I dont know about everybody else but i never get them. When i do it takes me a sometimes weeks to get another. I think riot should make it to where you always get a key fragment when you get an S- or higher. That way they are easier to get. Riot wouldn't lose much income because you can only get so many chests before you have to wait and people would still be buying the chests and keys.
Eevee In A Jar3 votesNo they really shouldn't. I'm probably going to get downvoted a lot for this but let's be real man. LoL is a free to play game. That means they'll try to maximize profits in other areas as much as possible and since they aren't going to make it p2w, they'll do it in other revenue form. The Hextech crafting was a way to both give free rewards AND make more money. Hextech crafting is basically a gachapon system (like those mobile games where you use premium cash to basically gamble for units or gear). They're not going to make getting key frags easy to get. My God it costs like a dollar doesn't it? I get that some people don't have cards (get those prepaid visa cards from a convenience store). I get that you might not have money (get a job). Don't have a job and are a kid? Save up your allowance and ask your parents if you can use their card if you pay them or again buy a visa prepaid.
They're supposed to be rare. The only other alternative is to pay for them. Do you honestly believe Riot should make key frags easier to get when they want to make money? If you were the investors for Riot, you wouldn't want that. That would make you angry. Rito is a business with the primary goal of making profit over making a good game with integrity.
Look a Zombie1 votesI see what your saying but just a simple increase in drop rate would be fine with me or make a system to go along with what they have where say you win 3 games in a row. If you win the next game you get a key fragment, but you have to wait 3 days to earn your next key fragment that way. So what if riot makes a little less money. People will still be buying keys and chests, and it would encourage new people to play more because it will help them earn more champions. Which would bring in more revenue if they bought stuff in game and balance out the previous loss in money.
CobaltTheMadMage2 votesHigher grades giving higher key drop rates for wins? I could get behind that.
Kledy McKledFace1 votesthe way grading is designed you really wish frag works with them? It would be a terrible idea
Cloak and Sword1 votesPffft. No. Chests should be easier to get. I have sooo many keys. I hear that people usually have a lot of keys or a lot of chests.
KinfThaDerp1 votesWouldnt that mean that u dont play lots of champions? Or at least well
( it's not like i play every champion i have and sometimes end up being 0/4 and split pushing )
Cloak and Sword1 votesI play a few new champs, but not a new one every day. I like playing the champs that I want to play, not the champs that I have to play in order to get a chest. If that is the case then the chests can go collect dust.
Dragfin1 votesI think that some people have worse RNG than others because I have no problem getting 2 to 3 key frags every weekend. I only play maybe 2 or 3 games per day but on the weekends I play a ton and it never passes without getting key frags.
Vhan87651 votesI think key shards should be easier to get, yes.
The problem is though that Hextech Crafting is Riot's version of the Crane Game and they're making a crap ton of money off of it. The price for single keys and chests is crazy compared to the deals, which alone are ridiculous. With keys and chests balancing out through gameplay, the single chests and keys are no longer making Riot more money. Cut off the supply of a two part train, people need to break out their wallets again.
Hopefully though we will see an increase in key shard drops. If Riot wants to keep presenting Hextech Crafting as a free rewards system then they'll need to balance the rates of key shards and chests a little bit more. Right now, you're making a butt ton more chests then you are key shards right now, and that is ironic because it takes 3 key shards for a single chest. Right now even, I've currently had a chest in crafting but haven't been able to open it for the past week because I can't seem to get a single key shard regardless of how many games I win.
Siyther1 votesdont know whats up but havent got a key drop in over a month.got 5 chest since i opened my last one. Seems a bit screwy to me. Was getting them pretty regular for the first month or 2 but not anymore.
FloRaider421 votesI think chests should be easier to get, almost every second game I get a key fragment, but I can't spend them on anything.
SpookyNeedle1 votesAre you complaining about free stuff? That's my question I had when I read the title, I will now read the rest of the post.