope it's not that

Daedalus8711 votes

I don't want to say that's the entire reason for lore's horrible state right now, but I do believe that if lore was something that Riot could make money off of, it would be one of the best out there.

rockdalian1 votes

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I don't want to say that's the entire reason for lore's horrible state right now, but I do believe that if lore was something that Riot could make money off of, it would be one of the best out there.

I'm same way I don't want to believe lack of lore is because it's a free aspect but it kinda feels that way sometimes

nightgaara1 votes

Just made a post about the same thing. I miss the old in depth one provided in the client before. The events are nice but aside from that I really dont feel any emotional connection to these new champs. And the new Graves and TF lore are really really underwhelming.

Daedalus8711 votes

I don't really care if the lore is in the client (although that would be a convenient place to put it), I just want it all in one officially Riot's place. So client, own page on the website, hell it could even be a thread with a link to other threads with lore that is stickied to the top of the Story and Art Forum.

NixSix1 votes

So true. Im a huge Graves main, great champ. I loved the previous lore, but now, its super short, with no background on their rivalry.

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