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General DiscussionHow do you guys feel about aesthetics affecting gameplay?

How do you guys feel about aesthetics affecting gameplay? in General Discussion
frostychee

    The two examples I can think of is Mirana's Arrow and Tinker's Boots of Travel.

    Mirana's arrow draws even more attention than her regular arrow. At least the normal one somewhat looks like her auto attack.

    Tinker's boots are even more so obvious. I know that normal tp's have the player's color on the bottom of the tp so it isn't completely game changing, but still. It's a huge visual and audio difference. If the tp is off screen, but in sight you'll know instantly that it's Tinker tping in. At least if it's normal, you make the other team look where the tp is coming from. Even if you are looking at the building or creep (if there are multiple BoTs on the other team), the visual difference is trigger is instant.

    They both look cool, but doesn't this put you at a competitive disadvantage?

    Wink

      the mirana one is annoying, but if someone is noob enough to not see the arrow in its regular form, they wont be able to dodge the aesthetic one. the tinker one is kinda weird, it might change the outcome of like 1/10000000000 games

      1heroman

        PAY 2 winz Daed gaem

        yiran

          pay 2 lose*

          I won't ever use either cosmetic cause winning > that

          nlnj_a

            This is why only a couple teams had the crap mirana arrow at Ti4.

            The tinker one isn't really a big deal like wink said.

            mongoloid

              Doesnt really matter to good players. Good potms doesnt shoot obvious arrows. Good tinkers have good map awareness enough to dodge most of your gank attempts

              Dire Wolf

                The first time I saw the cm epic thingy that makes her frost nova burst look different I was thrown off. When I first saw that new tinker tp immortal thing I was thrown off. But after seeing them once you remember, no big deal.