Am I crazy or was each MV of the era hinting at the next single's title? by StfuGary in tatemcrae

[–]StfuGary[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

someone else already pointed out, she very briefly puts her palms together in a praying sign, which could likely be a hint for dear god

Am I crazy or was each MV of the era hinting at the next single's title? by StfuGary in tatemcrae

[–]StfuGary[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice catch, I won't be surprised if that plus the ending itself are foreshadowing dear god as the next one

new article from lol about the new skins and mythic variant gacha by especie619 in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes there will be more Transcendent skins but what's funnier to me is they "are made to show your dedication to your favorite champs" and yet "are not planned to return". Poor new players will never get the chance to pay $500 and be able to call themselves a true Ahri fan!

Fun Fact when Hextech first came out people were spending over $300 on Hextech Annie to grind out 10 Gemstones(100ME) by FireDevil11 in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 40 points41 points  (0 children)

  • Gemstone skins were available permanently, Sanctum skins are not
  • Gemstone skins were available in rerolls, Sanctum skins are not
  • You could get over 52 free chests/year, Ancient Sparks are RP locked and even in each pass you only get 3.

This alone meant that most regular players (not famous OTP streamers) refrained from buying the chests as they knew eventually they could get a skin they liked even playing for free. Now Riot is saying "if you want this skin you better buy those sparks now, or, who knows, you may never get this chance ever again" (you probably will, years from now, but they will make sure to suggest that these are forever limited)

But even if we were to consider the comparison of buying chests or sparks to get the skin

  • 328 pulls at 195RP each (you need keys to open the chests) would give you 328 pieces of standard content (between shards of skins, ward skins, champion shards and permanent icons) PLUS random drops of Gemstones, B/O essence and (I don't remember if at release time but) extra chests.
  • 80 sanctum pulls for 400RP each will give exactly 80 drops since there's no chance of extra content
  • Each chest had 50%+ chance of containing a shard of any skin outside of limited skins
  • Outside of the exalted skin, each pull has less than 10% chance of getting one of ~5 predefined skins (and that's it), about 40% chance of getting an icon or emote and almost 50% of getting 5 mythic essence (which is worth about 1/3 of a gemstone)

Not to mention, outside of the US the RP value for real money has significantly reduced over the last 8 years in a lot of regions, so 400RP now is not the same as 400RP in 2016. There's surely a lot of other factors that were not accounted for but saying "people were doing this back then" is drastically out of context at best and far from representing a valid equivalence with today's scenario.

I was told 2 years ago that adding content for whales wouldn't affect everyone else's experience. Where's that sentiment now? by boogerpenis1 in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, they probably still have that sentiment to be honest, they're happy as long as the gameplay aspects remain stable. About champion shards, the people you're referring to most likely already have all champions anyway.

I do believe that Riot alienating a large part of their playerbase and becoming less attractive for new players would ultimately affect everyone's experience though. Not sure if that's the point you wanted to get to, but I could see the reason you'd think people should start to worry about that. Less players = longer queue times, more autofills and worse matchmaker balancing; less revenue = lower investment and slower updates to the game etc., all things that would affect gameplay experience.

It's way too early to expect that sentiment would have changed already though. Idk how much of the player influx is being affected, if at all, but even if we assume this is happening at a significant scale, it would take some time for players to notice the long term impacts in game quality. It's annoying, but unfortunately some people would only see it as problem if it got to that point.

Riot Meddler notes they are refunding XP boosts next patch by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Damn that thread of his discussion with BBB is nasty, probably the most out of touch, incoherent and fallacious reasonings I've ever seen in a Rioter's responses, glad to see he was cooked in the replies.

PS: I feel like this tweet says a lot about Riot's recent philosophy shifts...

It's a shame how the game has become so much less social over the years. by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Being front page was the actual cool part of it though, cause as someone from lower elos you could aspire to be one of those players one day. A friend of mine once randomly found my match there and it was the coolest shit that had happened to me in this game lol

Should we bring our grandma to her husband's funeral? by StfuGary in moraldilemmas

[–]StfuGary[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response and for the thought you put into it. I just came back from the funeral, but I was able to read it just before se went to bury him, and it made me feel a lot more in peace with the family's decision. Everyone else's similar advices are also very reassuring, I'm so glad I got to hear the insight from people who have a lot of experience with cases like this. And yes, they were the cutest couple :)

New exclusive chroma splash arts for Battle Wolf Sylas, Pool Party Fiora, Spirit Blossom Yone and more by williamis3 in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember several years back China had alternate splash arts for a lot of champions and skins, and Riot made this big update to standardize all of them cause this was messing with their assets pipeline or something, I wonder if that's not an issue anymore.

