After some time I still think the new leveling system is horrible and here's why

Riba Fish··2 votes·219 views

I've been playing since season 1. That's about 7 years of playing. And I played all that time because I love this game not because I was farming xp for leveling up, since it took maybe a month to get to lvl 30. But what riot is trying to drag us into with this new system is just cheap. Now, if you don't get your first win of the day you can kiss your leveling progress goodbye, so I feel as if I am forced to log in daily if I want to progress in this game. Of cource 1st wins existed before but that ip was equal to maybe 1-2 extra games so it wasn't a big deal missing it. Now you get the xp value of 3-6 games (depending on whether you win or lose or how long the game takes) + 50 blue essence which means you need 126 1st wins to earn a 6800 champion with the blue essence given from the first win (just to point out how humiliating the reward is). And the leveling up crates........... now i have to progress a whole level to get a RANDOM amount of BE. Furthermore in the old system you earned ip every game, you didn't have to progress a whole leveling cycle to get it, meaning missing it wasn't a big deal at all, the 1st win was just a little bit of extra rewards for someone who play every day but now it's near essential to progress and it triggers me so much. Not to mention that non-summoner's rift games literally just give you a trivial amount of xp compared to what you get from that 1st win. I really don't know why this completely inconvenient system was implemented, riot pointed out how this gives older players more to work towards, but honestly I feel cheated that for 7 years I didn't get any extra xp or anything and I start at the same spot as someone who leveled up to 30 during this season (I got my glorious emote or victorious emote or whatever that ugly emote is called and that's all). Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining because I didn't get any extra rewards, I'm just pointing out how late and unnecessary the implementation of the leveling system is. But if riot really wanted to implement it they could have done it along with earning ip/BE after every game and just giving a little extra in the form shards/emotes/extra be or ip upon leveling up because this gamble after every level where you can get 3 90BE shards and not be able to buy anything for a really long time is really frustrating in my opinion. Riot has listened to the players' feedback in the past I really hope they do this time as well, because I feel that the vast majority of players feels this way

2 Comments

Almo2 votes

Agreed. I have been playing since pre-season 2 and I got lots of IP easily. This new system is a joke. It helps new players for sure but us veterans, no.

Also, they wanted us to pay 100k IP for an icon and a gem stone??? REALLY NOW RIOT? ALL MY HARD EARNED HOURS OF PLAY FOR AN ICON AND A GEM STONE.

I only got the special icons and the urf WW. I don't care about chroma. I am keeping my 400k IP.

Almo1 votes

I really wonder why threads like these are not actively engaged. Do people not see the set back of this system?

This system is definitely great for a smurf or new accounts, its very cool to get cheap champions through discounted shards. Its not rewarding enough for old players.

People need to voice and comment. I really don't know if veterans are happy with the system or not. Maybe there isn't enough old players playing? hmm.

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