Revelation VR: Red Post Collection: Ask Riot: End of Ranked Season, Worlds 2019 Orchestral Theme & More

Today's red post collection includes this week's Ask Riot, a look at the Worlds 2019 Orchestral theme, new Twitch Prime loot for TFT, and more!

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Ask Riot on End of Season, TFT Match History, ARURF, & More

The latest edition of Ask Riot is up, this time answering questions on when the current season will end (November 19th!) , the upcoming addition of TFT match history, when we'll see ARURF again, and design decisions when it comes to manaless champions:

"Instead of a summary, I’d like to say you’re all amazing, and I hope you have the best week ever.

When does the 2019 Ranked season end?

The Summoner’s Rift 2019 Ranked Season will end on November 19th. This could change if something weird happens; we’ll let you know if it does.

RIOTIAMWALRUS

Designer, Competitive

Hello, when URF?

When URF indeed. We aren’t quite ready to say the exact patch, but you can expect ARURF in some form by the end of this year, with some minor adjustments we think you’ll like.

PS. Do you remember when URF started as an April Fool’s Day joke? What a journey it’s been. (Warning: Video contains old map, old Ryze, and old memes.)

RIOT_MORT

Principal Game Designer

What do you take into account when you decide not to add mana to a champion? (As a Talon main, it’s annoying to have to return to base after being poked by a Katarina, Zed, Vladimir, etc.)

By default we give champions mana as an attritional element that does two things:

Every spell cast has an additional decision point: “Is this cast worth the mana?”

We get a long-term attritional element that forces you to periodically return to base.

That said, there are a variety of reasons we might choose to omit mana from a champion’s kit:

The champion has a different important resource they need to use (like Gnar’s rage). With more recent champs, we also have the option of adding a “second resource” that lets them still have mana, such as Jhin’s bullet system. This is used when the champion pattern or core concept relies on a new/different resource than mana.

We actually don’t want the attrition risk of casting spells, going for more of an aggressive “spam casting” model (like Riven and Garen). We may use this model in cases where a champ has to take risks to get an advantage, so squishy melee or short-range fighters are the most common candidates. In contrast, a poke mage like Ziggs would be a very bad choice here.

We want to emphasize another attritional element, like health costs for Mundo and Vlad. Over time, we haven’t found this to be a particularly exciting or interesting direction, so we haven’t been making many new champs with the health cost model. Significant health costs make the casting risk more immediate than long term, which too often would lead to not casting.

RIOTSCRUFFY

Lead Gameplay Designer

When will TFT get some type of match history?

Very soon! We’re testing our first version for TFT match history on PBE right now, and if everything goes smoothly, it’ll go live in patch 9.19. After it’s live, we’ll be looking to make improvements. Look for updates and a more fleshed out version a few patches later.

RIOT MAPLE NECTAR

Product Lead on TFT, Live Gameplay

Have a question? Click on the button below, sign into your League account, and ask away.

We’ll do our best to read every question, but we can’t guarantee they’ll all get answers. Some questions may already be answered elsewhere, and some won’t be right for Ask Riot. This isn’t the best place to announce new features, for example, and we might skip conversations on issues we’ve talked about in depth before (though we can clarify individual points).

We are listening, though, so keep asking. We’ll make sure your questions are heard by the Rioters working on the stuff you’re curious about."

World Championship 2019 | Orchestral Theme

With Worlds kicking off in early October, the World Championship 2019 Orchestral theme has been released on the League of Legends Youtube channel:

"The 2019 League of Legends World Championship begins October 2nd. Learn more at watch.lolesports.com.

Composed by Riot Music Team"

Twitch Prime TFT Little Legend Capsules now available

Following the previous promotion giving out skin shards, Twitch prime subscribers can now redeem a Little Legends Twin Egg that includes two little legends for use in Teamfight Tactics. A second egg will also be available later on down the road.

Check out the Twitch Prime loot page for more details and an FAQ.

Over on Twitter, Mortdog also noted:

"TFT - Get your free Little Legends with Twitch Prime!

https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/tft?ref_=SM_OM_LOLTFT_P1_CRWN…

(Note: If you already own the ones in the twitch egg, you can turn them into a random egg and reroll. That's what happened to me.)"

Miscellaneous

In a recent reddit thread discussing the new login system that's rolling out and expressing disappointment that it seemed more difficult to change the in-game language, Riot Cinder popped in to note:

"Hello! I wanted to follow up on this to hopefully address the many concerned players here that we definitely hear you and are looking into a fix."

Here's Riot Scruffy with a look at upcoming 9.20 PBE cycle changes for Viktor:

"9.20 Viktor buffs coming to PBE soon @imZhanos @RiotJag working on these changes: Targeting roughly 2% up"

Here is AzuBK with tweet on an upcoming set of Shaco changes slated to hit the PBE next cycle!

"Shaco PBE soon (tomorrow?). Took a bit longer than anticipated because Worlds prep has been busy. Current list below (numbers pending). Please play and let me know what you think. Disclaimer: Might be overtuned :)"

Reminders

To round out this red post collection, here are a few reminders on current promotions or limited time events!

Join Us Oct. 15th to Celebrate 10 Years of League

"This year, we're celebrating the ten year anniversary of League of Legends! Join us on October 15th, 2019 as we kick things off with livestreams and events, including a 10th Anniversary Edition of Riot Pls that starts at 6:00pm PST."

The Star Guardians are back in their fight against the darkness! Join Star Guardian Neeko and her Prestige Edition battling against Star Guardian Zoe, Rakan & Xayah, new chromas, summoner icons, and much more now available!