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I'm a little disappointed in skin content lately.

Call Me Nana·2/26/2016, 7:32:45 AM·3 votes·889 views

Let me clarify before we grab the pitchforks.

I'm disappointed in the content, not the execution. A lot of skins lately have been just cookie cutter skins of the same name and there's been literally no creativity to them. Skin sets are supposed to be just that. Sets. Not "Oh this event is coming up AGAIN. Better throw the same particles on another champion."

Blood moon: Akali Shen then: Elise Thresh Kalista then: Zilean now:....Yasuo Kennen

Heart seeker/"sweetheart": Vayne then: Ashe then:Varus Annie now: Orianna Sona

Lunar revel is just another shit show entirely.

Anyways, I'm not upset with the Quality of the skins. They're beautiful (the majority) but the repetition is just getting a bit... redundant. Maybe its just the names of the skins. but you can pretty much expect whats going to come out at what time of year.

Chinese new year? Warring kingdoms.

Valentines? Heart seeker

Christmas? Winter wonderland. ---> these use to be a lot more creative. Like Dark ice fiddle and Santa Zil. Now its just 'lets call it winter wonderland and give them a hat and mittens.'

Halloween? Haunted.

Summer? Pool Party

What I do want to thank you for, is the quality of these skins. Every skin seems to get better than the last in terms of detail and quality. Elderwood is probably the best example for this.

Bard Hecarim Leblanc These skins are just incredible. I would just like to see some more creativity like this.

Perhaps extend the Atlantean line, or River Spirit line?

2 Comments

Anonymousaur2/26/2016, 8:11:58 AM1 votes

I kind of understand a bit.

I mean I got annoyed at all the blood moon skins at some point. Sure some are cool but it got boring to me.

As for the Pool Party, it's fun. I swear one of their splash arts is misleading because Leona is at a beach instead of a Pool Party. LOL But who doesn't want to see their favorite champion in a swimsuit, bathing suit, floaties, etc?

Their holiday skins have been kind of bleh...I mean they look great but I'm tired of SOME the color schemes/themes. I was hoping, like you said, more individuality. Lunar Revel was cool but yeah Warring Kingdoms skin was eh ok. I prefer seeing more celebration looking ones like with firecrackers, chinese zodiac, or just oriental themes. For the Halloween skins, the only ones that disappointed me were last years. Sure they look cool but it certainly did not put me in the Hallows Eve/Halloween spirit. I also wasn't too fond of the Shadow Isles color theme skin from 2014 but at least they were spookier than last year's SLAYER skins. Zombie Nunu was good. The skins during that time should be either scary, spooky, classic halloweeny, or tacky fun. For the winter ones, I have mixed feelings about those and I am not sure what to say. Now the Valentine's skins are starting to annoy me! I liked Heartseeker Vayne, Ashe, and Varus. But when I saw Sweetheart Annie I got a bit worried because it's of similar color scheme as Ashe's. Then came the new Orianna & Sona skins. I was dissapointed. Sure they look nice with their effects and all but they made me sad.

That is my opinion.