Project crates gave me a FESTIVE idea. That could earn riot a bit more than they lose...
What if there were snow-down crates? (Because people are getting free Project skins out of those project boxes anyways...)
Imagine a snow-down crate. Cost the same as the project crates in IP (750)
In each crate is a random chance to get either a Festive Summoner Icon. Or a snowball.
You would need to gather 10 Snowballs (Like Gems) and ONE CHAMPION SHARD that has a snow-down skin.
you can roll the snowballs into the champion shard for a Snowdown champion skin shard. Therefore you have to have the approprate orange essances.
#And no, this would not be an easy free skin.
- Champions shards still come from normal crates, and it would be hard to get the exact champion you want the skin for.
- Snow-down crates are 750 IP and you wouldn't get a snowball every time.. In fact! let's make them a little RARE. Like Gemstones. but not that rare.
So in other news your spending A LOT MORE than 7,500 IP
#This gives long time players an IP Sink to look forward to every year.
#Warning: Snowballs melt after snow-down ends. No saving them in the coolers.
#How does this make riot money?
Well the promising of what could be a free skin if they spend IP on boxes, may cause some players to get **IP BOOSTS. **
Reader: Chance for a free snowdown skin is stupid and costs riot money!
Or maybe just festive looking crates that look like presents that hold Summoner Icons would still be nice..