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[Event Ended!] PROJECT: Holy shit there's a lot going on, let's break this down

RiotdArtagnan··66 votes·167,070 views

Aug 24th Update

While Patch 6.17 was launched, there was a problem deploying the "recipe" as it were to disenchant the old Project Content. We're looking to get this fixed ASAP, and hopefully will have it resolved by the end of the week.

As soon as I learn more I'll post it here!

Update!

The Project event has officially ended for all regions! In patch 6.17, we will be allow players to disenchant their left over Project Materials for orange essesnce.

Unfortunately, I don't know how much orange essence the materials will be worth just yet.

I'll make sure to keep everyone posted!

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Hey everyone,

The PROJECT Event is here to usher in a new technological golden age! ...And maybe a few goodies that you can unlock in Hextech. It may seem kind of complicated at first, but it’s pretty straightforward once you get into it. Below are some of the more specific details and nuances of the event, but feel free to ask any questions you have in a comment!

Since so many Rioters asked me how the event works, I took one of them into a room and recorded a video explaining how the PROJECT event works. I wanted to share with everyone here!

#What you need to know:

  • There are 3 separate PROJECT Caches: Blue - Project Ashe, Green - Project Ekko, Red - Project Katarina. These are like Hextech Chests and can be purchased by IP (750) or RP (75) and give you the following:
    • An immediately unlocked Summoner Icon: Ekko Cache - Decrypter, Ashe Cache - EM Caster, Katarina Cache - Hyper Edge
    • A Project Ashe, Ekko, or Katarina First Strike Summoner Icon Blueprint
    • To permanently unlock this Summoner Icon, you will need 7 Project Cores (like keys or essence gained from PROJECT/Augment Caches). This will also unlock a special Loading Screen Border for the associated Project champion. It is NOT possible to purchase/unlock/craft these summoner icons outside of the Cache/blueprint. Keep in mind that to get the border you need to own both the First Strike Icon and the associated Project Skin before the event ends.
      • For example, if you own Project Ashe and craft the First Strike Ashe icon, you’ll get the Loading Screen border as well as long as this happens before the event ends on August 16th. It does not matter which happens first, you will unlock the border within 24 hours of owning both pieces of content. The summoner icon DOES NOT need to be used for the Loading Screen border to appear.
    • 1 Project Core (Material)
    • 1 Augment Cache Fragment (Material)
      • Combining 3 Augment Cache Fragments will create (unsurprisingly) an Augment Cache!

NOTE: You can only buy each Project Cache ONCE -- meaning, once you buy the blue cache, you cannot buy another blue cache again.

  • There is a separate Augment Cache that can only be either bought with RP (295) OR can be created by crafting 3 Augment Cache Shards together. This is a buffed up cache that gives you the following:
    • Standard Hextech Loot Chance - Such as a champion shard, skin shard, ward skin shard, etc
    • An additional guaranteed Champion Skin Shard
    • 2 Project Cores
    • A chance to earn a Augment cache fragment

NOTE: Unlike Project Caches, there is no limit to how many Augment Caches you can purchase

  • Disruption Cache - Gold. It can be purchased through IP (1500) or RP. Similar to the PROJECT Caches, it gives you:
  • A Disruption Summoner Icon that automatically unlocks once the cache is purchased
    • NOTE: This does not provide any special Loading Screen Border.
  • One Random old Project Skin Blueprint (either Yasuo, Yi, Zed, Fiora, Leona, Lucian). The randomness of each skin is weighted equally at a ~16.7% chance.
    • Since this is only a blueprint, you will need 11 Project Core materials to craft them into a Champion Skin shard. Once it is a shard, you can then unlock it as a permanent skin through normal essence.
  • 7 Project Cores (Material)
  • 2 Augment Cache Fragments

NOTE: You can purchase one and only one Disruption cache, similar to the Project Caches.

