Riot, I want steady rewards, not a lump sum reward
This is a backwards thinking Design.
By the current design, Riot has copied what seems to be working (so some unknown level) with overwatch, BF1, SW2. The difference however may seem minor but is very crucial.
- Which ever of the games you are playing above, the idea is that the main characters/weapons are unlocked already.
- The drops might be low, but like the loot chest, they are suppose to mostly skin drops, emotes..etc
The previous system in LOL was not the best. If you felt like buying runes was really important, you would think the system is against you. I've played the game since Season 2(i think) and I've never felt to have more than 3 page ruins. Sure, I'm not the top 5% but, I mostly always landed in plat or gold. I don't think I ever felt like my game would have changed based on my runes. I always a standard page for AP/AD or some tank one. Even then, I played over 4,000 games played on this account (my only one). I have all the champions unlocked.
I CAN'T imagine how hard and annoying it would to unlock new champions with the new system. You may say it's cheaper because you don't have to buy runes, but quite honestly, I don't think runes were a huge IP sink anyways. Most people would have gotten the standard runes and then start unlocking. With that in mind, this new system just takes to long to reward.
See, in game like overwatch, the delayed reward is fine because you can still play whatever hero you want. In lol, the delayed system just makes things more frustrating because as the game ages, more champions are released.
With that in mine, I prefer if LOL just has a simple system
- Grant BE/IP per match.
- Tie in another type of reward when you level. Something perhaps to entice people to spend money.
You should try to entice people to spend money to unlock champions. Increase the cost of all skins by a short amount. Give discount reward when you level for X champion or something.
This system is just weird. This is coming from someone who has all the champions unlocked and over 50K BE atm.