All skins are 1350 RP and up, now?

LunSeiSleidee··63 votes·5,865 views

I feel some recent 1350 skins may have just been 975 skins.

And I really miss 750 skins.....

49 Comments

Ralanr21 votes

Pretty much yeah. Not a fan of it due to RP budgets.

Rainfall1 votes

well back in the game a couple of years ago there were barely any good discounts on skins, now you have the personal shop so there is no reason to buy skins for your main for 100%of the price unless you can't wait.

Sraeg20133 votes

Ah, yes, the personal shop that offers 4 ADC and 1 support skin... to a mid lane main.

Smitty Manjensen17 votes

I remember when Riot said that most skins will be 975 rp with increased quality, but it's obvious now that was a lie, if I remember correctly that was said by a usually very hated Rioter with the old yordle shopkeeper icon, can't remember his name, also quite hilarious how everybody just forgot that.

Spank the Fox3 votes

Hippalau$

That being said, I feel like someone else is working his position now

Smitty Manjensen1 votes

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Hippalau$

That being said, I feel like someone else is working his position now

Yes, that's his name. Wouldn't be surprised they found someone who fulfills their greed better than him.

The Mighty Flea1 votes

Something people don’t quiet understand is that skins are the major source of funding. I’d rather riot spend time and resources creating quality skins than ship a texture change for 10 bucks

Smitty Manjensen1 votes

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Something people don’t quiet understand is that skins are the major source of funding. I’d rather riot spend time and resources creating quality skins than ship a texture change for 10 bucks

Something that you don't understand it seems is lying about these prices, if you're gonna mostly release higher priced skins then don't lie and hope people will forget it, which you and many others have proven to be the case. I don't mind pricier skins but what I do mind is lying.

Hexs Fortune15 votes

I've always preferred 1350+ level skins. 975 and 750 often feel like they cut down the skins potential to save a couple bucks.

I always want the best skins possible for the champs I care about.

Valor Bot6 votes

I feel the same way, epic/legendary/ultimate skins are awesome and truly worth our money. It does feel bad when the difference between a 975 and 1350 RP skin is virtually indiscernible, though. Some 975 skins offer just as much as 1350s, and vice versa. At that point the price difference just feels shady.

Fairyfleur1 votes

I'm almost positive 1350s come with unique sound effects, while 975s don't.

Valor Bot4 votes

Some 975s in the past have come with unique SFX though. Heartseeker Quinn, Ravenborn LeBlanc, etc. Other 1350s like Sacred Sword Janna bring some unique SFX but don’t replace all of them. It’s not a well-defined rule which raises the question as to why the price gap exists.

Beyond Legends1 votes

I think 1350 skin set has a bit more unique anination compare to the 975.

AninLegions7771 votes

Shockblade Zed is a 975rp skin and has unique sfx.

Fairyfleur1 votes

Winter Wonder Orianna would be so nice with new sound effects :(

LunSeiSleidee3 votes

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I've always preferred 1350+ level skins. 975 and 750 often feel like they cut down the skins potential to save a couple bucks.

I always want the best skins possible for the champs I care about.

The real issue is that many 1350 RP skins could easily have been 975 RP skins.

Sexy Jack Rabbit6 votes

750 skins were always given to champions who needed more high quality skins. It was riots way of trying to shut up champion mains who rarely got skins.

Sejuani has ONE skin with new VFX because of the stupid 750 skins they tried to push onto the community.

I'd rather Riot never make 750 skins again.

Spank the Fox5 votes

Academy though?

Besides, some people like the change in model/splash over a change in particles. Safari Caitlyn (before they swapped it to the Chinese splash) used to be one of my favorite skins and that was 975RP, with zero new effects

Even then, there is still no excuse for even 975RP skins. Karthus got new particles with Lightsbane for 975RP.

Sexy Jack Rabbit3 votes

Even then both Ekko and Vlad both got Academy skins. Neither of them had many skins with new VFX at the time. Ekko has luckily since gotten 2 more skin that give him new VFX. But IIRC Vlad still only has 2 skins with new VFX. I would of much rathered they forgone Vlads skin for something better.