#FAQ:

  • The Project event will end at 23:59 PDT on August 16th for all regions.
  • If you own (purchased or crafted) PROJECT Yasuo before 23:59 PDT on August 16th, you will be given a special Loading Screen Border for this champion.
  • Can I get the new Project Skins in other chests? Such as Mystery Chests or Normal Hextech Loot chests?
  • Yes! These skins are considered normal skins, so they follow normal skin rules. They can be gifted, received through mystery skin/chests, and their skin shards can be gained through hextech crafting.
  • What happens to my unique Project Hextech Content after the event ends? (The project cores, blueprints, caches, etc)
  • Even after the event ends, your content will not disappear! You can still unlock/craft Project content and receive the content, but not the special Loading Screen border. You just will not be able to buy any new caches. Project content can also be broken down into essence if you don't have enough to craft something.
    • NOTE: It’s possible we may forcibly remove Project Materials (Cores, blueprints, etc) from your account in the future. If we do decide to remove this content, we’ll give everyone a heads up so you can craft everything you want to!
  • For the Merch Quest for the Project Hoodie, here are the specific content you'll need to have equiped while you win 3 Matchmade games (Matchmade Game -- any game mode where you enter an actual queue/matchmaking)
    • Ward Skins -- Optic Enhancer, Recon Drone
    • Summoner Icons - PROJECT, PROJECT Fiora, PROJECT Leona, PROJECT Lucian, PROJECT Yi, PROJECT Zed, PROJECT Ashe, PROJECT Ekko, PROJECT Katarina, EM Caster, Decrypter, Hyper Edge, Recon Project: Ashe
    • Champ Skins -- PROJECT Fiora, PROJECT Leona, PROJECT Lucian, PROJECT Yi, PROJECT Zed, PROJECT Yasuo, PROJECT Ashe, PROJECT Katarina, PROJECT Ekko

For some more general info about the event, check out the announcement and our KB Article as well!

649 Comments

Laughing Fish94 votes

https://media.giphy.com/media/5yLgoceFO3BdJW1zvFu/giphy.gif

Rozzeta5 votes

I'll let this gif speak for me, as well.

EDIT: Basically, log in, purchase 3 boxes with IP, wait a week, then purchase one more box. Can't really fuck it up unless you disenchant something other than skins you don't want.

Chaotic Reks23 votes

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Gixia27 votes

Alright, so, like everything hextech crafting related, this system seems needlessly complex and confusing. So please, correct me if I'm wrong because I'm genuinely uncertain and want to be clear exactly how this works.

The maximum amount you can get without spending RP is one of each character caches (Ashe/Ekko/Katarina), plus the Disruption Cache, which gives 5 Augment Cache fragments which allows you to get 1 Augment Cache and be one fragment short of a second one. From all those caches combined, you will get 12 Project Cores, and it takes 7 Project Cores to get a loading screen border for Ashe, Kat, or Ekko, or 11 Project Cores to get one of the previous Project skins, chosen at random. If you are lucky, you may get an additional Augment Cache Fragment in your one free Augment Cache, allowing you to get a second one. Beyond that, if you want anything else, you MUST spend RP, there is no other way to obtain any additional Project Cores, Augment Caches, or Augment Cache fragments by either playing games or spending IP, correct? RP becomes mandatory beyond that point to get anything else?

RiotdArtagnan14 votes

You more or less have the long and short of it. To break it down even further:

If you don't want to spend RP, you will need to spend a total of 3750 IP (750+750+750+1500) to unlock the following (NOTE: The Disruption Cache isn't available until Aug 9th):

  • 4 Unique Icons (Decrypter, EM Caster, Hyper Edge, Disruption)
  • 3 First Strike Summoner Icon Blueprints that correspond to Project Ashe, Ekko, or Katarina that give you a special Loading Screen Border if forged for that champion.
  • 5 Augment Cache Fragments - Guaranteed one Augment Cache
  • 12 Project Cores

The 12 Project Cores could be used to forge a single First Strike Summoner Icon (7 cores) that will get you the special Loading Screen Border for that specific Champion (Ashe, Ekko, Katarina) OR A random old Project Skin (11 cores) from the Disruption Cache (NOT available until Aug 9th)

I hope this helps makes things a bit clearer! Let me know!

Quepha5 votes

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(NOT available until Aug 9th)

why?

Shadòw13 votes

$$$$$$$$

Elikain10 votes

What part of these chests being available for IP is earning Riot money? Don't be stupid now.

Jaeryn 8 votes

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What part of these chests being available for IP is earning Riot money? Don't be stupid now.

