Will IP gain ever be increased?

Fawksea·Jan 13, 2017·101 votes·4,092 views

Cause let's face it, theres tons of more champions and they wont be getting cheaper anytime soon. Theres ranks 6+7 to use ip in since half the time i need to buy champion shards, and runes still are expensive if you need anything besides the norm, not to mention every event riot does has some sort of hextech material to be bought with ip, i dont see a problem with boosting the ip a bit cause honestly the "oh theres not enough uses for ip" for those who've played for years and have everything isn't as big an issue as players who dont even own half the champions and have to decide between that cool new icon, a rank 6/7 on their fave champion, and a new champion :\ iunno just my 2cents

63 Comments

TheOneTrueBrandJan 13, 201733 votes

I think that IP gains should be increased based on the rank you got that game

C - no change B - 10% IP gain increase A- -20% IP gain increase A - 30% IP gain increase A+ -40% IP gain increase S- -50% IP gain increase S - 70% IP gain increase S+ 100% IP gain increase

something like that I think would be cool

OwynJan 13, 20173 votes

Then goodbay cooperation, support, assists, saving objectives, diving, initiating etc... [slayer-jinx-wink]

The NinjerJan 13, 20173 votes

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Then ~~goodbay~~ goodbye cooperation, support, assists, saving objectives, diving, initiating etc... [slayer-jinx-wink]

I think you mean "Hello" cooperation, support, assists, saving objectives, diving, initiating, etc. If your score were to influence your IP gain, I'm willing to bet more people would work together to get better KDAs and would disengage from stupid battles (something I need to work on. I gotta stop chasing.) to keep their KDA intact.

LordSirChipmunkJan 13, 20175 votes

I think he/she means that there will be more S hunters in low elo, and therefore more people abandoning the support to get that IP increase. I think it could go either way tbh. More cooperation or less cooperation. Depends on the scenario.

OwynJan 14, 20174 votes

I think he/she means that there will be more S hunters

what else could I mean? everyone would just abuse the scoring and hunt S+, like - only by farming minions ignoring everything else (as we all know that's the biggest part of the rank), would people cooperate, support, assist, save objectives, dive, initiate, etc. the farming of minions? I think not

Ofc, go ahead guys if you think ~~magic~~ cooperation & friendship is what gives S+ ranks, make your votes. [slayer-jinx-wink]

Rew711Jan 14, 20171 votes

Heck, in a losing battle just last night, I somehow scored a Penta thanks to the help of my teammates strong push (I couldn't had done it alone since it was ARAM). And though we lost, I would like the 30% boost in IP I would had gotten from my A... but I still believe that even if you lost, an S should be attainable. I got tons of kills and assists. Its not easy aiding teammates as Rumble when you're only CC is your E and maybe R.

AnidanJan 14, 20171 votes

I mean, you already get more IP from winning than losing but that won't stop people from not helping you as is. This wouldn't really help cooperation any more than the extra IP you get from winning does.

SnowFallJan 14, 20171 votes

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I think that IP gains should be increased based on the rank you got that game

C - no change B - 10% IP gain increase A- -20% IP gain increase A - 30% IP gain increase A+ -40% IP gain increase S- -50% IP gain increase S - 70% IP gain increase S+ 100% IP gain increase

something like that I think would be cool

You do know that grades are mostly affected by cs, this will unleash a chaotic farm fest a part of which I don't want to be, Riot know how their grade system works so they won't do it

TheOneTrueBrandJan 14, 20172 votes

Of course CS is heavily weighed in grade, it's the primary way of earning gold, if you cant cs well you are at a massive disadvantage.

However, if you only afk farm for cs and never participate in teamfights or objectives your grade will not be all that high, and the reverse can also be said, if you get a ton of kills and assists but your cs is terribly your grade will not be an S. Thatw why you see people who went 16/2/10 raging about not getting an S when they only have like 80 CS at the end of a game.

EVERYTHING is taken into account concerning your grade, not just cs and not just kills.

lGIaurunGlJan 13, 201717 votes

Not even champions, I think runes are too overpriced. Hard to afford runes while buying new champions.

Azure HamsterJan 13, 20171 votes

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Not even champions, I think runes are too overpriced. Hard to afford runes while buying new champions.

