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League of Legends |OT3| Lizards are red, golems are blue. Give a leash or no gank 4 u
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Now, do I buy Brand and his skin in hopes that they buff him to be useful ... hm.
Goddamn limited skins.
Brand is useful. I think I remember him getting a QoL patch where his ult prioritizes champions.
He's a strong laner and has a lot of early game damage. He needs to land that skillshot stun though.
Maokai is more relevant right now, but if you like playing Brand buy Brand. At the end of the day he offers the same thing as other champions for more work though.
Wow. Talk about an IP sink.
Avinexus
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wtf...one week...and here I was excited for ward skins...
Lone_Prodigy
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One week? For that amount of time it should be 5 RP/10 IP.
Barrel Cannon
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lol ew I would rather pay a full 500 rp for forever use.
Yep, they can get some major $$ for this.
They keep finding new ways of getting money out of people. We play so much that we willingly do it lol.
Real question is how long do I have to buy those limited skins for?
lol, very true. it's the holidays though! they be getting bonuses from us =/
lol, very true. it's the holidays though! they be getting bonuses from us =/
lolol Summoner icons based on how much RP you spend:
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/earn-sinister-summoner-icons-rp-purchases
Riot knows no shame.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/earn-sinister-summoner-icons-rp-purchases
Riot knows no shame.
The temporary ward announcement is just starting a value proposition. All they have to do now is say a week before the patch that, for 260/520/975RP, you can unlock the ward skins permanently. They will be seen as listening to the community and providing a great value.
Next up: Season Pass for 2980 RP which unlocks one ward and one skin per holiday.
Don't see why people complain about more things to optionally spend money on. Really irrational complaint.
Next up: Season Pass for 2980 RP which unlocks one ward and one skin per holiday.
Don't see why people complain about more things to optionally spend money on. Really irrational complaint.
Eh, it's RP you buy, not spend for the summoner icons. Not sure if it's really that big of a deal. Sure, free would've been nice, I guess, but since people will no doubt buy RP during this period (be it for sales, the new skins, new champs, whatever), it's not really that ridiculous.
Maybe a few should have been obtainable via IP somehow, I guess.
Maybe a few should have been obtainable via IP somehow, I guess.
I think people complain because they really want it and it's priced a little too high. I agree with your assessment of allowing them to be unlocked permanently. Might not be halloween themed though. Might just add some new ward skins after that you can unlock forever.
I misread that initially too and saw it as RP spent. RP bought is much more reasonable. I'll probably buy another $30 worth just because I know I'll spend it over the next couple months. So probably T3 or T4 for me
Haha, I was going to comment that it's almost like a scam, they keep finding ways to suck money out of people but really it's all so willingly. It's because they've created such a great game that people love to play. When you play something that much, you're willing to spend a little hard earned money on some fluff to make the experience more enjoyable.
I think it'd me more ok with it if it they were like special rewards to people that have bought RP in the past, like a "thank you for supporting my game" thing. Instead, I feel it like a shameless attempt at sucking people dry during these few weeks. Like, "it's your only opportunity to get you one of those super duper exclusive summoner icons, so blow 80-90 bucks on skins just to get them!!!". I think that's taking advantage of people's compulsiveness and the collector's mentality.
I think Valve does the same with hats, and I hate that bloodsucking trend as a microtransaction strategy. Maybe it's the one that works, but I feel it's morally corrupt, even if the people affected say they don't mind.
I guess it depends: How do you feel about skins in general? Personally speaking, I want a few of the skins (plus to have RP for new Champ bundles, etc.) so I see the icons as just a nice bonus for RP I would inevitably be picking up anyway.
Basically, if you were the type to never buy RP anyway, this means nothing for you. If you do buy RP, this is just an extra incentive to buy some on top of the sales, skins, new champs, etc. at some point during the six weeks (October 1 - November 13) this is going on.
Honestly, I was expecting the icons to cost RP to unlock, not be "freebies" for getting RP.
Edit: That said, I have a feeling I'll have to fight the urge for 10,000+ RP since Vengeful Wraith looks the best
Basically, if you were the type to never buy RP anyway, this means nothing for you. If you do buy RP, this is just an extra incentive to buy some on top of the sales, skins, new champs, etc. at some point during the six weeks (October 1 - November 13) this is going on.
