Why does the new Harrowing story feel like a Bilgewater recycle?

Silven·Oct 28, 2015·4 votes·1,030 views

Personally, I quite enjoyed the Bilgewater event. GP updates, fantastic lore, the area was truly the centerpoint of all things League for that time. However, I have to say I'm disappointed to find out that Riot decided to go back to that spot for this year's Harrowing story. To put it bluntly: Bilgewater had its moment, now move on.

Though I think I can understand the geographical position that makes the town such a hotspot for the spooky spooky Black Mist, I wish the damn cloud had gone elsewhere for this time. Shurima, Ionia, hell, give me Bandle City for all its worth, but after checking out the Harrowing page, all I could think of at the first moment was "What, Bilgewater again?"

Anyone feel the same way? :(

10 Comments

ModWulf HelhammerOct 28, 20155 votes

It's to continue the story. People asked for something lasting to happen form the events, to make it so that lore entries weren't just "here's some info, now we will completely ignore it"

SilvenOct 28, 20153 votes

Feels like Bilgewater was just yesterday, though. I just hope they don't focus that place too much in their upcoming lore updates.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the follow-up. But I guess it's just a bit soon? I don't know. I was excited for a new book, not a new chapter.

DigielfOct 28, 20151 votes

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It's to continue the story. People asked for something lasting to happen form the events, to make it so that lore entries weren't just "here's some info, now we will completely ignore it"

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ModWulf HelhammerOct 28, 20151 votes

It's in the store...

PeriditionOct 28, 20155 votes

Because the story wasn't finished...

We knew since last year that the Black Mist always comes to strike Bilgewater. They also foreshadowed that with the events of the Burning Tides that Bilgewater would be destroyed without a savior. This is call continuation. Its what many people asked for following the Freljord and Shurima events...

Sneak DogOct 28, 20152 votes

I think it's to show that Riot can build on events. That events aren't just one-offs, separate and unimpactful.

Star GuardíanOct 28, 20152 votes

Same setting doesn't mean story. It's like saying the Avengers and The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Taxi Driver and Marvel's The Avengers are re hashes of each other because they all took place in New York City.

XonraOct 28, 20151 votes

They are just riding the coattails of what worked not long ago, sadly, by stapling the shadow isles onto it to appease people for the Harrowing, since they said there would be no more Harrowing or Snowdown Showdown events ever again (no really, they said that).

ModWulf HelhammerOct 28, 20153 votes

No, they said they aren't going to have story-gameplay connected events all the time for holidays, as this ties them down to just being able to do a story when that holiday is around, even though Runeterra doesn't abide by those rules.