Boards›Gameplay

Buying champions is impossible

SKB Bad Bunny·11/30/2017, 7:24:32 PM·13 votes·3,792 views

I'd like to talk about this in all seriousness. I feel like when Riot made this changes they were only thinking about veterans in the game that already have all the champions and have nothing to do with the extra IP. But for new players and in general those who still miss like 40-50 champs (my case) its basically impossible to get the champ i like since i get like 1200 BE for a 6300 champion shard which is ridiculous tbh. I think new players are forced to buy the champs they get on shards since they are cheaper, buying champs you want is kind of unaffordable if you dont have a ton of champion shards. The worst part is that the only way to get BE is lvling up and getting the stupid lvl capsules, and lets not forget the more you lvl up the more it takes for the next lvl.

And im not even done yet, I think everybody is really disappointed about the orange essence changes. I got a Spirit Guardian Udyr shard the other day and i saw it only gives 1000 Orange Essence for a goddamn ultimate skin, that means disenchanting an ultimate skin shard is not enough to buy an Epic one. Come on, are you serious?

5 Comments

CaptainSeto11/30/2017, 8:20:41 PM2 votes

I'm right there with you dude. Been playing since 2015, about a month before the rift map change. I just got every champion 3150 and below last month. I have 49 champions left to get, and with the new changes it'll take till next pre-season before I have all the champs at the rate I get BE in the new system. People argue that "Oh, you clearly get it faster now than you use to," but that's just wrong. It'll take me 20-30 games to level up only to MAYBE get 1250 BE. If it was a for sure 1250, I wouldn't be as upset, but it's not. Once you hit level 50, you have to earn 4800 or so EXP to level up, and you don't get scaling BE with the amount of EXP it takes to level, so you spend 30-40 games only to get 820 BE, which is clearly less than what you got in the old system.

In the old system, you could earn at least 100 IP per PVP game of average length, didn't matter if you won or lost. That's 1000 IP every 10 games, AT LEAST. You could get more if the game went on longer, or you won. First Win of the Day increased that a decent amount. Once you hit Level 40, 10 games isn't even enough to level you up. And again, once you do level up, it's only a slight chance of you getting 1250 BE. As for FWOTD, now we get 175 less exp for only 50 BE, ONCE a day. Not nearly enough to get you a champion, unless you were really screwed over by RNG. Which isn't something that should happen.

Now, you get screwed if you are 100 or 200 BE away from a champ. You have to play 20 games to level up, when the old system meant you only needed 2 games to get that champ. It's not a rewarding experience. It doesn't feel enjoyable to grind.

Fargo7912/1/2017, 1:48:14 AM2 votes

I have played a few games in these last few days and my BE hasnt gone up at all.. other then when i lvl up.. but still HOW the hell are you supposed to buy champs at the lower lvls? this is retarded... i was all up for grinding it out to save up for that Champ.. but this is impossible.. the few champ shards a person get isnt enough to make up for the massive time u have to put into playing now.

Lunar Lunacy11/30/2017, 8:23:38 PM1 votes

Took me about 5 years to buy all the champions with lp by regularly playing, it's not supposed to be quick or easy.

fƒ1512/1/2017, 2:31:15 AM1 votes

Even more relatable to this kind of situation over here though, I'm missing 16 champions and to get discounts on those champions or earning BE in general is just so much more difficult with my luck. They should really fix this up with something more than the 50 BE extra every first win I'd say after 14 levels..

Iffy Jarl12/1/2017, 2:39:45 AM1 votes

Im lvl 51 and i have about 12k blue essence if I were to disenchant the shards for the champs i dont yet own i would have a total of like about 30k i haven't counted but i beleive i have 150 plus games since the update