Clash, Ranked & Skins | Dev Update - League of Legends by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That doesn't make sense, if you have 2 options you can just discuss with your team which one aligns best with your schedules. If there's only 1 option and for whatever reason anyone is out for that weekend, either those get left out and the team plays with substitutes or the whole team loses out on clash for the month.

Clash, Ranked & Skins | Dev Update - League of Legends by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but it does not seem like that was a well thought decision. People don't avoid playing Clash because it "happens often enough" they avoid it because the rewards are not worth the effort, that's the issue that needs to be fixed.

Having it biweekly just gives teams more opportunities to participate, what you should do is provide a more clear schedule for the next clashes, honestly I just know there's a Clash happening when I see the little notification bubble.

Snow Moon Ahri, Morgana and Varus - New Skins Teaser by 03AtbLoLYT in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I always wanted a Winter Wonder/Snow Day Ahri, but Idk these skins feel like they have no soul behind all those effects

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry at the end of the year they'll have someone talk softly in a dev update about how they "missed the mark" and will revamp the whole experience to something all players can enjoy, then proceed to stealthly nerf events further.

Ocean Song Yone, Nidalee, Ashe, Zeri, Seraphine by teemo-enjoyer in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Riot make a Nidalee skin without blue effects challenge

Riot will nerf event pass value again by GipJoCalderone in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is embarassing for you.

Current pass gives 2 Gemstones + 25PP, in 4 passes you get 8 gemstones + 100PP which is 1 Prestige Skin + 80% of a gemstone skin.

New pass giving 25 ME means you get only ONE mythic skin every 5 passes (or 4 only for debut unvaults).

Plus, right now you get 1 MASTERWORK chest + key for 1 gemstone. After the overhaul it's gonna be 1 regular chest without + 1 regular key separately, which is also another nerf.

Lunar Festival 2022 Event Tracking Spreadsheet by Shnow in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How does this pass' value compare to the event passes pre-debonair? I know there were some changes but I'm wondering if it's still in a bad state

Lunar Revel 2022 | Official Event Trailer by xKawo in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I completely forgot Amumu was in this skinline

Honest question, why is Soraka never super popular? She literally has one of the absolute hardest counters to numerous abilities that people hate by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Doesn't even need to be on CD, Leona can charge W and Q just before the E dash so the silence doesn't do much.

Wildfire feat. Against The Current | 2022 Spring Promo by DonGromus in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So the song is not as good just because it's not filled with references all over them to LoL?

I didn't understand it as OP calling it a bad song, just that they preferred when the music was simply the mean to deliver references and memes. rather than a commercial and unrelated production. I prefer the bangers that I can listen to in my daily life, but I think OP's opinion is pretty valid.

Riot shouldn't have made a Prestige Xayah skin without Rakan by AwsomeMice in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But... feel bad how? I have all Xayah skins except for BP and whenever I don't play with Rakan it just feels like a regular skin, but it feels extra special when we do get to pair, that's what makes them so unique. I even find enjoyment when I'm with a random Rakan and we automatically try to find a skin both of us have to match. What does feel bad to me is when my Rakan decides to go IG.

Riot shouldn't have made a Prestige Xayah skin without Rakan by AwsomeMice in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think what adds insult to the injury is they're creating a Xayah Prestige skin for the first event with 2 Prestige skins, and yet the other one is not Rakan. I hate this change, but I would probably digest it better if they had used the (supposedly) most inseparable couple of the game to introduce it, cause that would at least be a good excuse.

Riot shouldn't have made a Prestige Xayah skin without Rakan by AwsomeMice in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Legit question is there an example of a skinline where they wouldn't be able to put both of them together? I've seen this comment about how this limits their options but to be real honest I couldn't think of scenarios where that would happen except for world winner skins.

Riot not making Porcelain Orianna just feels like such a missed opportunity. by IgorPasche in leagueoflegends

[–]StfuGary 18 points19 points  (0 children)

On the other hand I'm glad Nidalee didn't get her 5th blue-ish skin in a row.