In recent years, I believe that many LOL players have also felt that designers are transforming old heroes more and more frequently, which is actually understandable, after all, for some old heroes who have been online for a long time, their current mechanics and gameplay are no longer suitable for the current version rhythm, so proper renovation is very necessary.
Just recently, three LOL designers launched a roundtable to discuss some medium-sized update plans that will be launched in 2023, which is still quite critical to the ecology of the entire League of Legends this year, because the video is a bit long, so we only extracted some key information here to share with you and talk about their own impressions.
First of all, the designer explained several jerky and difficult medium-sized renewal synonyms, namely VGU, CGU and ASU.
VGU (Visual Gameplay Update): It is equivalent to tearing down and restarting all the mechanics and gameplay of a hero, to put it bluntly, it is a complete rework, including game voice, skins, backstory and other content will be completely renovated, such as Panson, Dao Girl
CGU and ASU: Medium adjustments, while retaining the gameplay, redoing some of the hero's small skills, or refurbishing the hero's skill visual effects, the scale of work is relatively small, so the time spent is relatively short, such as the heroes of Tanuki, Thalia, and Star Casting Dragon King.
How do I determine if a hero needs a medium adjustment?
According to the designer, if a hero loses its foothold in the game, the gameplay is increasingly unable to keep up with version changes, and gradually loses the original meaning of existence, then the first thing to consider is whether it can be remedied by medium-sized updates, such as Zhao Xin, Tam, Junna and so on. The purpose of the medium update tweaks is to make this hero better, and in the process, fix some problems with player feedback. Instead of increasing the popularity of the hero, but making it available to everyone, making it better for players who like the hero, and enhancing the player experience, that's what the medium adjustment is all about.
What are the mid-size tuning plans for the 2023 season?
There is no specific conclusion yet, but if you can make medium-sized adjustments every 2 months, the designers will regularly share this plan with players. The conversation mentioned Niko's medium-sized update, and the designer revealed that after Niko's update, her passivity will no longer be limited to transforming into a hero, but anything, such as various fruits in the canyon, even Timo's mushrooms, as well as minions, wild monsters and so on.
From the discussion of the designer, we can obviously feel that the future medium-sized update adjustment will be the main work of the entire League of Legends, to know that VGU this time-consuming and laborious work will occupy too many resources, but can it actually achieve the designer's rationalization goal at the beginning? For example, Bear, Udir, can you say that they are better than before after redo?
On the other hand, those medium-sized update and adjusted heroes seem to be getting better, so we will see more and more medium-sized updates in the future, so which of your current favorite heroes urgently need a little renovation?