[2020] Untoggled mask. Kindred Spirit Blossom Skin.

Originally posted by SNSDave

Right, they also mentioned that they kinda regret that since much like how it was with traditional skins, people fallback to "wElL yOu dId iT fOr tHeM"

Originally posted by Tormentula

As easy as it might seem to just put in a toggle, character models, rigs and animations get hugely impacted by stuff like this.

Could you elaborate on where this affects kindred's mask? Or White-ahri who's animated to work exactly like ahri during the timeframe of her ult?

It makes sense that you can't add a toggle as easy as a true/false statement, but the main concern is that the resources are there so I don't really get the rig/animation claim when they are rigged/animated already with those features in mind. Kindred I maybe can understand since you can't quickly animate the face to look right especially in the death animation, but ahri's has me very confused when theoretically its no different from thresh beyond not implementing the script.

Even if a toggle can't be done, there wouldn't be harm in implementing ways for more visibility for that feature (maybe when kindred ults it temporary removes the mask, and white-ahri' stays after the 3rd charge til death or if she gets a takedown during it.)

Originally posted by Heaven-Earth-Hell

Listen up Rioter, may my words pass thoroughly to all the people responsible or relevant to the SB Kindred skin and ART and ICONS. Next time, you guys shouldn't hype the community with the delusion that won't be real okay? First in first, you ruined the supposed to be COSMIC LiSS with the f**king icon and again, you teased the whole community with the unmasked Kindred icons much f**king time before you decide to add the masked icon and replace it on the EVENT novel game? WTF is wrong with your marketing move? Any help with the promoting skin strategy because I am pretty sure you guys really need help with that.

Originally posted by BandOfSkullz

Honestly people, the easiest way to respond to this is simply to not buy the skin.

If companies don't listen to you or want to put in the effort into something, then this is the easiest way to show your displeasure with something.

As someone who absolutely LOVES Kindred, this hurts a lot especially seeing as we'll presumably get the next skin in another 1500 days. But if we want change, we need to force it.

Originally posted by RenegadeExiled

that honestly sounds super f**ked, man. "buy this skin, to encourage us to make more"

We don't have any guarantee that it won't be another 1500 for a Kindred skin. Hell, Ornn is STILL waiting for his first new skin. Azir, a very popular champion in the pro scene, is at almost 1300 days.

Originally posted by RenegadeExiled

I have been patient, and pretty much every single champion I enjoy playing either goes literal years without sign of a skin, or the ones we do get have, frankly, been incredibly lackluster. And because skins like Mecha Aurelion Sol were just such a throwaway, your statement makes me think he's just going to be pushed further and further back for getting skins, til the token 3 year mark so we don't "complain".

I'm sorry, but things like the Sugar Rush skins were horrible, and I feel bad for the Zilean players. That was his chance for a new skin, and it came out when we're also having a time-based event, and it's going to be the only thing he gets for another long while. Dunkmaster Ivern was horrible. It needs to be said, the skin team has this amazing capability to knock concepts out of the park. Spirit Blossom Kindred looks beautiful. This entire event is chalk full of beautiful skins. But then the champions that I, unfortunately, enjoy get a throwaway generic Mecha skin, or that f**king Dunkmaster skin.

It feels really bad, to the point that I honestly wish I didn't love playing Aurelion Sol, Ornn, Ivern, and the others so much. If I was just another Ahri/Yasuo player, I'd be showered with attention and never have to want for a skin, because the next one will be coming in just 3 months. I also wouldn't have to fear that the next ASol skin is going to be another throwaway skin, since it'd be the only thing I see for him for the next few years. And, like you said for the second point: if I don't buy that eventual throwaway skin, then it just tells you guys in the art department that there "isn't a demand for skins" for him.

I'm sorry for venting, but it's been so goddamn long, with nothing but disappointments this entire time. I have nothing against the team, just in the decisions around the less than desirables when it's finally time for their skin.

Originally posted by BADxW0LF1

So, I'm going to be slightly mean/critical here, but just know that I love the work y'all do.

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That's why we give our less played champions more established universes and populate them with new skins for them. They may not be as exciting as the new thematics because there are less marketing and hype around them, but I assure you, they're receiving just as much attention and care from modelers, artists, sound designers. We play these champs and are passionate about their existence in League too.

Doesn't that mean you kind of dropped the ball? If you can't make something exciting and new for a champ without relying on existing skin lines, then you kind of failed those champs and at your job. You SHOULD be able to create something new and inspiring for uncommon champs. Maybe you should be outsourcing more for ideas if none are coming to you. Again, I love a lot of the skins. I just feel like always taking from other skin lines and not giving them something new is a bit of a failure.