Please Riot, bring back the option to purchase Skins with IP.

Ivory Alyce·Apr 30, 2017·1 votes·355 views

I've been playing this game for almost a year and being a player who earns everything, IP is very important. It is my concern that Riot no longer allows Skins to be purchased by IP, but by RP. I'm positive that Riot just wanted to make more profits and I don't blame them. However, the option to purchase Skins with RP (not IP) makes the game less appealing. Furthermore, if the game is less appealing to the players who depend on IP, League of Legends may turn into another one of those games where you will have to buy everything to play.

Now I'm not trying to rant, bash, or demote Riot Games' decision on this matter. Simply, I would appreciate consideration to allow Skins to be purchased by IP once again.

If anyone agrees with my concern, please comment and share this. I would like to know if I'm not the only one who wants IP Skins back.

10 Comments

UnboundHadesApr 30, 20172 votes

how are u only level 22 after a year I feel like you lie plus they added hextech a way to earn skins for free by playing the game

Ivory AlyceApr 30, 20171 votes

I'm level 22 after almost a year and I don't play all the time. I take "few weeks at a time" breaks because of college, but that's irrelevant. Additionally, the Hextech chests doesn't give you the skins for free; you need orange essence to unlock the Skins. And the requirement of orange essence + an unlocked Skin shard for a champion (you may or may not own), only makes the process of purchasing Skins more time consuming and tedious. My point is that you can't choose the Skin from Hextech and probably isn't the best way to get Skins if you have limited champion choices.

UnboundHadesApr 30, 20172 votes

hextech may not be the greatest system in the world but its better than nothing even tho you don't get to chose the skins you want they are free

Ivory AlyceApr 30, 20171 votes

Maybe it is better than nothing, but it is not ideal.

Hypothetically, if champions were the same way (through the Hextech system or similar), would that make you feel the same way about Skins?

RaoulApr 30, 20171 votes

There never was an opinion to buy SKins with IP... since Beta Skins were ALWAYS RP only.

Ivory AlyceApr 30, 20171 votes

I am positive that there was. I have bought a Skin in the past for a champion with IP, yet I purchased the Skin on the last old client.

Granted, when Skins were able to be purchased with IP, they were all high priced and the Ultimate Skins were even more. Unfortunately, I don't have a screenshot of what I'm explaining.

JuhnChanApr 30, 20171 votes

You must have

A) been really fucking high

B) been gifted a skin for free while really fucking high (like Riot Kayle)

C) used your 400 free RP to buy a skin but don't remember because you were really fucking high

D) spent your IP on a base-skin chroma. If you weren't really fucking high at one point I'd bank on this answer.

AkeneroMay 1, 20171 votes

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I am positive that there was. I have bought a Skin in the past for a champion with IP, yet I purchased the Skin on the last old client.

Granted, when Skins were able to be purchased with IP, they were all high priced and the Ultimate Skins were even more. Unfortunately, I don't have a screenshot of what I'm explaining.

No, this was never the case. I've been playing since WELL before you were, and skins were never able to be bought with ip.

One Ashe OnApr 30, 20171 votes

You never was able to buy skin with IP. We have hextech crafting loot that give both champion and skin, also ward skin and summoner icon without paying. I think it's more than enought.

TerozuApr 30, 20171 votes

While they have had very specific skins on sale for IP it hasn't happened in over 2 years. They're a way to make money, they shouldn't be able to be bought with IP at all. They will not make anything you need to be able to play RP only, they've said as much, and you don't NEED skins to play the game.