The question Riot wants to “squeeze” League of Legends
So far, one of the factors that helps LoL attract a large number of players is the “Free to Play” factor. Simple understanding: players do not need to recharge to get all the experience of the game. Of course, League of Legends also have other factors to collect money and players can completely choose “blood donation” for Riot or not.
League of Legends is the game “Free to Play” – players do not have to spend money to have the most complete game experience.
However, in the recent mechanisms, specifically Riot's policy since 2025, League of Legends may lose the most important mechanism to attract players – Free to Play. Accordingly, the elite mechanism can no longer be easily received through games but will rely on Battle Pass. And some players have calculated: If gamers pass level 50, they must play about 882 hours to unlock more generals.
The League of Legends community discovered that the player now can only get the quintessence of blue through Battle Pass and after reaching the level of 50, he must play 882 hours to unlock a new general.
For a new gamer (it is not possible to receive all 170 generals as old as old accounts) this will cause the experience to be affected. On average, 1 quarter (3 months) only receive about 4k6 quintessence – this is not enough to own any new champion. In addition, the skin pieces are almost no effect if it is the costume of the general that the player does not own.
The Vietnamese League of Legends community has a more specific calculation for the welfare that players can receive.
The League of Legends community also “dried up” with Riot
Not only at VCS but the League of Legends community also expressed frustration with Riot's new policies. Obviously, these factors are difficult to attract new players. The new gamers who get acquainted with League of Legends almost only one option is to recharge to be able to experience the full champion of the game – the previous factor is still “free to play”.
The community also expressed depression with Riot's new policy for League of Legends.
In addition, it was the ultimate feeling. Earlier, Riot announced a huge change in 2025 and the community thought in a positive way. Only thing, now everything is in the opposite direction, so the shortness is inevitable.