Successful or not? Well received or not?
If I had the money I know I'd be buying more. I love seeing them in game. Keeps thigns spicey visually.
On a personal note I'd love to see every champion having chromas for their base skin by the end of the year.
Riotmoonstones2 votesHeyo!
For a bit of context, I'm QA on skins, so I don't have data to share on if they were successful or well received.
However, you may have seen some surveys popping up asking for feedback regarding chromas, and various other questions around them. We want to get a feel for how you guys perceive chromas, and what you'd ultimately like to see/get out of them. Right now, we're discussing chromas and what the best route/future for them is.
Personally, I think they're cool - I use the Nami chroma pack more than any of her other skins, honestly.
I think some champions may be better suited for them than others, just based on their models and what pieces should be changed in each chroma, but I don't think it would be impossible to create a chroma for each champion. By the end of the year would be a pretty tall order 'cause they'd be worked on alongside all of the other content we have planned for the year. :P
Decrit1 votesPersonally i don' t think they are "visible" enough. Sometimes i do not even get that a champion is on a chroma, mostly if it is an enemy.
With skins toy have a different loading screen that somehow "alerts" you and are overall more distinguishable. Probably if parcticles were of a different colour too then it would be a more powerful effect.
But i know in my little that is not that easy given what you said; that particles can' t be changed in colour at will, doing so merely skips a part of the design process if i guessed right? Plus the whole pricing stuff that might not be up to players desire.
Riotmoonstones2 votesPersonally i don' t think they are "visible" enough. Sometimes i do not even get that a champion is on a chroma, mostly if it is an enemy.
I can agree with that. As I've mentioned above, I think some champions are better suited for chromas. For example, Nami and Lucian I feel are solid candidates for chromas - they stand out pretty well.
Currently, we only have the chromas pack name in the loading screen, but perhaps considering more flair could make it a bit more apparent, and would be a better way to show off your chromas.
But i know in my little that is not that easy given what you said; that particles can' t be changed in colour at will, doing so merely skips a part of the design process if i guessed right?
Right, chromas are simply texture changes, so they don't go through the full development process, but creating a chromas pack for every champion by the end of the year, for example, would bottleneck for for our 3D modelers.
Plus the whole pricing stuff that might not be up to players desire.
Chromas are meant to be alternative choices for players who just want a champion or skin in a different color, and they don't feel the need to purchase something with bells and whistles. It's also why we have higher tier skins with all kinds of stuff in them - some players really enjoy it. That's why we have all sorts of price tiers that contain all kinds of content - our player base is pretty diverse in the kinds of content they like, both in terms of what goes into a skin, but also the thematic overall.
GaleWinUnleashed1 votes[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=Kj0bp8Ak,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2016-04-05T23:18:53.392+0000)
Chromas are meant to be alternative choices for players who just want a champion or skin in a different color.
It's specifically this facet of chromas that I dislike. I would really like some of my favorite champions and skins in a different color (preferably blue, my favorite =P), but I have absolutely no interest in the other colors that I would be forced to acquire along with it. 540 RP is not worth it when I only want one of the three. Is there something against making them available individually for 390 RP, the lowest price tier that is occupied by the likes of White Mage Veigar and Golden Alistar? Aside from the current tech (creating a new skin object and getting it into the store, among other things) being inefficient, that is.
Riotmoonstones2 votesI don't think there's anything against it. I'm not 100% looped into discussions, but as I've mentioned above, there is a bunch of talks being had about chromas and what the goal should be, etc.
GaleWinUnleashed1 votesI'd happily buy blue recolors of all of Lulu's skins (except Pool Party and Winter Wonder, for obvious reasons) if I could get them for 400 RP or less apiece. But it seems that chromas have fallen out of circulation until some sort of decision can be made.
Riotmoonstones3 votesI appreciate the feedback. I can shoot it over to the team involved with these discussions. ^-^
GaleWinUnleashed2 votesActually, now that I think of it, this could be a new version of Chromas. Chroma packs could be done one champion at a time, where every skin for them gets redone with the same set of 3 colors. Then, packs could be purchased in one of two ways; either buy all of the colors for one skin, or buy one color across all of the skins. Prices may have to be varied due to champions having wildly different numbers of skins, but it seems like a decent possibility to me. This method caters to both those who greatly enjoy one particular skin, but still want some variety, or those like me that greatly enjoy all of a champion's skins but would like them to have something else in common.
Cosnirak2 votesI think just 2 new color schemes per new chroma pack in the future would be great. As others have mentioned people often don't want all 3 of the options and would rather get less in total but get more specifically what they want, and for less. So 2 schemes at a lower price than previous chroma packs seems awesome. Possibly even 1 new scheme but I feel like that probably runs into issues of space in the client and is too suboptimal of resource usage for Riot.
LoZfan032 votesI've said it before, but I think chromas would be helped by an individual purchase option. If I were to buy a chroma, my thought process is more likely to be "ooo I like that color" than "I just want some options". I do like them as an idea though, so I hope more get made at some point either way.
Sorgklaan1 votes[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=Kj0bp8Ak,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-04-05T21:57:15.309+0000)
Heyo!
For a bit of context, I'm QA on skins, so I don't have data to share on if they were successful or well received.
However, you may have seen some surveys popping up asking for feedback regarding chromas, and various other questions around them. We want to get a feel for how you guys perceive chromas, and what you'd ultimately like to see/get out of them. Right now, we're discussing chromas and what the best route/future for them is.
Personally, I think they're cool - I use the Nami chroma pack more than any of her other skins, honestly.
I think some champions may be better suited for them than others, just based on their models and what pieces should be changed in each chroma, but I don't think it would be impossible to create a chroma for each champion. By the end of the year would be a pretty tall order 'cause they'd be worked on alongside all of the other content we have planned for the year. :P
I still think chroma's should potentially be able to be earned, possibly through the mastery system. I'd love to see the mastery system expanded.
Duke Anax1 votesCan you tell us why you completely stopped releasing Chromas after a few of them?
Riotmoonstones2 votesUnfortunately, I don't have full context on this (I wasn't part of the group working on chromas).
Quepha2 votesI thought they would be pretty cheap and was disappointed to find out that they were only sold in bulk for prices that ended up being more than some skins that had much more work put into them. Furthermore, they never end up on sale when that's usually the only time I'm willing to buy skins.
