"One of the best announcements!": Reddit reacts to Riot's decision of updating old League of Legends champions rather than releasing new ones
League of Legends has some good news for veteran players. Riot Games has announced their intention of focusing more on the old champions instead of overloading the roster with new ones.
Riot intends to change several things moving forward. League's Executive Producer Jeremy "Brightmoon" Lee and League's Studio Head Andrei "Meddler" van Roon explained on YouTube that the game would continue to release new champions in 2023, but, by 2024, the dev team would change their priorities and introducer fewer of them.
With Lee Sin and Teemo receiving Art and Sustainability Updates (ASU) in 2023 and 2024, it was also revealed that a good chunk of the Champions team had been transferred to the ASU team to assist them in their upcoming summer plans.
The League of Legends community has responded positively to Riot's new approach.
Redditor u/Macaulyn wrote a thoughtful post, claiming this was "one of the best announcements" ever by Riot.
Fans admitted on Reddit that they would be content with updates being limited to existing champions for a full year.
Riot Games' lead champion producer Ryan "Reav3" Mireles has clarified that their new approach will begin to take effect from 2023 itself and the changes will soon become apparent. Reav3 stated:
One of the main reasons behind this development was the transfer of the Champions' team for the Summer Event. Reav3 continued:
When a player asked Reav3 about Riot's plans for Milio, the Darkin Dog Champion, and the Jungler, the dev assured them that those three champions are safe and their release timelines would not change.
As of now, there has been no official announcement of the Big Summer Event by Riot; however, fans can expect the addition of exciting new skins and fresh game modes in League of
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