Mastery Rank Should Include a Skin

MajesticAxel·Jul 29, 2015·48 votes·2,739 views

It shouldn't be too dramatic. I think having some way to show the other team you have a character mastered (besides the emotes) is a good idea because I remember in another game they had it, where you could have the default skin but it had like a gold and silver theme instead of the normal. I thought it would be cool to have a special skin to work towards that doesn't require RP.

EDIT: The game I'm talking about (I think) is Tome: Immortal Arena, I believe it was called. For future reference I'm not talking about Smite.

32 Comments

OceanicEyesJul 29, 201515 votes

I got a survey Recently from Riot where they wanted feedback on adding particle changes as a reward for champion mastery, it seemed pretty cool. It's not a skin, but still it's a neat idea.

Phil FlyJul 29, 201511 votes

I think instead of a skin, your character should have something added. Something that amplifies the feel. Like if you get rank 5 Graves he gets his cigar back.

Frost HellfireJul 30, 20151 votes

Like, Rito can add particle effects that aren't noticeable but Graves can't have a cigar?

EvilMerodachJul 30, 20151 votes

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I think instead of a skin, your character should have something added. Something that amplifies the feel. Like if you get rank 5 he gets his cigar back.

SPOILER ALERT

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. Graves and TF no longer enemies, Graves should be allowed to chill and have his cigar back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMr3KtYUCcI

Radnar the boldJul 29, 20154 votes

just like Heros of the storm

KãtãrinãJul 29, 20152 votes

Yet you spend in game currency to unlock mastered champions skins still

Kamiroo WolfJul 29, 20153 votes

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Yet you spend in game currency to unlock mastered champions skins still

I think he means like just a single chroma for mastery rank...

KãtãrinãJul 29, 20155 votes

no when you're level 10 on a champion you can for 10,000 gold (in game currency) can buy the level 10 skin (which cant be bought unless your level 10+ on the champion) After reaching level 8/9 you have all 3 chromas unlocked for all skins on that champion and all mounts when using said champion.

Kamiroo WolfJul 29, 20152 votes

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no when you're level 10 on a champion you can for 10,000 gold (in game currency) can buy the level 10 skin (which cant be bought unless your level 10+ on the champion) After reaching level 8/9 you have all 3 chromas unlocked for all skins on that champion and all mounts when using said champion.

=_= I think I'm done talking to you now...

KãtãrinãJul 29, 20155 votes

Because i said how heros of the storm works? I've played it for a while. Not recently but i have like 2 or so level 9s

SukishooJul 29, 20151 votes

Yeah, you can do the same thing in SMITE: Battleground of the Gods. At Rank 1 you can get a gold, rank 5 a Legendary and Rank 10 a Diamond skin, all of course cost a different amount in Favor (in-game currency after you've reached the level).

Hatless CasualJul 30, 20151 votes

It gives us something to spend IP on.... I'd be down for it.

KãtãrinãJul 30, 20151 votes

i am not disagreeing with the post, i was just correcting a dude on his accusation of how "heros" did it for free, which i nicely explained it isn't free but costs ingame currency.

RandomoniumJul 30, 20153 votes

What chromas should have been. First chroma unlocks at rank 5. Thereafter you unlock a better chroma every 100k mastery points. Would take a long time accomplish which would make it extremely rewarding.

Diananmen SquareJul 29, 20152 votes

Silver Rengar would be a bit too weird, he's already white

There should be some exceptions , for example, animals/yorldes with white/yellow fur, etc.

VekknaJul 30, 20152 votes

I like the idea that champs with level 5 mastery have all their vaulted skins available for direct purchase, along with a summoner icon of champ portrait.

If you get to level 5 mastery, you're clearly spending a lot of time on that champ and will probably buy skins for them. I realize that some people don't see the reward of "congrats, now give me your money!" but I think it would be nice to have access to some of the rarer limited skins as a reward for the achievement.