You don't need more than a few runes. Many people I know have just 3 rune pages.

Caitlyn

lGIaurunGlJan 13, 20175 votes

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You don't need more than a few runes. Many people I know have just 3 rune pages.

I don't even have 1 rune page with the highest runes possible. Both of my rune pages are trash

LexyyJan 13, 20171 votes

Make the 3 tier runes your top priority for a next month or so. No champions, no lvl 6 mastery, just runes :)

chocorimiJan 13, 20171 votes

same i thought i was the only one XD

Snowman ArcJan 14, 20171 votes

But it's really fun having an option to play with different rune setups. Like currently, I'd like to buy Lifesteal Quints and try them on Graves top lane.

Azure HamsterJan 16, 20171 votes

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But it's really fun having an option to play with different rune setups. Like currently, I'd like to buy Lifesteal Quints and try them on Graves top lane.

Really fun, yes. Necessary, no. :)

Caitlyn

venomous frostJan 13, 20179 votes

The odds of runes being free in the future is more likely IMO

Since runes are only IP dumps, but champs bring in RP for people that don't want to grind too much.

FegoneJan 13, 20176 votes

I hope not. You don't need all champions. Chances are you won't even play half of them after you bought and played them once. Play them when they are free, and buy the ones you like. IP Flow is fine as it is, I would even say it could be toned down. This is a free game, and you can get everything in this game required to play and have fun without spending a dime. Asking for the free stuff to be even free-er , is just absurd.

Shuyin178Jan 13, 20173 votes

Completionists like me are aiming to own every champion. I have no reason to own very possible skin, but every champion is the goal.

Snowman ArcJan 14, 20171 votes

And Riot also has to make money. They already offer the whole game for free.

Highman KingJan 14, 20172 votes

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And Riot also has to make money. They already offer the whole game for free.

The estimated revenue for 2015 was around US$1.6 billion. BILLION.

Luner HunterJan 14, 20171 votes

Rito "we're having to make some cuts on the 'balance team' which will keep lee sin in the LCS to make us more money with his LC$ BIGPLAY$, because we didn't make enough profit$ last year"

Papa AndreiJan 14, 20171 votes

They dump their money into lcs

FegoneJan 15, 20171 votes

Yes. Revenue. Not Profit. There's a big difference. Not saying they're doing bad economically, but just pointing out that revenue and profit are 2 different pairs of shoes.

Switch834Jan 13, 20172 votes

Agreed. Its a free game and Riot has to make some money somehow.

There are IP boosts available that help if you are desperate for IP.

Highman KingJan 13, 20173 votes

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Agreed. Its a free game and Riot has to make some money somehow.

There are IP boosts available that help if you are desperate for IP.

Riot games revenue in 2015 was (estimated) US$1.6 billion. I can see that they are really doing bad...oh, poor Riot.

Papa AndreiJan 14, 20171 votes

Half that budget goes to LCS teams lawl

Highman KingJan 14, 20173 votes

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I hope not. You don't need all champions. Chances are you won't even play half of them after you bought and played them once. Play them when they are free, and buy the ones you like. IP Flow is fine as it is, I would even say it could be toned down. This is a free game, and you can get everything in this game required to play and have fun without spending a dime. Asking for the free stuff to be even free-er , is just absurd.

If someone should need all the champions or not is not your decision, the IP flow sucks. I get like 60 IP per win, 40 per lose. As someone that plays only during weekends i have a fucking hard time collecting champions, i own like 50. And most of em doesnt even fit the meta anymore or are not playable because of the nerfs or they become like this due to the buffing of others.

FegoneJan 15, 20171 votes

The IP flow is fine. As someone who wants all champions maybe you need to consider paying for RP and thus getting all the champions you need. Waaaaaaaait a minute, did I really just propose that you actually PAY for a game you like to play? Preposterous!

LiofaJan 13, 20173 votes

hippalaus: something something player agency something something we understand why something something no

Luner HunterJan 14, 20171 votes

you've been reading to many rito posts... you should get that checked out...

