The Blue Essence Grind is Real (Just read, it's not a complaint thread)

Immortal Fenix·11/18/2017, 3:10:07 AM·7 votes·1,805 views

So, I've noticed one major, massive problem with this new Blue Essence system. And I know, I've only had a few levels since the pre-season update dropped, and it's still got a long ways to go. But hear me out.

I've gotten a few levels so far, like I said, and I've noticed that the champ shards that drop tend to be sub-3150 champions. In one capsule, I got two 90 BE champ shards, and one 300-something. The system is random, and while I enjoy the concept of being rewarded with champions I might not yet own, trying to earn the dust to buy a specific champion outright is a pain since I own give or take half the roster, particularly all of the sub-4800 champions. So my proposal is this: Give us a small amount of Blue Essence at the end of each game, similar to how we got IP. I know, this undermines the entire purpose of your new system. But let's face it, the new system is currently under-tweaked and almost feels like the grind has been maximized, especially for older players.

Give us, say, ~70 BE for a win, and ~30 for a loss. It's not a lot. But it's enough to at least see the BE number climbing, and for us to feel like we've earned something at the end of the game. Likewise, while leveling up might not get harder, it still takes a good, long while to get levels in the game. A day or so of good matches, maybe a bit less. For a casual player, that's a week's worth of League, right there.

My other suggestion would be to add in a BE sum to the first win bonus. Again, not a huge number. ~200. It would serve incentive players to log on, get their first win, and thus play the game more, while allowing players only afforded a few games a week a steady source of BE. You could even add in an algorithm to tell if the player got their win in a bot game or not, and award more or less BE accordingly. Though I'm not a fan of this idea, some games have similar systems in place.

Thoughts?

Edit: So I just got to level 35, and because it's 5 above 30, I feel like this chest contained more loot. Because it certainly had more shards than any other chest I've opened (The max was three, the minimum was two).

In this chest, I got a whole whopping.... 810 BE! I feel a little cheated. I spent two days trying to get that chest, and I got not only a bunch of champions I ALREADY OWNED, but what felt like a minimal of essence. (Two Fiddlesticks, Garen, Ashe, Singed.)

14 Comments

Guy Fox Teemo11/18/2017, 4:00:23 AM3 votes

You actually get MORE BE/IP in this new system then before. The lowest you can get in a capsule is 810, and on average you'll get around 900-950.

If they added 70 BE you'd get SIGNIFICANTLY more then you had in the previous system, (Almost 50% more). Since the average game gave you 95 ip per win, and 65 per loss.