League right now hates new players

lbirdl·8/14/2019, 9:07:38 PM·3 votes·3,171 views

I don't really get how now (and since a couple of seasons) League makes it so hard for new players for actually getting the Champions to play a full game instead of a kind of a demo version of it.

Makes no sense at all, I play 3-4 hours everyday, and I have been playing on other account for like 6-8 months still not even close to get all champs. This feeling of neverending story sucks.

Like, I get that Riot need to make money of the skins, champs by RP and so on, but it's really bumming that I cannot tell a friend: "Hey start playing league it's gonna be cool! You just need to get 3 hours everyday and even so you are not being able to play all champs, have fun bye"

But well, I guess bringing new players doesn't bring money to them in their equation.

13 Comments

Anatera8/14/2019, 11:27:50 PM3 votes

It's ironic because Riot has been trying to make the game more enticing for new players and still failing spectacularly. Only at Riot could you have one goal and through concerted effort achieve exactly the opposite result.

preternatural8/14/2019, 9:27:11 PM2 votes

yeah some QOL changes for new players would be nice lol. really i just sincerely believe that all champions should be unlocked in the practice tool, no clue why that's not a thing rito don't lose money on it and it would promote good customer faith. to expand from there, maybe grant new players 6 new champion tokens they can cash in for any 6 champions. it's 6 out of 145 now so i think it's fair. how do you stop that being abused by smurfers? no clue tie accounts to phone numbers or something, regardless this isn't about smurfs it's about new players which is often forgotten when le smurfs get brought up.

unlock all champs in practice tool.
6 champion tokens for new accounts, get rid of the rng or grind factor to unlock desired champions, learning the champions is the grind.

whatever man why am i even giving a fuck ain't no one in a decision making position reading this shit.

overpoweredscrub8/14/2019, 9:10:56 PM1 votes

Hell yeah! I have the hardest time getting champions because I am playing free to play, and i got yelled at on a board post because apparently im cheating since i only buy champions that I want to play in aram since aram is the only game mode I want to play. I'm such a cheater and abuser, idk how i can live with myself knowing i only unlock champions that I want to play in aram.

Cielveon8/14/2019, 9:12:44 PM1 votes

new players have no idea what most champions do anyway, so i believe they are distracted by the beginner ones for awhile. eventually they would find one they like, we all did.

i liked RUMBLE at first. a champion that i'd never play today.

Rip Rengo 20168/15/2019, 12:37:46 AM1 votes

There is the free rotation..

But if they change the way they hand out champions to new players, think of all the players they'd have to "refund" for the champs they bought..