The money comes in when you realize YOU DON'T have enough cores to unlock anything fam.

Now let me wonder how you get the cores? OHHHHHH I know you gotta spend 295 RP on the Augmented Cache. Cha ching$$$$$$$$

Shaco Psycho10 votes

Or just wait for the disruption cache....

Merxamers20 votes

My god this is complicated. Why on earth does this system exist? To get more "freemium" money? The whole company needs to take another look at this godforsaken crafting system and reconsider things.

I miss the days of being able to just BUY a skin or icon if i wanted one. NOW I have to buy X funboxes, which give me 1.3 blarble-bloopp points plus an icon blueprint (not the icon! just the BLUEPRINT!!). If you want the ACTUAL icon, you have to buy Y funboxes to give you enough Blarble-bloopp points, which combined with, enough Orange Essence (but not BLUE essence!!) to unlock the icon! (skin sold separately (lol))

Who thought this was a good idea. It just seems like an obvious ploy for more money by trying to get people to buy funboxes, right out of a freemium mobile game. Even if this particular example is available for IP (i think???), this whole system, and the skins only available by using it, just seems insidious to me.

RiotdArtagnan8 votes

I definitely get where you are coming from, it is a little complex. When I first saw it I had to stare at my screen and say, "Wait...what?" a couple times. But similar to League, once you get a bunch of games under your belt, it isn't as complicated as it seems.

Keep in mind that for the Project Skins themselves, you can still buy them normally in the store. For Project Icons, you can also buy those for 250 RP. The only 'exclusive' content you will need to unlock through Hextech is the Decrypter, EM Caster, Hyper Edge, and Disruption Summoner Icons, the First Strike Summoner Icons which unlock the special Loading Screen border.

At the end of the day, if you want just the skins, we got you. If you want some more exclusive content, we got that for you too!

redfeenix3 votes

it is a little complex

reading and understanding yasuo's skills a lil complex. This is more than a 'little' complex friend

once you get a bunch of games under your belt, it isn't as complicated as it seems.

I shouldnt have to read this 20x or use this out of game feature 15x to understand what the fuck you guys are trying to achieive. Having complicated gameplay is fine (because thats the core gameplay-the main feature of leageu). But something useless / irrelvant like loot crates? CMON guys , what the fk man. I should only have to click open on a crate and get my loot. I really dont understand all this added bullshit/complications. And honestly .... I shouldnt need to.

RiotdArtagnan10 votes

Absolutely get where you are coming from. We can definitely learn a lot from launching this event and determine what we can do in the future to make it a bit smoother and easier to understand.

Keep in mind though that when Hextech Crafting originally launched, it was also looked at as inherently confusing. Between keys, key fragments, gemstones, shards, permanent shards, etc, there was a ton of terminology to learn. Just like certain games like Civilization or Eve Online, there is an initial steep learning curve, but then it makes more intuitive sense. In a perfect world, you shouldn't have to, but it's worth the effort!

Immortal Fenix6 votes

Not to sabotage my chance at getting a birthday game with Riot, but... Isn't it a little bit of a -cheap- move to make us pay RP for not only the skins, but the loading border for all three champions, too? I understand the math perfectly, but this is a bit. Ahm... Wrong, I suppose is the word I'm looking for? It just doesn't feel right to me. I've got no problem giving you guys RP, but please, for something like this, make it so that through all my hours of gameplay I can actually achieve all three loading borders for these glorious skins, and not just one.

redfeenix2 votes

They are under huge pressure by their Chinese Stakeholders to break a billion dollars in this fiscal year. Notice how they're charging for anyhting and everything??

So yeh dont expect that to change, expect it to become worse.

RiotdArtagnan4 votes

While I appreciate your passion about the event, I want to clarify that there is a lot of content available if you only want to spend IP:

  • 4 unique Summoner Icons
  • A guaranteed free Augment Cache (which gives you a standard Hextech Loot Chance, a guaranteed Champ Skin Shard, as well as possible other content such as essence, gems, etc)
  • Your choice of a another unique Summoner Icon+Border or a guaranteed Project Skin Shard (which can be unlocked without spending RP).

