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MAKE YOUR CHAMPIONS FREE! please answer poll!

Cryamora··1 votes·567 views

When league of legends started out as a small game with little infrastructure it made sense to charge users for champions, they needed a way to keep the lights on. But now league is the biggest moba game to ever exist! Yet riot has not changed a thing to how they charge their costumers. It currently costs more than $600 USD to play any champion you want. That is an insane number!

I Personally feel that the current champion pool and the price to get all of them is extremely uninviting to new players. I want league to continue with its success, but when new players see how much money would have to be spent to acquire all champions many will feel cheated. Especially because a good champion pool is critical to success in the game.

With the new leveling system Riot claims its trying to make it easier for new players to have a good champion pool. But I only see this working if by level 30 a new account will have almost all if not all champions. I think this is the first time riot has implemented a tool for players to get any items for free without a catch. The hex-tech system was really just another way for Riot to make even more money by baiting people into thinking that using it would be "worth it".

Riot has become worth billions but they have never seemed to care about their costumers. I just want league of legends to keep growing, and honestly I think if they made their game more inclusive by releasing all champions to everyone there wouldn't be any competition for League of Legends in the industry of moba gaming.

17 Comments

DemonBoneJangles2 votes

this game is not a pay to win, you can only purchase a champion to use them not to have a better champion. besides with enough playtime you can own all the champions anyway so essentially they are free you just have to work to get them.

until the loot crafting is changed you can simply get all the 3150 champions and lower normally then combine three champion shards and get the higher priced ones for around 500 or more ip off

Shonjl2 votes

I didn't bothering reading since there is no reason to.

Why I am saying no is 2 reasons.

A. Its always been a way for them to make money, why change? Just how it is. B. You can get all champs with IP so no, you don't have to pay 600 dollars for the champs, you can get them for free. Just takes time which players need since most suck at the game,

Mcdonalds and Wendys are million/billion dollar companies, why should they charge for their food? Sounds stupid doesn't it? Same concept here.

Cryamora1 votes

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I didn't bothering reading since there is no reason to.

Why I am saying no is 2 reasons.

A. Its always been a way for them to make money, why change? Just how it is. B. You can get all champs with IP so no, you don't have to pay 600 dollars for the champs, you can get them for free. Just takes time which players need since most suck at the game,

Mcdonalds and Wendys are million/billion dollar companies, why should they charge for their food? Sounds stupid doesn't it? Same concept here.

McDonald's and Wendy's are a bit different because they need money to pay for the ingredients in there food and food is the only thing they make money league has a incredible variety of incomes unlike fast food so that's a bit irrelevant. as to "Its always been a way for them to make money, why change? Just how it is." why should it be league on average has 281 times more players than dota per month and yet only makes 60 X more money dota has all the champions free to play clearing that doesnt affect the spending of players and makes the game more inviting to play the reason why league makes more money is honestly because its more fun to play for you point B yes one doesnt have to spend any money ont he champs but to have a compelete champion pool it takes years of consistently playing which i think is a problem and should ahve a better alternative

Gigglingdeath1 votes

What do you mean it's different. Yes they need to pay for the ingredients of their food, well riot needs to pay for the ingredients of their content (aka their fucking staff). What kinda shenanigans are you on about?

Cryamora1 votes

that's an oversimplification fallacy and the original Wendy's mcd's argument was a false analogy fallacy you also clearly didn't read all i wrote

Gigglingdeath1 votes

? I'm... gonna walk away from this one.

Shonjl1 votes

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McDonald's and Wendy's are a bit different because they need money to pay for the ingredients in there food and food is the only thing they make money league has a incredible variety of incomes unlike fast food so that's a bit irrelevant. as to "Its always been a way for them to make money, why change? Just how it is." why should it be league on average has 281 times more players than dota per month and yet only makes 60 X more money dota has all the champions free to play clearing that doesnt affect the spending of players and makes the game more inviting to play the reason why league makes more money is honestly because its more fun to play for you point B yes one doesnt have to spend any money ont he champs but to have a compelete champion pool it takes years of consistently playing which i think is a problem and should ahve a better alternative

How is it different? Riot has to pay for servers to run the game, staff to maintain the game, and most likely plenty more I just can't be bothered to think on it right now. And unlike McDonalds, that stuff actually cost a lot. 1 person in Riot probably cost the same as 5 minimum wage workers at fast food, which is 95% of their work force. A company is a company, doesn't matter if one is in the food business and 1 in the entertainment industry, they both function basically the same.

Just because we can't see what Riot spends money on doesn't mean they don't. Running a server isn't cheap either, even small ones for just a few people can cost like $50 a month, just imagine 100s of servers trying to hold millions?

Still doesn't change why this is still a big no. No reason to.

Level 18 Zoe2 votes

You say having all those champions for free is a great thing.... i happen to think thats not a good thing because league mechanics never change but the players abilities do. All the champions being free will just seem overwhelming to new players... having a small amount to pick from makes it more comfortable to get into. But thats coming from someone who will never waste time playing dota 2.

-Brom

MrHaZeYo1 votes

I'm cool with how its set up.

Also Hex-Tech is free shit, spin it however you want, that will always be true.

Gigglingdeath1 votes

I can't tell if you're trolling or you legitimately don't realize that you can get all the champions for free....

I haven't spent a single RP to buy a champion, I own all of them. It took some time playing over the years, but I have them all. Completely free to me. Not to mention, hextech crafting IS free, unless you have the willpower of a walnut and keep buying chests and keys.

Cryamora1 votes

you did say years to get all the champions didn't you thats my problem with it of course i understand a company like riot wont make all the champions free like dota 2 but their should be better alternatives to get all the champions

Gigglingdeath1 votes

There's like 140 champions dude. And they come out at a pretty steady rate. Not to mention, I don't play obsessively all the time. I can honestly say my actual champ pool is less than the 20 required champs for ranked. I don't NEED all of them, but I got them anyways because I like to collect things.

Lańce1 votes

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There's like 140 champions dude. And they come out at a pretty steady rate. Not to mention, I don't play obsessively all the time. I can honestly say my actual champ pool is less than the 20 required champs for ranked. I don't NEED all of them, but I got them anyways because I like to collect things.

grow your hair long sell it. sell your blood, sell your eggs/sperm use that to buy champs

Gigglingdeath1 votes

I already got them, didn't need to sell a thing. Except my soul to riot.

jdawg144771 votes

If anyone wants all the champions for free then they do not understand two things:

  1. Riot is a company, get over it

  2. If you really love the game then you will realize that making a champion cost IN GAME MONEY is very nice of Riot, many games have pay exclusive characters, be glad this doesnt

Lux ˉ Bot1 votes

The system is fine they way it is. The more expensive champions are generally more difficult to pick up than the new ones. This is to discourage newer players from buying them first.

Free week champions give people the opportunity to try out new champions they might be interested in getting so they don't go in to a purchase blind. Also, although I own 100+ champions, I only like to play about 5-10 of them. I've owned those 5-10 champions within the first couple months I started playing. The champion pool is too big for them all to be free. It will scare off newer players who know less about the mechanics of league.

I tried Dota 2 and League at the same time. I left Dota 2 for League because there were too many options to start off with. With League, I only had to worry about the 8 free champions there were a week.

StanleyuUcH1 votes

as long as urf is random i want less champions not more

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