Switching Skins.

Spooky Zombie·12/11/2015, 9:56:43 PM·40 votes·2,054 views

I do not know if this is the right board place to put it, but I'm placing it here. My friend and I have both gotten skins for champs we dont use (from mystery gifts) but she plays the champs I got skins for, and she got skins for the champs I play. Now this may sound like a weird idea, but what if Riot/ League of Legends made a system where two friends could trade skins they both own? Say I own a 520 Skin, and she owns a 520 skin. What if we both agreed to trade those skins? I dont know how this system would be set in place, but it would be useful. You could also make it to where if you got a switched skin, you can switch it for another. EDIT: I also want to credit my friend with this (icyblood8156). As some comments suggested, we could make this towards where you have to spend 100RP to do a skin switch, or make it to where you can only trade a certain amount of time. So far rules could go as followed: Be friends with the person for a certain amount of time. Have a limited amount of trades/ make trades cost money. Can only trade skins of the same value. Can only trade a skin that was not gotten from a previous trade. The way I see it, if my friend has a 975 skin that's in the vault that I want, and I dont have any 975's she wants. I would buy a 975 just to trade with her. So this could potentially be a way Riot also gains money. There would be zero profit, however, if we both switched previously owned skins.

22 Comments

Gwen Stacy12/12/2015, 12:59:17 AM5 votes

Why not make a 3 trade limit just like refunding? That way players don't abuse sales or trade too often?

Olath Quortek12/12/2015, 4:34:14 AM4 votes

Hey Rito... Tack a 100RP cost on this and make more money! :D

Honestly I love the idea and I would be willing to pay something like 100RP, maybe even a bit more, for this.

But Im Nunu12/12/2015, 12:53:19 AM2 votes

But I think that's the point of a mystery gift though. If you can trade then you have a choice. Trading websites will be popping up and you can just pick whatever skin you want, buy a mystery gift for cheap, and get the skin you want. Although I like the idea and all, but the devil's advocate says differently

Jack º12/11/2015, 9:59:58 PM2 votes

I would put in a Support ticket ... but switching skins would be a cool idea

PenguinOverlord812/11/2015, 11:12:25 PM2 votes

;-; My mystery gifting luck is weird. Last time I got mystery gifted I got Blackfrost Anivia and RavenBorn Lb. I suck at both of those champs xD

Sarutobi12/12/2015, 9:16:01 AM1 votes

Things like trading skins have been talked about for awhile. While it would be nice. It would defeat the purpose of skins in the shop and they would lose a lot of money. Because people would just keep trading and possible not buy any more new skins because they can just trade with their friends over and over again. If they do something like it's obviously going to involve using RP, possibly only being able to do trade with friends, and there has to be a limit, hopefully not something like refunds (having it only happen 1-3 times and never getting to use it again) but it also cannot be a daily thing like mystery gift because it could be heavily abused, especially with compromised accounts.

UpwardAvalanche12/12/2015, 1:11:33 AM1 votes

my friend never plays annie but has the majority of her skins from mystery gifts

Virgin Ray12/12/2015, 4:54:47 AM1 votes

Me- Can I get your PAX TF for my ultra rare unchained alistar? Guy- OMFG YES PLS Trade Successful Guy- OMFG I GOT RIPPED OFF!!!!!