If you are looking for more and get all available content, you will need to spend some RP. However, this is how it has always been when it comes to content in League. We offer a lot for IP, but for other content, you'll need to spend some RP. If anything, we've broken the mold entirely when we launched Hextech crafting which allows everyone to get skins for free without spending any RP.

If you have any further specific feedback about the event, don't hesitate to let me know!

Beanok6 votes

Keep in mind that for the Project Skins themselves, you can still buy them normally in the store.

I think it may be worth more heavily stressing this in the future, ALL of this is about providing alternate ways of getting skins. If you don't like it, think it's too complicated, whatever, just ignore it! You can still buy the skin, or skip them entirely.

Personally, I'm really excited at the concept of using IP to get one of the older Project skins.

xomp16 votes

Why does someone need a degree from MIT in order to understand any of this?

RiotdArtagnan12 votes

From the outside, it looks intimidating, but its pretty straightforward once you get in the middle of it. Is there anything you find particularly confusing? I should be able to help out!

Vekkna6 votes

Can you explain why we have to run through a mouse maze to get the border we got automatically for buying the last round of skins.

Specifically, I want to know the limits of what you can get with IP and what you can get by spending RP. For example:

IP 1 icon maximum 1 border maximum

RP If you want more than one icon and border, you have to spend RP. After buying all the IP items, it costs:

X RP to finish second icon (requires Y item in Z quantity) +X RP to finish second border (requires Y item in Z quantity) +X RP to finish third icon (requires Y item in Z quantity) +X RP to finish third border (requires Y item in Z quantity) +X RP to get Yasuo border (requires Y item in Z quantity)

X RP total to obtain all icons and borders (purchase of Y item in Z quantity)

RiotdArtagnan5 votes

Very well. I did a slight breakdown already for IP that you can see in my post here.

For RP, there really is no limit about what you can get. Assuming you have unlimited RP, you will get every piece of content, which includes:

  • 4 unique Summoner Icons (Decryptor, EM Caster, Hyper Edge, Disruption)
  • 3 First Strike Summoner Icons
  • 3 Special Loading Screen borders for Project Ekko, Ashe, and Katarina
  • One random old Project Skin
  • Guaranteed Champion Skin Shards (1 per Augment Cache)
  • Standard Hextech Loot roll (1 per Augment Cache)

Unfortunately, I don't have the time currently to break this down as to what it would cost in RP assuming you used IP to buy everything else. Hopefully someone else could help out with some math!

Vekkna19 votes

The reason this is frustrating and confusing is because you get 12 cores for IP and it costs 7 to upgrade into something (an icon, I think, or maybe a border...not clear on that).

It's like how hot dogs come 10 to a pack but the buns only come 8 to a pack. You have to buy 5 bags of buns and 4 packs of hot dogs before it evens out. That is innately irritating.

But if I understand it correctly, you need 7 cores per border + icon. You start with 3 from IP (one from each IP box) and get 2 more for each box you buy with RP.

IP + 590 RP = 1 border + icon

Then in another "hot dog" set of numbers, you have to buy 4 more boxes with 8 cores to get the 7 cores you need for the second border

IP + 1770 RP = 2 borders + icons

Then the numbers round off when you buy 3 more boxes with 6 cores for the third border.

IP + 2655 RP = 3 borders + icons

Now compare that to what I had to do when I bought PROJECT: Leona and Fiora.

--> Buy skin --> Get border No calculator required.

This post took 26 minutes, and I probably still don't understand it.

Only Play Darius7 votes

It doesn't make sense that you should have to play the crafting minigame and cough up even more RP just for a marker that shows you bought the skin on release week. I never liked this RNG crafting system and unfortunately I think it's only going to become more invasive

redfeenix12 votes

Kindly , I disagree.

I shouldn't have to read this 8 times, or try using it 10 times before I finally understand this. Please communicate to the corresponding team that we do not like this. Especially for something thats not even gameplay related. Gameplay being complicated is understandable (frustrating, but understandable).

This shit is harder to learn/understand than DOTA. New features/lootboxes should be intuitive. Might I recommend looking at how overwatch does their loot crates? Just open a box and get something.

