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09 Oct

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Originally posted by SilverPrincev

I know its probably not great to speculate but i cant help but think there is a reason behind the Lead Anti cheat developer leaving riot then about 1-2 months later Morello leaves. What would cause two very large/high up developers to leave the team and even more Riot, a company they have been working with for a decade. Either there is big internal struggle within riot/Valorant or they are being poached by other games. This could be nothing or this could be very troublesome for Valorant.

Definitely nothing to speculate about :) He did amazing things for VALORANT and recently received the opportunity of a lifetime. I will personally miss him as he was one of the greatest mentors I could have asked for. We are all saddened but so excited for what he is able to produce on his new team <3


08 Oct

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Originally posted by 5ManaAndADream

given that this was the initial idea of breach, and then he was buffed to be better at capitalizing on his own initiations can we expect a similar buff down the line for skye? or any chance of reverting old changes (ie breach buffs, or sage nerfs)?

The intent of those changes was not necessarily to make Breach better at self-capitalization, but just to improve the power and usability of his utility. He can self-capitalize, but it's just not as optimal as setting up for allies, and that's okay. Skye is definitely the hardest initiator to self-capitalize on, but she's also the most flexible in terms of her outputs.

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Originally posted by Baendy

Then whats the plan for gaining MMR on her if you're not top fragging with a huge score, since currently vision/utility seems to not be as important as playing aggressively.

Some of the ranked updates we've communicated out should help address this!

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Originally posted by TyrannosarusRekt

How does this impact ranked elo gains considering the assist system not supporting utility entirely. Also, it seems assists doesn't seem to impact combat score at all in ranked really.

Some of the ranked updates we've communicated out should help address this!

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Originally posted by Gfdbobthe3

You said in a comment down below that she's an initiator like Breach. Where do you draw the line between Initiator and Sentinel when it comes to giving an agent a class? I could see how she could be considered both.

Sentinels help control ground that your team already owns. Skye doesn't really do that, all her utility makes her somewhat vulnerable in order to push out and take ground from the enemy team.

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Originally posted by Kadomos

That’s actually super cool! I think you did a fantastic job. I’m very excited to dig into her lines for more references and my mates and I have already started arguing over who is going to main her.

Things like the rightio and cheers mate felt so right in my Aussie bones haha.

You’re right, riding that line is tough. But so long as you never go full Point Break Aussie you’re fine ;)

P.s Point Break Aussie https://youtu.be/TF1YemGWVpo

Wow I wish I'd seen that video beforehand, I'd have pushed to use it in her script ;)

As it is, I just hope my suggestions for The Castle references made it in!

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Originally posted by oryiesis

You're answering this question but not answering why the practice range isn't run entirely client sided which is a far more interesting question.

I'm not the producer on that particular feature set, so my answer would be more generic--also didn't see the comment for it. Mostly the answer is it wasn't a high enough priority/value for us to have the team bump the other stuff on the roadmap. That plus our general paradigm of heavy server side validation and set up of our game would mean a decent chunk of work for a potential niche use.

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Originally posted by Kadomos

I don't know, I came into this excited and now I'm regretting posting lol.

I'm Australian, and I listened to the auditions for Skye and we went with my favorite, so how do you think I feel?

It's ok, riding the line between "bland" and "over the top" is hard, and I think we landed in a good place. I hope Aussies find some fun references in her lines.

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Originally posted by xzolade

Bro changes need to be made to DM. The mode is not enjoyable at all and doesnt serve it's purpose properly rn. Allowing players in is ok but if the DMs are still 6 minutes long, it doesnt matter. I hope they make core changes to DM then let us get into it in Queue

updates coming to DM, good ones

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    /u/Pwyff on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by RiotMEMEMEMEME

Hey friends, producer on Characters here . We worked with a native Australian VA, but as you'll discover from more of her story, her accent is intended to be from a more rural part of Australia.

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Originally posted by [deleted]

im australian and her accent is so f**king fake

they're trying to sound like steve irwin but Skye just sounds so f**king fake, its tilting me so hard

Hey friends, producer on Characters here . We worked with a native Australian VA, but as you'll discover from more of her story, her accent is intended to be from a more rural part of Australia.

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Originally posted by Eleven918

Kind of like Breach then?

Would be more effective in competitive play.

Yup! She’s an initiator like Breach, so she’s stronger with allies, but tends to be even more supportive than him overall.

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Originally posted by Octopus72

From all the agents so far, this is the one that seems the most versatile, IMO. You got your healing, you got your flashes (which from the looks of it, you can control), you got your wolf to track enemies down. She looks like a great addition to the game

One of the ideas behind Skye is that she provides a lot of utility, but is more dependent on her team to capitalize off of it because it requires her gun to be down/has longer re equip times to make self capitalization more difficult.

She’s a great choice for more utility-oriented or supportive players who want to work with their team to enable big plays. A good Skye player who’s in sync with their team can really provide a ton of impact to the game, even if they’re not always on the front lines getting the frags themselves.