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Petition for Galio Gatekeeper rework!

Remnar·5/18/2016, 2:16:04 PM·2 votes·3,441 views

TL;DR : Gatekeeper Galio doesn't feel, look or sound unique and it is a legendary skin. Needs reworked again.

Hello,

I am writing this to ask Riot, and the community as a whole, how you feel about Gatekeeper Galio. I used to own the skin, back when it first released, but got rid of it t, through the refund process to acquire more champions. I was recently wanting to get it again, and was shocked to see that the animations look different. The uniqueness of his abilities are no longer, well, unique.

.......................................................................................................... As I watched the abilities, it seems like the particle effect are lacking in some ways.

For instance, his Q, Resolute Smite looks similiar to normal Galio, only with an added green color instead of white/yellow..

2012 http://grabilla.com/06512-a2403435-fc43-4590-9e90-7ab299426a2d.png

2015 http://grabilla.com/06512-6a70039f-5c92-4d00-9a05-873ac3f96817.png

.................................................................................................................. His W, the shield, on the 2012 spotlight actually looks pretty different from normal Galio, yet when they reworked the skin, the made the floating shields very faded, and added a green hue, which looks more like the normal version than the 2012 spotlight.

2012 http://grabilla.com/06512-66bad0dc-58c3-4546-9ad9-8356ccf34b01.png

2015 http://grabilla.com/06512-1ab3e894-9427-4092-a6b0-095e6ef01fd8.png

.................................................................................................................... On his E, the color was much more.. magical looking on the 2012 skin, then the rework happened and it looks more faded.. why?

2012 http://grabilla.com/06512-b351a9c3-b313-49d1-971a-0f23d7498541.png

2015 http://grabilla.com/06512-bf28b139-f9e2-4889-8ae0-c99bb77a4268.png

.................................................................................................................... His ultimate is definitely more appealing on the 2012 spotlight than the rework. The particle effects on the rework are toned down from the 2012 version, which makes me wonder..

*Jump to 1:33 in each video

2012 Spotlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hJ5YHOEty8

2015 Spotlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSDAKVdFJHw

Why is this skin still 1820 RP?

It is a sincere question, and I am not here to bash the artist or anything, but in my opinion, it looks as though the particle effects were purposefully reduced in the rework, and yet the RP price stayed the same. Take a look at other 1820 skins and you will see a dramatic difference between them and their normal models, with highly updated particle effects, yet it feels like Gatekeeper Galio had his effects reduced, or changed in a way to make it look not so different from a 975 skin.

I really want a Galio skin, and I like the legendary skins due to changes in particle effects and sounds. I LOVE skins like Final Boss Veigar, Surprise Party Fiddlesticks, Super Galaxy Rumble, Infernal Nasus and Omega Squad Teemo. The ability effects are different, and also as important is they sound different and they feel unique, and they are all 1820.

So, if anyone has any discussion on this or disagrees, feel free to let me know. I am always open to discussion. Would love a Rioter input as well!

6 Comments

Pyrodinium5/18/2016, 8:02:32 PM3 votes

Most likely the change was gameplay-driven.

While flashy particles look better, they draw more attention and can be noisy during teamfights, negatively impacting gameplay. Riot has been putting effort on cleaning the VFX on the game for a while now.

Wind Whistler5/18/2016, 11:26:51 PM2 votes

Meanwhile fucking Red Baron Corki is 1820 RP instead of 520.

Arakadia5/19/2016, 1:27:14 AM1 votes

I can feel you. I got wonderland Annie from a mystery, and it's a legendary. I was so excited until I learned only Annie looks different. Not her model, spells, voice, or animations.