League right now hates new players

lbirdl·Aug 14, 2019·3 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

AnateraAug 14, 20193 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.

preternaturalAug 14, 20192 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.

lbirdlAug 15, 20191 votes

I completely agree on this one! X amount of tokens exchangeable for champs which may exclude the latest release sounds reasonable.

overpoweredscrubAug 14, 20191 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.

CielveonAug 14, 20191 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.

Ask RumbleAug 15, 20193 votes

Wow, rude!

https://filerepo.net/rp/general/emote_miffed.png

CielveonAug 16, 20191 votes

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Wow, rude!

https://filerepo.net/rp/general/emote_miffed.png

LOL im sorry! it wasn't you, rumble. it was me. im awful at melee champions [sg-soraka]

Ask RumbleAug 22, 20191 votes

Well, then you are forgiven. For now!

(Maybe you can give me another shot sometime tho~!)

Rip Rengo 2016Aug 15, 20191 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..

lbirdlAug 15, 20191 votes

The free rotation is good for players who wanna try stuff, but when you actually want the champ its very very very difficult to get the 6300 cristals to get the actual champ to play.

Before the ratio of IP vs hours spended was much healthier than it's right now. The justified this by adding the boxes and a much more complex system that makes you grind....this is not WoW. The

I get that if they change the prices some players might feel that they deserve a refund, that's why my point is that those "og" players had it easy by being able to achieve all champs on an account fairly easy compared to now.

Rip Rengo 2016Aug 16, 20191 votes

Idk how much easier it really is.. You get champion capsules when you level up, so it helps. I've played since s4, (idk about you) but it felt like a grind with both systems. So while i do think you should be able to unlock champions at a faster rate, I don't think it would be fair to make it so much faster that it warrants a sort of refund for older players.

lbirdlAug 16, 20191 votes

Yeah, but you get a Capsule, then you get a freaking champ randomly (not the one that you want to buy) and to buy that one you still have to use this currency which has an AWFUL ratio compared to old IP, and even when you open a capsulo you get sometimes like 20 Shards....20! from 6300 from a top tier champ.

And yeah, I play since Lulu release.

Rip Rengo 2016Aug 16, 20191 votes

Again, i agree it could be better, but i don't think it should be given so freely that it basically doesnt exist.

Also, the new system gives free skins, which is something the old system didnt really do.