Saw this thread on front page, and thought it was ridiculous. This is pretty much a bought advantage. Yes, everybody can get it as free to play, yes, you couldn't use rp for runes even if you wanted to, but all in all, it's still an advantage from spending IP. So either you make the Tier 3 runes (only runes that matter) free/1 ip , or delete runes in general.
Trenitaliyah4 votesI'm very up about removing runes from league of legends.
Too friggin' expensive, and way too powerful even when randomly bought.
Teridax682 votesI agree with this. Not only are runes expensive, but the entire rune system offers no depth, no additional gameplay, and power that is difficult to appreciate on its own. It is a massive and unnecessary barrier to entry, one that also complicates balance, all for no real apparent benefit. Perhaps it was a useful thing to have when League was just starting out and needed a feature to differentiate it from DotA, as well as pad out its playing time, but now the game is successful and completely unique without having to rely on runes, so they may well have outlived their purpose.
To those questioning their removal, ask yourself the following: if League had started out without runes, would you consider adding the rune system to the game? I would not, as it goes against a lot of the game's current design philosophy, especially its emphasis on clarity. Because of this, I think it would make sense to get rid of runes, and balance champions accordingly in compensation. Riot's been suggesting a rune overhaul at some point, but if masteries are anything to go by, adding more gameplay to an out-of-game system merely creates more balance headaches, and generates little real choice or truly interesting play of its own.
Ralanr1 votesHow many junglers would fall off the face of the earth without armor runes?
Teridax682 votesThat's part of my point: by removing runes, champions could get buffs to their base stats in order to be closer to their "true" state of balance, which would include large buffs to everyone's base armor, since practically everyone takes armor yellows anyway. Of course removing runes and stopping there would sink everyone, and that's not what I'm proposing. Runes should be removed, and champions should be buffed in compensation: since runes are all stat boosts, this might make for a simpler translation than for, say, the removal of an item core to many champions, even if there would be more adjusting to do overall.
Ralanr1 votesThat's a whole lot of champions to buff though.
Teridax682 votesIt's happened before several times. Several seasons ago, Boots of Speed were a mandatory first buy on back (and sometimes at the start of the game), simply because everyone was too slow to pass them up, so Riot took out some of their movement speed and gave them to every champion in the game. Much later, in another pass, Riot tried to make armor yellows less mandatory by taking out some of the base armor from runes and giving every champion 4 extra base armor. There's also been the pass to champion stat growth, another pass that standardized mana regen, and yet another that increased base mana for several champions after the removal of mana pots. Moving the stats from runes to champions would not be that much different.
Z Statistic1 votesNo, I like the customization of runes.
When you actually know your champion in and out from an enormous amount of playing, then rune pages cease to be cookie cutter and are dependent on your playstyle and matchup.
I would be fine with them being free or ridiculously cheap
FourVsFive2 votesThe prices are all too high, to begin with no runes should cost 800 ip. Nor should a quint be worth 2k. If all runes were reduced to a flat 300ip and Qunits 800ip, I be happy with that. Least you feel like you making progress then go, really I have to win 8 games for 1 rune.... Or like you said make them all free or remove them. Game be more easy to balance with no runes anyways.
Sukishoo1 votesIf they ever do that, the rest of us that own them already (like me who owns every single tier 3 rune) should get our IP back XD
TheHappyReaperz1 votesI have tier 2 runes, and they work pretty well. When I have the time, I'll save up for some better runes.
Great Muta1 votesI had to play on a smurf account when my main got banned. Do you know what a disadvantage I'm at by having tier 2 runes while everyone else has tier 3 runes? Totally unfair.
n64bomb1 votes
here. Been collecting runes for 1000s of years. Every rune collected is a life saved. When riot makes all runes free for all players, many lives will be saved. The logic is undeniable.
