Canada changes with RP

SahSett·Jul 21, 2015·1 votes·413 views

the currency doller difference is the reason why it changed. But if you change Canada down, then Europe who has a higher doller than the US, should they purcahse more RP for less money?. i think so, it just seems fair. otherwize its singling out an entire country.

Kinda frustrating.

ps. I MAY NOT KNOW COMPLETELY ALL THE INFORMATION. given that, i dont know everything. ill give you guys the chance to explain this situation.

USA>Canda- rp went down Europe>USA -rp should go up ^Doller wize that is.

3 Comments

Matthias9119Jul 21, 20151 votes

the currency doller difference is the reason why it changed. But if you change Canada down, then Europe who has a higher doller than the US, should they purcahse more RP for less money?. i think so, it just seems fair. otherwize its singling out an entire country.

I'm pretty sure that English is not your first language, but it's very hard to understand what you are saying. You appear to be complaining about RP pricing in Europe and Canada versus the US.

The USD has gotten considerably stronger over the last couple years against both the CAD and EUR. I can't seem to find the whole history of regional price adjustments they've made, but Riot's a US company. If a local currency weakens against the USD (or other regional currencies, as in Europe), it both creates regional pricing disparities and costs Riot money if they don't adjust RP costs to match.

SahSettJul 23, 20151 votes

sorry sir, i left that in a rage more or less when finding that out. This was me merely trying to comprehend it. They changed the RP for Canada because the USD is greater then CAD. unless im wrong; i always knew that Europe has a stronger dollar than the US. like i said, i may not know all the information so what i say may be completely false. it was more of an eye opener if anything.

ps- White caucasian, Born in Canada-Native language: English. (i simply don't care for grammar on the CPU because that requires more time and effort)

Matthias9119Jul 24, 20151 votes

They changed the RP for Canada because the USD is greater then CAD. unless im wrong; i always knew that Europe has a stronger dollar than the US. like i said, i may not know all the information so what i say may be completely false. it was more of an eye opener if anything.

They set the original rates based on exchange rates a few years ago. When currencies move substantially against the dollar they are going to adjust so it doesn't get totally out of whack.

Here are the current RP rates (for 520 RP), from (http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Riot_Points), as extrapolated from the smallest purchase possible with no "bonus" -- I assume these are accurate:

USD: 130RP/$ CAD: 104RP/$ EUR: 168RP/€ (Note: EU countries don't use "dollars")

Today's currency exchange rates:

1 CAD ~= 0.77 USD 1 EUR ~= 1.1 USD

Multiplying those out relative to the USD, you "should" get:

CAD: (0.77 * 130) ~= 100RP/CAD EUR: (1.1 * 130) ~= 143RP/EUR

(i.e. that's how much RP you could buy if you changed your local currency to USDs and bought RP in the US.)

So right now players are actually getting a fair deal in CAD and a reasonably advantageous one in EUR in terms of exchange rates. Of course, they were getting an even better deal before the recent price increases. But it's pretty entitled to demand that Riot give you a better exchange rate than a bank when they're handling the currency exchange for you. If anything they should probably raise prices in Europe a bit, but they might be concerned about alienating customers with frequent price increases (despite the fact that it has to do with currency exchange rates that Riot has zero control over.)