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Trade market in league?

IIIRedDragonIII··2 votes·356 views

We all get at this time where we have 10 skins from loot boxes and we don't do anything with them because they are good looking, but at the same time we don't play them and we decide to keep them ''in case we start playing them'' in the future.My suggestion is that riot adds a market to league where people can add what they are looking for and what they are willing to give againts it.Since riot is losing money from all that, i discovered that a good idea would be, monthly payment for using the market.They add an option for 5$ which if you buy you have like a ''pass'' to enter the market and trade with other people.I think this would benefit riot a lot, with 2 million players monthly paying 5$ and even more so benefiting league of legends players since they won't be forced to reroll good skins anymore, since they can't do anything better with them.I really hope this topic goes viral, so if the idea sounds good to you and you want it seen in league, please upvote the thread and give suggestions.

3 Comments

ReySolomon1 votes

Do you mean somebody who can sell me soul stealer Vladimir for a cheaper price?

Lohd Smith1 votes

The idea is interesting, but you also have to say, are players trading in RP or real money? Will chromas be a part of this market? What happens when people get a hold of rare skins (PAX Twisted Fate) and are able to monopolize skins that are unobtainable? With so many skins that are currently being released, newer skins are in higher demand, and older skins for the champions who are receiving new skins may drop in value. This leads to the problem of Riot being unable to properly set prices, because if people can just set a price on them, what is the point of Riot assigning default prices? Eventually, due to the amount of new skins released, many skins will drop in price, leading to players who'd want them to buy them only from the trade market rather than purchasing it at full price from the Shop. In this case, Riot might lose a lot of money if people were recycling skins through a player-run market rather than simply being able to refund up to three skins or just leaving the skin in their collection. We know games like CS:GO and Overwatch have a system like this, but that's because the items you get from loot crates/boxes are entirely random, and that the price of each item is determined by however much is available on the market. In League though, majority of the skins are available for purchase by choice, so adding a player-run market would only devalue skins in the long run based on supply and demand. Also, say for instance a new ultimate skin comes out for 3250 RP (around $25-$30 USD) and people start buying it from the shop and putting it on the market. Would people buy it for over 3250 RP? Unlikely, since it's available for that price in the store. Would people buy it for less? Most likely. The only skins I can see benefiting from this in terms of value are legacy skins, because they are only available for sale a few times a year. In sum, I don't think a system like this would work in the League economy due to deflation caused by new skins, but that's just my two cents.

DeathBurst1 votes

Realistically, it will never happen because it's too easy to exploit, sadly.

But yeah, I'd really want a trade market.

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