Can runes be more interesting? They're just micro-optimizations right now.

darkdill·Apr 22, 2016·3 votes·656 views

The same thing that got Masteries reworked, Runes basically just add tiny bits of power to you in uninteresting ways. Oh look, +9 starting armor, joy... Oh that guy went +15 starting AD, how original... Oh that guy took one Quint in flat armor instead of AS... You see where I'm going.

While Runes are very functional, they're very uninteresting. Worst of all is that people have to grind for them; I should know because I've got every Rune and STILL have too much IP left afterwards that I can't spend.

Riot can't be satisfied with this, right? Surely we could get some revamp to the Rune system so that it's more dynamic and strategic rather than just "only one setup works for this Champion"?

8 Comments

WinBoatApr 22, 20163 votes

They shouldn't be changed and left alone. They already have huge impacts on games, you don't want to tune that anymore.

darkdillApr 22, 20161 votes

I don't argue how they impact games. I argue that the WAY they impact games is boring.

QuephaApr 22, 20162 votes

Just delete them and move their power budget to masteries. Masteries accomplish the same thing but in a way that doesn't make new players hate the game even more than they normally would.

Zone of EndlessApr 22, 20161 votes

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Just delete them and move their power budget to masteries. Masteries accomplish the same thing but in a way that doesn't make new players hate the game even more than they normally would.

Pretty much this

Make them all available for free. There's really no reason it shouldn't be.

Viperjcs1985Apr 22, 20162 votes

You ever tried jungling with no runes / low masteries? They are quite game changing

darkdillApr 22, 20161 votes

You're missing the point. I'm not arguing that they're important. I'm arguing that they're uninteresting since they're just stat-boosts with no real gameplay attached.

shyieApr 22, 20161 votes

I completely agree with this and I want something cool like keystones in runes. Maybe not specifically keystones but yeah, some way to make it less of a "ima just make 20 preset rune pages for each champ against every champ" and more of something a little more fun.

AbyssphereApr 22, 20161 votes

They just can't do it. Riot have already expressed dissatisfaction with the rune system but every time they consider making changes to runes in any way (making them cheaper, making them free, deleting some), you get people screaming at Riot about how unfair it is to get rid of something they spent 20k IP on.

Runes can't be changed as long as there are so many players who won't accept a change that is for the better of the game if it means something unfair happens to them (or rather, happened to them). Do you really think Riot want to give people another excuse to rage at them for destroying the game? Because you'd get tons of threads to that effect if they reworked runes.