It doesn't make sense for it to work on an experience bar sort of system up until 5, then require weird random specific things to go to 6 and 7. Being lucky enough to get a specific champion shard(or having enough other shards to dump into essence) has absolutely nothing to do with getting better at a champion.
Seems to me this was only done to shoehorn a way to use champion essence into the game just so it's there.
I completely agree, I really like the token Idea its one of the better ideas for mastery. But the add on for blue essence isn't ok. I'd rather it be like 10-20 tokens with no essence because atleast that shows that i'm proficient at the champion
First: you can buy a random champion shard with IP.
Second: Veterans complained endlessly that there was no use for champion shards or blue essence for them. Riot said they'd make something. Riot made it. Now other players are complaining about it. Why do you need mastery 6 or 7? I think the token idea was really cool, and if you REALLY care about the mastery levels on a champion (e.g. because it's your main) then you can spend 1700 IP a few times (or less) for champion shards (and I got 20 blue essence with the one shard I bought) to rank up. It seems fine. Sure, it's another IP sink when I'm IP-poor (only 50-ish champions) but I'm only going to pursue higher mastery levels on a handful of champions so it's not a big deal.
Honestly I think champion mastery would be a better system if you ONLY got experience for getting an A or higher.
They wanted a way to make money off of it.
I would disagree, you can play very poorly for 40-50 games, and make level 5 if your team wins or loses. There's no requirement to be good.
The first five levels are your, everyone gets a trophy level, while levels 6 and 7 remind you that you do have to earn things in life. It won't all be handed to you...
Level 6 and 7 require very high scores to earn tokens. This forces players to learn a champion's kit, learn the champion's role for the team, and to execute that role very well. You need to be better than average, you can't get carried into an S+ grade, it rewards GOOD players.
5100 IP you can purchase three champ shards and convert to 500 or 600 blue essence that you need. You will earn this IP learning your champion. It's a good system and rewarding way to spend your extra IP.
@RIOT you got this one right! @RIOT Can we get old Shen back now?
Yet, it's better than nothing. Weird right?
you can buy champ shards with 1700 ip
I love how, because of the nonavailability of essence, you end up needing to master a crap-ton of champs in order to master one. Or just pay Riot. Both excellent ways of showing champion mastery.
Its clever, experienced players have no use for ip so they spend it all on new champions. Riot wants players to spend money instead so they deviced a way to drain ip from players. Genius.
I spent 70k ip getting the mystery champion shards. I guess that's what it feels like to be rich :^)
#bandaidsolutions
I have already wasted 5k+ ip on this shit, the champion shard only gives you <3150 champions who worth ~150 blue essence, so often you need to get 3 or even 4 of those god damn mystery champion shards.
It is not only a way to burn blue essence, but also a stupid way to burn ip.
i don't really mind cause a lot of the champs i have left to unlock are the 6300 champs. The mystery tokens are cost effective in that regard.
The original point of the Hextech Crafting System was to give older players who had thousands/tens of thousands of IP stored up a way to keep spending it after they got every champ and rune.
#Destinyflashbacks
Seriously though if you look at all the updates you had an entirely new material you had to get to upgrade everything.
People complained about not being able to use blue essence. Can't say riot ignores everything on the boards
When you have 100K+ IP and nothing use it on getting blue essence with it is not that bad of a choice.
