The latest skins announced on League of Legends are particularly controversial.
While the community in general is more than happy with the release of new cosmetics and the general improvement in quality, Riot Games has attempted to make a few cuts which have not been well received by players. . It happened with Ekko Firelight, which arrived without new sound effects and had to be postponed, and it happened again with Xayah and Rakan. The difference, in this case, is that it doesn’t look like the community is going to win again.
Riot Games cuts with the new skins
The issue with the new Arcane skins that Xayah and Rakan will receive in the upcoming 12.7 patch has to do with their callback (return to base) animation. When one of the champions returns to solo, they will have their own animation with special effects tied to the skin. However, when the two meet to back together, there will be no particular effects. Both champions will simply run the default animation corresponding to their base skin. A decision Riot Games would have made during the early stages of development, and a step back from their cheapest skins.
The truth is that gamers have a very reasonable argument to criticize the developer’s decision, because only the individual skins of Xayah and the first skin of the two characters did not have such animations. So while the skins themselves are spectacular, players don’t want to fall into the dangerous precedent of having to cut back on features and pay the same price as usual.
A concern for League of Legends players to which, at the moment (there are still a few days left on PBE) Riot Games has answered in the negative since “ you can’t create a joint animation so close to their releases “.
Riot Games has been causing more controversy than ever over its cosmetics lately. The company has gone so far as to plan the release of skins hidden under a paywall of over 18,000 RP and has already introduced skins that can only be obtained through Hextech Crafting loot boxes. occurrence on TFT). While it’s easy to understand that a company wants to increase its profit margin, there are far more interesting practices, like the rumor of a new skin category, to satisfy the demanding League of Legends community.