Proposed change to earning chests

Langhof·6/10/2016, 2:45:39 PM·1 votes·611 views

So I have found the whole system of hextech crafting, earning chests and disenchanting for essences to be quite convoluted (at best) since its integration into the game, but the one aspect that always bothered me was that I could only earn ONE chest per champion. Now as a student of sales and finance, I get the approach. You don't want to just hand out new champions and skins for free, when a profit can be made. Exclusivity sells, and I get that. But looking at it from a logical standpoint, most players have one lane they excel at with a limited champion pool in which they have "go-to" laners that they are probably efficient enough with to earn an S and hence, a chest. But what happens when they earn chests with all of their go-to champs? Are they just supposed to pick up a new champ in a new role and learn them and play them until they are capable of earning a chest with said champ? This creates a conundrum in which most players would just say "screw it, I'm not playing yorick until I earn a chest." So what I propose is this: instead of only being able to earn ONE chest per champ, add some kind of cd timer to where you can only earn one chest on each champ once every week, two weeks, or however attainable you wish them to be. It still incentivizes longitudinal play, and honestly it's only your dedicated players who would frequently earn chests anyways. So instead of learning all of the support champs and painfully attemping to jungle, can I just have cd timers on earning chests with my mains?

13 Comments

Ordor Secin6/10/2016, 2:58:33 PM2 votes

I say:LEARN EVERYONE, IT CAN NEVER GO WRONG FOR RANKED!

BestTristMyHaus6/10/2016, 3:50:29 PM2 votes

Better idea: Riot defines a given role. If you play a champ in THAT role, and get an S, you earn a chest. Or, if you play a champ in that role in RANKED and earn an S and WIN it allows you a chance at a new chest on your "best" champion.

So, say (just pulling a role a random) Riot defines SUPPORT as a role of note, you get "rewards" for playing as a support.

AthenasVendetta6/10/2016, 2:55:24 PM1 votes

There is a reset on the chests earned per champion... There is over 100... Chests that is over 100 free chests a year. They did good. [slayer-jinx-catface]

DeathBurst6/10/2016, 4:23:37 PM1 votes

But what happens when they earn chests with all of their go-to champs? Are they just supposed to pick up a new champ in a new role and learn them and play them until they are capable of earning a chest with said champ?

Yes, exactly. I'm currently learning Darius, Cho'Gath, Illaoi and Fiora just for that.

This creates a conundrum in which most players would just say "screw it, I'm not playing yorick until I earn a chest."

What? No, exactly the opposite. You say: "I already have a chest with all the popular champs I master, time to get some Yorick action and get a chest with him." It's damn easier to get a Chest on low popularity Champs, since the grading system compare you to other players.

add some kind of cd timer to where you can only earn one chest on each champ once every week, two weeks, or however attainable you wish them to be.

Well, technically that's already the case. The CD timer is one year. That's how attainable they wish it to be.

TL;DR: no, they won't do what you suggest, sorry.