Poro icons are RP only

Junkο·Dec 16, 2014·4 votes·687 views

And people try to say Riot isn't greedy, ha!

But no really, every other event icon has been 1500 IP for 1 week till now, Hexakill was, Pentakill band was, the Football skin icon was...

15 Comments

lightdragoon88Dec 16, 20143 votes

The icons change the poro during the snowdown event.

Get the battlecast one? Your poro that follow you are robots.

Get the gentleman one? Your poro that follow you wear a hat and a monocle.

These took time to create, program, and bugfix. That also took money to make. So they want a return on it. That why they cost RP. It not that they are greedy, It because they are a business.

JunkοDec 16, 20142 votes

But all the other icons, LCS, arcade, etc.. also cost 250 RP. If it was because it takes time to program they would cost more.

Dr Clueless PhDDec 16, 20142 votes

Those aren't event icons. Like you said, event icons are different and are normally based in IP. Because that's cool. These event icons, however, have additional functionality.

JunkοDec 16, 20142 votes

Yes they were event icons.

Pentakill icon was to celebrate the release of the album.

Maokai sappling was to celebrate the release of football skins.

Shurima was to celebrate the shurima event.

Hexakill was for Shadow Isles event

etc...

Dr Clueless PhDDec 16, 20141 votes

I'm going to admit straight up that I have the memory of a 90-year old man, so if I'm wrong here, please correct me.

Okay. You said in your OP that every event icon until now was 1500 IP for a week. When you said that, did you include THESE in your list? These ones you just mentioned? Because right now, it sounds like you're trying to argue a very strange point, and I'm trying to figure out where you're going.

It sounds to me like you're saying "The poro icons cost the same as icons that didn't have any other in-game effect, so you can't be right, because they should cost MORE than the other icons if they did take more time and money."

Is that right?

JunkοDec 16, 20141 votes

Hexakill was, Pentakill band was, the Football skin icon was...

Yep i mentioned them

And if they were 250 RP because they took time to make, then the Arcade icon and the like who were 250 RP with no IP cost at the start would be 1 RP

Dr Clueless PhDDec 16, 20142 votes

Okay. So, those did cost IP for a week. I couldn't remember if that was the case or not.

With that out of the way:

His reasoning still works. These icons don't cost more than the others, you're correct. However, the ONLY way to get them now is with RP. They don't cost more, but Riot is still making more money off of them than previous icons. Which makes sense, since these do have that additional functionality.

It's another method of accomplishing the same thing. They could have made them cost more RP because they have this, or they could remove the IP cost as an option. They chose the latter.

lightdragoon88Dec 16, 20141 votes

For the LCS icons, 20% went to the teams and the rest went to Esport as a whole.

Dr Clueless PhDDec 16, 20142 votes

Yeah, this is why I see it as being okay, as well.

Laughing FishDec 16, 20142 votes

You really don't need an icon though. The point of RP is to sell things that don't actually have an effect on the game, but you want anyway (such as skins. They don't change the champs power even slightly, but they look cool). Icons fit that perfectly.

JunkοDec 16, 20141 votes

Explains why Pentakill, Hexakill, etc... was 1500 IP during the event time.

And i want the icon, ghost poro looks cool, but unless i get leftover RP after buying other Snowdown Showdown content i won't be able to get it

Laughing FishDec 16, 20142 votes

Rito is a business after all. They are not making any of this out of the kindness of their hearts. The one and only purpose to their existence is to make money. When you began playing League of Legends, you decided that you were okay with that.

JunkοDec 16, 20142 votes

I would be okay with that if they didn't say "We are a player based company" every time they did something

lightdragoon88Dec 16, 20142 votes

Agree.

Saying they are greedy is just outrageous.

Truly truly outrageous.

Laughing FishDec 16, 20141 votes

You made Taric cry tears of joy! which isn't actually that hard. item 3070 Taric