Daily Reminder that Runes are still Expensive

doiminat0r3600·Aug 10, 2015·74 votes·2,373 views

I dont wanna spend 6k+ IP in order to not be bullied out of lane by a no item 80 AD MF.

84 Comments

TurquoiseYoshiAug 10, 20154 votes

I think I did the math on 2 rune pages, 1 AD 1 AP, and I spent a total of over 14k IP.

Silents429Aug 11, 20153 votes

You're silver 3 how haven't you accumulated the bare essential runes like armor seals?

I get runes are expensive, but if you're purchasing things like a fool of course it will seem like a tedious process.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

You think i built up to Silver 3? I was placed there at the beginning of the season.

Silents429Aug 11, 20151 votes

Even still, you should definitely have more by now.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20152 votes

Not everyone plans to buy runes as soon as they can. More plan to buy a certain champion as soon as they can.

Silents429Aug 11, 20152 votes

And that's your fault not Riots.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

Yes but when it is time to buy wards they are so expensive.

Silents429Aug 11, 20152 votes

What do wards have to do with this?

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

Runes. I meant runes. I hate reading and typing at the same time.

Silents429Aug 11, 20152 votes

You buy runes after finding a champion or two to main while you collect more IP.

Constantly buying champions never works, you always end up playing a small hand ful

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

And if you dont like said champions?

Silents429Aug 11, 20152 votes

You are given 3 refunds, and if you have no refunds you need to work on researching what you buy.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

Research <<< Champion Experience

Silents429Aug 11, 20152 votes

Look this isn't hard to comprehend.

Sona PingAug 11, 20151 votes

Don't buy them.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

He mentioned champions that you buy. Not buying them is out of the question.

Sona PingAug 12, 20151 votes

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He mentioned champions that you buy. Not buying them is out of the question.

What are you even on about? He said:

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Constantly buying champions never works,

Not buying champions, both not buying them constantly and "if you dont like said champions?", is a sound way to save IP.

doiminat0r3600Aug 12, 20151 votes

He also said:

You buy runes after finding a champion or two to main while you collect more IP.

Meaning you buy champions.

Dextix LTAug 11, 20153 votes

Because Riot doesnt want "Players to grind"

Also, for everyone saying that spending 14k ip for things that are ESSENTIAL for gameplay is easy. Stop bullshiting. Unless you pay for an ip boost you get about 100 ip for 1 match, varying from 200-300 on the first win.

How many games that is you ask? About 100. That is a lot. Taking that a game lasts about 30 (usually) That is 3000 minutes of game time. That is 50 hours. 50 HOURS! For something that is essential to play the game!

Do you guys even consider that the champions cost ip too? And every new champion costs 6300 with the others and the price lowers dont happen anymore! Do you have any idea how hard it is to get all of this!

IcyPepperAug 11, 20152 votes

I'd be happy if they at least cut the current prices by 10-20%. Not much, but enough to make a difference in the long run.

Since, ya know, apparently Riot doesn't like "grinding."

CasterGilgameshAug 11, 20152 votes

runes are way too expensive that i understand and personally i really dont think its fair and that riot needs to just remove it or make it much cheaper since grinding for runes is anti fun

Rabid HuskyAug 12, 20152 votes

all yall need some jesus or somethin and stop flamein. look runes are pretty expensive roughly 1000 ip for one teir 3 is about 10 games without one win of the day, thats about 3 hours a day if every game the enemy team surrenders at 20 this is best case scenario. just one rune not everyone has time to play 3 hours worth of videogames and what insane people do tons of research on a game when they start?

when i started like season 3 i had zero idea of anything i knew the guys with the icon and color ment they were free and i could play them that was it i had. i heard of this game from friends and doove right in alone no research nothing until i got to level 10 and actually tarted understanding the game.

not everyone was here for that rune sale a year back let alone high enough level for teir 3s so all you get some chill cuz this guy speaks so much truth while all you haters love fighting over this instead of saying ya it sucks but what are ya gonna do, and by the way if someone said heres 6300 ip would you rather buy runes or a champion im going to buy the champion over the runes especially if im learning and finding what i like to do

doiminat0r3600Aug 12, 20151 votes

They're also trying to say that you should know better than to buy tier 1 & 2 runes.

