The old textures looked TONS better than the recent update, and plus her clothes and her particles matched in terms of color and it looked really neat. The old textures fit the skin better and made her seem gentle and subtle like how Soraka actually is, but the update makes her seem too evil.
I don't essentially hate the updated skin but that purple really does stick out like a sore thumb. Tone it down a bit guys.
Edit: guys, our collective bitching worked. http://www.surrenderat20.net/2014/10/1029-pbe-update.html
I can't stand how strong that purple color on her hood is, the more subtle tone on the prior version was a lot better if you ask me. Rito, pls don't go through with this change.
I think the ideal solution is to update the textures once more to find a balance between the two.
The original iteration (10/8) was much too desaturated. All the textures sat at the same level of contrast and saturation -- so the skin appeared too washed out.
But the newest iteration (10/27) is overly saturated with a shift in color palette. The yellow in the chest textures pops the complimentary violet in the cloth too much. The model now comes across as seemingly gaudy.
A final iteration should probably keep the yellow textures of (10/27) but tone down their saturation level a tad, not as much as (10/8). The cloth could probably shift to a more blue-violet, but be desaturated much more to give the appearance of a gray mixture. It should allow everything to appear not so washed out, while still popping against the setting.
The skin is great. The textures just still need some tuning.
Could not disagree more, the new changes "pop", the old one looks like it never got a proper color pass. Don't listen to these guys, they make no sense, PLEASE KEEP IT AS YOU JUST CHANGED IT!!!
I was done with 95% of my Soraka cosplay 6 hours ago (only missed to finish the golden part of the top and some paint on the staff). Riot just ruined 3 week-end of hardwork, and since its probably the most ugly color change I've ever seen in 2 years, my whole wish to buy the skin. And when I mean buy : i've never bought a skin by myself. Now, I wont. I've never been so mad at Riot. (Even after a Silver ranked game ruined by the lag server.)
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The older colors were much better, even if some of the assets (The bandages) may have blended too much.
But the theme is lost with these colors. Its too bright, and if they make this the released skin, i hate to say it, but i'm not going to buy it. I was soooooo hyped for this skin, but now tbh it feels ugly as all hell. It has no direction, and doesn't match the particles at all.
Rainbow Reaper Soraka, get it now at a Toys Kar-Thus near you, limited time only!
I prefer the new one as well :/ The old one just too dull. Kinda want to get it after seeing the update
The older colors were much better. The new colors just make it look like some barbie girl tried to play goth and failed miserably. The darker colors fit the theme much better. Please don't release it like this. If you must increase the brightness, keep the original colors and tweak them. I was really looking forward to this skin and this skin was going to be the only one I bought for halloween. With the current color schemes, I don't think I can warrant buying it since I already own 2 soraka skins and this one doesn't look any better than the others now.
The new one looks a bit more egyptian if anything, the older, more bleak colors really added to the appeal of Reaper Soraka.
The old Reaper 
looked a lot more creeper and unsettling because of the toned done colors. then they changed it to bright purple and gold and it just looks bad compared to the previous! I hope they see the complaints and change her back! 
I don't think it makes her look evil but the colours now look overdone and out of place. A bit like a kid got hold of a colouring book with Reaper Soraka in there.
I was hyper keen for this skin but these changes have turned me off. The colours are out of place and make the skin look low quality imo. It's strange as almost all the time when there's a colour pass it improves a skin, not downgrades it like here.
Riot probably did it for clarity but that doesn't change the fact that the new colour scheme doesn't look that good.
I would also say the old coloration was better. Fit the theme more than the vibrant colors we're getting now.
I like that she was defined more from the texture update, but I do not like the change from a gentle blue to a pokey purple. Please revert the color back!
Please, just revert it. The skin was insta-buy before these changes: the previous color scheme was perfect. If anything, fix the clipping effect created from the hanging cloth piece between her legs.
It's too damn saturated. She's a goddamn Reaper, she should be bleak and washed out. Maybe make a compromise between new and old?
Also, she kinda looks like a mummy now.
i prefer the new one...
Why is purple even there in the first place? Should be black or a fine grey.
The new colours are actually worse, please change it back. It has no harmony in itself, nor with the ability visuals. The skin was perfect right from the start, I don't understand why it needs to be changed. It looks worse, like the new Vel'Koz textures (too bright, also create visual noise/distortion). NOT talking about the tentacles and eye here (they were improved), just the shell/armor.
I wanted to buy the Reaper skin and was happy she finally got a new one, that has the 2014 quality, but now I am pretty sure, I will not, unless it gets reverted.
Thanks for hearing us out!
she looks more like a mummy than a reaper in the 2nd part of the first pic 
but the update makes her seem too evil.
LOLOLOLOL I forgot it was called "Rainbow Happy Princess Soraka"
It's mostly the cloak for me, the rest could work if they tone it back, buy mostly the cloak.
can she actually, like, be released? idgaf about these details, just friggin release her
The textures are better, but wow, Tryn down the saturation on that hood. I mean purple's my favorite color and all 
but Soraka's supposed to be Death! Death =/= colorful.
Seems fine to me, that being said I'm sure we will have something else to talk about once its out and we see what it looks like during spell cases etc
The colors on the update look, while not bad, just a bit too vibrant for a death themed skin. It's not just the purple imo. I agree it moves the skin more toward evil, but I don't think the departure from Soraka's vibe is the reason for that being a problem. I find it problematic because I thought the theme was death, not evil. Also the emphasis on detail in the update diverge from Riot's TUs in the decrease in detail.
I like the new textures better, though it may just be a higher resolution image. The colors are a bit bright though.
Alright, if you don't like the updated Soraka skin because it does not fit her "healing" theme; then you must also not like Infernal Nasus as it does not fit his theme of a Protector. Skins are means to create a new theme for the champion without changing its initial VU and to provide a sort of personality to the person using it.
Today's update gave her a bit of a tone down so it's not as bright, if that was a problem.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UrI3rjvwrUA/VFFBkgWjnKI/AAAAAAAAbuI/OSFce3mpSaA/s1600/ssss.jpg
I still think either way it looks great. Now, the bandages higher up are darker and the hood is a bit darker so it's colors seem to flow together. Still can't wait to see what the splash will look like.. I really hope that hits this week so that the patch can come next week.
it's the hood . it's too bright... your eyes seem to latch onto it too easily
Riot released some more changes. It's a step in the right direction, still not at the level of the original palette but it's kinda passable now.
