Blogs
on September 20, 2025
As a Yordle, Veigar is adorably small, but he is actually a master of dark sorcery, and his magic power continuously increases as long as he lands a spell on an enemy. Veigar's entire kit revolves around the cage that he creates by twisting space, because it is the best way for him to hit people with his spe
** Max Grossman: ** Mostly, our skin has gotten thicker. That would be my biggest takeaway. Like with Killjoy's turret, there was a lot of skepticism online, and internally that's something that you see and go, "oh god, are we doing the right thing?" For me, it helped build some of that armor and confidence that we weren't ruining the game, which feels good. Chances are if the community is skeptical about an Agent, we are too while designing them. While making a turret character for Valorant, we thought, "well, can we? Can it be good?" A turret that sits there and <a href="http://Www.increasingspeed.com/comment/html/?278282.html">http://Www.increasingspeed.com</a>; kills people betrays the promise of our <a href="https://vchys.com.ua/biology/user/SungRummel4/">SLG game heroes</a>. So when we see a bunch of people online that feel that same way, I empathize. However, once someone gives a new Agent a spin, I always hope they realize how much work we put in before releasing anything in Valor
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Barack_Obama_and_Willie_Mays_in_Air_Force_One_2009-07-14.jpg"; style="max-width:410px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" />** TheGamer: ** The German efficiency tinge to Killjoy's toolkit and how well her personality and proficiency as an engineer reflects brilliantly in gameplay. When you were designing her, was there skeleton that had a particular utility, and Killjoy's character came later, or was it vice ve
On the other hand, 2 champions were finally reworked after winning the community vote back in 2019: Fiddlesticks and Volibear. Both characters were chosen by players for a visual update because their concepts didn't fit in the game's ever-evolving lore. To that end, Fiddlesticks was transformed into a primordial demon disguised as a scarecrow while Volibear was redesigned as the Freljord demigod he was always meant to be. Even though details were changed, the thematic is still there and instantly recognizable by veteran play
** Max Grossman: ** There are two components to this. One being Sentinels aren't solely for newer players. However, two of our three Sentinels do appeal to new players, those being Sage and Killjoy. Cypher, not so much. He's a more cerebral, information-gathering character. Tough to use effectively. But I think there's a reasonable observation around the fact that Sentinels tend to appeal to people that don't feel as confident in their tactical-shooter skills. Because at the very least, they know they can set up their stuff (ice walls, traps), get a gun, and stay the
Sol is a massive celestial dragon who has suns circling his body, so it is highly unlikely that he will be hurt by any of Kratos' God weapons. Kratos may be a God, but even he can't survive a blast of pure starfire which is roughly 100,000 degr
The design team is involved in the early stages to establish rules for creating characters and making them stand out in environments. We worked with the character artists on what color values to use on the maps relative to how you do that with Agents. Small tiny details end up making a world of difference. Specific RGB color values on our characters are just not allowed to exist on our maps to prevent that "hiddenness" from happening so that the characters always pop out in the wo
Chief may not be able to outrun Warwick, but he can definitely slice straight through him with an energy sword, and seeing as Warwick doesn't wear any armor, bullets will be able to do maximum damage to
Perhaps it'd be interesting to see how the Apex Legends community responds to the idea of spin-off titles, and whether it'd be a worthy venture for Respawn Entertainment and/or EA. At a glance, Apex Legends and Titanfall bring enough to the table lore-wise for this to be absolutely possible, but it's a matter of gauging whether the interest is there. Somehow mixing the whimsical nature of Apex Legends ' lore with the seriousness of Titanfall could be an interesting experim
While Riot continued to improve events during Season 10, their quality and design went beyond what players had come to expect in the past few years. Specifically, the Spirit Blossom summer event implemented a visual novel experience instead of normal missions allowing players to bond and share some hilarious fourth-wall breaking moments with champions like Teemo. Additionally, after last year's feedback that event passes weren't worth their RP cost, the rewards for playing were significantly boosted. This culminated in the Worlds 2020 pass where over 1000 event tokens and 30 milestone prizes were guaranteed after enough matc
Since the start of summer, shipped updates have included improved AFK detection and the ability to report or mute disruptive players during champ select. These changes have resulted in more penalties and less repeat offenders with League of Legends players feeling their actions are making a noticeable difference. After these successes, Riot is planning further updates for affected teammates such as early surrendering and reducing LP loss in ranked games. While there are still rare issues like players being flagged for actually doing poorly or returning to ranked after several years and being placed in smurf queue, continued work should fix things in the next few months along with further improveme