Orange essence nerf is so fucking stupid.

AmazoX·Nov 27, 2017·6 votes·611 views

The amount required to upgrade a shard to permanent skin is so damn high while the disenchant rate is so loooooooow.

4 Comments

TheHappyReaperzNov 27, 20171 votes

That's because Riot lost a considerable amount of revenue making runes free, and giving what is essentially your largest source of income away for free is bad business. It's not stupid, it makes perfect sense. While I understand it can seem like Riot is scamming you or something along that line, do try to remember that you are getting free goodies, that you would normally have to pay for, just by playing the game.

BattalionNov 28, 20171 votes

Besides the fact that runes and masteries could only ever be bought with IP and unlocked via level. There's only the ability to buy Rune Pages and most people would grind out 6300. You'd be surprised how little people actually care about champion specific rune pages. I've played against and know personally several players who only have a basic AD & AP page, with no intention of ever getting rune pages.

TheHappyReaperzNov 28, 20171 votes

You could only buy rune with IP, but that's why Riot sold IP boosts. It is similar to other games. There is a way you can get, just grinding the game, but those who don't have the time or want to grind, have the option of using their money to increase their grinding speed. I wouldn't be surprised that people used basic AD/AP rune pages, as I was one of those people. However, I did know quite a few people who did buy rune pages with RP. Regardless, Riot did lose a stream of revenue when runes became free, and more importantly, editable, so the decrease in the value of skin shards makes perfect sense, from a business standpoint. Could Riot have communicated this change better? Yes. I would like to see a Riot post dedicated to explaining this in greater depth. But hey, maybe that's just me.

BattalionNov 29, 20171 votes

Riot games makes insane amounts of profit just from skins alone. Whatever they made from a few rune page bundle sales was drips in a sea comparatively. Now with the edition of the lottery style loot crates, they're making more money off a freemium model they do not even need to employ. They are in no way needing to substitute for any actual loss in profit. However, capitalism is always about ever-increasing profits, so none the less it makes sense, even if the drop in moral isn't proportional to revenue gain.