Not shards, essences, gemstones, points, caches, augments, blueprints,project cores, or whatever else you guys will put into them in the future. How high was the business unit when they thought that players would actually enjoy learning and dealing with all these ?

Do you understand how this is NOT a good design ? You are frustrating your players by introducing bullshit like this. We dont like it. Having overly complicated/useless things doesnt make it the product more fun, it makes it the opposite.

I hope you will communicate to your management that we dont like having to complete MIT exams to understand how to use the loot feature. I personally will be avoiding the project skins (though they look really cool) because of how poorly this bullshit loot whatever was implemented / advertised.

Please learn from this mistake and improve in the future. Cheers have a great day.

Vekkna12 votes

TITLE: HOLY SHIT! It takes 678 words to explain how to get the same thing you got automatically for buying PROJECT: Fiora!

...And I still have no fucking idea how it works. I've read this and the support page literally 3 times each, and it still makes no goddam sense.

Boubadoo11 votes

I can't see the new ashe ult. It's almost an invisible flying stun. I'm colorblind, sure, but not at an extreme level and that arrow is the first time I have big trouble seeing a spell.

Cenobite Azaziel11 votes

Wow. I am a postgrad lawyer. I guess I should get a PHD so I can figure out how the f** I can craft these things. Damn riot. What will be next? Get a doper hextec box, play for the diabule key, buy a whooper for the whooper yummy core, go to taco bell, ask for the riot especial for the taco catalist, buy diablo 2, rush the game until you get the horadic cube, join all together.

If you put the diabule key first you will get a horizon border, if you eat the burguer during the craft you will get the BK watermark.

Could you please draw it?

Vhan876511 votes

Oh baby, I'm really enjoying my whole +2 orange essence! This is the most essence I've ever gotten from anything! I can upgrade!....

Oh wait, +2 orange essence doesn't get me anything. I waited over a week for Riot to bend me over but they didn't even have the common courtesy for a reach-around.

EDIT: They didn't use lube either, no Disenchant All button. I'm going to having fun clicking each individual core and disenchanting it. [slayer-jinx-catface]

Piltover Customs4 votes

I'm with you. Saw the update and was like yes I'll be able to disenchant now. .. now i'm fucking sad.

SilverSiberian9 votes

Hello to everyone ! I wish to clarify something about the Project borders stuff

First of all, I wish to congratulate and say BIG "thank you!" to dArtagnan about the nice and informative article about the PROJECT: DISRUPTION event. Believe me, I've read from couple of sources about the event and this one is the best of all. Actually there was something that it isn't very clear and can lead to wrong suggestions and/or conclusions, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !!! If you want to have the FIRST STRIKE BORDER for 1 or all 3 new skins (Ashe, Ekko, Katarina), you have to buy the skin/s before the event ends "23:59 PDT on August 16th for all regions". You don't need to buy the skin/s first, just to have them along with the crafted icon/s, before the time of the event runs out. So, if you thought (like me) about crafting the icons/borders and later in the time (after the event ends !) getting the skins, well I will disappoint you, YOU WONT GET THE BORDER/S, if you didn't had the skins while the event was alive. Still, if you like the icon/s feel free to get them, they are pretty nice :) And last, I didn't want to sound like a d*ck, just wanted to clarify something which can be found in the KB Article, actually I'm pretty happy with the event.

Thank you all, have a great event and don't forget to enjoy it while it lasts ! ^_^

Eunson8 votes

Does Riot allow swearing now? I always thought the wasn't allowed. Then after watching the Round Table video (can't believe that language was used by Riot), followed by Kled and now even Reds posting them in the title. Seems weird you can't say GG Ez, but you can swear at each other...wonder why people get confused when typing to one another.

RiotdArtagnan11 votes

While super off-topic to the discussion itself, context is king. For example typing, "Fuck I died" in a game of League will not get you punished. However, saying, "Fuck you Zed" might get you a punishment since its being used to insult another player. Both use the swear word "fuck", but they are used in different context. One is an exclamation and one is an insult. That being said, there are certain words that are outright derogatory no-matter the context of which they are used, and those will always get you punished. Frankly, there is no need to list them out, I'm pretty confident you know which words I am talking about.

