the only mmos that ever have halfway decent success are ones that reskin wow with beloved ip. star wars, the morrowind one etc. league reskin would surely have success just because of how popular it is. look at final fantasy
i’m not a game developer, but i’m having a hard time understanding how ‘resetting the project’ could be better than launching and revamping down the road. seems like pissing money away, but i guess riot has plenty of that