Please make T3 runes 1 IP each, so that new lv. 30ers don't have to either wait till pre-season or "waste" some IP on them.
And for everyone saying that spending IP on runes gets compensated, sure, but I could not care less about some Hextech Chests when I'm starting a fresh account.
No.
For the reason you outlined. Compensations are in order for people who payed for many runes so when all of them get replaced and excess runes removed, those people are eligible. What's exactly stopping freeloaders from buying every possible rune 9x for 1 IP? That's barely even 1000 IP. So everyone then should get compensated at that point?
No.
No one has said Hextech Chests are the compensations, for all i know.
Riot is still talking about what's the reasonable and logical thing to give to those players.
Also
when I'm starting a fresh account.
Tell me why Riot should care that you're creating a smurf and help you to personally not spend much time grinding for runes? Not all smurfs are bad but i'll assume you're trying to avoid a punishment on your main or want to play with lover level players (less skilled) for some power trip reason.