hextechs should never drop champ shards i mean ever.

xDogMeatx·Jun 29, 2019·3 votes·2,067 views

its meant for skins only.

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KazekibaJun 29, 20192 votes

No, they're not. Hextech Crafting is a loot progression system. You're not forced to spend money on it, so the system doesn't need to give you monetary-equivlaents (skins) as a reward. However, Mastercraft boxes are only available through RP, and thus only drop content exclusive to RP. To most players, champion shards are still a tangible benefit as most players do not have every champion, or they want the IP for other uses like Chromas and icons.

Riot makes money off of selling champs, but a tiny fraction of the income a popular skin can produce. Giving every player free skins every time they "do great" sounds amazing but ultimately impacts the revenue of the game and leads to more stale monetization like more Kai'sa skins that don't fit the theme just for the sake of making a Lux skin

xDogMeatxJun 29, 20191 votes

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No, they're not. Hextech Crafting is a loot progression system. You're not forced to spend money on it, so the system doesn't need to give you monetary-equivlaents (skins) as a reward. However, Mastercraft boxes are only available through RP, and thus only drop content exclusive to RP. To most players, champion shards are still a tangible benefit as most players do not have every champion, or they want the IP for other uses like Chromas and icons.

Riot makes money off of selling champs, but a tiny fraction of the income a popular skin can produce. Giving every player free skins every time they "do great" sounds amazing but ultimately impacts the revenue of the game and leads to more stale monetization like more Kai'sa skins that don't fit the theme just for the sake of making a Lux skin

again though in my other person post it just feels bad to get a S rank by doing great in a game then finally finding out it was better looking at that chest in my inventory and keeping it shut.

KazekibaJun 29, 20191 votes

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again though in my other person post it just feels bad to get a S rank by doing great in a game then finally finding out it was better looking at that chest in my inventory and keeping it shut.

I understand but that doesn't change the purpose of the system. Getting White Mage Veigar from a Masterwork chest + keys you earned by hard work and consistent play sucks. Doesn't mean MWCs should only give 1350+ tier skins. Such is the nature of randomness. League existed for 7 years where the only reward for playing well was feeling good about a game for a short time, and as much as I want to agree with you, misconstruing the purpose of a system is pointless. Riot already answered your complaint by adding the MWCs for a slightly steeper cost (+20% increase on the total cost of chest + key, ~70% for the chest itself) in return for trimming the fat from the loot table. They still drop emotes/icons though, which is garbage. 195 RP Chest + 125 RP key =/= 250 RP icon. I'd rather they drop Chromas instead - It feels weird that Chromas are not available through HTC by any means, except Prestiges.

xDogMeatxJun 29, 20191 votes

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I understand but that doesn't change the purpose of the system. Getting White Mage Veigar from a Masterwork chest + keys you earned by hard work and consistent play sucks. Doesn't mean MWCs should only give 1350+ tier skins. Such is the nature of randomness. League existed for 7 years where the only reward for playing well was feeling good about a game for a short time, and as much as I want to agree with you, misconstruing the purpose of a system is pointless. Riot already answered your complaint by adding the MWCs for a slightly steeper cost (+20% increase on the total cost of chest + key, ~70% for the chest itself) in return for trimming the fat from the loot table. They still drop emotes/icons though, which is garbage. 195 RP Chest + 125 RP key =/= 250 RP icon. I'd rather they drop Chromas instead - It feels weird that Chromas are not available through HTC by any means, except Prestiges.

too be fair white mage veigar looks cool. :D

Jimmy RustlesJun 29, 20191 votes

Mastercraft is the skin one

Hex is the super random

xDogMeatxJun 29, 20191 votes

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Mastercraft is the skin one

Hex is the super random

it feels bad when it drops a champ shard after i bust my butt doing great.