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For purchase or for gemstones?
For RP direct purchase. ;)
For purchase or for gemstones?
For RP direct purchase. ;)
If its a Charity skin doesn't it mean the skin will be out of the store after the event like Dark Star Cho'Gath and Dawnbringer Karma? Seems pretty shitty to make Ornns multi year awaited first post release skin limited in that way if i'm honest
The skin will be available after the charity event.
Love them all but like clarity on that Jayce skin when he blurs out is surely an eye sore.
I hate how clarity seems to have taken a little of a back seat in recent times.
Will take a look at this and discuss with internal teams. We actually have been forming up our clarity guidelines and performing extra checks such as comparing blue chromas against the river to check for readability, or having stronger silhouette guidelines.
We’ll follow up with more details on clarity broadly but know this is an area we care about and are actively spending time trying to improve.
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Ooh star guardian skin, a man of culture.
This guy gets it
My fiance thinks im childish cause a 29yo shouldn't watch someone play vidoegames
While everyone is always entitled to their opinion, one would hope that a fiancé would take the time to try and understand the hobbies of their partner before labeling it.
Some of my wife’s hobbies may not resonate with me, but as long as they make her happy and aren’t destructive to herself or others, live and let live, no? :)
Super thoughtful and extensive write up.
Hey Bellissimoh!
Thanks for all the hard work you put in this year! Very much appreciate it in the name of all communities in LoL! (Especially Urgots)
I am sorry if you are not allowed to say, but how up is Pajama Urgot & did Pengu Tristana and Furyhorn Veigar do good enough? I'd definitely dig more of these cosplay skins. :)
Don’t want to go into too much detail here but Star Guardian Urgot was a long time requested / meme skin for players and the results definitely reflected that affinity. :)
Read moreseeing the list you guys wrapped up alleviates a lot of my worries when it comes to underloved champions. Are you all keeping track on the worst remaining offenders such as quinn, kalista and shyvana? I feel like asking this might sound a bit thankless, but I honestly think you guys made an insane work this year to make justice to a historically less appreciated playerbase and I'm just eager to see the day on which "x champ has no skin in 2+ years" are a thing of the past.
While I'm at it, it would be interesting if you guys took a careful look at themes seen as champion dump boxes such as infernal, that are usually left for underappreciated champions. It would be nice if there was more of a fantasy regarding the infernal universe in order to make those skins look more appealing and effortful, because even if you release good skins on those themes, if they don't get lore, don't get major tier skins (such as legendaries) or at least some artwork, anything more than just t...
Appreciate the write up and thoughtful feedback. Without making any clear promises, I will say that we are in fact keeping an eye on all champs and how long it’s been since their last skin. We haven’t forgotten about anyone...
Btw, not sure if youd like feedback on J4s Poolparty skin here but as a guy with 5 of his skins and him being my go to jungler, I just think Pool Party didnt add anything that made him worth the purchase
I mean, he looks nice and the effects are alright but the theme doesnt fit that well and compared to SSG J4, the skin doesnt feel like an upgrade over it
Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate productive criticism, it’s incredibly helpful.
I honestly appreciate all the transparency and the way you guys lay out the reasoning for why you do (or don’t do) things. Not just skins specifically, but in general. Of course you can never make everyone happy but people are much more receptive if they know WHY things happen.
Also I love the behind the scenes stats and data.
The key to any relationship is communication. We very much value our relationship with our players so it’s incredibly important we communicate our intentions and our goals. Really glad you liked it. Thanks for supporting League and Riot. :)
which skins are the ones all the way at the top of the graph, from left to right? if you can talk about that
Can’t go into full detail but one I’ll call out is one of the top skins purchased by mains was Mecha Aurelian Sol.
What is Riot opinion on Astronaut Bard and overall skin line.Do you think they were successful this year?As a Bard main,the majority of opinions was that Astronaut skins this year were the best skins we had in a while.Just wanted to know what Riot thinks about that.
Astro Bard was definitely a success by multiple definitions and expectations. Bard fans showed up in droves, and a lot of non-Bard mains also found the thematic compelling enough to engage. It’s very likely you’ll see more Astronauts in the future.
Extremely well done article, u/Bellissimoh i hope to see you write more of these. It’s not often a Riot article really explains analytical data.
Thanks Hanyodude. It’s honestly one of my favorite parts of the job. As a player of League I can have an opinion about a particular skin, then there’s what social media and Reddit think or say broadly, then finally there’s the actual results and data. Being able to combine all of these things and then work with a multi-disciplinary team to try and improve and iterate, it’s a Producers dream tbh.
Glad you enjoyed the article and will try and include more analytics and behind the scenes looks in the future. :)
I'm really glad that Riot is finally moving in the right direction for unpopular champs + monster champs. Things like the new Asol and skarner skins really align with what the mains of those champions want imo: things that are just straight up cool/beastly, nothing gimmicky. Keep it up!
Appreciate the support and kind words. :)
late to the discussion but does your team have ways of using the number of times played with skin or hextech crafting at all in their analysis of skins? like, someone who purposefully crafts a skin shard or rerolls into that skin and continues to use it/certain skin shards being crafted vs rerolled? or just store data, buying skins directly with rp?
does riot acknowledge at all that there are lots of players that only "interact" with skin content through crafting and are more prone to getting random skins through rerolls?
We absolutely look at skin usage and how often players actually use content in-game. It’s a helpful lens for us to use when trying to determine which skins players gravitate the most when it comes to actually playing League.
I'm really glad you acknowledged that some skins might do really well because of mains wanting to collect them, not because they're good skins, and I hope the team watches out for such traps in the future.
Please never again make a "joke skin" that's also a prestige, for any champ. Fuzz is pretty despised overall on the mains discord, and it wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't also going to be the only prestige skin he'll ever get. I wouldn't want other mains, especially those who don't get skins often, to have to go through that. (Like, imagine if the current Viktor skin was the prestige version, a lot of the mains would be even more put out.)
We can’t make every skin be serious though. If we want to have real diversity for each champions skin catalog then we have to hit some sort of balance of tone and theme, which means sometimes skins will be less serious or playful in theme.
Just wondering, are you allowed to share if the Yorick skin is from a more serious or silly line?
Given his last skin was Meowrick, his next one will be a bit more serious.
Everyone’s entitled to an opinion but I’m just having trouble connecting with or understanding the frustration here. Maybe I’m missing something though.
Aurelion sol's splash art looks so goddamn badass. Lee sin and zac also looks pretty impressive.
I’m a huge Aurelian Sol fan myself and I couldn’t agree more.