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Hextech system doesn't feel rewarding.

jaycer97··3 votes·837 views

Hextech rewards are absolutely useless and frustrating. First of all, it forces all new players to play only champions they own, so they can get the ''cool'' skins. Furthermore, it takes ages to get all the available key fragments and chests - you have to play owned champion, you need to get an S rank and you have to win the actual game, and only then, you_ may_ get a key fragment. First 6 key fragments of the month are easy to get, however if you want to open those 4 chests, you need to play ages.

And lets talk about the rewards. So you are missing out on free rotation, and then you finally get your hextech chest. You open it, and what you get.... nothing. The chance, that you will actually get something you would like to see, is absolutely non-existent. System uses your champion points so you won't get the skin shard for the champion you like. It's higher chance to win a lottery, rather than getting skin shard for your level 7 champion. Even if you waste your skin shards and re-roll them into something, system trolls you again, you get some kind of random skin, for champion you haven't ever played, which leaves you even more frustrated (you grind for keys and chests, miss out free rotation, win skin shards for champions you have never played, then you simply re-roll them and get frustrated even more, because you got permanent skin for champion you do not own nor play, and you actually wasted 3 champion shards, which could be used for orange essence).

Very nice rewarding system riot. People waste so much damn time and money on your game, while you can't even make a proper rewarding system, which will actually leave person happy. You have to be EXTREMELY lucky to get a skin for your favorite champion. Even if you get the skins shard you like or at least skin shard for champion you own, you still have to play another month or two, to actually obtain enough orange essence.

It would actually make sense if you could re-roll skin shards and get a permanent skin shard for champion you actually own, it would make much more sense, rather than getting some kind of legacy skin for nunu.

TLDR. Hextech system leaves you more frustrated, than happy.

7 Comments

L0ve Is Blue1 votes

Bitch you are getting stuff for FREE and complaining how childish can people be!

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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Bitch you are getting stuff for FREE and complaining how childish can people be!

its not for free. youre paying with a time investment.

i have a different problem. im already owning every single champion in this game, since my account is 6 years old. and the last 4 hextech chests ive been getting nothing but champion shards, that are entirely worthless to me.

i wish theyd at least allow me to turn blue essence into keys, so i can recycle that useless junk and save me some of the grind for fragments to unlock chests ive earned.

it would at least not feel like ive wasted my time entirely with the system.

L0ve Is Blue1 votes

its not for free. youre paying with a time investment.

Then it's your problem if you want to invest extra time into playing the game for reward. But the point is hextech reward doesn't cost anything and you will get rewards no matter what at some point if you play the game from time to time. It wasn't a thing before and now it's there so stop complaining they GAVE YOU something.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

[{quoted}](name=L0ve Is Blue,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=6YxRJ8Im,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2016-12-26T23:55:33.240+0000)

Then it's your problem if you want to invest extra time into playing the game for reward.

but there is no reward when youre not getting anything out of it.

and i already said. its a time investment. it costs you time that you could have spent otherwise. just because the chests dont cost money doesnt mean theyre for free.

L0ve Is Blue1 votes

Man... Wtf...

it costs you time that you could have spent otherwise.

Like someone is forcing you to play?? Just play less and you still will have rewards just not at the same pace.

just because the chests dont cost money doesnt mean theyre for free.

You litteraly have nothing to give to get the chest. You play the game (wich is supposed to be because you actualy want to and like the game, not because you want a reward out of it because if you didn't know well surprise: All the rewards are related to the game! :O )

but there is no reward when youre not getting anything out of it.

Ok and? Still doesn't take anything away from you. Do you like League of Legends or no? If not stop playing and if yes well keep playing and you might get a reward from time to time it's as simple as this. It's not a job, it's a game. If you don't like it don't play it and if you feel forced to play it for rewards it's your problem.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

[{quoted}](name=L0ve Is Blue,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=6YxRJ8Im,comment-id=00000000000000000000,timestamp=2016-12-27T00:02:30.399+0000)

Man... Wtf...

Like someone is forcing you to play?? Just play less and you still will have rewards just not at the same pace.

You litteraly have nothing to give to get the chest. You play the game (wich is supposed to be because you actualy want to and like the game, not because you want a reward out of it because if you didn't know well surprise: All the rewards are related to the game! :O )

Ok and? Still doesn't take anything away from you. Do you like League of Legends or no? If not stop playing and if yes well keep playing and you might get a reward from time to time it's as simple as this. It's not a job, it's a game. If you don't like it don't play it and if you feel forced to play it for rewards it's your problem.

ok, just because it doesnt cost money, doesnt mean people shouldnt be allowed to critisize it, or to give feedback.

technically you dont need to play this game at all. what are you even doing here, giving any sort of feedback to it? nobody forces you to invest time into the game, so by your logic it would be fine if the game would be eniterely unbalanced, pay to win and otherwise terrible and nobody was allowed to give any suggestions.

its also weird how you recognize that the system isnt free, but on your next line of thought you dont.

fact is, the hextech system is designed in a way that it requires a significant time investment if you want to get any rewards out of it at all.

L0ve Is Blue1 votes

just because it doesnt cost money, doesnt mean people shouldnt be allowed to critisize it, or to give feedback.

Well basicaly yes you are not allowed to criticize a gift. You receive it and if you don't like it then don't use it, throw it out the window or use it to whipe your ass but the fact is: It's a gift. It's something they gave you, instead of shitting around you could tell yourself ''Hey! I now have a slight chance to earn a reward after a game and I couldn't before!''.

Gameplay and balance are different from hextech crafting because they directly affect the game and the fun factor. Hextech crafting doesn't affect anything of that because it's just a little plus Riot added for people to get rewards from time to time. Period. It doesn't force you to invest more time into the game, it doesn't add anything to the actual game and if you don't like it it doesn't affect the game AT ALL.

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