Riot's obsession/saturation with the color gold needs to stop! Petition for Color diversity!

Moriss·1/24/2019, 12:35:59 PM·48 votes·14,932 views

I mean it's just an observation but I feel as though very quickly too many chroma/prestige skins feel like an overall downgrade in terms of artistic choice. Just spitballing but go for silver, crystal, black , red or lightning yellow. These might all be popular Pokemon colors but they work for a reason. They grab attention and are memorable. I'd write a bit more but I think the message is clear. This Mono-color/ accent obsession that seems to be the trend as of late is killing the appeal of what otherwise could be rather impressive skins. I thought and was hoping it would kind of end with the KD/A skins. Prestige Firecracker skins? I mean it just seems feels largely unnecessary/unwanted

It also I feel as though kind of well more or less offends the people who want quality art to flourish in League but don't really want to feel like their wallets are being attacked/exploited for that desire. If there were data to show otherwise that people were going to alternate between using the prestige and non-prestige versions of the skin I'd be interested.

26 Comments

Shiwah1/24/2019, 12:38:40 PM22 votes

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Jaspers1/24/2019, 3:07:47 PM12 votes

Too right, every champ needs to be in glorious pink. More Pink in needed.

Chembaron Yamada1/24/2019, 2:43:22 PM10 votes

I want more green. Lots and lots of shades of green.

Blitzcrank Jade Golem Blitzcrank Camille Chemtech Camille Caitlyn Star Guardian Caitlyn (Green Star Guardian)

ModCaptainMårvelous1/24/2019, 9:11:35 PM5 votes

So would you say you're....

#Fighting Gold?

4 Step Cadence1/24/2019, 1:58:13 PM2 votes

JhinJhin "Gold is my power color." JhinJhin

Naalith1/24/2019, 7:35:28 PM1 votes

So talking about art direction I agree 100%, but on the other hand I don't want chromas/ prestige skins I actually think look nice to be locked behind massive paywalls and stupid grinds. Rip to my friends who like Ruby chromas though, you're only born with so many nonvital organs to sell.

Cubical1/24/2019, 10:12:51 PM1 votes

I mean gold truly is the most luxurious and statement making accent for any armor set or costume. It adds a sense of divinity and royalty, if it works it works you cant tell your eyes to not like something. But it would be interesting to have more skins with diverse color stories such as the infiltrator skin line and the death blossom skin line.

Raven Redeemed1/24/2019, 10:48:01 PM1 votes

I feel as though very quickly too many chroma/prestige skins feel like an overall downgrade in terms of artistic choice

Prestige and chroma in particular should never look better than the base skin imo. You pay for pinnacle of art with the skin, you pay for the ability to customize it with the extras.

GreenKnight1/25/2019, 12:47:07 AM1 votes

Agreed, we need moar ####Green

Larriet1/25/2019, 2:20:38 AM1 votes

My main problem is with it needing to be gold EVERY time. If we MUST have chromas, I'd rather they be event-specific. Golden chromas for Snowdown seems silly; would've preferred Peridot or Amber (Green and Red, like Victorious Orianna, since the names "Ruby" and "Emerald" are reserved for other special chromas) chromas. Santa or holly/evergreen feels are perfect.

Still bemused by the fact that all Prestige Edition skins are going to be gold (although on Kai'Sa, Akali, and Vayne, the color works really well). Wish they weren't. Even more bemused by the fact that they all have the same border! Like, Firecracker Vayne has a nice border; would be nice if the Prestige Edition was a gold version of THAT border.

Oleandervine1/24/2019, 2:28:44 PM1 votes

I don't particularly think that having the Prestige skins be gold is an issue, since they're special. I thought you were referring to actual skins or champions. As far as the normal versions of those skins go, they have plenty of diversity in color.

Hyquiem1/25/2019, 4:03:15 AM1 votes

It’s not riots fault that their epic looking champs are the ones almost no one cares for and evokes them for, but they realize apparently “everyone” likes lux do to her “animaish costumes” so they continuously make lux skins, and everyone likes gold so gold color skins.