We'll really need a way to consistently earn BE, not just from level up chests

5000000000000000·Oct 19, 2017·2 votes·214 views

Ask Riot: Preseason Edition, Volume 2 - Nexus

"We’re planning on converting the First Win of the Day bonus into a daily mission that grants bonus XP towards your next level up. At the moment, we don’t have any plans to offer blue essence directly through missions. We’d like to see the new leveling system in action first and we’ll make adjustments from there."

Grinding feels good when you can see and measure your progress. If you have 4000 IP, you know you just need 800 more IP, which is about 4 first win of the day games, or if you play more, attainable in 2 days. But now, with level system, there's no steady gain, and the reward is randomized. You don't have to give us more BE, but please let us get BE gradually, not just at each level up.

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QuephaOct 19, 20171 votes

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Grinding feels good when you can see and measure your progress.

You can still measure your progress, it's just there's slightly more uncertainty. You may think that people like consistent progress better, but Skinner boxes have shown us that's simply not correct.

5000000000000000Oct 19, 20172 votes

Skinner box is about rewarding certain behaviors. It has nothing to do with whether the reward is gradual or not.

QuephaOct 20, 20171 votes

The behavior is "playing League of Legends," and the main point of Skinner box studies is that irregular, slowly diminishing rewards are the best at training the subject to repeat the behavior as often as possible.