First to Level 40(?), Here's what I got

I love league of legends, and so with this new preseason I was really excited. I decided to grind my way to level 40 as fast as humanly possible.

I started with an account that was already flat at level 30 on November 9th. I had BE on this account already so I bought as many of the cheap champions as possible, singed, sivir, soraka, malphite, mordekaiser, sion, and janna. I purchased no new champs during my grind nor did I unlock any through shards.

I have kept unique copies of any of my shards and disenchanted extras, with the exception of shards for champs I already own, which i simply disenchanted. (lots of nunu veigar and yi shards)

Upon hitting the level 40 milestone I got a "glorious champion capsule" containing Lissandra, Karthus, and another 90 BE Yi shard, coming to a total of 1980 BE, plus a cute little "congrats you don't have a life" level 40 emote shard, which takes a whopping 2500 BE to upgrade.

In my inventory I have currently, 1204 BE and 8430 BE in champion shards

• Braum
• Fidd
• Karthus
• Kled
• Lissandra
• Yi
• Olaf
• Tryndamere
• Twisted Fate
• Veigar
• Volibear
• Xayah

Remember, I disenchanted shards for champs I already own, except that one Yi shard i'm saving.

Grand total is 9634 BE after a full week of hard grinding, putting in a lot of time each day. Grand total of 116 games to get 9634 BE.

83 BE per game compared to old IP gains.

And that's assuming I started at zero BE on the 9th, which I didn't, I had less than a thousand BE (didn't record unfortunately, but I remember buying as many of the cheap champs as i could to drop my BE as low as possible) at the start of this grind.

Not sure what the IP per game was in the old system but I'm pretty sure it was over a 100. Still, BE is technically worth more than IP since runes are no longer something that will eat your money, and you can get champions at a discount if you have the shard. But as a player who only likes playing very particular champions, it feels a bit rough.

PSA: I am saving my Yi shard, and any other shards I get, because they decrease in value dramatically if you already own the champ. The Yi shard I have is worth 90 BE. So basically I won't be getting any new champs with BE, shard upgrading, and sure as hell not RP, until Riot adjusts this. If I upgrade a shard now I risk reducing the value of future shards I get and knowing riot they probably have not accounted for that in the RNG of your capsules. Meaning the more champs you unlock the lower value each capsule is... I have responded directly to a Rioters comment in a thread about BE asking about this question and have yet to get a response.

Some suggestions...

Give 5-10 BE per game, hell, per win, anything so that when you are able to unlock a champ is not gated by the win of the day and leveling. So it's gated by effort, and not time, regardless of how much you play.

I have played with a system (forget which game) that passively stores built up exp/currency based on how long you don't play and then upon getting your first win after returning to the game you earn it all, and then earn rewards normally again. This is a much better way to encourage people to come back to the game after taking long breaks. FWotD is garbage because if you don't play every day you miss out, and if you play every day but play more than like 3 games, you feel shafted by this new system. You also feel shafted if you don't get the shards you want. You also feel shafted if you are 10 BE away from getting the champ you want but now you're level 40 and the next level is going to take 3,000 XP, aka 15+ games grinding, or 5-6 days of waiting for FWotD bonuses.

Not sure what the IP per game was in the old system but I'm pretty sure it was over a 100. Still, BE is technically worth more than IP since runes are no longer something that will eat your money, and you can get champions at a discount if you have the shard. But as a player who only likes playing very particular champions, it feels a bit rough.

TL;DR don't waste your time grinding, and don't waste your BE on champs unless you have the shard, and even then I wouldn't until we get some clarity from riot, and never use RP for champions, AKA pay to win.