IndorfinJul 30, 20152 votes

I think you should be able to use that champ as your summoner icon at level 5. Riot could even use their portrait icons if they didn't feel like making new ones.

HiemdolJul 29, 20151 votes

The game I think that you are talking about is Smite. Whether it is or not I made a post about this in a similar thread a while ago which illustrates why this would not be likely to happen. I'll just throw it below.

First off I want to say of course I would like additional skins for champions I play, but I am not sure it would work. While this system works in Smite it does have some trouble being ported to League.

If I recall correctly there are about sixty seven gods in Smite and this system have been in since launch. I did not play then but I think there were about seventeen gods at launch. This means at maximum Smite had to develop about seventeen 'mastery' skins and design them during a time there was no player base waiting for content.

Again if I recall correctly there are 126 champions in League. Assuming that Riot starts right now they will need to design 126 skins, essentially concurrently, to catch up with all their champions. Assuming they immediately diverted all the art assets needed to only ship mastery skins with Riots current skin release level we can assume about 3.5 skins per two week.

This mean it would take about seventy two weeks or about eighteen months with no other skins. Because skins are Riots only reliable form of income this of course would never happen. But with projected releases already at about eighteen months, lets say they only use about 1/4 of their art team. At that kind of pace this would take just over six years to complete.

All this totally bypasses the question of if Riot would even give skins for free, but with a timetable like this I highly doubt that this is something we would ever see.

MajesticAxelAug 1, 20151 votes

I'm not referring to smite, I've played smite before I got into league

HiemdolAug 1, 20151 votes

I'm sorry I made the incorrect assumption about the game you were referring to. I still feel most of my post about the unpractical economy this kind of decision has for League is still valid, the section about Smites system was only there for comparison to a similar system which I am familiar with.

Riot is, undeniably a business. The work load required to add a skin mastery system this far post launch would be very large and would likely either disrupt normal content development or would be done at a pace far to slow to impact a significant part of the champion pool swiftly.

Neither are decisions that I believe Riot would do,or are they decisions likely to be taken well by the community.

fisoxJul 29, 20151 votes

Better get a free icon...

RottedApplesJul 29, 20151 votes

perhaps this is why they are shoving chromas down our throats every patch, maybe they want to allow people to get 1 free chroma for a champ when they have enough to cover every champ.

Although then that begs the question, why are they making chromas for skins. I think this would be a nice idea though.

Smart KittyJul 29, 20151 votes

Imo this should've been how they did chroma packs.

LazerFruitJul 29, 20151 votes

just give them a mystery skin for that champ

S2C2Xd9KOyJul 30, 20151 votes

Should really just give you an icon of the champions portrait. Its not like they already don't have those and its way less work then making like 126 skins or whatever.

Hay5eedJul 30, 20151 votes

I think the game you are thinking about is SMITE

MajesticAxelAug 1, 20151 votes

No I play smite, that's not what i'm saying or should I say referring to

BakedLotionJul 30, 20151 votes

HotS has 3 free chromas, free gold, free mount chromas, two icons, and a special master skin available for purchase when you reach level 10. They actually give u something for mastering a hero/champion.

Now I'm not saying HotS is a better game...(imo, it's not.) But they actually reward you for your hard work.

Purebred ZedJul 30, 20151 votes

I think it'd be a little to easy to do....but I think SOMETHING else should be done. Even if it's something like when you reach level 5 with a champion you unlock a skin or added effects that you can purchase for a champion. That would be fun and may happen because Rito would make some moolah off it and people would enjoy their level 5 skins.

EnchantéJul 30, 20151 votes

If riot adds like a particle or tweak a bit of the model or something, (which im pretty sure these are for classic skins) what will happen to people who actually own skins for them? nothing?

In my mind: what if riot gives a mystery skin (only for that champ) when you reach mastery 5 with it? (but hey thats an easy skin for everyone then.... and what will happen to people who own all skins LOL ~~ok bad idea~~)

SSmotzerJul 30, 20151 votes

I think the unique taunt is a pretty good reward.