NeoLexical

Originally posted by WoonStruck

The problem isn't where human resources are spent, its where monetary resources are spent.

Riot is paying people to work on these things, and not paying enough people to work on gameplay, the client, the engine, etc.

And Riot already has far more funding than 99.999% of games will ever get, while doing less than many. Saying they need to nickel and time everyone even more for the game to stop its tailspin isn't really helpful.

Riot has had the money to make improvements that needed to happen 7+ years ago for nearly a decade. Its silly to think money at this point is the reason why things don't happen.

Its intentional that the game isn't actively improving anymore because it makes money whether it does or not.

Originally posted by Spideraxe30

Hey Lexi can you possibly be more evil in your vids, i liked how reav3 tormented players for months in his dev blogs

Originally posted by Zarathielis

ty for the answer! Last question: Will Skarner come before the marksman since Riot meddler says Skarner will come fairly early next year

Originally posted by Zarathielis

Hello Lexical, I enjoyed the 4 champs this year, will there be 4 too next year? And are there any plans to do an Arcane collab again or something special for the big anniversary for league?

Originally posted by WoonStruck

The problem isn't where human resources are spent, its where monetary resources are spent.

Riot is paying people to work on these things, and not paying enough people to work on gameplay, the client, the engine, etc.

And Riot already has far more funding than 99.999% of games will ever get, while doing less than many. Saying they need to nickel and time everyone even more for the game to stop its tailspin isn't really helpful.

Riot has had the money to make improvements that needed to happen 7+ years ago for nearly a decade. Its silly to think money at this point is the reason why things don't happen.

Its intentional that the game isn't actively improving anymore because it makes money whether it does or not.

Originally posted by DeusVitae69

I have another gripe, why are ‘Young and Hip’ people only hired to speak on the game discussion videos? Meddler, etc are camera friendly is why, and I think aesthetics < talent needs to be looked at more

Originally posted by retief1

Then you aren't the target market for the $200 skin, and that's fine. There's no way in hell that I'd ever touch one. However, if someone does want to show off that they are willing to dump $200 into a not-particularly-special skin, it doesn't hurt me any. I mean, I guess it's dev time and money spent on a skin I don't want. However, riot constantly releases skins that I'm not interested in for one reason or another, so I can't say I give a shit.

Originally posted by Hyoudou

Well... hopefully the Skarner VGU will come before 2029.

Originally posted by TreeKeeper15

It's terrible for gameplay clarity and he's not native to SR, he's from Ixtal so if anything he should be a more vibrant green.

Originally posted by AzerFraze

which is the base Skarner? The one in the vid or the one on top in the blog?

Originally posted by MontyAtWork

It really feels like Riot got new managers in who all asked "But why are we doing that?" at every level of producing League, and when given an answer that didn't outline how that effort made the company more DIRECTLY profitable, they cut it.

Reminds me of every time I was at a company that got bought out and brought in new managers who didn't understand the product, culture, or customers and only understood the bottom line.

Cinematic? How's that profitable? Cut.

Lore? How's that profitable? Cut.

Season changes? How's that profitable? Cut.

Originally posted by bz6

Thank you for your reply /u/NeoLexical

Not sure what to make of your answer. He's going to help other areas of SR League? Or is he being poached like the other important members of the Champs team to help on Modes? zzzz :p

I just feel SR League gets treated unfairly internally at Riot now, feels like its "old news". I just feel the Champs team in specific is so delicate, and I could be wrong, but its super difficult to replace people within the team when turnover happens.

Overall, and as I said earlier, I feel the quality of champs (to me) has dipped. Is there anyway you can share that one play rate chart that Yasuo dominated for years? How are the depth and breadth stats of the newer releases? Are they matching, exceeding, or failing expectations?

Originally posted by bz6

Hello /u/neolexical

August just said on his stream that most likely, Briar might be his last champion. Like this is so unfortunate. The champ team has already lost CertainlyT, and if you guys lose August, honestly I think the champ team is pretty much done.

I already sense that a lot of new champ releases have not been a success, I could be wrong, but I do have think that innovation has extremely dipped. You've been very communicative and transparent so far and I would really love to know your thoughts. Under /u/Reav3 the champ team felt prestigious and "serious-like". Now, I feel the team is pretty drained creatively, and just struggling to find inspiration.

Champions are SUPER important for the longevity of League as they perpetually increase the pursuit of Mastery and inject freshness into the game.

Originally posted by FriendlyGhostLady

Can u tell us how hard the creature marksman will be? Will he be hard or easier? 2) will u make a new AP toplaner in the future?

Originally posted by FruitfulRogue

Hi mentioning midscopes, can we get an update on them at all?

We haven't been given any info on if there are any new ones in production or if they've been paused for the time being.

I think midscopes have been/are some of the best things the team have done in the last few years, and as far as track record go I'd say about 90% of them have landed really well.

Itd just be nice to get some info on them, since we haven't heard anything since Rells landed (crashed?).

Originally posted by Zarathielis

Is there a champion concept you or the team is really excited about but you can't quite make it right and have to pause it?

Originally posted by bingbongzingzongz

btw Lexi thanks alot for your replies both here and twitter, sucks that you became lead producer of champs in troublesome times

I want to ask if older/recent VGUs are kind of considered as risky projects and that's why the team moved resources from them and into ASUs meaning they don't always have positive outcomes, yes they always have the benefit of modernizing the roster but it is kind of apparent that they won't always increase the playrate of the champion compared to ASUs:

Udyr has same playrate he had before his VGU 1 year ago, Mundo has almost same playrate as before his VGU

. (I don't mean to criticize the awesome peeps who worked on them, just an observation and I believe you were still in LoR back then)

ASUs on the other hand are always a success, Ahri's playrate increased by 50% after her ASU earlier this year and she retained that playerbase

So my question is Did you guys shift priorities away from VGUs due to that? Small increa...

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Originally posted by bz6

Hey /u/neolexical

I heard a couple of times that August will take a break or leave the champs team after Briar. That being said, I wanted to ask you a question, do you think the current champions team is the “weakest” it’s ever been? I feel with all this help the team has been doing (with Modes and shit), the team has lost many many important members. It’s evident that losing designers like that affects the team, I mean CertainlyT was a huge loss. Are new champions still gathering sizeable audiences when it comes to depth and breadth? I also do feel champions are more miss than hit these days, which sucks.

Originally posted by Disloyaltee

Is there a champ that has been in development ever since you joined?