Extra rewards for reaching plat?

MonkeyMadness··2 votes·471 views

In the past, the highest ranked rewards tier you could get was at Gold. Even if you managed to hit plat, diamond, etc, the only difference was the color of your border, which really ends up equating to personal pride instead of an actual reward. Now in season 6, boosting has become commonplace. Players that never even belonged in silver will be cashing in for their victorious skins at the end of the year, meanwhile people who worked really hard to get beyond this get nothing extra. There has never been real motivation to go beyond gold, and now that ranked has lost its competitive spirit, there is hardly any reason to even bother trying.

I propose that Riot give a bit of extra love to players that reach ranks beyond gold. I know that Riot has already announced that they are considering "physical rewards" for players that hit challenger (http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/competitive/riot-pls-ranked-pls), but what about the rest of us that slaved over this game and came up short of the top? Let me know what you guys think. At the very least, I feel that Diamond players should get something more than just the skin (and I'm plat, btw, so this isn't purely self-serving. Just proposing that Riot do something to make higher elo a bit more rewarding).

4 Comments

redfeenix2 votes

Nice name.

And nah currently there's no incentive to play ranked. On the last day I'll play a few games and get to gold. But ranked this season is no different than normals.

What they should do is have the borders change with current rank. Then I'll be embarrassed by my gold border and try to improve it ASAP, rather than just saying fucking look at my plat border I got last year. I'm a plat player

MonkeyMadness1 votes

Well if you mean change the border depending on which division you're in, they do that. But most people call it quits at division 5 of their desired tier, so other borders are a bit rare.

redfeenix1 votes

No. Currently your border reflects the highest rank you got last season, not your current rank.

It should change dynamically depending on your current rank. That would encourage more players to play rank NOW rather than wait for the last day.

MonkeyMadness1 votes

Oh I see what you're saying. But Riot wants to keep things like that hidden so as not to make other players feel intimidated or some complete bullshit. Honestly, idrc about how my rank is displayed during the season, as long as I get my rewards at the end. But I feel like they just aren't worth it for plat and up anymore.

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