Rabid HuskyAug 12, 20151 votes

everyone buys teir 1 if they buy any and no new players know not to buy teir 2! lol these guys just dont remember what being lv 1 and new to the game was like i bet keep speakin truth man these haters are just dumb or trolling lol

DragfinAug 10, 20151 votes

How do you know they are expensive? What are you comparing them to?

Yeah, I thought so. Stop bitching and play the game and you will get your runes.

You should have been saving since level 1 and you would have enough for a few champions and two full tier 3 rune sets at level 20.

doiminat0r3600Aug 10, 201513 votes

I know that 410 IP for 1.07% extra AS is expensive. Especially when you can play an entire hour long game and lose and not get 410 IP. I cant physically compare them to anything except themselves way back when they had their rune sale.

On to your next point, How Am i supposed to play the game that much when i only physically have time for ~2 games a day. Id rather be putting my IP into new champion experiences rather than .95 AD.

How could i have known to have been saving since day one? Especially since I was new to the MOBA industry entirely? You cant say that I should have saved for something I had no idea was coming. And I wouldn't even have enough for a few champions and 2 full tier 3 rune pages by level 20. And TurquoiseYoshi (whom is also in this board) did the math and spent 14K IP on 2 rune pages. I don't think that is anything close to what you would get by level 20 and have bought a few champions (that werent below 1350 IP).

Anything else?

darknukeAug 10, 20152 votes

I think you get ~33k IP by the time you're level 30. That's at least what I see when I browse listings on ebay and such for fresh level 30 accounts. If you properly allocate your IP, you can get quite a few runes and champs by 30.

CarryAug 10, 20154 votes

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I think you get ~33k IP by the time you're level 30. That's at least what I see when I browse listings on ebay and such for fresh level 30 accounts. If you properly allocate your IP, you can get quite a few runes and champs by 30.

That's on botted accounts that benefit even less from first win of the day due to how quickly they bot up in levels.

An actual player playing would end up with 33k + 150 * days spent leveling account. Which is realistically probably about 30-60 days. Which means they'd end up with closer to 40k IP which is plenty for basic AD and AP rune pages, 10 cheap champions, and a few expensive ones as well. The circlejerk is too real.

doiminat0r3600Aug 10, 20153 votes

Keep in mind that ALL of this is without buying champions (which is what most would prefer to buy for new experience and playstyles).

CarryAug 10, 20152 votes

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Keep in mind that ALL of this is without buying champions (which is what most would prefer to buy for new experience and playstyles).

Keep in mind that the ~40k IP you will obtain from leveling 1-30 is enough to purchase AD and AP runepages (~14k) and still have 26k IP left with which to buy champions.

With 26k IP you can purchase 27 champions (12x450s and 15 additional 1350 champs). If you want a couple of expensive champions you can purchase them too and still buy enough cheap champs to play ranked.

doiminat0r3600Aug 10, 20153 votes

Unless youre like a normal First timer in League and buy Tier 1 & 2 runes because you dont know any better.

MyozthirirnAug 11, 20152 votes

T1 & T2 runes are not expensive anymore Nice try guy

LowvyrAug 10, 20155 votes

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That's on botted accounts that benefit even less from first win of the day due to how quickly they bot up in levels.

An actual player playing would end up with 33k + 150 * days spent leveling account. Which is realistically probably about 30-60 days. Which means they'd end up with closer to 40k IP which is plenty for basic AD and AP rune pages, 10 cheap champions, and a few expensive ones as well. The circlejerk is too real.

Who the actual fuck knew at level 1 to save all of our IP? At level 1 you don't even know that runes fucking exist. How would you know to save all your IP from day fucking 1 when you don't even know a single champion and you think that Thornmail is good on Ashe? There is nothing that pops up and says "DON'T SPEND IP!" The game actually tells you to buy champions with IP. No one knows at level 1 to save all their IP.

MVDuneCatsAug 11, 20153 votes

I may not have known it at level 1. But I knew it before I spent a single point of IP.

You should do some homework and research before spending a new currency of unknown value? That's crazy talk!!!

