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On August 24 2010 11:53 UniversalSnip wrote:


I feel like in one year, I KNOW I won't still be playing this game, because runes just add too much farming. At some point my desire to learn is going to be blocked by the fact I won't have enough grind stored up and it's going to be crazy frustrating.

tf2 is actually a perfect example of the same thing. At some point I got bored with the game, uninstalled it because pubs were making me rage and comp play was awful, and jumped ship to quake live. I've considered messing around in it again, but I won't have access to any of the new shit without tedious grinding so there's no point.

Unfortunately this game includes a great deal of ''virtual skill' - the skill your character has rather than you. The reason the whole model seems punishing to somebody with a competitive streak is because the way we think of it, you gain access to the full powers of an item by being good with it. For example, in quake, the plasma gun might as well not exist unless you have enormous skill with it. Imagine if somebody told you you had to 'craft' a plasma gun in quake to use it. It would be redundant, hence, annoying.

I'm not saying there isn't player skill in LoL, btw, just that it's squeezed by the grind model which is based around virtual skill.

On August 24 2010 11:58 deth2munkies wrote:

And that's exactly what you get for not paying anything for the game. Either shell out the $30 to get the heroes (and by the time you're 30, you'll have 3 rune books full of runes because you don't need to spend IP on anything else) or grind it and not pay one red cent.

This F2P model is awesome, grinders like me who have been desensitized by WoW and other games can play a fun, engaging game even though we're broke college students who can't afford most mainstream titles, while letting casuals willing to pay for the game play on the same level as us.