To further go off your example, "ggez" is meant to both insult and demean the other team, which is why the community has consistently reported players who say that as "this is not ok".

Language can be damn tricky.

DemiMax7 votes

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Pika Fox9 votes

Yeah..... no.

StainlessTweedle7 votes

You can't get punished just because 4 people reported you when you did nothing wrong.

LordGwaihir8 votes

I'm shocked someone at Riot thought this system would be a good idea, and then the Big Wigs actually put their stamp of approval on this crap...We have to jump through extra hoops just to earn the privilege to spend MORE money to earn something that we just got automatically the last time. A better use of your time would be to explain to us WHY this change was made. Was it just to con us into buying more PROJECT swag? Or to ham-fist people into using the hextech system more to justify its existence?

I wouldn't complain if the 1500 IP box was purchasable multiple times during the PROJECT event, but since you can only buy it once, this whole system is retarded and overly complex for no reason other then to make it SEEM cool and mysterious but it really just comes off condescending and that Riot really has no idea what it's doing.

Jeddy0176 votes

Well, it's a good thing that I only want the PROJECT Ashe skin, her first strike border & her summoner icons. I can get the summoner icons later & focus on the timed content for now.

So, I just need to buy the Ashe Cache (with IP) & 3 Augment Cache to get 7 PROJECT cores. 1 PROJECT ore from the Ashe Cache & 2 from each Augment Cache. Unlock the First Strike icon & border & boom, I'm done with PROJECT: Get Dat Ashe & settled my PROJECT: Hype for the year. Of course, I got the skin before all this.

Dramos6 votes

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PROJECT: Holy shit there's a lot going on, let's break this down

I love this title. Cactopus quality right here.

Bergk6 votes

What do I do with extra first strike blueprints and core fragments? I unlocked all 3 first strike borders of Ashe, Ekko, and Katarina. But I had 2 blueprints of each. I also have 11 extra core fragments. (I got 2 blueprints of each by buying the 3 caches from the store. Then I bought the bundle that had all 3 in it. So I got 2 copies of them)

Vhan87653 votes

The best part of this whole event was figuring out how Riot doesn't even properly inform Rioter's.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs] [zombie-brand-clap]

RiotdArtagnan1 votes

What do you mean exactly? O.o

What do you feel I wasn't informed about? I'm curious to know!

Vhan87654 votes

In my opinion at least, there was just a lot of tidbits about the event that you didn't seem to know yourself. Such things as why the Disruption chest was delayed, the delay now with the Project cores and stuff. Just a lot of small things that I'm sure there are answers to that many people were questioning that you didn't really have an answer for because your employers don't properly explain everything.

From my perspective, you're potentially one of the nicest Rioter's I've seen. But this whole post felt like it was thrown together with a single Rioter in charge throughout the whole event, left to deal with all the questions and confusion players had about the PROJECT event.

Yeah, straight up! I just used the "Rioter Comments" and only one other comment out of all 117 Rioter comments was someone other than you. All 116 comments else were you doing your best to help with all the chaos and confusion.

If you ask me, I just don't feel like this big event should have felt so disorganized. Half the time it seemed like you were having to double check answers before confirming anything for the players. Just the lack of communication from Riot for such a big event (which was likely planned since it was to promote crafting) seems very, unprofessional I guess.

Apologies, none of this is coming out the most clear. I didn't sleep very well and have been in front of a screen typing all day. So more typing during my free time wasn't what my brain asked for. x3

Nautoday2 votes

I just bought a ton of Augmented Chests, and I opened one and received Debonair Vi, and a Draaaven Icon Shard. Why didn't I receive this additional 975 skin shard you speak of that is guaranteed?

An additional guaranteed Champion Skin Shard (worth 975 RP or higher)

EDIT: Just opened another one and did not get a Shard worth 975 RP or higher. EDIT again: This has happened an additional 4 times.

RiotdArtagnan8 votes

This is entirely on me. The original plan and communication given to us internally said that it would be worth 975 or higher. It seems that a last minute change was made and this was removed, but I didn't have a chance to update the thread in time. I edited the original post already to fix this.

I'm really sorry for the confusion on that one. Completely on me.

