@Riot, When WIll You Start Developing Lore For Runeterra Again? How Has The World Developed Lately?

Impetual·Mar 4, 2015·14 votes·2,135 views

I'm tired of retcons, champion release lore, and filler lore. It's about time players heard about what is actually happening in Runeterra in the present.

Seriously, despite the new champions and the god-aweful reworks, it feels like nothing has actually happened there in years.

Excluding back-story retcons/installments, when was the last time Runeterra actually developed?

It's been so long, that it seems like Riot is currently trying to develop Runeterra in statsis, where champions exist during different times and don't interact or have any impact on story.

I'm still hoping that Runeterra will have a story, rather that just a bunch of loosely related champions with back-stories.

Riot, when will we start hearing about development in Runeterra again?

19 Comments

OneMoreDaySKMar 5, 20154 votes

I'm still miffed about the Freljord event. "Hey fans! You get to decide the fate of the north!" * Lissandra Wins * * Nothing happens afterwards *

Tesla EffectMar 5, 20152 votes

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I'm still miffed about the Freljord event. "Hey fans! You get to decide the fate of the north!" * Lissandra Wins * * Nothing happens afterwards *

lol, Im pretty sure she didnt win.

A Superb VillainMar 5, 20153 votes

I just want to learn more about daily life in Runeterra. Rek'Sai's release lore is a nice example, even going so far as to display interaction between nations.

VardenSaladMar 4, 20152 votes

You're not. You just aren't going to hear anything else from them. I know, it sucks, I hate it too. But Riot is just not releasing new material on any sort of schedule.

I assume they Riot as a company lacks any kind of personal accountability in releasing products smoothly and efficiently. Glassdoor accounts from previous Riot employees doesn't make working there seem like a fun, happy, or spiritually-fulfilling place.

46104328_DELMar 5, 20152 votes

The lore will continue whenever Riot fires Opeli.

ShínyMar 5, 20156 votes

Don't be a jerk,besides she switched divisions she's not part of narrative anymore.

46104328_DELMar 5, 20153 votes

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Don't be a jerk,besides she switched divisions she's not part of narrative anymore.

I know it sounds jerkish, and while I'm glad to see she quit the narrative team (thank god), that's not why she should be fired. She should be fired due to her horribly disrespectful attitude towards some fans (I never had the misfortune of talking with her), and her all around shitty handling of the fans. If I tell my customers to go fuck themselves, or that their opinions are stupid, guess who'll get fired faster than you can blink? But Opeli does it, and there is no problems.

That said, I do realize my statement with Opeli holding back the lore is inaccurate.

DG AshabelMar 5, 20152 votes

Opeli quit the narrative team at least four months ago.

CupcakeTrapMar 5, 20153 votes

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The lore will continue whenever Riot fires Opeli.

You should be ashamed to post something like this.

46104328_DELMar 27, 20151 votes

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You should be ashamed to post something like this.

It's outdated, I know.

Shankspeare11Mar 4, 20151 votes

Didn't the Ascension story line tie champions and the world together? It revealed the backstory to Shurima, explained how Nasus, Renekton, Xerath and Azir are in the present times, and tied some "modern" champions (Sivir and Cassiopeia) to the regions story arc.

The Wet BaguetteMar 4, 20151 votes

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Didn't the Ascension story line tie champions and the world together? It revealed the backstory to Shurima, explained how Nasus, Renekton, Xerath and Azir are in the present times, and tied some "modern" champions (Sivir and Cassiopeia) to the regions story arc.

It wasn't a bad start. Its what we want. The problem is that it took them 4 MONTHS to get one story arc done. (And it didn't even really end)

Drake NightroadMar 4, 20151 votes

the shurima story was ok but it only in vid and the pages they had . they left the lore's on each of hte hamps too blank telling much of nuthing. so there is truly nothing to read form the champs themselves now

Tesla EffectMar 4, 20151 votes

How was the world developed before the retcon? We had large chunks of Valoran unexplored and those that we did know about was very limited. Heck we didnt even have maps, MAPS! The new direction they are taking is great, but slow as hell.

LeeDarkMar 5, 20155 votes

There is nothing NEW about the new direction. If anything, the simple fact of the retcon leaves the world less developed because they took the one developed part of it OUT.

We still don't have maps, except for one vague one describing the Shadow Isles thing. We still have large chucks of Valoran unexplored. We still have no idea why any of these champions even care that the other champions exist.

It isn't slow as hell. It's NONEXISTENT. Anyone who thought the retcon would fix bad storytelling was fooling themselves.

ImpetualMar 5, 20156 votes

We used to get this thing called the Journal of Justice about every two weeks that gave us an update about the random little things that champions in Runeterra were up to.

It was pretty great.

I still have fond memories about Jax and Gragas getting drunk, wrecking up a bar, and then running off...seriously, that was actually canon!

TheI3igDaddyMar 5, 20151 votes

To me it seems that the Lore team is probably like 3 people who don't just do Lore.

AKA, they do it when they feel like. Stories don't sell in this game, so Riot doesn't care about throwing them out late, if at all. Apparently they want a Smash Bros - esque world where everyone's here at the same time and they don't want you to question why they're here to begin with.

PlacentasMar 5, 20151 votes

I have a theory that has to do with the arrival of Bard and his preview video. A lot of people are claiming Bard is replacing the IoW and in a way he does. As shown in the video Bard doesn't care about individual lives only the survival of Runeterra as a whole. It's guessed that the video was the "conclusion" of the Ionia Vs Noxus war, but it's not really concluded now is it? Bard simply warped away whatever it is the Noxian army wanted but the two oppositions are still at war.

That orb could be ridiculously powerful in the right hands. The old man simply let go of it and it cut a mountain in half. Imagine that power in the hands of a really powerful evil mage. It could potentially have enough power to wipe out all existence on Runeterra.

And all the events that have been canon since the recon are leading up to what could be a massive war. We have Frejlord in the middle of a civil war with the rise of the Ice Witch happening behind the scenes. I am pretty sure Liss wants to bring the Watchers back too and the Watchers and Liss want to cover the world in ice.

Shurima has risen and Azir wants to rebuild his empire and no doubt want to make it even bigger than before. He could want to invade surrounding areas and add it to his land, and mind you he is an Ascended (I think?)

And now Noxus and Ionia are still at war. Maybe Bard is going to have interfere some more and he is possibly stopped, maybe captured, who knows.

It's probably nothing like this though tbh haha.