I could never have this level of self restraint. I decide to open a box in any game in the first .03 seconds it hits my inventory.

Real talk: None of our changes for this year should impact the contents of the chests you showed here nor the content in your inventory at all. There's also no changes to what is currently in the reroll pool before or after season start. (Remember to always check /dev articles and patch notes for any specific callouts on content eligibility in the reroll pool)

As for what exactly we changed I'd recommend reading the article that we published here.

What's probably most important to you though is Masterwork Chests since you have a few of those. We're no longer offering those going forward but they'll stay in your inventory if you still have them. Which means we're going to eventually delete the track. I'd recommend opening those asap and claiming the bonuses on the track cause if you don't before the track goes away you won't be able to progress/claim tho...

KamikazeNeeko

renata glasc shares the niche of autoattacking midline enchanter

she's always forgotten >:(

The single best scaling support in the game, largely due to her R's berserk duration increasing with rank by .5s.

Nicksmells34

As someone looking to get into the gaming industry, I do check out Riot's career page quite often, and I personally haven't seen a position for this--nor do I rarely see positions for League of Legends, especially game design positions. Is it simply due to the past 2 years being tough for the industry, lots of layoffs, etc. or are some of these positions not being posted on the careers page?

Junior level positions, as well as positions for both Game Design and Game Analysis are generally only up for a few days total. This is partially due to the volume of applicants for these positions, as they are very, very competitive. When they are available though, you should be able to find them posted on the career page. Game Design would be under the "Design" Craft section and Game Analysis would be under the "QA Group" Craft.

I'm not really knowledgeable enough to comment on the rarity of positions (or if that is actually accurate) unfortunately. I do know that many of our recent openings have been for senior talent and leadership primarily.

icewitchenjoyer

there is no way a highly secret cabal would invite his goofy ass. Renata is at least rich and influential

Oh cmon, you can't imagine any reason the Black Rose might stand to benefit if Ezreal were to be present at an event they hosted?

(agree on Ezreal being goofy FWIW!)

Wonderful_Soft_3591

but is it a sword cause it looks like two daggers or swords (sabers?) together to me with an eye in the middle (idk if you can answer if its a sword)

Going to have to leave that unanswered sorry, don't want to undercut the stuff we've got planned that will reveal what that is over time

BalerionsReign

And it make sense why kat is there. Thank you for remembering our fav noxian assassin the cinematic was cinema

<3

Purusam

Please, continue your partnership with Fortiche for the series/films and cinematics. It's just an awesome work, and I/we can't be more excited.

We'll definitely keep partnering with them on various things, they're fantastic to work with and we love the stuff we get to make together.

FriendlyGhostLady

will there be another cinematic for season 2, 3 etc or will there only be this 1?

We've got a range of different things planned for seasonal theme and storytelling throughout the year. Won't always be in cinematics, will also be using other approaches too (think we're talking about that a bit in tomorrow's dev update video, so being a bit vague)

TheAbyssalSymphony

I assume I know the answer but any comment on if that icon at the end is supposed to reference Riven's sword?

No comment, though you'll certainly learn more about it this year

shayapoof

Ezreal got the masque of the black rose skin but didn't show up on the cinematic, does that mean him being there is canon or just a skin?

Champions in that skin line like Ezreal who aren't shown in the cinematic were invited to the masquerade. Skins reflect what they'd look like if they chose to attend. Whether they attended is being left unclear at least for now.

Spideraxe30

Hey Meddler was the decision to include Katarina a nod to her scrapped portion of the 2023 cinematic, or it a newer storyline

Our starting point was the themes/stories we wanted to show a bit of from Noxus. Kat made sense in that regard hence her inclusion.

We've used a variety of different cinematic styles over the years and will continue to vary things in the future. In this particular case given the follow on to some of the events in Arcane we felt partnering with Fortiche, in this style, would make a lot of sense.

Regarding the intent of the cinematic, our goal was to set up some themes for Noxus for the season and a plot line that'll be continued this year in game/around game materials (not a tv show to be clear).

NormalExamination816

He is a younger Darius, his fight against Trundle is during the times Boram Darkwill sent him to conquer Freljord, That Darius is not a part of the trifarix.

Can confirm this is indeed a deliberately younger portrayal of Darius than seen in game.

ROTMGADDICT55

Considering he's 1.4 KDA and negative winrate on his main champion, no he probably does not talk shit lol.

Bruh… lol

I'm a Taric OTP that occasionally hits GM/Challenger when I feel like grinding soloqueue. I think I was the highest rated Rioter for Split 2 this year, but that might not mean much to most since I'm honestly one-tricking an overpowered champion. https://www.op.gg/summoners/na/Riot%20Koyuncu-NA1

Nowadays it's kind of hard to grind the ladder during the demon hours like I used to. Being over thirty after ten years of playing means new life priorities, but I still find myself at trying to end Masters for that opgg permanent record 😅. I still enjoy playing ranked and I like to think that actively playing makes me a more in-touch game dev for League.

Not all Rioters play with Riot in their name. You'd be surprised how many are better than you if you believe the stereotype that all Rioters are Bronze

ROTMGADDICT55

Considering he's 1.4 KDA and negative winrate on his main champion, no he probably does not talk shit lol.

LMAO

jagspetdog

Surprising, you guys grew quite a bit.

Super cool that it's a career path & admirable work by your team & leads to legitimize it.

Big agree

Tempeljaeger

There was a Riot vs Streeamer event once. LoL, Valorant, TFT, the works. Riot brought their top tier team for each game and demolished the streamers that were usually somewhat good at one of the games.

I guess their LoL roster had the highest rated internal LoL players.

Undercity Nights, a celebration of the release of season 1 of Arcane, one of my fondest memories. You can see the VOD of the Rioter matchups on Day 2 https://www.youtube.com/live/bcMk4DXCeUE?si=4UcSPCvoISui6G0B

jagspetdog

They're not contractors. They're full-time Riot employees.

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/plpkc8/quick_gameplay_thoughts_910_the_gameplay_analysis/

Most are full time Riot employees. Occasionally there are contractors that help out the team as well, currently there are some. At the time of that articles writing I think there were none? could be wrong on that. Way back (like 10+ years ago) all of the team was contract, but that changed awhile ago. Game Analyst is a career track at Riot Games.

natedawg247

Curious do you talk a little shit at work or mention that ever? Seems like very fun workplace banter being better than all your coworkers

Its generally all in good fun, usually everyone is supportive of each others climbs.

Only exception is if we get matched against each other for a game LOL. The only smack talk is if we set a challenge for each other like who can climb the most LP in X time or something like that. Or during Riot Rumble, our internal tournament.