Any chance of Riot Games adding more free runepages?

Chaozz84·Mar 14, 2017·1 votes·429 views

So started playing the game not long ago(During Worlds last year). I like the support role alot because of the utility it adds. But i would also like to go deeper into other roles. I feel the big limiter for me on which champions i can play is whether or not i have a decent runepage for that specific champion. As a new player i feel 6.3k IP for a single runepage is alot. In my opinion i think beginning with 5 free runepages would be fair since that would allow for a bigger varity of champions instead of just 2 (AD/AP)

6 Comments

TheHappyReaperzMar 14, 20171 votes

5 feels like a bit much. Why buy more rune pages, when you have five? What could be nice, is a reduction of the cost for the first rune page you purchase, so its easier to acquire, but its still a reward for playing the game.

Although, Riot did say they are reworking runes, something that may pop up this year.

The Fuzzy 0neMar 14, 20171 votes

I believe they were looking at the cost of runes and reducing that rather than the actual rune pages

TheHappyReaperzMar 14, 20171 votes

Thought you meant the OP for a second, was a bit confused at that. Anyway, Riot did say they were looking into reducing the costs of runes, but they also stated they were planning to overhaul the system, just to make it better overall.

The Fuzzy 0neMar 14, 20171 votes

Yeah, I was sent a survey at one point to ask what I thought about making all runes worth 1 ip... an idea I am against just because I believe new players need to put thought into the runes you're buying and how they might help you, but I am however up for reduced cost for runes. Like making them all as affordable as the basic set of runes they're reduced the cost of.

I know a lot of players are probably all for the 1 ip runes but idk... if you get all the runes right away it can be very overwhelming, and though it's good to try out new things, it's also very good to work at having the experience and game knowledge to understand why you would pick the runes you do... Having been in bronze before, I can just see all the poor players who think the fringe runes would be better than early game stats lol

The Fuzzy 0neMar 14, 20171 votes

5 is a bit excessive in my opinion... 3 maybe would be good, but you should be ok with only 2 until you've gotten enough ip to get more (i.e. when they go on sale for 2 for 1). Though I understand the frustration of never feeliong like you have enough ip to get all the things you want for free when you start. Choosing a new champ over some runes or other stuff. But don't forget that they make money off rune pages too.

Tbh, runes are mainly for early game, and you can usually survive off those 2 rune pages no problem until you have the game knowledge and experience to delve deeper into the game. As a support main myself I mainly use 1 or 2 rune pages despite having 5. Tank and AP. I don't see much variance than that in early game cuz in my mind in early game you're trying to 1. not feed and/or 2. poke the hell out the enemy. And then you get the kills you position better than them on.

What kind of variety were you anticipating?