Can we have the ability to break down Hextech keys?

Weathered··1 votes·641 views

Since they are available every S rank, I feel like they will eventually build up a lot, even if you only get a 1/3 fragment.

4 chests max per month. You will also get a key fragment for each of those S ranks. After that, you require 8 more fragments to fully open the rest of the 4 chests.

#So this means that to full open all chests per month, you need at least 12 S rank games (or your premade gets them).

Now, that probably sounds like a lot, but just today (day of Hextech release on NA) I've gotten 3 S ranks (solo not premade). Also, you will only be able to benefit from two of those four chests because you need the essence to upgrade. This means you'll have a lot of shards you can't upgrade.

So... why not have full key's be able to break down? It could just be a little bit, like 100 cosmetic essence. That way people can fully use the system without having a lot of unusable loot!

Thoughts?

6 Comments

Protoform X2 votes

I don't think you need S games to earn keys. A win in any matchmade mode has a chance at giving you a key. The chance increases if you're in a premade.

Weathered1 votes

Oh really? Wow so that's even easier to earn them. For sure people are going to have tons of keys lying around. Breaking them down would be so useful >.>

DrCyanide1 votes

Assuming the system doesn't limit the number of key shards you get depending on the key shards you have. There's a lot about the nuts and bolts of the system we don't know yet, why not wait until we see a problem before complaining the solution doesn't exist yet?

Weathered1 votes

That's probably a good idea, but I've been testing the drop rates and stuff on the PBE for a while. I was hopping key frags would be more useful when they released the launch version, but they still seem to abundant. I was waiting till now to bring it up :P

DrCyanide1 votes

The PBE intentionally had everything cranked up over the normal rates to make it easier to test. If you're still seeing key shard rates as high as they were on the PBE, that's probably a bug.

1374341 votes

Correct. S rank (or having a premade teammate get an S rank) earns you a chest assuming you haven't gotten one for the S champion yet or reached your monthly chest quota. Can get keys any game except vs bots and I believe customs.

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