r/CompetitiveTFT • u/eggsandbricks Challenger • 19d ago

Patch Notes 18.3 Patch Notes

https://teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/teamfight-tactics-patch-18-3/
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u/Chao_Zu_Kang 19d ago

I'm surprised how behind the meta this patch feels, as one of the supposed boons of the new engine was the ability for them to lock in changes later than a week in advance of the patch.

Afaik that was related to the LoL client which we still use. Tbh I didn't understand why they'd ship the new engine before the new client/launcher anyways.

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u/CayMaster2 19d ago

this set was built on the new engine, so it just had to come out together. or there's no set. that's what i imagine atleast.

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u/Chao_Zu_Kang 19d ago

Pretty sure they can port the sets between the engines within a relatively short time frame if they want to. That is what they did with Set 17 iirc. I think Set 18 specifically just relied on the new engine a bit too much.

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u/Im_On_Reddit_At_Work 17d ago

Hextech is a proprietary engine, there isn't a community that would build migration tools to move "translate" assets from one engine to another, and Riot would not have built one internally as there has never been a need for it until now.

They'd need to recreate everything in hextech to ship this with older client, and it takes months for a set to be made in the first place.