Honestly, I was expecting the icons to cost RP to unlock, not be "freebies" for getting RP.
Edit: That said, I have a feeling I'll have to fight the urge for 10,000+ RP since Vengeful Wraith looks the best
C'mon guy. The mask is the best anyways. The season two reward one sucks. A bunch of people are using it now and my friend list is harder to pick apart.
Dunno what LoL's conversion rate is, but TF2's is 20-30% and WoT's is 25-30%, and those are considered some of the top ones in the industry.
My only specific complaint is that I'm genuinely excited for ward skins and want them to be permanent. I actually don't have a problem with how Riot chooses to incentivize people's spending, I just love the idea of having a variety of custom ward skind to use; I play support a lot and place tons of wards so to me it's a fun way to personalize my game experience.
Whoah now. Hold up the hyperbole train there... Korean mmo shit is making you spend hundreds of dollars in order to protect your gear hundreds of times fron random chances of breaking when you try to upgrade it and giving you 30 inventory slots but 90 different consumables/tokens/crafting materials to hold onto.
It's definitely a bit on the nickle and diming side of the spectrum but they aren't Nexon yet.
They're not murdering babies, that's for sure, and Riot's probably not the worst offender, but since they have absolute control over the availability of what they sell (unlike for example retail limited editions, because making more would involve a lot of new manufacture, etc.), making digital stuff limited to a timeframe is almost a scam, in that they pretty much force the more gullible (no offense meant to anyone ) into spending NOW on something that's valuable mostly because it's a limited-offer.
I say this as mostly an outsider looking in, since I live in a third world country and exchange rate with dollars is pretty brutal (my salary, for instance, would be about 500 USD a month). I've spent a total of 10$ on RP since I've started playing and I plan on spending more, since I'm as shallow as the next guy, and I like "being special" and whatever. I think skins themselves are ripoffs, but that's for another day I guess
) into spending NOW on something that's valuable mostly because it's a limited-offer. I say this as mostly an outsider looking in, since I live in a third world country and exchange rate with dollars is pretty brutal (my salary, for instance, would be about 500 USD a month). I've spent a total of 10$ on RP since I've started playing and I plan on spending more, since I'm as shallow as the next guy, and I like "being special" and whatever. I think skins themselves are ripoffs, but that's for another day I guess
By value of what they released this year it would be way more than that.
Ask Corgi what he spent this year.
crackbabyjr
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So much that he had to sell his vocal cords to be able to buy skins. Its the only explanation for why he won't talk to us.
I thought he is secretly Sona.
Barrel Cannon
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no no no he is janna, he funds his purchases through the work he does. It pays well I heard, $2.95 a minute apparently
Inskipp
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The music made it so good.
Did the Ezreal disconnect or something? How do you only have a Triforce by 35m?
This game is painful to watch.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Poor Chaox, he can barely carry these ELO hell scrubs.
So that's how he affords all those skins!
Just check your teammates profiles if you're doing ranked.
So that's how he affords all those skins!
Just check your teammates profiles if you're doing ranked.
Dat feel when you think your team is doing really good, but then you look at your AD carry and he has 45 CS at 25 minutes
Had a pretty solid solo queue poke comp going on in a random ranked game earlier. AP Nidalee, top lane Jayce, AD Ez, support Janna and myself as jungle Shen. We were doing relatively even, but my team's Ez wasn't very good (45 CS at 25 minutes). The enemy team was steamrolling us, but the poke enabled four of my teammates to hole up in our base pretty well and I managed to split push three or four towers down while the enemies were distracted in the other lanes.
Some poor decisions and we ended up losing it, but I was pretty impressed that a random solo queue team was able to run a poke comp almost successfully.
Had a pretty solid solo queue poke comp going on in a random ranked game earlier. AP Nidalee, top lane Jayce, AD Ez, support Janna and myself as jungle Shen. We were doing relatively even, but my team's Ez wasn't very good (45 CS at 25 minutes). The enemy team was steamrolling us, but the poke enabled four of my teammates to hole up in our base pretty well and I managed to split push three or four towers down while the enemies were distracted in the other lanes.
Some poor decisions and we ended up losing it, but I was pretty impressed that a random solo queue team was able to run a poke comp almost successfully.
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