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Riot, Can I just ask for one thing. Could you include less cliffhangers in the lore?

GenoXx·7/17/2017, 5:57:08 AM·35 votes·1,442 views

That Jinx and Vi cliff hanger killed me. Especially with a Zaun update and you have two iconic characters from there with there story still a mystery prolonged. Not even just about them, this is a universal problem throughout the new lore. I understand you want somethin to come back to, but you shouldn't keep milking story plots. I've found my self growing less and less eager about lore simply because i know the next place wont bring much closure about things fans wanted to see the most. I pray for the Ionian update telling about about Yasuo's killer so people can stop speculating Riven's the killer.

Thing's like these must have some completion, doesn't even have to have a finale. Just knowing who killed Yasuo's master or how Jinx knows VI is more than enough. You still have time to make a rising point and climax to these stories.

Please consider what's I am saying.

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GreenLore7/17/2017, 9:14:54 AM20 votes

The thing is that they don't want to close storylines prematurely,simply because wrapping up a story just for the sake of wrapping it up can feel rushed.

I mean take the killer of the elder for example. Right now Riven is the only suspect that we have and this means that she either is the killer,which wouldn't really feel like a surprise,because she was the only suspect to begin with,or that they suddenly introduce a new character who is the killer,which would be lame because that chara would have come out of nowhere and a mystery is only fun if you have the chance to figure out the solution yourself.

This gets even worse if we consider the fact that the backgrounds of the characters can change during a retcon anyway. When the TF and Graves conflict resolved I kinda felt cheated,because as it turned out,they changed the circumstances of their conflict,which greatly affected the resolution at the end.

Though I agree that they could sometimes reveal a bit more to us.It did feel like a letdown that neither Jinxs,nor Vis story revealed anything about their relation.

KoKoboto7/17/2017, 2:22:41 PM4 votes

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/szdlgFjV-rito-more-stories-please

I agree. The thing is for a bunch of other literature even books. Book series sometimes have a year of downtime before the next in the series and that's still better than the rate of which Riot releases stories. The piltover update happened in January and I just feel sad that people who are interested in Piltover stories have not gotten anything for 7 months, myself included. It's also highly unlikely Piltover will have anything more for awhile because they gotta update every where else and there's still like 75% of ground to cover.

Shadow and Fortune and Burning Tides are even better examples of this issue. Bestests stories tbh but when did they come out? Summer and Autumn 2 YEARS AGO. The wait continues because and will probably continue for a really really long time. What of Targon as well, what of Diana's journey to Ionia, what of Shurima, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEEEN.

It's just really sad. I mean we don't even NEED stories about all the champions to be frank. Stories like City of Iron and Glass and Progress Day we're great on their own. Oh man another thing that is really depressing is that we wait for months or years to get the next part of a story and in the end it only amasses to around 2 hours of reading total...

Elikain7/17/2017, 2:30:52 PM4 votes

No to less cliffhangers as this is what they call "story hooks". Story hooks are what gives them the ability to continue a story as League's universe is constantly evolving. Which means that, for example, Demacians (Lux, Garen, Galio, Shyvana, Jarvan, Xin, Vayne) are probably not last of them and if they wrapped all those stories up, that would really limit the storytelling for new characters that could end up as Demacians. It would be hard to shove them in anywhere so Riot would then be forced to either make up everything (and call it behind the scenes stuff - a character that was never mentioned anywhere but now exists) or make a new place for the character and forcefully expand on the League universe.

Cliffhangers are "unfinished" stories. "Story hooks" are stories that end with the specific idea that started them but leave characters open to experience something else in the future. Story hooks are good, cliffhangers are bad for storytelling in League.

Raven Redeemed7/17/2017, 7:26:56 PM4 votes

At least don't have cliff hangers if you do not intend to follow up anytime soon.

Kloqdq7/17/2017, 6:07:27 PM2 votes

I would just like to see some progression to the events of the world. Way too many mysteries that are not progressing to anything at the moment. It's why I wish we had stuff like the journey of justice still or something akin to the new lore with the Vast people. It's entries make it seem like the world is moving forward, not stopping in time as we wait for these stories to end.

Psyrix7/17/2017, 6:03:35 PM1 votes

The reason there are cliffhangers is so that there is never a definite resolution to the conflict, we can imagine it goes either way. Therefore allows for a complexity a complete ending wont be able to do (especially considering this is a game). The base lores will likely not give a definitive ending as most champs have a quest to fulfil kind of theme. There are going to be short stories tho advancing the quests and riot has hinted that they will continue to pump out short stories

Lintu Puck7/18/2017, 10:09:52 AM1 votes

we don't see ends because we are seeing characters in the middle of their stories. the character closest to their story's end lore wise at the moment and made to be as such is Ivern. What we see in the happy tree man as he struts around the rift is a man-tree just enjoying what he has left as he helps all creatures around him and lives peacefully until he finally remains rooted in place. all of the other near 200 characters are still in the middle of whatever story their lives have.

Chromatic Eagle7/18/2017, 7:23:29 PM1 votes

Their relationship hasn't been defined because it's not the focus of their characters, compared to TF and Graves. If we ever got a Burning Tides version of Zaun, I imagine that their relationship will be expanded upon.

N0mad97/24/2017, 4:53:24 AM1 votes

I agree. I love their universe and stories and really want to know more.