more (and per-champion) rune pages !

(sacrasm) Wait.. I have an idea that i'm sure nobody has ever thought of before. (/sarcasm)

MORE (and PER CHAMPION) RUNE PAGES

... or get rid of rune pages, and let us manually make a rune setup during the long loading screen.

The current rune page is a wart on this otherwise beautiful game. 20 rune pages might have been enough when there were 50 champs and a simpler rune system, but now it's annoying. And overly complex. And unnecessary.

Just think of it. No more annoying 20 global pages. No more annoying external rune-import clients like Blitz and RuneBook. Just a simple drop-down with a few simple picks.. There could be both global rune pages, and per-champion rune pages, just like item sets. There could even be a "recommended" page for each champ, like item sets, to make it easier for new players.

I suspect rune pages serve a purpose other than revenue, which is to get players to buy something for the first time. What about other "first buy" options like:

• charging to unlock "10 global run pages", and "10 per champion run pages", as two separate purchases
• a cheap one-time per-account 4 month rental of "all champs unlocked", or
• a cheap one-time per-account "4 pack 75% off non-epic skin discount pack"