User blog comment:Commander Marko/What's Riot really up to?/@comment-11007472-20130815075912/@comment-5331854-20130815092223

First, they announced early enough that 2013 will feature not as much new champs as in other years, therefore the focus is on reworks, VUs, new features and at least one new map/mode, maybe even some upgrades to the engine itself. Heck, I would give them support in form of money if they can step away from the ungraceful "two-clients-in-one"-thing. Anyway, that's their priority for this year.

Second, summer is the time of year where many people are on vacation. I'm not saying that Riot is only run by a mandatory number now, but core designers, core computer wizards and generally core members are having their well-earned week off for the duration of summer. Riot's still run by humans, y'know?

Third, bugs are not because of "laziness". This is not Q-Basic or similar easy stuff where bugs occur because of a simple oversight. Many factors are clashing together and the programmers must find ways to make them coexist. Lucian is in many ways very different from other champs, including "double-strike" from a ranged character, a star-shaped vector with the W and his very unique ult, which is channeled but not interrupted by movement and scales with AS. Combined with the fact that it's summer...

Fourth, while the community is prone to call Riot "stupid" for everything, I'm pretty sure they're very smart when it's about business and not losing their customers aka players. They wouldn't cut down on costs when it would result in champions being delayed so hard that it would frustrate their customers. With this being said, the delay of Lucian most likely has other reasons (vacation of core members, bugs)

Fifth, other companies would never think about compensating players if servers crashes and the game is unplayable for a longer time. Being compensated in any form is a humble act from such a big player in the business world of gaming (also, it's extra work to single out the players who have been affected by the crash). It's not a privilege that must be given to the affected players, it's the fruit basket for the players that accompanies the "We're sorry and thank you for your patience"-card.