How about 3 games, bots only, no exp or ip, in the rift. if you don't buy then you can't test that character for a length of time.
You might want to check out say Karthus (man he looks cool) before you realize he has a steep learning curve. Finding a Champion in a huge list, dealing with thousands of ip, you want to make the right choice.
WukongMain2 votesThis is a pretty good idea. i would even go as far as all champions are free in bot games. It's bot games lol, what's the harm in letting people play every champion. I've been playing for years (took some breaks), and still don't have all the champions.
I remember when i first started playing back in season 3, the sheer amount of champions was so intimating. And then as a new player you cant just focus on buying champions, you need to buy runes, and they can be quite expensive. leaving you not much IP left to deepen your champion pool.
Now as all games, you need new players to be coming in, and staying. Not having access to all the champions may very well cause players to quit. like what if they really Love to play Wukong. Wukong fits their play style 110%, but they're new, they don't even know what a play style is... and so they're just buying champions that look interesting...Never finding the champion type they really enjoy, and end up quitting.
Never finding that Wukong...that if they had found...would have sealed the deal and made them keep playing for a long time.
Having champions free in bot games.(Or even just a trial), will not only help players stay interested in the game. but will improve the overall skill of the player base. Everybody will have equal access to champions. They'll be able to take that champion into a bot game, Learn its potential...Sure maybe they decide not to buy it, But having played it..experienced it... when they see that champion in a normal game/ranked game, they will have better knowledge of how to win.
As a new player, Fresh level 30. you really have tons and tons of things to learn about each champion. and god forsake this fresh level 30 decides to queue up for a ranked game , having so little information about the game will only be a hindrance to hes team. You know..you don't gain much LP when you're leveling, you can't really build up a big enough champion pool/ champion knowledge.
Having champions free ( Or trial) in bot games would bring this fresh level 30 so much more access to information. they would have the ability to level from 1-30 in bots testing out each and every single champion.
[slayer-jinx-catface] Riot, i can think of so many benefits to having this implemented in some way!. I cant even think of one negative impact from having this a thing. You know what to do Riot :). Make this a thing , It's best for business.
Nyaboron2 votesfree week and PBE are already things. New champions are auto freeweek 2nd week of release.
HellHound20221 votesmaybe when they do free week they expo a skin too? Plus when you play them free week you still get exp, and ip.
Nyaboron1 votesThere's already skin previews on youtube you could easily look up, not really worth riot's time/money to program a new feature in like that when they can't even fix the "see more stat's" button in the leagues tab. Every time riot messes with their client they fuck something up, that idea of yours is an opportunity to fuck something up. Furthermore, what's wrong with getting IP (I haven't cared about xp in over 5 years) during free-week? You play a game, you get IP. You have thousands upon thousands of IP to get before you buy everything, you have a long way to go. Not really a point in arguing for a trial mode that doesn't give you any. Watch champ spotlight and play the champ on freeweek. If you like them, buy them. To be competitive, you need to own a lot to all of the champions, so it's hard to make a bad purchase.
HellHound20221 votesI'm glad you've mastered the game, i just started in december. when you start there is a bombardment of stuff to take in, gameplay, profile, and your champs. If your not down with the lingo the videos don't do squat, people would rather put you down then help out. I have been playing Video games since the time of atari and nintendo, i know games The best way to learn is by playing as many different champs as you can to get a feel for them.
ModKnightsKemplar1 votesThat's what free week and refunds are for. I hear ya (kind of) but it's also not that much work to just either A)wait or B) buy some rp. If you enjoy the game, Riot deserves 5 or 10 bucks, at least, no?