As for people who like the change in model, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. But when it's only champions who rarely see new skins, or already have a tonne of low quality skins, it's a pretty big kick in the teeth.

Naut, despite his many skins only has 1 that replaces his VFX, and it doesn't even have a recall. What'd they do? Give him a 750. Sejuani has 1 skin with new vfx, and they gave her TWO 750s IN A ROW.

Other champions who got 750 skins despite lacking high quality ones include Ezreal, Nasus, Singed, Noc, Kayle, Vel'koz, Tahm Kench, Volibear, Alistar, Sivir, Twitch, Renekton, Anivia, Kennen, Karma and Akali.

Of course I'm talking retrospectively, a few of these champions have since and happily gotten skins of higher quality, but unfortunately a lot also haven't.

I wouldn't have minded 750 skins so much if they weren't continuously given to champions who already lack a varied assortment of skins of varied qualities.

But the skins team fucking sucks at allocating higher quality and lower quality skins to a variety of champions. Instead it's Renekton, Sejuani and Nautilus are receiving 2 shit skins in a row each whereas Ahri, Zed and Tristana are getting a new skin every 12 months that completely rehauls their entire visuals.

It's even bigger joke when skins team members like KateyKhaos like to brag that "Sejuani's Dawnchaser skins got SFX, Something we rarely do on 750 skins" If it's that much fucking trouble for such a low quality skin to get 1 nice thing why not just increase the quality???

I'm really glad they stopped those shit tier skins, otherwise our first Yorick skin probably would of been 750 at the champion selected trend they were going at.

Almighty5 votes

Remember when everyone complained about how Ezreal only gets 750RP skins with no special recalls and particle changes? Now, people complain about how every skin is 1350RP.

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

Honestly, i don't want to see a skin being half-baked, just to fill the 975RP or lower bracket. A good skin should present a champion in an entirely different light, something that new custom VFX, recalls, and VO processing helps alot with. Reaper Soraka and Eternum Cassiopeia are a perfect example of this. I'd hate it if they were half-baked and had no special SFX and voice-processing, because some people in the comunity are on a budget (implying skins were hyper expensive in the first place).

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Beyond Legends1 votes

Uhm it's about 10 dollar worth per skin, it's not exactly cheap to buy skins, not to mention all the other stuff riot has added over the years.

Honestly if you like anime style skin I kinda pitty your wallet for the last few skin releases

Catastrop1 votes

You're missing the point of the thread, it's not entirely that we want 750 skins what not, but there are quite a few 1350 skins that honestly have no business being priced that way. Conversely some lower priced skins actually would make you think they're higher up. In general, pricing has gotten super weird for skins.

Ràinbow4 votes

I don't really mind the decrease of 750 skins tbh. I know I would hate it if a champ I like got a skin for 750.

abbbez3 votes

some 750 skins are really nice tho, like the nasus archduke one for example.

Ravenhale2 votes

I'm curious how much longer we will be allowed to mystery gift ourselves. I've only bothered to get around 40 some odd champions, so I've steadily acquired almost all of the 520/750/975 RP skins for my champion pool with quite a large portion of 1350+ skins untouched. Knocking these out for 490 RP was probably not what Riot had in mind when they made the 1350 skin pool larger than the 520 and 750 skin pools.

Placentas1 votes

I think until either end of October or mid November. Just google mystery chests and find the league link.

Chromatic Eagle2 votes

My wallet misses 750 skins but I guess this is how they make up for the lost income from runes.

4th Chiming Lamb1 votes

You didn't buy runes with RP

Mr Noggenfogger3 votes

No, however you bought them with ip. Doing so increased the amount of champs bought with rp, therefore giving rito money. Anything that helps us earn stuff faster makes them lose money. I also have to assume that not as many people bought 975 and 750 rp skins, so they don't make them as often.

JarPoop IV2 votes

No but u can buy champs and rune pages with it. With runes being an ip sink, it's an indirect cause of lost income cause now people have more ip/blue essence to spend on champs

Skorch2 votes

Actually i looked through the store today. And was really sad.

