A Question About Key Fragments Under the New Honor System

BubblyRainbows··4 votes·8,415 views

I am hoping someone from rito will see this and give us a little information. If I'm not mistaken, when the new honor system was unveiled, it was stated that you could still earn the same number of key fragments you used to be able to, which I believe was four full keys per month. But I am seriously starting to doubt that's even close to possible. I play 4-5 games a day. I admit, I'm a mediocre player, so I don't get honored much since there's usually at least 1 player who carried harder, supported better, or was just generally more effective. So I earn maybe 1-2 honors out of five games at most. But still, five days into the month, and I've earned zero key fragments. None. I still only have the fragment left over from the order vs. chaos event. At this rate, I will be lucky to get even three fragments this month, much less 3 whole keys.

My question is this: Was the claim that we could earn the same number of key fragment drops per month based on a reasonable number of honors? Or based on the premise that we will earn at least one honor in every single game? Or even more honors than that per game?

I'd really like to know, because I have to admit, the lack of key fragment drops is starting to have a serious impact on my game performance. I don't like the feeling that my rewards are tied to other peoples' opinions of me, which may not be true, but certainly FEELS like it's the case. Since I don't generally chat in game and would rather just PLAY, it's frustrated to feel like the rewards are part of a popularity contest. Frankly, I'm getting frustrated and discouraged, and it's bleeding into my play to a VERY noticeable degree.

Edit: No sooner do I post this than I get a key fragment. But still, at this rate of earning fragments (1 fragment/5 days), I will earn only 2 keys the entire month, which is half of what it was my understanding was possible. So my question stands.

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Asamas3 votes

Hello there. I am here to help.

So the fast answer is NO.

Now read this for more information: The honor have nothing to do with the keys. Yes the keys are now part of the honor system but only with the lvl part - lvl dishonorable: 0 keys; lvl 1: less keys than normal; lvl 2-5: the same keys as before. The only thing you need to do is just to play. Playing for victory (now it doessnet matter if you win or lose) you will get keys. But now the keys doesn't drop only after a game. Now is most likely to drop afer day or two. For example: if you played games the whole weekend you can return to the game on Monday and be suprised by a plesant reward of 2 or more key frags. It doesn't matter if you get honored. You may never been honored and you will still get the same amount of keys that a honor beast gets. The honors are just to boost your progress in the lvling up and after lvl3 you can get a cool baner if you get honored.

I hope this was helpful and if so please let me know. If you have any other questions I will be happy to answer them. And remember, wharever you do, do it honorably.

Zechmeister1 votes

This i have not heard before but yeah thats alot of help in understanding it a bit but i am honor 5 currently and only get my keys monthly usually in bundles of 2 key fragments. so its a rough 2 -3 month grind for me to earn anywhere near what i earned previously which was 4 boxes a month. now its just if im lucky ill have a leftover fragment from last month so i can open 1 box next month..:(

BubblyRainbows2 votes

Patience is not one of my virtues, sadly. I just want to know if it's possible to still earn the keys I need each month without being honored in every single game or if being introverted and quiet in games is going to hurt me. If I know that over time I will still get the key fragments I used to earn before the change, then I should be able to stop feeling so tilted by the new system (and it IS legitimately tilting me). And that would be fine. But I just feel at present that the drop rate is WAY too low. And it's hard not to feel like it's because I'm not "popular" enough, which, as I said, is impacting both my enjoyment of the game and my performance.

DeathBurst2 votes

The key frags are on a 30-day cycle, and the new system didn't reset your cycle. If your reset was supposed to be, let's say the 10th of July, and if you had already got all your keys from the previous cycle with the old system, you won't get keys in the new system until the 10th.

Zechmeister1 votes

That the old system the new system is different its been 3 months of me playing 10 games a day average honor of 2-3 Ive earned a whopping total of 2 keys. 2 keys in 3 months is definitely not enough. in 3 months i could've opened at least 6 boxes before. i feel like theirs no control when u actually get a key so its kind of unrewarding to wait 3 months to open a box then get a champ shard.

DeathBurst1 votes

I call bullshit. I'm Honor 5 and I already got faaaaar more than 2 keys, and yet I don't play as much as you claim you do, and neither am I honored so consistently. It's the same for all other people in my play group.

So either you're lying, or you're victim of a bug (and in that case, write in to Support and they'll help you), but anyway, that's not representative of how the system works.

Zechmeister2 votes

I play about 10 games a day roughly 1 -2 honors every game. My thoughts on the keys comparing to before. From my perspective I've earned 1 full key in 1 month only because my honor capsule decided to say hi 1 month after i reached level 5 honor. Honor capsules are the last keys I've seen come out and its been nearly another month ,and I've opened 2 boxes in 3 months. Back on the other system i earned** 4-5 full keys every month. resulting in at least 4 boxes opened a month **most consisting of champion shards but still...... '' I think this honor system is just another way to ween us away from getting skins for free too many people aren't buying skins anymore since they get it for free'' They promised us one thing but give us barely 1/3rd of what we had before to me it makes me want to play less since the whole league community is negative and get jealous when someone does better than them....... Resulting in no votes............ I could go on with many more ideas of why they stooped so low of cutting off our fun but i guess it cant happen forever :( keys will be a thing of the past soon maybe they'll come out with honor system x 2 where we get 1 key fragment a month. BAHHHHHHHHH:S I normally love riot and would've supported them through anything they did but this was like INDIAN GIVING (give you something nice and effective then replace it with something nicer but way way less effective).

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

They come in at varying rates. You might have already had some/all of your allotted monthly key fragments in the last month, I don't know if the drop rates reset with the change. You will sometimes get multiple fragments at once, just be patient.

Zechmeister1 votes

patience is key here since before you could grind them out yourself by carrying games. now u can lose and win doesnt matter thus creating community being either saltier than before or just not learning anything. i know i used to be able to win 20-30 games maybe more in 1 week and earned my full 4 full keys sometimes 5 full keys wherefore now it takes me 3 months to even come close to opening such splendor. i dont like opening 1 box at a time i used to save 3 boxes and get my keys so i could open 3 at a time. That is no longer an option thus making you wait a couple more months for that splendid 3 box opening.

TEEMAD XDD1 votes

my addicted friend told me that he got 6 fragment keys when he login in . so i think that they are not a drop rate if he got it in 4 days after the changing of the honor systeme Amumu even i play sometimes and got nothing ...

Zechmeister1 votes

most i've got was 4 key frags from honor capsule after not playing for nearly a month because of path of exile patch.Since then ive recieved very very few fragments maybe 1 or 2 in 1 month if that.

Exit11 votes

In my every third game I am the most honorable player in my team (3 honors) and still I don't get key fragments very often. My friend who is getting much less key fragments already get two honor capsules and and much more key fragments than I even tho we play only together. So this new system is only way how to force more people to buy keys instead of forging them with key fragments. Thanks Rito.

Zechmeister1 votes

100% agree its money hunger.

middyMcMidface1 votes

I'm a fan of the new system. I got level 5 honor and play quite frequently and get a lot more key fragments than with the old system. Just by logging in I'll get 2 free key frags (I get like 4 key frags per week). Just try to be more honorable on the rift and you will get the keys necessary to unlock your prize. Garen

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