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20155 votes

Yes. Lets do extreme research on a new game that i dont know if i will or wont like it let alone play it in 3 months. Makes sense.

MVDuneCatsAug 11, 20155 votes

Cursory research is sufficient to find out what you can and can't buy with IP.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20152 votes

Or you just look. Like someone that plays videogames for fun does. You know. Click a few buttons and find things.

Sona PingAug 11, 20152 votes

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Who the actual fuck knew at level 1 to save all of our IP?

Yo.

{quoted} At level 1 you don't even know that runes fucking exist. How would you know to save all your IP from day fucking 1 when you don't even know a single champion and you think that Thornmail is good on Ashe?

You should just speak for yourself, man.

doiminat0r3600Aug 12, 20151 votes

Well we figured out who the elitist is in this board.

Sona PingAug 13, 20151 votes

Nope. He asked a question I answered. He then said that everybody does the things he says they do and nobody ever does anything different and that's just not true.

Singing LarkAug 11, 20151 votes

I personally feel like it's not so much that I don't have the IP to buy runes by level 30, but that it feels entirely unrewarding to spend 3+ games worth of IP for 1.07% AS, but at the same time, if I don't buy these runes, I'll get outtraded in lane.

Saving up for champs, on the other hand, feel a lot more rewarding because I get to access something entirely new. Runes just feel like grind.

DragfinAug 11, 20151 votes

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I know that 410 IP for 1.07% extra AS is expensive. Especially when you can play an entire hour long game and lose and not get 410 IP. I cant physically compare them to anything except themselves way back when they had their rune sale.

On to your next point, How Am i supposed to play the game that much when i only physically have time for ~2 games a day. Id rather be putting my IP into new champion experiences rather than .95 AD.

How could i have known to have been saving since day one? Especially since I was new to the MOBA industry entirely? You cant say that I should have saved for something I had no idea was coming. And I wouldn't even have enough for a few champions and 2 full tier 3 rune pages by level 20. And TurquoiseYoshi (whom is also in this board) did the math and spent 14K IP on 2 rune pages. I don't think that is anything close to what you would get by level 20 and have bought a few champions (that werent below 1350 IP).

Anything else?

Before I start playing anything I get a basic understanding by reading what the game is about. When I did that before I started playing I came across someone who said to do that. I am sorry that you are one of them people who gets a new game, opens the box, starts playing and then starts whining about shit because they didn't read the instructions.

There is no comparison so saying they are expensive means nothing to anyone but you. Play the game and you will get your runes. Or don't play the game. IDC, I'm not the one having problems.

doiminat0r3600Aug 11, 20151 votes

Its not about not reading the instructions. Its that it isnt in the instructions and you dont ever hear anyone (on public fourms or youtube or anything) say to not buy tier 1 & 2 runes.

DragfinAug 11, 20152 votes

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Its not about not reading the instructions. Its that it isnt in the instructions and you dont ever hear anyone (on public fourms or youtube or anything) say to not buy tier 1 & 2 runes.

Then l2research that is all I can say. Your lack of preparation is why you lost out and now you want to blame Riot. Entitled!!! PERIOD!!!! Get over yourself and play or don't because we really do not care what you do.

doiminat0r3600Aug 13, 20151 votes

Who prepares themselves to play a game by doing that much research? Really? Who comes into a video game and reads about everything before playing? Really?

How would you go about playing any other video game? Would you read everything there is to read before even putting the disk in? Or would you put it in and start playing?

Edit: Doesn't help your case bud but umm, you only have 3 champions, 20 rune pages, and are level 30. Someone doesnt have their priorities in check dont you say?

MyozthirirnAug 12, 20151 votes

Copy&paste from post below:

Prices for attack speed runes:

T1 --- 5 ip --- 0.94% AS T2 --- 35 ip --- 1.32% AS T3 --- 410 ip --- 1.7% AS

doiminat0r3600Aug 12, 20151 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/RP7z13q2-riot-do-your-new-players-a-favor

Steph9827Aug 11, 20151 votes

ever since I finished my rune pages I haven't really spent IP, other than buying the occasional champion (though I don't really want any of the new ones)

sitting on 52.8k right now