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Please consider picking all of them for rework schedule :(
Well Champs on the list will still be candidates for VGUs, I mean we are doing Mundo who was on the list last time. The Poll is more for players to vote on who gets one first
Please consider picking all of them for rework schedule :(
Well Champs on the list will still be candidates for VGUs, I mean we are doing Mundo who was on the list last time. The Poll is more for players to vote on who gets one first
There was a Volibear update post where Riot considered a passive that converted all cc inflicted on him into into slows, which was called "surprisingly fair." Would you ever consider putting that on Skarner?
It's a interesting mechanic for sure, I think it could work for a Champ at some point in the future for sure, not sure if that would be Skarner or not
I don't think Shyvana should be on the list, not because she doesn't need it but because it's already known people want her (3rd overall and 1st in China on the previous poll), so if it's only one champion from the vote to be chosen, then it could very well be a one-sided choice. At that point you might as well skip the vote and just work on her.
idk I think other champs could still beat her
hiya, these watch missions can only be completed by watching live games or VODs from the current split. LPL and OPL are the only leagues playing right now and their VODs will be uploaded to watch.lolesports.com within a couple days.
we'll also be taking a look at improving the clarity of watch missions so you understand when you're earning rewards, and if something is broken, why it's broken.
Will it be 5 choice again?
Most likely
In light of what August said in this thread as well, will other champions who are in need of Visual updates, or Light reworks like Morgana and Ezreal be considered in the future, not for the poll. Like Malphite, Jax, Janna, and Lulu?
It's something we talk about a lot. We are still interested in doing them, though we aren't currently working on them.
IMPORTANT: Please hold off on posting any co-streaming VODs, or highlights to YouTube for at least 7 days after the conclusion of the broadcast.
That's weird, I wonder why they do this. Maybe so that they have time to veto something before it's published if they want to?
This is related to Live+ viewership, which takes into account VOD viewership. It's easy for us to track viewership for live broadcasts, but VODs are slightly harder when measuring Live+, so we're asking co-streamers to hold off so we can best track Live+
https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2020/02/nielsen-lcs-live-viewership-rating/
I think what they meant is that all LCS games can be costreamed along with any academy games that take place on Thursday. Academy games that aren’t on Thursday aren’t able to be co-streamed.
Correct, all LCS games and Thursday Academy games can be co-streamed. This basically just excludes Academy Rush.
Hey I have been trying to watch Oceania and China VODs but they tell me its not available. Is there any that I can actually watch and give me the reward?
hopefully my answer to jamout86 is helpful for you. if you catch those games live, you'll be able to progress your missions. but the VODs should be there, and eligible for watch missions, shortly.
So is there any leagues that have started their split yet and are eligible for rewards?
OPL and LPL started their split, but the VODs have not been uploaded to watch.lolesports.com just yet. they should be available within a couple days. if you catch them live, you'll be able to earn rewards.
Do you guys have a shortlist of tier 1 candidates you guys are talking about for the poll? I know you guys internally talk about shyvana and nocturne being back on the poll, but who else are potential candidates? Is Shaco still a tier 1 candidate after his gameplay rework?
Champs I have been thinking about for the poll have been Skarner, Shyv, Nocturne, Rammus, Udyr, Quinn, Shaco, Trynd, Cho'Gath. Not sure who will make the cut yet
What about Skarner ? His pick rate is literally the lowest for like 20 patches now.
He is up there as well, he very likely could end up on the next voting poll
Thanks for sharing, it's always super interesting to hear about the development and future of champs in the background.
I feel like the only champs I can think of that really lost a big part of their thematic are Aatrox with his revive, and Illaoi lost part of her thematic with the removal of being able to fight back against her spirit pull, even though gameplay wise it's not really a big deal.
Yeah, the Aatrox removal was not taken lightly. In cases like that, it's a bit easier to see looking back but a lot of their troubled post-release development comes from a dedication to preserving the cool things that make each champ unique. Sometimes, though, the right call in the end is to make the cut (I would argue that Aatrox ended up being one of these cases). If a champion is hewing really close to their thematic pillars but is inaccessible to most of the players who would enjoy that theme because of balance, we're still unfortunately failing to deliver that theme properly to players.
Udyr will be the last champion to get an update.
Riot has stated in the past he is by far the most expensive champ to develop, since his form changes mean every skin requires the work of 4 skins.
That means a VGU, if you count the base skin rework and leave spirit guard the same, is the equivalent of 16 skins.
An Udyr rework then needs to sell 4 times as many skins to be deemed a success against any other rework financially. There are very little reasons for Riot to do this in a business sense, since they could never guarantee that kind of success.
It is unfortunate but true.
While it's true Udyr would be expensive, that doesn't mean we wont ever VGU him. We still discuss him a lot when we discuss VGU candidates. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up on the next VGU poll
What about pyke then?
What about Pyke, my data shows his still primarily played as a support with like a 85% support playrate compared to other roles.
u/Reav3 Who is designing the jungler? Cant wait for next month, jungle main since season 2 so im super hyped.
Maxwell
Who is working on the upcoming two champions?
Maxwell is working on the Jungler and EndlessPillows is working on the Assassin
Do you remember how you came up with the title of River King
Not exactly. I think both that title and Two Coats came out of a story sketch I wrote. (A story sketch is a idea I came up with while on champ team, which was writing short stories during development to illustrate a possible personality and possible theming to the team... and to hopefully create alignment. I called them "Story Sketches" to highlight their impermanence and their non-directive nature. I.e. to clarify it was a type concept art... (but with words instead of lines.). But because I wrote so many of those story sketches --they all kinda bleed together in my head. ( I think I wrote somewhere between 16 and 18 short stories just for Tahm.) I do remember the name Tahm came from Matt Dunn. (who apparently has a friend named that).
Love these kinds of design stories, thank you!
If I may ask, is the live balance team usually greatly concerned with keeping a champion’s original theme intact during gameplay, or are practical solutions for balance way more of a priority for them?
As someone who used to work on that team, and still works closely with them—theme is definitely a consideration. The team always tries to keep theme intact (or even enhance it where possible), though the work is often all about trade-offs in the end because no balance change is going to be perfect and they all cost something to someone.
I will say that if any change is going to more severely undercut theme, the mandate will often be to find another way to get the job done, because theme is clearly an important part of our champions.
This is stupid, forcing people to watch live?
(Thank you for clarifying)-Edit*
Hey! these missions can be completed by watching VODs or live games from this split only. unfortunately, there was no way for you to know that and that's on us, and it probably feels especially worse since several leagues have not started their split yet.
we're looking at improving clarity so you know when a match you're watching is eligible for rewards and if it's not, why it's not eligible to make things less confusing.