Daily Reminder: Everyone wants to earn Blue Essence (IP) for every game again!
And yes we don't care about those really bad graphs you made. It still doesn't help level 30 + players - meaning overall loss*[slayer-jinx-unamused]* .
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I don’t care if BE gains happen after every game or at periodic level ups. The long run is what matters and the new system benefits in the long run.
If Riot thinks intermittent and irregular rewards would be more engaging for new players (basically all research shows this) then they can do it that way if they want.
I'm one of the most negatively impacted players from the changes, I also see how it helps folks unlock more champions by having shards drops be a main source of BE gains. Its good for accounts lacking champions and new accounts moving on, it feels bad for old accounts that had Runes and champions unlocked.
OK...I've been playing since Season 4 on this account and I still don't have all the champs(I am missing 50) , I got a good amount of BE for my runes around 18-20 k, this allowed me to buy Ornn and Kayn , and some chromas because they said it was limited ( saying all this because people will ask where did the BE went most likely) ....so , I reached level 36 and I got another slap in the face 2 Garen and one Morde shard( 400 BE total from the 3)...now tell me is it normal to play 12 games and randomly be given 400 BE for them, I wanted to play Sejuani the other day and with me having this luck and seju cost 4800 it will take me a minimum of 120 games(best case scenario 2400 minutes = 40h) to get the BE for her(with the 850 that I have atm) , the BE drop is not affecting the 5-10% who have all the champions, because for them they have beaten the game, it's equivalent to farming raids in an MMO for that last gear set they are missing ....but for people who have not reached that, it has turned from a staircase into climbing a sheer cliff.
PS: some extra math ... say you want to buy Zoe , if you didn't waste your BE like me or have a surplus like the guy above, what do you do...you play the game or pay with cash; if you pay with cash it will probably cost you around 15-20$ to get the RP for her, but if you want to earn her the normal way you must play a max of 230 games = 4600minutes (taking the fact that most games now last 20 minutes...another topic entirely) =~77h ....that's 77 h of gaming for around 35-40BE per game
Conclusion: it's does not feel rewarding in the slightest