Why do we pay for skins?

SyNn3r·8/16/2018, 6:22:56 PM·2 votes·2,048 views

Skin boost shouldn't override an existing skin. We paid money for it, let boost be an option.
During remakes, stop breaking our skins. You change them and they are no longer what we paid money for. Now I have spent money on skins I no longer want to use. This has seriously stopped me from buying any more skins because it's a waste of money.

Just... use... common sense when making these changes. If you want to break my champ, fine... I guess. But if you're going to change skins, I want an option to get my money back.

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KuroCaliber8/16/2018, 7:00:22 PM6 votes

Skin boosts don't override a skin. They just unlock a new one for the length of the game. You can still choose another skin while in champion select.
I've seen two actual remakes for skins, which are Infernal Akali, and Grungy Nunu. Now, as a player, I need to make something clear, you aren't purchasing the skin itself, you're purchasing the right to use it. And "it" is defined by whatever currently occupies that slot. Accepting that is part of the agreement you agree to after every patch. Now to the skins themselves. If you really like the color red, then there is Blood moon Akali.

Crimson was a red chroma and nothing more. It had a pretty splash, but if that's all you care about, make it your new wallpaper. Grungy Nunu was probably changed due to copyright reasons. If you're not old enough to understand what copyright is, I don't believe you're old enough to be buying skins. If, god forbid, you're complaining about frostblade Irelia, then the community made it quite clear exactly what they believed to be the most important feature. And no, it wasn't the techno-based design until after everything else had been taken care of.

You need to understand, that you're not a buyer here. As in whatever you spend RP on, isn't yours forever. Eventually, League will end, and all the things you spent money on will disappear. When that happens, will you curse Riot for making it a waste of your money? If you can understand that, you can also understand that they have the rights to change things as they please. It is their work, after all, and you are only paying for the right to use it. It still belongs to them. People like to make analogies all the time about a dealer taking your car, and giving you a tractor. That's not how this works. In this scenario, I am lending you my car to get places, then I decide to sell my car and buy a tractor. Now you can choose to go places on a tractor if you want, but it's not going to change the fact that it's my tractor.

Ebonmaw Dragon8/16/2018, 7:04:33 PM4 votes

You dont own anything from your account: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/legal/termsofuse

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The skin that you "bought" is not really yours, so, Riot can change it if they want... because technically you didnt paid for the skin.

And you accepted those terms.

aNewMoonIsRising8/16/2018, 6:47:35 PM1 votes

most of the reworked skins look amazing then they did before. like crimson akali becoming infernal akali legit one of the best 520rp skins you can get I would even consider it epic worthy. Same for infiltrator irelia ect.