I have 975RP left over and there were like 3 or 4 non-LCS skins up till like the beastmaster skins that were 975. And i noticed a trend.

1350 is the standard now, kinda sucks but half of the skinsets were 1350.

750 was 2nd popular with the Cooking set, worldbreakers,DND set, and beastmaster/hunter/whatever it was.

975 were reserved for a good skin in a 750 set, a bad skin in a 1350 set or one offs. EDIT: Forgot the april fools skins, the only 975 set.

For the last like 10 sets of skins i found 3 975s.

Blue Moon Wolf2 votes

Riot said that the quality of 750 RP skins and lower were not worth it, so skins are only going to be 975 and up now. That said, Chromas are more or less reaching around the quality of 750 and lower skins, minus the different themes. For example, a skin like Freljord Ashe is more or less a chroma her base. They could easily re brand that and Sherwood forest, make like 3 chromas and release them as a chroma pack.

Valor Bot1 votes

Riot said that the quality of 750 RP skins and lower were not worth it, so skins are only going to be 975 and up now

I haven't seen them say this, would you happen to have a link/source? Would be pretty happy if this were true as getting a plain ole 750 skin for your main after waiting a long time for a good one sucks tbh.

The Ghøst King1 votes

i don't have the link but they said this while talking about dragon sorceress zyra in an ask riot post i think

Blue Moon Wolf1 votes

Would have to look around, but I believe its in an ask Riot post. I did find a little bit on the subject on this post https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2017/05/dev-state-of-skins/

Blåbæret2 votes

The issue I have with skins is that they are too pricey for what they offer. $10 for a skin is ridiculous imho.

Sukishoo1 votes

Riot has said before that they do like to fill out different types of skins, so them having quite a few 1350s isn't really new. I'm sure we'll see some other tiers soon enough.

Jeddy0171 votes

Yeah, they have been riding the 1350 hype a bit much. I understand they don't want to repeat the mistakes made with Queen Syndra, Sweetheart Annie & a number of past 750 skins. They want to fully flesh out a theme, I get that. But a good 975 skin is good enough sometimes. A bit less 1350 skins & few more 975 skins won't hurt anyone. And it would spare the wallets of people who buy skins all the time.

Placentas1 votes

What's wrong with Queen Syndra? That's one of my favorite skins in the game tbh, but I dont play her.

Jeddy0171 votes

Back when the skin was revealed (a little over 2 years now), I recall reading a number of criticisms about the particles & how they didn't match the skin. Some people thought the her spheres should be diamonds or red or have some form of VFX changes. For some people, they just thought the skin was a waste & lacking. But Riot didn't change it because it was a 750 skin & out of the skin's scope. The same thing happened with SH Annie. People felt there should be VFX changes & give her pink fire.

Basically, people felt it was a mistake to limit the skins to 750s & not fully flesh them out. Does that mean they're bad skins? Hell no. SH Annie is my favorite Annie ski.....*remembers Super Galaxy*...2nd favorite Annie skin. But others felt like there could be more done.

Placentas1 votes

Ah yeah, I can see that.

I mean cheap skins exist for a reason. I'm in my 20's and have money, but I can see a younger player in their teens who don't have a lot of money being able to buy 2-3 skins with sales. A 750 skin is dirt cheap on sale allowing them to then pick up a 1350 or 975 skin that's also on sale all for about 10 dollars or so.

MeDicenWera1 votes

The last 750 i can rmemeber are the world breaker line.

The Trent1 votes

Compared to these new skins, all the old 1350 skins are 975. They should drop the price of them.

ModAcademy Kayn1 votes

They said they've recently changed how they price skins/how they assign skins with the details they come with (VFX, Model, VO, etc), and that they just haven't released an updated version of their new standards.

Placentas1 votes

I think a lot of the 750 skins that have been released have been amazing. I wish they would release more even though I do prefer 1350 skins due to the particle effects and such.

Gear5Luffy1 votes

last ones were the wresting ones i think or the nocturne and kayle ones

YuGiHo1 votes

975 haven't been a thing for a while its ether 750 meme skins or 1350 skins with effects and some shitty voice modifier.

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