Mystery Skin Fail

facepalm26·Jul 26, 2014·1 votes·1,032 views

Ok so, I've been a loyal player of League of Legends since release. I own every champion and all but 3 of the currently available skins. I can't even fathom how much my account is worth. I go to the store this morning and I use the Mystery Skin option and it tells me that I can't use it unless I have 10 available skins. So what the hell Riot? I've literally pumped thousands of dollars into your company over the years, and you screw me out of being able to random skins that I missed out on because I don't play ranked, didn't play the beta, didn't go to PAX events...why? Why is there an arbitrary limit here? Shouldn't I be afforded this opportunity considering how much I've contributed to the success of your company?

6 Comments

ZarkkastJul 26, 20142 votes

Mystery skins have worked like that since they were first released into the game;
Riot didn't force you give money to them, they won't and shouldn't treat you differently from the other players just because you paid more, this is a free game;
You realize that millions of players play this game, right? Even if you paid ten thousand dollars to them in the form of RP doesn't mean at all you contributed to the success of the company;
You can't even get PAX or other limited edition skins from the mystery box, so if this is on what your complaint is based then your point is pretty much null.

facepalm26Jul 26, 20141 votes

I posted this to get Riot's attention to my problem, and try to get it fixed, not fish for your approval. Your opinion is not sought.

EDIT: Oh and BTW, you are wrong. I got PAX Nasus from the last mystery box event.

ZarkkastJul 27, 20141 votes

There's nothing to be fixed as it's working as intended, this is not my "opinion", this is a fact.

Also, there's no PAX Nasus skin, if you're refering to Riot K-9 then that can be obtained by Mystery Gift, but these can't:

Victorious Jarvan Victorious Janna Victorious Elise Grey Warwick Medieval Twitch Triumphant Ryze Riot Girl Tristana Unchained Alistar King Rammus Judgement Kayle UFO Corki Goth Annie Black Alistar Silver Kayle Human Ryze PAX Twisted Fate PAX Jax PAX Sivir Championship Riven

facepalm26Jul 29, 20141 votes

I'm aware that it's working as intended. I am posting here to see if it can be changed. The fact that you think it shouldn't be changed IS your opinion and that opinion is not sought. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I really don't care what you think. Sorry if that's rude, but I'm just being honest. I am reaching out to Riot, not you.

MalisseJul 27, 20141 votes

It kind of defeats the purpose of the mystery box event if you only have three skins you can purchase from the store. You know it's going to be one of the three, so why not just drop the money to buy them anyway? It seems like you're alright with shelling it out to get everything else.

The limit of having at least ten skins that you have to have for the Mystery Box event makes sense. Otherwise ... where's the mystery?

facepalm26Jul 29, 20141 votes

@ Malisse There is plenty of mystery left. When I had ten skins left to get, I got some that were unavailable like the TPA Mundo and Ezreal...I didn't want these skins particularly but there are plenty of skins that I could get from the Mystery Event. And just because I have the "money to drop" doesn't mean I shouldn't be afforded the opportunity to save a little here and there. The entire point of limiting Mystery Skins to 10 available, is so that people don't just buy 2 heroes and exploit the system to get every skin for those heroes at 490 a pop. I own every champion and at the time of this post, every available skin. So why am I angry about this? Other people who don't own every skin are afforded the ability to get unavailable skins through the Mystery Skin option. So why should I be punished?