For several years, Riot Games releases skins with each new patch. These usually follow a specific themesometimes with a event in the game associated with it, as is currently the case with the Star Guardians. This theme is far from being the only one, and we have had other events of this type in the past, such as skins Spirit Blossomor those of the Ruin event, ruin. However, these events are increasingly criticized, and often for much more valid reasons than a simple one: I don’t like this kind of skin. That’s when a reddit user chose to pose a seemingly silly questionbut who has aroused unexpected enthusiasmobtaining more than 4000 positive votes in less than 24 hours.
Back to Basics
This League of Legends player simply wondered if Riot Games could return to his old systemwhich consisted in going out multiple skinswithout there necessarily being links between them. For example on the same patch, it would have been possible to have a cowboy skin, a DJ skin, and a robotic champion. The community appreciated this idea, and several arguments can be put forward to show how this might be relevant.
It would already be easier to release skins for some champions who are having trouble fitting into events from Riot Games. In particular, one can think of Ornn, Zac or Ivern, which have few skins, and which do not necessarily fit into all the themes (on the other hand an Ornn Guardian of the Stars is an instant purchase.). Furthermore space out the outings of specific themes could leave more time to the studio to work on associated events and make them memorable, rather than having the ones we’ve been entitled to for a few years, which don’t have a dedicated game mode, and are often forgettable. But this solution would not necessarily have only advantages.
image credit: @Teh Sasquatch (we specify that he also made a High Noon Cactus Ivern)
The inconvenients
The problem of getting out very different skinsis that this already imposes additional workload for creators. Once the concepts for a theme have been validated, it is easier to apply this same theme to other characters at the same timerather than having to imagine a different concept for another champion. That would probably mean fewer skinsand therefore potentially less money for Riot Games (not necessarily an issue for gamers, but studio executives surely take this into account). In addition, releasing specific themes can also be accompanied by Battlepass (not systematically but it happens), or a special currency for chromasprompting players to always spend more money. Not sure that Riot Games wants to give up this system.
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Invited on the Twitch OTP channel yesterday, Shaunz dropped a little bomb… One of the founding fathers of AEGIS has announced that he is positioning himself to join the LFL. It would be a homecoming for this former professional League of Legends player.