why are newer champions prioritorized over older champions for VU or LU?

lolipopevelynn·Oct 28, 2015·2 votes·769 views

im just curious as to why champs like and are completely overlooked even for a simple lore update. some champs being in the game for half a decade already.

why not atleast prioritize updating there lore?

7 Comments

GreenLoreOct 28, 20152 votes

some champs get a vu simply because they also got ability reworks at the same time. If a champ gets an ability rework that will need new abilities and animations it is a good chance to also give the champ a vu to go along with it.

The lore of outdated champs is sometimes not updated,because a large scale vu is still planned and such a vu might change the champ drastically,so making a lore for the champ now,would either limit the possibilities for a vu,or they'd need to retcon the lore again.

lolipopevelynnOct 28, 20151 votes

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some champs get a vu simply because they also got ability reworks at the same time. If a champ gets an ability rework that will need new abilities and animations it is a good chance to also give the champ a vu to go along with it.

The lore of outdated champs is sometimes not updated,because a large scale vu is still planned and such a vu might change the champ drastically,so making a lore for the champ now,would either limit the possibilities for a vu,or they'd need to retcon the lore again.

even for sion the lore could have been changed before his VU. his overall theme of "undead tank" was present before and after his VU. i dont think a champion needs a VU for there lore to be updated. lore is all text and usually doesnt have visual descriptions of the champ anyway, and IF it does its very vague or it doesnt translate to ingame visuals.

gankplank for example is kinda short legged ingame, but a giant of a man in lore. thresh was also very slightly described differently in lore than how he looks in game.

GreenLoreOct 28, 20152 votes

Before the VU he was rather dull and never looked like he lost control or anything like that. The new one on the other hand is a colossal fighting machine that has to be kept in a cage while outside of combat and has conflicted memories,thats a pretty big difference.

VUs won't just change the look of champions,but also their personalities and abilities,think of Trundle for example. Old trundle wouldn't have fit the new trundles lore at all.

(also where is thresh described differently?The new lore only describes how he looked like when he was still alive)

LaoBushidoOct 28, 20151 votes

They don't want to write themselves into a corner like Like when institute of war existent if they are planning more large events like this it will be complicated integrate them if they were in one place and they magically get to another via plot hole ( that is beyond suspended believe) going off of that point if a champion is related to summoners in anyway shape or form it makes it complicated for their Lore to change As they have to find new identities . As the burning bridges of it was their first event, they decide to use that as the start of point for releasing new Lore as a result any champion to get to rework , is being released or has an event directly tied to their location Will be getting the full Lore treatment. Eve is interesting to me as she had a relationship with tf and yields from the shadow isles one would think that this event is near her alley.

NantuckOct 28, 20151 votes

I have to agree but its on a different level I guess. Splash art for reworked champions should be REMADE as well. It really annoys me when I go to pick a skin on Trundle that his old Lil' Slugger and Junkyard splash art STILL aren't remade. Its been like 2.5 years. The traditional one I can let slide as a nostalgic nod to the old Trundle but part of me still thinks they should all be remade to actually represent the likeness of the skin they represent. (RIP Pink Shoe and Pan Hat).

I wish they would implement a system like the IP price reduction of the oldest 6300 champion becoming 4800 when a new champion come out. If they did it for skins, lore, art, perhaps maybe they would actually get done. There are multiple ways they could go about it.

The champion with the least amount of skins, gets a skin when the newest champion is released. If its a tie, the oldest champion gets a skin. The champion with the most amount of time without a skin created for them gets a skin when the newest champion is released.

The same can be done with Lore I guess. I mean, they can kind of just do whatever they want with lore. Trundle was basically a Jesus troll before his rework. Renown for his regenerative power took the curse that burdened his tribe into his body alone, thus looking like a leper. (Sorry for all the Trundle, only lore I know.) They just scratched all of that story and made him a King. If they can do that, they can just redo lore as they see fit at any time, even if they do happen to pigeonhole themselves.

It could be because they are lazy, or perhaps they have bigger plans in the future like LAO said, but I'd venture to guess that some lore reworks just aren't high priority because its not going to make them any money in the long run. Sure its possible, but I think a lot of other things factor in at a much higher value than "Golly gee, this champions lore is darn tootin', better purchase some riot points so I can play this champion ASAP." Role, Abilities and Looks are probably about the only things 95% of people look at when buying a champion. Made up % but Id bet the % of people who care, and I mean REALLY CARE about lore, is probably a small number.