Nautoday6 votes

Would have been nice to know before I bought RP to buy 15 chests. :/

Thanks though.

redfeenix2 votes

Hey dude,

So I unlocked a Project YI Shard from this event. Do I need to create the skin NOW to get his border? I dont really have the dust atm.

Also, consider doing these loading screen borders more in the future. For example, if you charged 750RP for a project loading border you could put on ANY CHAMP ON ANY SKIN, I think that many people would hop on that and buy it.

This is a really cool product / customization. You (ie riot) should look into investigating if releasing multiple loading screen borders for free use is a good idea. Like a Project border for 1k RP I could use for any champ, or a Pool Party or Arcade loading screen borders.

I'm saying we dont have to couple the borders with the skins ie project border only with project skins. I think this customization would be really cool for any skin (ie a project skin with an arcade border, etc).

Please pass it off to the team that made this.

Also just to sum up my opinions on this whole event:

-Firstly thank you very much for giving us a 'free' project 'skin'. I didnt expect you guys to be so generous. Arnt you guys chasing a billion dollars in revenue? Why you giving out free loot?

-I dislike all the fkn microtransactions. You're giving league a really bad image as a chinese micro-transaction based game. A few years ago there were only skins to buy with real money. This was acceptable. Now there are all sorts of baubles like chests, keys, caches, chromas, and other bullshit. For me, its not fun dealing with these things as it really cheapens the game and it looks like it was created by Chinese devs hungry for money. (but thats true in a sense about league, isnt it?) Honestly it looks like Riot is really greedy and wants to charge for EVERYTHING. Next youre gonna charge for runes and masteries, the rate this is going.

-Shop sucked for this ! Holy crap what happened to the store. When I clicked to buy the crate for 750IP it only said "ICON" Like what? You need to add more descriptions to the store so we know exactly what the fuck we're buying. It should say:

Included: 1 Player Icon 1 Crate (to be opened in hextech crafting). -1 blue -1 augment cache

-Hextech Crafting is a complicated mess. Legit, its way too complicated and unnecessary. I think theres a good product hidden underneath all the bells and whistles and bullshit materials you guys have in this system. Remove the garbage and I think you'll be left with a crafting system that is enjoyed by all, and doesn't look like a bloated cash grab.

-Charging for borders Look I know you guys are really hungry to make a billion this year. Its really obvious in the amount of bullshit mtx you guys have come up with this year. But charging for something that should be included in the base skin? Thats really disappointing. Didnt expect this sort of ridiculous cash grabbing from you guys. But now I know what to expect.

So overall: great event, but your management really needs to dial back the greedy/cash hungry mentality they have this year. Hopefully once you guys make a bill this year, the chinese stakeholders will dial down the pressure. The MTX is really not good for any game (IMO).

Cheers, have a great day.

RiotdArtagnan5 votes

Really appreciate you taking the time to write up your thoughts and feedback about the system and event! Your post had a lot of real-talk in it, but you did it in a non aggressive way, which was awesome to read! I know that my post won't have nearly as much time put into it as yours, but I do take the time to read through every word of feedback that everyone's written. Some of the criticism I feel is fair, and we'll definitely do a lot of analysis after the event ends for possible future events.

To answer your question more directly though, once you spend 11 Project Cores on a Project Skin Blueprint, you then need to use essence to craft it into permanent content. As for the borders, the only Project Skins that have special borders are Ashe, Ekko, Katarina, and Yasuo. Therefore if you craft Project Yi, there will be no special border from this event for that skin.

Let me know if you have any further questions!

vampirekid132 votes

please take down the sticky already, its over. this sticky makes my eyes twitch with that terribly unprofessional title.

RiotdArtagnan5 votes

I've left the sticky thread up purposefully until patch 6.17 drops and everyone can disenchant content. Some players may have some questions about it that I want to be here to answer!

As for the comment about the unprofessional title, what about it makes you feel its unprofessional? Further than that, why do you feel that a title should be more professional?

Further than that, is the purpose of the title to grab peoples attention and let them know they can find answers here easily? If so, should we title it accordingly, even using more colorful language? Is it better to have a professional title and get less views vs using a less professional title and get more views? Which is better?

These are the questions myself and others ask ourselves, so I would be curious to hear your thoughts as well!

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