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on November 25, 2025
<br><img src="http://tybulle.grosquick.net/photos_gros/2007/03/tybulle117364465960_gros.gif"; style="max-width:430px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px;" alt="" />** TheGamer: ** Some thought Killjoy's bright yellow jacket might make her stand out on the map more so than other Agents, painting a big target on her. How important is color palette in terms of combat readability when you're designing Age<br><br> <br>The Needler may not be the best Halo weapon , but it would be the perfect one to use against Trynd, because if he uses his ultimate, Chief can fire as many needles into him and just wait, because after a slight delay the needles will all expl<br><br> <br>By doing away with the character entirely, Riot could come down on the right side of this. Instead of sticking their fingers in their ears and pretending there isn't a problem, this is an opportunity for the company to show it actually cares about its players. It's an opportunity for them to forgo a few million on top of their billions, and to actually help soothe harm done to a real person. It's also an opportunity for them to retire their abhorrent marketing strategy for Seraphine, which would do a lot to garner goodwill and help win back people they might have alienated. Sure, it's the path of least profit, meaning that they likely won't do any of this. However, from the perspective of moral imperative, it's the only right course of action to t<br><br> <br>Chief can neutralize the Ult by tossing a couple of plasma grenades at it, and as far as Maokai is concerned, Chief can take him down with a flamethrower and a few incendiary grenades because his entire body is made up of very flammable roots and branc<br><br> <br>It might seem a little boring for each side to have the same advantages and disadvantages, but there is enough variety that it's hard to notice. Also, it does make for a fairer experience and evens out the playing fi<br> <br>At the same time, there is plenty of growth left for future events and scheduling. PsyOps 2020 had the unfortunate circumstance of coming right after Spirit Blossom and during the Worlds 2020 hype period. Since Samira's release skin was tied to PsyOps, there wasn't any other time the event could release, but it still contributed to being overshadowed alongside the shorter 3-week duration. Finally, K/DA's comeback was heavily anticipated by players since August, but the group was only Worlds 2020's closing act. With the promotion across Teamfight Tactics and Legends of Runeterra in addition to Seraphine's storyline, <a href="https://www.loltrackers.com/articles/project-k-riot-s-tcg-revolution-that-might-just-beat-pokemon-and-lorcana.html">Project K TCG</a>/DA could easily have earned their own event alongside the ALL OUT album released last week. At this point, fans can only believe this will happen with an eventual third ret<br><br> <br>Moving forward, new champion releases shouldn't clash so closely with one another. Yone's debut heavily eclipsed Lillia's earlier arrival despite players knowing both would come out during the summer event. Furthermore, Seraphine's social media may have been planned months in advance, but this greatly took away from Samira who seemed like an afterthought. However, this year's schedule can largely be attributed to the shift cause by COVID-19, and it shouldn't be a sign that 2021 will continue an erratically slow or fast p<br><br> <br>The other thing we like to consider when creating Agents is how accessible they are. Some characters are a little bit easier, at least in terms of how obvious their abilities are to use. I think Killjoy tends to lean slightly closer to a beginner-friendly Agent once you set up her stuff. You can rely on a lot of her abilities and quickly understand, "hey, people might come through this chokepoint, I should probably put down my stuff that damages people watching the choke point." When you first start playing Valorant, it's a pretty easy toolkit to understand. At least opposed to one of the more complex characters like Viper or Reyna. They require a ton of knowledge to utilize effectively. It sounds like with your friend, or anyone who's getting started with tactical shooters, Killjoy was a character they could quickly pick up and be successful w<br><br> <br>** Max Grossman: ** After they go live, it's always tough. We have a bunch of internal data on how Agents perform and can look at the numbers and use that as our most important balancing act. If a character is winning 57% of their matches (none of the Agents are winning that much; this is just a hypothetical) — that's probably something we should address, whether or not the community is aware of that problem. Then there's the flipside: players think something is overpowered, but we have hard data that shows it's not. Regardless of how we get that information, we can identify those problems as things that need addressing, and the solutions can look very differ<br><br> <br>The number of new champions this year may be lower than usual, but they can be considered successful for different reasons. Each one maintains a good play rate in certain roles, with Sett distinctly being flexed as a top, jungle, and even support in some regions. However, their backstories also expand the world of Runeterra whether it's giving more details of various city-states or continuing to make lore-heavy characters into champions such as Kai'Sa or Senna previously. Seraphine's full reveal may have disappointed some players after the massive build-up, but her unique marketing approach release shows that Riot still has many new ideas to promote future champion relea<br>