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Riot, I'm impressed.

Lil Homie busta··103 votes·3,230 views
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You really pulled that out. I thought you guys wouldn't have the courage and would change the Blue Essence/Leveling reward system before it hits live, but i was wrong.

This trap was very well developed and executed.

  • First, you guys put a big BE reward for the players after the first match in order to greatly satisfy them. (The old rune and pages IP/BE """compensation""")

  • Them, you created the Essence Emporium in order to seduce players to spend all their BE compensation. (And it worked. Just look at the most sell items in the store)

  • And afterwards you found a way to decrease the IP/BE gain from matches by locking them behind level up reward, instead of gaining it every match. So when the players run out of their IP/BE compensation they would be forced to hell grind about 150 to 100 matches if they want a new 6300 champion OR just spend that sweet money on RP.

The cupcake - the bait - was the Essence Emporium. The IP to BE compensation was the distraction. And the Yordle Trap was the gain reduction of the Free Currency (IP/BE). GJ riot

Now, when progressing through the leveling system, the players will be walking into a inescapable vortex, where every time you level up, the time you need to acquire a champion for free increases exponentially, until it reaches a point where you are forced to buy RP in order to buy a new champ. Beware players:

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34 Comments

RoseFuneral641 votes

The only logical conclusion I can come up with from Riot's decisions is that they're trying to kill off their own game.

Provengreil8 votes

yeah this is some mobile game bullshit. What's worse, I was buying champs with RP in an explicit attempt to support the company becuase I liked thier game and felt the flaws could get worked out....guess my champion store will slowly fill up now.

Elkington VI14 votes

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The only logical conclusion I can come up with from Riot's decisions is that they're trying to kill off their own game.

I think Riot is just so used to success that they think they can pull off anything at this point and get away with it, some people will still defend them and/or tell them they're doing a good job.

iamthegoatofwar9 votes

I said a while back that if riot doesn't start making GOOD changes league is only gonna live another 3 years. A rioter replied "nice meme".

Slythrin Umbreon2 votes

Nice meme

Raveolution2 votes

The best part of course being that they said it was to help out new players to acquire champions faster and get into the game easier. They doubled the experience requirements for every level, so it's at least twice as long for each level (unless you literally only play first win bonus games) and made it so that almost all shards received are 450s with no refund value. Almost everyone I know has gotten less than 600 BE per level. Such a disgraceful company. I hope they get what they deserve.

BabyNaix1 votes

I got 900be on lvl 31. They said you should get 800-1300 BE per level (900 average)

Namulith21 votes

The leveling doesn't increase exponentially, it get harder, then resets, then gets harder again, etc etc.

WickedCrow1 votes

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The leveling doesn't increase exponentially, it get harder, then resets, then gets harder again, etc etc.

Yeah, at like, level 150 or something. Have fun getting your reset!

Klober13 votes

take me back to season 2 :(

Keylight XD7 votes

Good thing I saved my BE. I figured spending 100k on an icon/emote just wasn't for me :p

EternalShock10 votes

I’m not going to be seen spending even 2k on some childish ass icon.

Next season they might actually give veterans something to buy that isn’t horseshit Here’s to season 9 and how bruisers will still suck

kagepaladin1 votes

I wanted the taric Icon for when I played taric other than that the rest is being saved for zoe release, the only chroma I wanted I had gotten along time ago so meh on that one.

Goa trance6 votes

And the ridiculous thing is that they lie to the players face. In the video where they talked about the new runes, a guy from the dev team said that they were going to make it easier to fill up the champion pool. Remember? at 4:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY67yCaGdno

Nea1045 votes

They thought so hard about how to milk their players more, and so poorly about balancing their new things and making them fun.

OnanThaMan4 votes

They took some lessons from Dyrus in backstabbing it seems. Jokes aside, yea with this preseason it seems they've gone full corporate commander, embracing tactics i'd expect from EA, Activision or Ubisoft.

BabyNaix1 votes

Who did Dyrus backstab? That guy seems like one of the most wholesome lcs pros.

OnanThaMan1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmEHNqPPCLw

Elipo4 votes

Yeah, plese peopple don't waste your be on the be shop. It's a trap

Raoul3 votes

well, good thing i didnt buy ANYTHING for my BE.

0racle09123 votes

I love all the posts saying "oh here's a shit ton of numbers to prove that we aren't scamming you", but when you actually level up all their math magically goes down the drain and you only get a fraction of the BE they promised you.

Side note: I'm not one to complain much about the recent changes, but cmon, this one is just absurd, especially since they're basically smearing their asses on us about the issue

Malcha1 votes

I got baited pretty hard by the Urfwick backing animation lmao

It was too good to resist [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

Handy Sandy 1 votes

At least the stuff I got out of my BE was good

kinda...

I like this icon ok, only took me like 5 tries in the mystery box

BabyNaix2 votes

Tried to get the wukong icon. Run out of BE after 6 tries RIP :(

BabyNaix1 votes

I got enough BE to buy 8 6300be champions plus some chromas and those mini icons :3 So by the time I feel like trying out new champions I should have enough BE for a couple

casizzi2 votes

but you got that because of all the "refunds" you were given from previous rune purchases not as a thank you that they played it out to be

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

the time you need to acquire a champion for free increases exponentially

Really? Will it? So far, it seems like the XP to level up stays pretty much the same, meaning that it would take about the same number of games to keep leveling up.

Weathered1 votes

The one thing that doesn't fall in line with this is the Mystery Champion Shards. The client currently displays a message saying that the minimum worth shard you will get is for 4800BE and above champions, while the mystery shard costs 3950BE. Isn't this more efficient that simply buying the champions? Or does the upgrade costs once you have the shard and the possibility of multiple shards make this not cost effective?

Dokueki Kenshin1 votes

Hey man, suit yourself. The only real thing I’m looking to buy are champions. And considering that I already own all of the champs below 3150, I just got 8 champs at anywhere from a ~900 to 2350 discount.

Even if I got a couple thousand less than I was expecting, I was already investing all my IP towards champs to begin with, since I own only ~65-70% of them. And yes, I’ve also been playing since late Season 1. All in all, I’m pretty content.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

im unclear about the whole reward system and how it will turn out at later levels.

but im a cautious person, so i "only" bought the gemstones and saved 70k blue essence for future champions. this should hold me over for around 2 years of champion releases with the essence i gain in the meantime.

Rainfall1 votes

TOP TEN ANIME BETRAYALS

NeoAnderson1 votes

Ghostcrawler here to fuck up another game I enjoyed. Thanks dick and balls.

letsgetmagical1 votes

I was excited when i first heard of the new leveling system because the guy in the video that was explaining this, said that it would be easier for people to get champions with this new system and they were making this new system so that everyone has a chance to play champions they want and have a bigger champ pool. but according to a guy who did a little simple math and its right, you would need to high about level 246 to have earned all the champions....i just wonder how many games that is oh boy.

(p.s screw you joe, ya lied to our souls)

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