JohnnyNeverSinsJan 14, 20173 votes

They could just decrease someday the runes price,and when a champion is on sale THE CHAMPION WILL BE ON SALE WITH IP TOO,jesus crist this is what gets on my nerves...they put a champion on sale but only for rp wtf xd

General Esdeath Jan 14, 20172 votes

I like how they have 2 for 1 rune page sales like 2 times a year and don't make it news on the front page of the client.

Dominick DestineJan 13, 20172 votes

http://imgur.com/a/ek5WA

Lord MilutinJan 13, 20171 votes

HACKER!!! Darius

58697132DEL1Jan 13, 20172 votes

This has been a viable solution to the "Runes are too expensive" and various other IP issues too.

Like League is what ten years old now? but we got ton s of shit to buy (most of it inflated for no reason) and still barely get 100 ip with the exception of one win per day. If its too much work to make IP costs cheap, just give more of it out.

SzGamer227Jan 14, 20172 votes

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...they wont be getting cheaper anytime soon.

Correction: Every time a champion gets released another 6300 IP champion gets cheaper (reduced to the 4800 range) and I believe every 3 releases a 4800 gets reduced to an even lower amount. Individual champions are getting cheaper, but buying every champion becomes an even more monumental task every season, so your point still stands.

goes off to pick more nits

FawkseaJan 14, 20171 votes

from 30 to 130 champs ip has been the same, yea the cost is reduced but theres way too many 4800/6300 champs if you ask me

SzGamer227Jan 14, 20171 votes

...and the pool of 4800 champions gets larger with (almost) every new champion release.

I'm pretty sure that the only people who have every champion unlocked are the ones who have been playing consistently for several years. I don't think very many people who have joined the game within the last year will ever get all the champions unlocked with the current amount of IP we get.

xelakerJan 14, 20172 votes

can you say free game ?

Snowman ArcJan 14, 20172 votes

Well, as much as I'd like that to happen, Riot already offers IP boosts for money. Don't forget, Riot needs to make money. They already offer a completely free game to play 100%. People can show some gratitude by giving back to them. Not saying you have to, but if Riot implements ways to make money (IP boosts in this case) and you want them to give out more for free, then I'm sorry, but it won't happen and in all honesty, it shouldn't. Game is already free enough.

PacothegintJan 13, 20171 votes

Been playing since season three and currently have over 60k Ip. I buy everything I can with ip and still have that.

FawkseaJan 14, 20171 votes

and what about the players that havent been playing since season 3? i've played this game a ton since season 4 and still dont have about 40 champions, i know a grind is always nice but 3 years and still grinding for content?

PaladinNOJan 13, 20171 votes

Will we ever get anything to spend all our IP on?

https://1drv.ms/i/s!AuFMZD__7mN2gW1Xt1e98WyM09fZ

Fenikkusu1Jan 14, 20171 votes

Rito: "There are ways to increase IP gain, spend money on our IP boosts pls we so totally need the money to keep 'balancing' the game" Rito2k17 /s

MrHaZeYoJan 14, 20171 votes

I own every champ, 20 Pages, dam near every rune. a shit ton of Champ shards (16 Lvl6s, 3 Lvl 7s so that's 9,500 BLue Essene used) , a good amount of Chromas from the last Chroma for IP promo and like 20k IP left waiting for more Chromas.

If they made IP easier to get they should give us more to sink our useless IP into.

I wouldn't be opposed to them reworking Champ Pricing. Newest 15-20 Champs 6300, 15-20 4800, 25-30 3250, 30-35 1850, rest 450.

Also they did a poll on Reddit last summerish about making runes free and doing something to the people based on the amount of IP they spent on runes.

7deadLeeSlnzJan 14, 20171 votes

Maybe something like in Smite/Paladins, that you get ip everyday you log and this amount increases everyday. I don't know how far that can go. Maybe for a week, maybe for a month and you can also not limit the rewards to ip but maybe skins/keys/chest and even rp.

RayjectJan 14, 20171 votes

IP yes. RP no. Skins are what the keys/chests are for already, no need to double down on luxury cosmetics for F2P.

But otherwise that system would be a welcome change for supplementing the currently lacking IP flow, especially for busy adults who often don't have time for full matches during the week but can still take a couple minutes to log in.