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Why doesnt hextech crafting let me decide what to craft.

BlackOnyxAltear·8/30/2019, 10:55:52 AM·3 votes·1,136 views

I have a bunch of orange essence but cant spend it on anything since i keep getting shards i dont want from boxes. I wish riot would let me go to the store, pick x skin for y champion and craft it. This isnt unreasonable to ask for since other games pull it off without problems.

In hearthstone if i wish to make a golden card i can save up dust(sure it will take ages) and craft the one i want.

In smite, i can save up my gems(which i ll get over time) and buy the specific skin i want.

In overwatch i can do the same, save up and over time buy the skin i want.

Same goes for HotS and even mobile games let you do this. And none of them suffered losses for it.

So why is riot refusing to make the system work this way? If i want to get dragonslayer pantheon i would have to pray to Cthulhu for good rng. Id gladly have skins cost a ton of orange essence if it meant i could guarantee which one i get.

20 Comments

JackMcCarry8/30/2019, 11:36:53 AM2 votes

Because skins are their major money revenue, and giving them away in a reliable way will hurt their main revenue source.

DuskDaUmbreon8/30/2019, 1:11:20 PM2 votes

Because then it removes any drawbacks from using the hextech system?

It's balanced around it being cheaper to get a skin from hextech than from actually buying the skin. The drawback to that is that you don't always get the skin you want.

If Riot removed the drawback, it's going to have to be the exact same cost...And the ability to get free skins will also have to go away.

DBS Ronovon8/30/2019, 10:58:39 AM1 votes

Same reason AR URF doesn't let you pick your champ.

Zlera8/30/2019, 11:28:13 AM1 votes

They can remove the crafting feature, lets see you complain then. "Oh its so rng". If they never added a crafting feature im sure you would be complaining that riot is so bad simply because there is none. Dont take for granted what you have, op

Jesi Oni8/30/2019, 12:01:26 PM1 votes

Even if not free skins... They should allow us to to SOMETHING with orange essences. They are useless.

I would literally convert them into blue that is supposed to be the lowest currency in game.