League of Legends' Gangplank Has Been Removed From Play

[Davroth]

Seems a little stupid, to me. Putting story over gameplay in this instance just seems a little odd, especially considering that nobody that I know gives a rat's ass about the lore in LoL. If I were a Gangplank player, and then the character was removed from the game, even if it is temporary, that would kill the game for me for as long as the character is removed for. It would be like if Blizzard came out saying that all mages suddenly lost their magical abilities in World of Warcraft, and then all mage characters were unable to be played during that duration. Sure there are other characters to be played, but putting lore over gameplay in an instance like this, just wouldn't fly.

as they said before GP had a game breaking bug that had to be addressed. so instead of saying we temporarily disabled him they went with he died to be more in line with the current event. so its actually gameplay that is being put in priority

Riot have outright denied that this is the case and said it very much is due to the lore.

EDIT: And he is back with a new look to reflect the injuries he gained. He will be playable again from the next patch which comes out next week.

This isn't even the first time they did this, they were just being theatrical about it. I was rather amused about the people thinking he was gone for good.

 

[Nathan Josephs]

people play league for the story? i didnt even know it had a story. its like saying you read playboy for the articles.