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The risk of being pretty out of date is why we tend not to talk much about current balance/state of meta in these videos. So often whatever we could talk about at time of filming is either an old issue, still unfixed, or has evolved since we recorded.
Auto fill changes got pushed to patch 14.17, so will go live next week
/u/RiotMeddler would you have any updates on the integration of TrueSkill2 to League's matchmaking system? As well as the Client Cleanup Campaign, its been a very long time since we heard the current state of the client.
We'll be talking about our matchmaking thinking and plans in the next dev update.
Nothing major I can share on the client, though we'll definitely be getting rid of a lot of the current notification ping spam shortly
We filmed end of last week. Aiming to have it live late next week. We deliberately vary the time between them based off how much we’ve got to go over (likely a shorter gap between this coming one and the next one after that which should be in September)
Read moreYeah, but keep the mystery for LeBlanc on only 3 layers please
We dont want anxiety around characters we think is LeBlanc
If everyone is suspiciously LeBlanc, it would ruin the series
Imagine Vi touching Caitlyn, but Caitlyn is LeBlanc
You thought it was Cait, but...
Kinda feel like you're arguing for both sides of the debate at the same time here...
An update here, assuming I'm interpreting the question correctly - Pakistan should be very much supported as part of the new server overall. There is a specific custom keyboard giveaway that's limited to certain countries though, which some countries aren't eligible to enroll in unfortunately (physical giveaways especially come with a lot of extra complications).
I love how even the higher ups at riot still talk and interact with the community.
Have a great day man.
Thank you, you too!
Not sure that’s intentional. Will follow up with the team running this process, see what’s up
Huh, I thought the 1 versus 3 star UI was pretty clear. I guess we could make that a bit more obvious, ensure confusion like this doesn't happen again!
Could bro not say bullet hell 😭
Happy to say bullet hell, bullet heaven's getting used when discussing some games that are an inversion of the bullet hell pattern though. Instead of having to dodge a hail of missiles you're instead the one putting out said hail of missiles.
Something I think I misunderstood, so I would appreciate it if you could clarify, was the Jax ASU done like this? Or what you meant was how you guys used the new design from LoR as the base, but all the assets were built from scratch?
Also, I guess this might not be the best place to ask, but any thoughts on CGUs and how the Asol one landed? Are they still an option for certain champions, or is it unlikely that we see another one in the future?
Jax's assets were built from scratch, but released piece by piece, rather than all at once. Drawing on another game's take on a character can save some time/work up front, for older champs in particular though the vast bulk of the work comes from updating their (usually) large skin catalogs, rather than from the base itself. That's one of the issues with adapting WR assets - the games have different skins, so even if we could figure out how to port things efficiently that still only covers some of what's needed (would certainly help though)
Will Seraphine and Camille’s bio’s get an update? Earlier this year it was promised that their bios would change since Skarner’s lore has been retconned.
Yes, though I don't personally know the exact timing. Will check in with the relevant part of the team however
Just to be clear, the only champion stuff on the horizon is the releases of Aurora and Ambessa and reworks (visual or otherwise) of Malphite, Shyvana, and someone associated with Arcane?
That's all we're ready to share at the moment yeah, though there's certainly some other stuff underway too.
I don't think so? They said they're developing new stories with Fortiche, but it doesn't seem like it'll be under the Arcane title and considered the same show.
We haven't said anything about whether we'll use the Arcane title or not for any future possibilities being explored (and as somewhat who's not part of that part of Riot, I'm not certain myself either). Definitely still looking at Riot+Fortiche making stuff in the LoL universe together though, regardless of whether it uses the Arcane brand or not
I had no idea Marty Funkhouser was Riot's Esports president
TIL
u/RiotMeddler Since this is confirmed to be the final season of Arcane, and with the stated goal of Arcane being canon, can we expect character's bios to be finally updated to match with the show? We still have stuff like memory loss Vi (I think), Caitlyn being a private investigator rather than an enforcer before becoming sheriff, Jayce and Viktor not really being friends, etc.
Yes, we'll be adjusting bios of champs featured in Arcane to align around that single shared canon. Completely agree it's jarring seeing that sort of disconnect
u/RiotMeddler which lane is ambessa intended to be played in??
Going to leave reveal of the position(s) we're assuming, other gameplay details etc up to the team to reveal closer to the time. Apologies for vagueness, generally though we want to save a lot of specifics for when a champ's about to come out
They specifically bring up Spirit of Hearth-home, they can't be surprised that we are asking about Aurora after a game was made to advertise the new champion
They easily could have said "Aurora is 2 months away" and that would have been fine, disappointing but at least we'd know instead of absolutely zero champion information
Aurora is significantly less than 2 months away
Shocked they admit the visuals are bad and are changing them again
Spirit of the Hearthhome should be the standard for champion teases, it's fun, cute, and makes it more of a landmark.
New series and MOVIES for league? Exciting goddamn
It'll take a month or two (rough estimate) for the updated visuals, but yeah, we agree those didn't hit the mark and need to be changed.
Would love to do something like Spirit of Hearth Home for as many champs as we can. It's been great seeing people enjoy it. Wouldn't want to use that exact format of course, need to make sure we find different things for different champions (avoid overusing or misapplying a format like we did with the Visual Novel approach post Spirit Blossom for example)
/u/RiotMeddler We ready to discuss the $500 Elephant in the room that Riot fails to address in any way, shape, or form and how unrealistic of a pricepoint it is. Players feel betrayed to "celebrate" one of the best players of all time in the form of predatory monetary practices.
Response link: https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ddga6w/gameplay_esports_arcane_dev_update_league_of/l84pmy8/
Replying in this part of the thread:
Linking it here for those who want to know about it since it looks like it'll get heavily downvoted and won't be visible
"We still think it's the needed thing as part of our work on making esports financially sustainable"
No the f**k it is not. 0.0001% of that money will ever be invested in your esports scene. Stop with this bs, stop embarrassing yourself even more. This is pure greed and your are trying to milk Faker's name to the bone, nothing more. In what world is 500 euro skin celebrating anyone but the company that is going to keep the profit. Please be for f**king real Meddler ...
For esports content like this, or the Championship skins, 30% of the gross revenue goes directly to esports. That's equivalent to around 50% of the profit on average (varies a bit depending on how much any given thing costs to produce and how well it sells). Of the remaining 30% gross that isn't allocated to esports up front some will also end up covering esports events costs still, even if it's not going directly to players/teams/prize pools
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