Runes are really way too expensive...
I was just tabbing through the runes section of the shop, and I realized something. THEY ARE WAY OVERPRICED
For instance, specifically I was look at marks of armor pen. for a full set of them they cost 3600IP. 3600IP
Lets do some quick math shall we? Say you (somehow) win every game you play, you'll get an average of 100IP per win(depending on gametime). Take into account most games will last around 30 minutes. That's 1600 minutes, or 26.6 hours. Just to get 9 runes. (not taking fwotd into account)
Now this is assuming you actually win every game you play.
And don't even get me started on additional pages, 6300IP just for 1 additional page. Now of course you could spend money and get them, 2600(?)RP I believe. So basically $20 on a game that should be completely free to play, and not pay to win. Someone who has multiple rune pages set up for individual champions is of course going to win in a stat check matchup.
The rune system needs to be addressed in the preseason.