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Lunar Reveal crafting: I don't want to spend RP on components that grant random skins.

Ralanr·1/19/2017, 7:42:24 PM·150 votes·7,452 views

Lunar Revel 2017 Crafting | Intro Video - League of Legends This Lunar Revel, we honor the past and celebrate the future with tokens of good fortune and relics from a past long forgotten. Craft now until February 2, 2017 at 23:59 PT. Especially when those components are for a limited time.

Warning: This is just my opinion. I know there are people who don't have the same.

I have both against your hextech crafting system. In fact I enjoy it as a fun little side thing that I don't have to sink money into to get results. I don't even mind you using it for events, I am only concerned that you will just use this as a replacement for the discount shop because it might be too much of a hassle to get into the new client.

Riot, if I want a skin, I will buy the RP for that specific skin. I don't see a reason why I would want to put money in for a random skin unless I am very bored. And even then, I don't see the point in wasting money on specific event items that I need to use up before the event ends or they'll be useless until maybe next year.

Case in point: I have three candies from snowdown left over that I can't remember if I can do anything with.

It also doesn't feel that exciting. At least with the special shops I could see what I could get free of charge. There was the novelty (not sure if I'm using that right) of seeing what dumb or cool skin you'd end up getting for sale. I didn't have to waste RP or get 4 S's in the month to see what random thing I got.

The amount of effort the system asks us to put in for a random reward doesn't feel worth it to me.

I know it is all optional, but these hextech events just aren't exciting at all. They take some of my personal enjoyment out of the events.

Riot, I hope you are hard at work trying to reimplement the special shop or something else beyond hextech events. Cause this feels like a step down.

80 Comments

Hauling Ashe1/19/2017, 8:19:49 PM69 votes

I like hextech crafting. I don't mind the randomness to it. I'm not obligated to buy hextech chests, and I can even get them for free occasionally. I feel like it's a reasonable thing and it can be worth the gamble.

But this... This is just... Ew. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Bladerunner77771/20/2017, 12:12:48 AM46 votes

#BringBackThePersonalizedShops

NightmareAmazoX1/19/2017, 8:18:51 PM22 votes

There isn't anything for us players whom do not want to spend RP.

Lùmen1/19/2017, 8:25:25 PM15 votes

I just wanted a personalized shop. Is that too much to ask for? Tsk.

LazyW0lf1/20/2017, 1:25:32 AM14 votes

They need to do more events how they did the Project one; the event chests can be purchased with IP once each, giving enough event materials to craft one out of the three event icons and giving you a taste of what the event has in store for you. Keeping even the start of the event behind a paywall is stupid.

duckarp1/20/2017, 12:44:46 AM10 votes

"We honor past and celebrate the future by taking advantage of your gambling problems, in case you didn't get enough of that during Christmas."

EROTIC RAID BOSS1/20/2017, 2:47:21 AM8 votes

I just want something on the holidays that isn't a glorified mystery gifting system. give me something less random

Almighty1/20/2017, 1:11:22 AM7 votes

Honestly, i just checked it to see if there was anything purchasable with IP.

Guess my 12000IP will remain unspended once more.

Almighty.

RQ Amiable1/19/2017, 8:17:07 PM6 votes

i agree.. in some ways.. we already have hextech.. but if you're someone like me ( who thinks skins are like Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all! ), then getting random skins ( that could be cheaper then me straight out buying it ), then i enjoy them. but i agree. i think that they're doing the most rn

Variks the Loyal1/20/2017, 12:45:24 AM6 votes

I really want them to bring back the special shop. It was very cool; it had skins just for you, based on the champions and roles you own and play, had the potential to give Legacy content, and was generally a fun and unique way to get some discounted skins for the holidays. It was awesome, and I bought at least two skins from every special shop.

This... This is not fun. These envelopes and their contents are practically worthless to me. I'm not going to hope I get a cool skin; if I want a cool skin that bad, I'll just buy it. The only thing that's kinda cool is that you can get a Gemstone, but even then, it would take a long time and you'd probably hafta sink a lot of money into it.

The old shop was a great way to fill out my collection of skins for my favorite champion. Most people will buy every skin for their 'main' champions, and it helped me fill out my collection; I got SSW Rengar and Galactic Renekton from it the last time it was available, and it was great.

Please, bring back that shop, and I'll gladly spend money on it, Riot. But I'm not buying these silly, dumb little envelopes.

PaladinNO1/20/2017, 7:18:12 AM6 votes

The Reds really should come visit regions other than NA too... http://eune.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/special-event/lunar-revel-crafting

Oh well, Greed Revel 2017.

With regard to the randomness and gambling options Tencent provides:

League of Legends content is intended to be permanent. However we want players to feel good about the content they purchase [...]

Hippalus eCommerce Director

http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/01/ask-riot-three-refunds-10-bans/

Like, really...? How much more contradictions can one get into a single sentence? When there's chance involved, there's also a chance at NOT being happy. And you can't refund random content either.

DrCyanide1/20/2017, 12:56:05 AM5 votes

Yeah, I see no incentive to buy these things. If I'm paying 750 RP anyway (the minimum price to play the reroll game) I might as well buy a skin at that range that I like.

PapaGreg211/19/2017, 10:02:03 PM5 votes

Was anybody else extremely disappointed there won't be a snowdown or lunar personal shop because of the new crafting shops?

mikemcparty1/20/2017, 1:59:37 PM3 votes

For 1000 RP you can potentially unlock a random epic skin! Only if you get lucky enough to get the same four random gifts in your envelopes.... What even is this?

Apparently, Riot is going down the gambling route. I won't participate and will not purchase a single thing until they fix this ridiculous system for tricking their playerbase.

Large Minivan1/19/2017, 11:00:16 PM3 votes

From what I remember, Rito said in a post that they were going to not do the personalized shops anymore because they were switching over to hextech.

A Liberal1/20/2017, 10:12:24 PM3 votes

We have different problems with it, but this place seems fine to air my grievences.

Why am I spending RP for a chance to get a skin shard for a champion I don't even own? This becomes especially problematic with the skin permanent rewards such as in this event. Why would I spend so much rp to get a skin for someone k don't own when I could just use self mystery gifting, and have a garunteed skin for someone I own for cheaper?

The system doesn't make sense when you can spend so much real money and literally get NOTHING from it.

Sarutobi1/20/2017, 6:49:42 AM1 votes

I mean just don't use the feature then, and wait till the shops come back! I don't see why people like you feel the need to bash something some people like. Yes there should be something for everyone, but the client only recently got updated and they probably are working for the shop to be able to work in the updated client.

Chromatic Eagle1/19/2017, 8:28:01 PM1 votes

Isn't this just like the Snowdown event? I ended up buying a lot of skins and icons. This isn't as expensive.