The Perfect Solution to the "Reward Big Spenders" Fiasco - Two Birds With One Stone
[Disclaimer - I'v probably spent upwards of $1500 on this game]
I'm still peeved about Riot's decision to scrap their "reward big spenders" plan that was announced years ago. This was allegedly done so as to not disappoint people that don't actually spend any money on this game. Instead, they decided to disappoint the people that do spend money on this game. I mean, if you can only pick one group of people to disappoint it might as well be the people who keep the lights on right?
Well, despite the fact that I think that there was a simple solution for what a reward should have been - an icon, a ward skin, and a decent skin for a champ - I'm willing to move on and accept that Riot is not going to treat people who support the game any better than those who do not.
To that end I have a proposal that cannot possibly upset anyone, except those who do not actually play the game. It goes like this:
- Make an awesome skin
- Instead of charging RP for it, charge IP - a LOT OF IP - for it. Say, 50k-75k IP.
This solution does several things. It does not "reward" anyone in an obvious way. However, those of us who have spent a lot of RP to buy champs (instead of IP) AND / OR who have been playing a long time (i.e., your loyal fans, big spenders and spend thrifts alike) have accumulated a lot of IP with nothing to spend it on.
This gives big spenders who have been playing the game for years something to do with all that IP that is collecting dust, but since it does not actually cost any money, the people who refuse to spend money on the game can also get the reward. It just will take them longer since they have been likely spending a lot of IP collecting champs.
How about it RIOT? I'm the last person expecting a hand out (and I've spent the money to prove it), but I still have a sour taste in my mouth after being told my loyalty would be rewarded only to have that promise broken. My solution solves the original problem as well as a secondary problem (too much IP with nothing to spend it on).
Let me know what you guys (and gals) think.
