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Gemstones and the Unattainable ***

Its Skully·3/27/2017, 3:45:12 AM·3 votes·547 views

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Hello! My name is Charlie and have been playing League of Legends for a few years now and Darius is my absolute favorite champion. I've always been supportive of all the changes Riot games has done to help improve game play as well as general updates to the client and features. Since the implementation of Hextech crafting I've found playing better to be a bit more rewarding with earning key fragments and receiving chests through S rank games.

Though Hextech Crafting is an excellent feature to add to league, I feel the Gemstone exclusive skins are too difficult for someone with a very low income to attain. Of course it's an incentive to spend a bit of money on loot, but for someone like me who has little to spend, it's just not feasible for me. It's possible to earn chests through matchmade games but the chances of rolling a gemstone is just too low on top of the amount of chests we are limited to earn.

My question here is if it would be possible to have gemstone exclusive skins available for a single day (or less) before disappearing into Hextech crafting so that people like me would be able to even have a chance at receiving something like that. Perhaps even using essence to create gems?

Thank you so much for your time.

  • Charlie (Its Skully) Darius

[zombie-nunu-bummed]

10 Comments

AthenasVendetta3/27/2017, 3:46:40 AM1 votes

I have gotten a Gemstones everyone 10 boxes or so... Its not that bad of a system.

Warlord Scrap3/27/2017, 3:50:41 AM1 votes

you can also find it as a skin shard.

BananaSlayerAMO3/27/2017, 4:01:24 AM1 votes

I agree; hextech skins really are unattainable. Apparently, gemstones only drop once every 10-30 chests or so. I haven't gotten a single one after opening around 30 chests, and I hope I never do since it would just go to waste.

It's unfortunate that Riot has implemented this concept of skins being exclusive to people who spend literally hundreds of dollars on loot.

Its Skully3/27/2017, 10:54:23 AM1 votes

Just wish there were more ways to get gemstones then just through Chests. Like Essence, maybe. 1500 orange essence or 2000 blue essence for a gemstone.

[zombie-nunu-tears]

Timethief493/27/2017, 11:39:10 AM1 votes

I got hextech Annie from a Box. Same can Happen with the Darius skin. You can also get it from rerolling. So Just hope for your luck.

Randomonium3/27/2017, 11:44:32 AM1 votes

I've gotten 6 gemstones just from unlocking free chests. I got an additional 15 gemstones from spending ~$150 during the Chinese new year event. If you are on low income I recommend waiting for an event like that where you have multiple ways to get gemstones.