Are there any news on the SEA servers merge or was it scrapped altogether?
Last I heard work on that was still underway (merging some of the smaller regions together for better matchmaking etc, larger regions like Vietnam would still be separate servers). Will double check that though
Is LB getting any changes to her abilities, or just visuals?
Just visuals from memory (or if there are ability tweaks in there, they're small)
Basically Splits are now called Seasons, and these new Seasons (splits) will be divided in Acts (this one being divided in 2)
The old thing that was called Seasons is probably just gonna be called the Year now...
So for the Year of 2025 we'll have the first 3 Seasons of this new model, each spanning around 4 months, and each being divided into Acts (I think they'll usually go for 2 acts per season with 2 months each)
I'm wondering if they'll go Noxus, Demacia and Ionia for the first 3 seasons this year, these being the regions they mentioned they wanna explore in future shows based in the Runeterra universe
But from the sound of it they'll also mix some random thematics for seasons inbetween the ones that actually explore the actual lore of the canon universe... so yeah, we'll probably have a bee season someday lmao
Not sure we could/should stretch bees to a full season's worth of theme, though it's now slightly tempting to try...
For 2025 we'll be sticking fairly close to core Runeterra when it comes to season themes. In 2026 we're thinking we'll try a bit more of a mixture of core Runeterra and alternate universe depending on the season, though still working on the details there so that's very much WIP thinking
I saw the fire in the news, hope everyone is OK and pls stay safe.
two questions
will we get a vgu or asu with every season or when will we get news about next 1
with mel, we had 3 mages in a short time, where are the assassins, supports and skirmishes? :(
We've had some people have to evacuate their homes already. I'm packed and watching the news (latest fire is a pretty close to home, though still small so far at least).
Champ updates will be tied to seasonal stuff too. It's not just LB this year, details to come later beyond that though
Mages - will confirm other two new champs this year are not mages. Agree we've been a bit heavy on that playstyle recently. Aurora was originally more of a skirmisher but a more mage like playstyle ended up working better for her. Mel we wanted to release close to Arcane.
/u/RiotMeddler are you able to share more info about the cadence of champ and champ updates and event structure with the new thematic seasons? Now that passes are tied to seasons, does that mean you guys are doing away with big event moments like summer event/worlds or finding a way to tie them with season starts. And for champs, it seems like general cadence has gone down a bit, was that a conscious choice?
PS is there any update on the Malphite VU, or would that be part of thematic season stuff too.
New champs - plan is one per season, tied to seasonal theme and/or narrative. As a result they won't be revealed as far in advance as we used to do (which also resulted in it feeling like we were talking about things so far in advance it then took forever for them to actually arrive)
Champ updates- also tied to seasons, though given no two updates are the exact same in terms of what changes, amount of work etc, there won't be such a fixed cadence. We'll have more than just LB this year when it comes to larger updates though. For Malph, nothing to mention there, that was never something we originally meant to announce, but instead internal experimentation that we accidentally leaked in a video and then felt we should acknowledge
Big moments like Summer and Worlds - still exist, will be tied in with seasons (not necessarily with a season start, but somewhere in it's arc certainly)
I'm kinda curious if the rift basic map we have now will be seen in some way or we won't see it again
It'll be seen again this year. We'll do a mixture of standard SR and visual treatments to SR at different times
ARENA ANNOUNCED
Called it on the S2 release. Now I’m just hoping it’s all of S2 like it was last yearEdit: see below clarification from Riot. Second half of Season 1. I mistook the naming scheme and forgot it was Seasons are a third of a year now
Just to clarify a little - Arena will be in the second half of this season, not in the next season. So more like early March than early May
Are they forced to work in an office with red lighting for the whole Noxus season?
I mean, with the current LA fires right now it does feel a bit like it today...
I could never have this level of self restraint. I decide to open a box in any game in the first .03 seconds it hits my inventory.
Real talk: None of our changes for this year should impact the contents of the chests you showed here nor the content in your inventory at all. There's also no changes to what is currently in the reroll pool before or after season start. (Remember to always check /dev articles and patch notes for any specific callouts on content eligibility in the reroll pool)
As for what exactly we changed I'd recommend reading the article that we published here.
What's probably most important to you though is Masterwork Chests since you have a few of those. We're no long...
Read morerenata glasc shares the niche of autoattacking midline enchanter
she's always forgotten >:(
The single best scaling support in the game, largely due to her R's berserk duration increasing with rank by .5s.
As someone looking to get into the gaming industry, I do check out Riot's career page quite often, and I personally haven't seen a position for this--nor do I rarely see positions for League of Legends, especially game design positions. Is it simply due to the past 2 years being tough for the industry, lots of layoffs, etc. or are some of these positions not being posted on the careers page?
Junior level positions, as well as positions for both Game Design and Game Analysis are generally only up for a few days total. This is partially due to the volume of applicants for these positions, as they are very, very competitive. When they are available though, you should be able to find them posted on the career page. Game Design would be under the "Design" Craft section and Game Analysis would be under the "QA Group" Craft.
I'm not really knowledgeable enough to comment on the rarity of positions (or if that is actually accurate) unfortunately. I do know that many of our recent openings have been for senior talent and leadership primarily.
there is no way a highly secret cabal would invite his goofy ass. Renata is at least rich and influential
Oh cmon, you can't imagine any reason the Black Rose might stand to benefit if Ezreal were to be present at an event they hosted?
(agree on Ezreal being goofy FWIW!)
but is it a sword cause it looks like two daggers or swords (sabers?) together to me with an eye in the middle (idk if you can answer if its a sword)
Going to have to leave that unanswered sorry, don't want to undercut the stuff we've got planned that will reveal what that is over time
And it make sense why kat is there. Thank you for remembering our fav noxian assassin the cinematic was cinema
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Please, continue your partnership with Fortiche for the series/films and cinematics. It's just an awesome work, and I/we can't be more excited.
We'll definitely keep partnering with them on various things, they're fantastic to work with and we love the stuff we get to make together.
will there be another cinematic for season 2, 3 etc or will there only be this 1?
We've got a range of different things planned for seasonal theme and storytelling throughout the year. Won't always be in cinematics, will also be using other approaches too (think we're talking about that a bit in tomorrow's dev update video, so being a bit vague)
I assume I know the answer but any comment on if that icon at the end is supposed to reference Riven's sword?
No comment, though you'll certainly learn more about it this year
Ezreal got the masque of the black rose skin but didn't show up on the cinematic, does that mean him being there is canon or just a skin?
Champions in that skin line like Ezreal who aren't shown in the cinematic were invited to the masquerade. Skins reflect what they'd look like if they chose to attend. Whether they attended is being left unclear at least for now.
Hey Meddler was the decision to include Katarina a nod to her scrapped portion of the 2023 cinematic, or it a newer storyline
Our starting point was the themes/stories we wanted to show a bit of from Noxus. Kat made sense in that regard hence her inclusion.
We've used a variety of different cinematic styles over the years and will continue to vary things in the future. In this particular case given the follow on to some of the events in Arcane we felt partnering with Fortiche, in this style, would make a lot of sense.
Regarding the intent of the cinematic, our goal was to set up some themes for Noxus for the season and a plot line that'll be continued this year in game/around game materials (not a tv show to be clear).
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