ATTN: RIOT - The blue essence grind

Wyrmfyre·11/9/2017, 3:43:38 PM·10 votes·3,678 views

It feels like it will take much longer for those who don't own all the champs to earn the blue essence needed to unlock them than it did with IP. I think, to mitigate this, it would feel better for those still trying to unlock the rest of the champs if Riot were to add even just a small per game reward of a flat amount of blue essence based on whether you won or lost the game. A simple 100 BE for a win and 50 for a loss would make it feel like you are making progress, rather than simply hoping for something you want from the capsule you get when you finally level up each time. Thoughts?

Edit: Also, a flat 25 for Co-Op vs AI. That way even a loss in a matchmade game is worth more than spamming AI games.

10 Comments

LittleOak11/9/2017, 3:48:51 PM4 votes

PLEASE - I don't have all the champions yet, but I've played this game every day since I downloaded it back in June 2016. Because of the huge BE spike I just got back from all my old runes, I didn't realize immediately, that I'm not gaining any BE. I don't know how much you gain upon leveling up but a small amount gained per game should be available.

xPhantomDancerX11/9/2017, 3:53:26 PM2 votes

I have almost 100k blue essence, lmao.

Wyrmfyre11/9/2017, 5:08:01 PM1 votes

Assuming around a fifty percent win rate, it would still take nearly 100 games to get enough BE to unlock a 6300 champ, but damn it, at least it would FEEL like progress.

Ionko12/20/2017, 12:02:45 AM1 votes

I barely have any of the champions and I did some very rough math. I got 3800 shards in 5 levels that is 760 per level. Even if I take the best case scenario at 1200 per level that is still 6 levels per champion at roughly 16 games per level. At 30 minute game that is still 48 hours of play time for each champion at the very best. It seems to me that is extremely stingy. These loot box gambling nonsense is becoming so irritating. I'm sure for those that are willing to spend literally half an year of playing time to unlock 100 champions this might be irrelevant, but that is not most of us.

I really wish people would stop using real money in this type of game economy to really make developers listen and encourage them to make more balanced progression.

PEEWEE7836812/20/2017, 12:36:13 AM1 votes

100% i have been taking dwn all the BE i get for each LVL here is what i am at so far... Its annoiyng as hell tbh 1280-10 Games LvL 31 810-10Games LvL 32 810-10 Games LvL 33 810-10 games LvL 34 900-11 games LVL 35 Lux-Temmo-12 Games LvL 36-900 900-13 Lvl 37-900 810-13 Games LvL 38 810-13 Games LvL 39 2210-14 Games LvL 40 810-15 Games lvl 41 810 -17 Games-LvL 42 810-17 Games LvL-43 960-16 games lvl 44 810-15 Games LvL 45

Hexs Fortune12/20/2017, 1:22:43 AM1 votes

IP has always been slow to aquire, you just notice it now because it comes in bursts upon level up rather than a slow drip per game