@Riot: What would it take for you to actually take your own lore seriously?

darkdill·Feb 6, 2015·7 votes·1,074 views

More writers? More pay? More reasons?

We all can tell you are doing a half-assed job here. What would motivate you in materialistic terms?

9 Comments

freeformlineFeb 6, 20156 votes

If they need more financial cause for developing lore, I imagine many people, like me, would be happy to buy things like League-based comics exploring the world and its inhabitants. I know I'm not the only one who was at least briefly obsessed by this fan project about Diana, and I'm sure many people would be at least as excited if something like it came from Riot themselves.

That said, I don't imagine a thread with such an aggressive tone will encourage much good from the narrative team. They have been catching a lot of hate since their justifiably unpopular lore changes, so I imagine they would be a little more responsive to positivity than to insults.

Avalon BrightFeb 7, 20151 votes

To be fair if they want anything positive they kind of need to show a reason for it first. Which they have expressed zero interest in doing.

OneMoreDaySKFeb 6, 20153 votes

Biggest problem I see is the lack of communication. One can only hear: "Big things on the horizon, we promise." so many times without seeing anything come out of it before becoming cynical. I think Riot could do with a CM that touches base with all the groups and then communicates with the people on the forums. Communicating meaning a two directional conversation and not just throwing excuse after excuse to us.

Sneak DogFeb 6, 20151 votes

I feel like Riot Sweet tried (tries?) to do this. Ultimately it is still up to the narrative though. Props to Jaredan for his honest posts, he seems to genuinely try. Even if I disagree with him on certain points and he doesn't necessarily bring anything new to the table (and is aware of this), I very much appreciate it.

JamareeFeb 6, 20151 votes

So the story about Sion, the connection to Sivir to Azir, and Cass being a bitch is bad lore?

darkdillFeb 6, 20151 votes

Considering how long it takes them, I can't say they are putting all their heart into it.

JamareeFeb 6, 20151 votes

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Considering how long it takes them, I can't say they are putting all their heart into it.

Well between the animation, actually thinking out fresh new stories, creating the new content they have made in game, I don't know how long it would take, but my guess a while.

Avalon BrightFeb 7, 20155 votes

And yet meanwhile Dawngate managed to put out a multi-page comic per week, FANTASTICALLY implemented regular living lore updates in the game client itself, provided various text pieces that acted as both short stories and fleshed out the world, had EVERY Shaper voice their own background story in-client, and...Yeah. Not really impressed with Riot using BUT IT'S SO FLASHY! as an excuse for getting one half-assed piece of story every 3-4 months, if not longer.

JamareeFeb 7, 20151 votes

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And yet meanwhile Dawngate managed to put out a multi-page comic per week, FANTASTICALLY implemented regular living lore updates in the game client itself, provided various text pieces that acted as both short stories and fleshed out the world, had EVERY Shaper voice their own background story in-client, and...Yeah. Not really impressed with Riot using BUT IT'S SO FLASHY! as an excuse for getting one half-assed piece of story every 3-4 months, if not longer.

You right. It seems that Riot stopped caring as much as they used to when the game started, maybe because they built themselves into a hole with IoW, perhaps with it gone, we will see an increase, or maybe not, who knows.