i think it's dumb that we need blue essence just to get mastery 6 or 7 or a champion shard

Can't get level 7 on Kat because of it.

Can't get level 6 on Zyra or Lux because of this...

Cant get FIddlesticks or Aurelion because of this.....

its pretty easy to get blue dust though as long as you arent saving your purple crystals for hextech annie

I honestly think mastery 5 = 21600, mastery 6 = 50k, mastery 7 = 100k +- champion xp.

We shouldnt have to pay for it, although I do own few mastery 6 already and 1 mastery 7 on my accounts.

Its unfortunate that we have to pay for it, but yeah

Why is it such a big deal to have mastery 6/7? lots of you post about it but its not that big of a deal and its not going to change

Actually, nobody is paying for it.

You combine 3 champion shards to get a permanent champion that you don't own. The only way you'll receive a permanent champion that you DO own, is if you have all the champions. There isn't any loot that automatically unlocks. All skin permanents and champion permanents require you to unlock them, as they can all be disenchanted into essence too if you choose.

It's ironic because the only reason that blue essence is tied to mastery 6 and 7 is to uphold the value of loot to those people, People who already have all of the champions. *All while not affecting anybody's ability to play their champion to unlock mastery 6 and 7.

Allow me to explain the mechanics behind this, since it's the facts and mathematics that make this true.

It requires 6,600 Champion Mastery Points (CMP) to achieve mastery level 4, and 9,000 CMP to achieve mastery level 5, that's a 2,400 difference. So lets say we double that to achieve the theoretical Mastery level 6, so.. 9,000 + 2,400 + 2,400 = 13,800 as the theoretical CMP requirement to achieve Mastery level 6. That's an increase of 4,800.

Instead of making that 4,800 CMP requirement to achieve Mastery 6, Riot decides to use the IP equivalent of the 4,800 CMP

If it takes 40 games to get 4,800 CMP with a champion, and players average out 130 IP per game, then 130 x 40 = expected IP gained after 40 games , 5,200 IP

So riot realizes that it will take on average 2.5 champion shards to get 500 Blue essence. So riot posts the exchange, the connection, between IP and blue essence on the shop. This connection is called the Price.

5,200 IP is the expected total a player should pay to upgrade to mastery level 6. Translated into champion shards.... 5,200 IP = 2.5 x (cost of champion shards)

So each champion shard will cost 2,080 IP THE PRICE! (Please keep this in mind)** The actual expected difference in champion Master Points between levels 5 and 6, 6 and 7 are numbers that riot has come up with. The average of IP games is a number that riot has. The average champion shards to get to 500 blue essence is a number riot has. And therefore the true cost, or exchange, between IP, CMP, and blue essence, is a number calculated by riot, to reflect what is expected of players to reach those mastery levels.

Riot simply replaces Champion Mastery points with IP. why? Because IP is free, hence the not affecting anybody's ability to play their champion to unlock mastery 6 and 7. And because IP can be used to Purchase BLUE ESSENCE with this calculated exchange called PRICE!

Sounds complicated right? Why not just keep CMP? Because they needed a way to tie in BLUE ESSENCE into the mix Why is there a need to tie in blue essence? Because players that own all champions - Not even, the correct mentioning is... Players that have no use of Blue Essence and of Champion Permanents - are at a disadvantage to everyone else that's receiving free loot from riot via hextech crafting.

But wait, can't I use any champion to obtain the IP needed to buy champion shards (to disenchant into the 500 Blue essence?) YES! which is why the S rank requirements exist! To counter balance this very thing^^^^^^^^ And although there are numerous opinions about it being too easy to get S ranks or not, those ranks are 100% tied to the champion and a huge improvement from levels 1-5 which are 100% participation.

Here is a link that even further explains it...

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/TeA91Qqj-updated-mastery-levels-6-7

Need 211 blue essence for Fiora mastery 7