enigma# Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hey guys,We’ve been talking to players about how they feel about pricing for a while now – we’ve talked with you on the forums, ran surveys, met with some of you in person, and listened to your feedback.As a result of those conversations, we’re making some changes to champion pricing aimed at generally lowering champion prices and making it easier for you to add to your champion collection. This plan will involve immediate and ongoing reductions of IP and RP prices of older champions, as well as increasing the time you have to earn IP between champion releases.We will also be slightly increasing the first-week IP price of new champions to partially offset lower overall prices.Here’s the plan, which is being implemented immediately:New Champion Release ScheduleYou may have already noticed the rate at which we’ve been releasing champions has slowed. Moving forward, we’re targeting 14-17 new champions in 2013 -- around one every 3-4 weeks. This gives you more time to accumulate IP between champion releases, and it enables our design team to spend more time developing and polishing each new champion.RP and IP Price TiersWe’ve also updated the RP cost of champions so that that they’re more strongly correlated with the IP price. RP costs now match IP cost accordingly:450 IP = 260 RP 1350 IP = 585 RP 3150 IP = 790 RP 4800 IP = 880 RP 6300 IP = 975 RP 7800 IP (first week) = 975 RP Immediate Price ReductionsThe seven oldest 6300 IP champions (Ezreal, Vladimir, Renekton, Nocturne, Lee Sin, Brand and Vayne) have all been reduced to 4800 IP/880 RP. As with all permanent price reductions, we’ll automatically refund the difference for anyone who’s purchased one of these champions up to two weeks prior to today.Price Reduction ScheduleEvery time a new champion is released, the oldest 6300 IP/975 RP champion will be reduced to 4800 IP/880 RP.Also, with every third champion release, an additional champion currently priced at 4800 IP or lower will be reduced to the next lowest tier, based on age and ease of play.New Champion First-Week IP PriceAll brand-new champions will cost 7800 IP/975 RP for the first week only, and will be reduced to 6300 IP thereafter.Tl;dr:New champion launch price is… 7800 IP / 975 RP After one week, the price is reduced to… 6300 IP / 975 RP Each release, the oldest 6300 is reduced to… 4800 IP / 880 RP Each third release, an additional 4800 IP or lower champion is reduced to one of the remaining tiers…3150 IP / 790 RP 1350 IP / 585 RP 450 IP / 260 RP View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperChargerFan Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Cant be too upset...I dont have the bank to buy a new champ in the first week anyways... overall...eh...no impressed, besides...its not that much of a reduction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazaHorse Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Good. Now I can get vayne again and start getting free elo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMonotone Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hey, they finally did something productive to the game I'm impressed. I do hope the new time to develop champions makes them realize how they need to incorporate more original builds and champions, there's some GREAT IDEAS on the champion suggestion forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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