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Post game gifting, how cheap does it have to be for you?

Linna Excel··1 votes·637 views

I was thinking about the new post game gift idea riot has. Who in the bloody world is going to use it?

Seriously?

I almost never see honor being used. Honor is free. It only takes a second to honor someone, it is free, and still people don't use it. So if people won't honor someone because they are rushing into their next game, why would they spend 975RP or more on a stranger? I really can't see why riot thought adding a system like this would ever work or be used. The only thing I can think of for it being used is as an in-game way to pay off someone who is elo boosting you on his smurf if you two are dual-queuing. That's the only argument I can see for a system like this being put in.

Speaking for myself, if I was really, really happy with my team, I might spend some of my IP from that match on them. That's IP not RP. I don't see IP gifts as an option and if they are, it'll probably be out of my price range as I'm still buying champs, runes, and rune pages.

9 Comments

ShinBlades1 votes

i can see it being used for youtube personas like videogamedunkey or twitch streamers

RoyaiChaos1 votes

It's not like Riot is forcing you do use it, they're just giving an option.

Linna Excel1 votes

Why did they bother putting the option in place?

RoyaiChaos1 votes

for the small amount of people that might use it?

Linna Excel1 votes

What people would use it when they won't even honor teammates for free?

Drunk Rummate1 votes

Who cares if it's used, it's not hurting anyone to have the option in the game. It just needs to be used enough to cover the pay-time of whoever programmed and then it's profitable for them. Guarantee it'll be used by at least someone.

Linna Excel1 votes

For the sake of the argument, how would you feel if the system was being used to "pay off" elo boosting smurfs and you lost a match/promo because of it? Sure getting a skin isn't the same as getting money, but there would be a tangible benefit to it.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

For the sake of the argument, how would you feel if the system was being used to "pay off" elo boosting smurfs and you lost a match/promo because of it? Sure getting a skin isn't the same as getting money, but there would be a tangible benefit to it.

I have a hard time imagining how that would work aside from duo-queuing. I imagine something as in depth as boosting they might as well add the person and wait 2 weeks for the rp gift anyways, it's not like the constraints aren't already minimal in that regard.

BastionKross1 votes

I can't see myself ever using it. If it cost IP, then yeah maybe once in a while. But not often. No way in hell am I spending actual money on a stranger.

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