The League of Legends community has broadcast the same message hundreds of times: “I will not object to seeing fewer new champions for more improvements on the old champions”. A request that Riot Games did not believe before. However, this is exactly the direction the company is taking. Mid-level upgrades and partial repairs were the most frequent changes in Season 12..
Former champions plan confirmed by Riot boss
We had the opportunity to ask Ryan a few questions regarding the release of Bel’Veth.Reav3“Mireles is responsible for gameplay for League of Legends. One of the things we wanted to figure out was what it would mean to scale back production of the company’s new characters that the company announced at the start of the season. Like everyone else, we were curious. if it leads to another recycling. , Mid-tier, visual, or gameplay improvements for champions.
“I don’t think we’ll see a more complete overhaul as they’re going through the same development process as the new champion, so their pacing will also slow down a bit to achieve the same quality goals. VFX (visual updates) won Don’t increase because they’re on another team, “They won’t be affected by the shift, but it’s possible this new strategy will force us to do more MGCs (full game upgrades) .Describes Reav3.
Therefore, major changes will be approved and everything will depend on the results. Much easier to apply game updates. If they involve too many changes for champions and may not be fixed in a few weeks, they do not change the base model or affect skins. This way Riot Games saves a lot of work. Still, This method is only useful for champions whose design is still rough, like Aurelion Sol, one of the highest-rated characters externally (and one of the worst in terms of gameplay).
Where we can expect more changes Intermediate updates Like Ahrim, Sweeney, Olaf or Talia. Mireles explained it to us “Medium upgrades are something we can do more often now, thanks to the slow pace of Champions. So far we’ve seen very positive feedback about them. That can always change, but I think, given the current trend, anyone can do it. We expect. More of these upgrades in the future. We will see more.”
In this context, Riot Games seems to have made a decision that responds to strong demand from the League of Legends community. The truth is that the changes made to old champions work very well. In some cases, the update was a bit unstable and needed more fixes, but it increased the long-term popularity of selected characters to make them more appealing and interesting to the audience. The best example is Ahri, who was chosen three times more than before after three power cuts.
Source : Millenium
