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Minor nitpick: League of legends requires you to purchase heroes as they come out, and this gives the player incentive to spend ~5$ every month or so. DOTA woul

by zylent 9y ago

Minor nitpick: League of legends requires you to purchase heroes as they come out, and this gives the player incentive to spend ~5$ every month or so. DOTA would be a better example as you are not required to purchase heroes.

fuscy 9y ago
Let’s not also forget that they make a hero a little OP at launch and then it gets tuned.
- zylent 9y ago
  Exactly why I quit playing league of legends. The meta is much more stable in DOTA as a result of the champions being free (and properly balanced).
developer2 9y ago
It's possible to never pay a dollar in League, and wind up owning all champions. The problem is how long it takes to unlock them all with the free in-game currency (previously IP, now Blue Essence). It takes 3-4 years of near-daily play. Once you own all to-date champions, there is no monthly real-money requirement - you earn enough free currency to instantly buy new champion releases. Some people, like me, spent a ton of real money to unlock all champions faster. According to Riot, it's not "necessary" to have all champions unlocked. However if you don't own a champion, you cannot pick that champion early in the team drafting phase for someone else to play (swap/trade) - even in ranked. It is a disadvantage, though admittedly minor - a 5 man team that owns all champions has more flexibility in drafting than an enemy team that has holes in what they own.
KRONWALLED 9y ago
League of Legends doesn't require you to pick up champions when they are released. Yes you can buy them with real currency but also with ingame currency aquired through playing the game. Will it take longer for new players? Of course it will but you dont need every new champ to win at this game. For long time players like me it wont take long as you can easily get the points needed for the unlock between two releases.
eksemplar 9y ago
You’re absolutely right, I forgot because I haven’t played it for a lot of years. Back when I played unlocking the heroes was relatively easy, but I can imagine how it isn’t like that anymore considering how many heroes they must have added by now.
joesb 9y ago
Not true. You also get points for playing a game. With enough points you can buy any heroes. With enough play times, you'll have more than enough to buy all the heroes without paying real money and then there's nothing else you can use it for. Real money is only required if you want to buy skins. Also, with hundreds of available champion to play you are not really required to play the most recently released champion. Just play from pools of all existing champions until you get enough point to buy new champion.

by zylent 9y ago

fuscy 9y ago

Let’s not also forget that they make a hero a little OP at launch and then it gets tuned.

zylent 9y ago
Exactly why I quit playing league of legends. The meta is much more stable in DOTA as a result of the champions being free (and properly balanced).

developer2 9y ago

It's possible to never pay a dollar in League, and wind up owning all champions. The problem is how long it takes to unlock them all with the free in-game currency (previously IP, now Blue Essence). It takes 3-4 years of near-daily play. Once you own all to-date champions, there is no monthly real-money requirement - you earn enough free currency to instantly buy new champion releases. Some people, like me, spent a ton of real money to unlock all champions faster. According to Riot, it's not "necessary" to have all champions unlocked. However if you don't own a champion, you cannot pick that champion early in the team drafting phase for someone else to play (swap/trade) - even in ranked. It is a disadvantage, though admittedly minor - a 5 man team that owns all champions has more flexibility in drafting than an enemy team that has holes in what they own.

KRONWALLED 9y ago

League of Legends doesn't require you to pick up champions when they are released. Yes you can buy them with real currency but also with ingame currency aquired through playing the game. Will it take longer for new players? Of course it will but you dont need every new champ to win at this game. For long time players like me it wont take long as you can easily get the points needed for the unlock between two releases.

eksemplar 9y ago

You’re absolutely right, I forgot because I haven’t played it for a lot of years. Back when I played unlocking the heroes was relatively easy, but I can imagine how it isn’t like that anymore considering how many heroes they must have added by now.

joesb 9y ago

Not true. You also get points for playing a game. With enough points you can buy any heroes. With enough play times, you'll have more than enough to buy all the heroes without paying real money and then there's nothing else you can use it for. Real money is only required if you want to buy skins. Also, with hundreds of available champion to play you are not really required to play the most recently released champion. Just play from pools of all existing champions until you get enough point to buy new champion.