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Gosh, this lore from the last days was wonderful, but one fear remains:

SaltyToplaneGoat·4/25/2018, 7:12:22 PM·3 votes·2,346 views

Do we have to wait half a year now for the next piece to appear to do we finally see an increase in lore-output?

I love looking forward to my evening to see a new story published, and I want to finally see some of the very promising plotlines of this world moving... but I am not willing to wait several years for it. At the current pace this game would probably have died a natural death (completly independent from all the posts from the gameplay board) due to old age before we are even half finished with setting the stage.

I really want to get invested into it, but it feels like subscribing to a story on FF.net where the author goes on hiatus randomly only to then vanish completly and leave the story unfinished forever. (I thought this was the most fitting metaphor - you know how disapointing it is when you dig through some really good story, are right in the middle, and then it cuts off and the last thing you see is "Last updated 10 billion years ago?")

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Sharjo4/25/2018, 7:37:16 PM5 votes

Well let's look at what January through April's gotten us:

  • Thirteen updated bios, only one of which was a wholly new champion
  • Three colour stories: Stains on a Name for Irelia, The Black Powder Plot for Swain, and The Girl Who Came Back for Kai'Sa
  • Two short stories: Where Icathia Once Stood and The Principles of Stretch respectively
  • One comic: Breach involving Kai'Sa
  • The three part story Confessions of a Broken Blade involving Riven and Yasuo
  • The video piece Annie: Origins

This was also coming off of the heels of last year, which ended mostly with the Varus campaign and the two comics: Heartlight and Retribution, the music video As we Fall, and the colour story Dark Kin.

I'd counter your initial question with the following based on the above:

When have we ever had lore come out as consistently as it currently is right now?

Been a slow burn to get here, but the commitment shown at this point to actually progressing and building upon the lore's definetly notable, especially considering this year's already helped to clear up the Noxian Invasion of Ionia, which has been one of the biggest question marks going in to the updated Runeterra.

Personally, I'd say it's probably safe to get invested at this point. That's just me though.