New Baron/Dragon Attack animations

I Eat Thyroids·9/17/2014, 3:14:33 AM·1 votes·718 views

So I was just checking up on the progress with new summoner's rift (any updates on that by the way?). And I found out you guys are removing the dragon laser. I get that you did it to promote clarity, but I think that dragon should still have one more attack so that his fight is less bland, and the laser animation was incredibly cool! Is there anyway the animation/laser can show up in the different form, perhaps as a telegraphed attack (like how baron tells you where his 'splosions are gonna be) or a single direction skillshot? Honestly, I'm not sure I really get why the laser was that confusing, is it really that hard to process "if I get hit I take damage?". Also, not sure if this is changeable at this stage in the game, but I have a problem with the look of pretty much all of Barons new attacks (except the tail, the tail is super cool). Like green blobs do not suggest epic, they suggest green minion attack. Nobody is really threatened by snot globules, even if there are a lot of them. Like, even a green smoke effect would be more satisfying I think, or even a more "linear" look (like think if barons shots looked more like varus's arrow shot or jinx's zap!) might look less generic than the current stuff. It's especially bad for me because of how different it is from the awesome death animation. when baron dies he looks like he is releasing a whole bunch of dark energy or something, not spewing slime or whatever right? He is supposed to be a really magical creature, his attacks should reflect that theme and fit visually with his death animation. So even though I'm complaining, the map is suuuuuuper great and I'm excited. Good job guys!

1 Comments

Basher11/13/2014, 4:30:37 AM1 votes

I feel like the dragon fight animations are extremely boring. the animations before were even a bit better. The baron death animation is cool but I'm just not excited that baron just... disintegrates, IMO. Baron attacks could look a bit better also, I agree.