League Has a New Gacha Problem

Summary

El video discute la reactivación de la pasión de los jugadores de League of Legends debido a los nuevos modos de juego y la serie 'Arcane'. Sin embargo, esto viene con un costo monetario alto, con skins que pueden costar hasta $200. Se critica el sistema de monetización basado en gacha, donde la probabilidad de obtener ciertas skins es baja, y se compara con otros juegos de gacha que ofrecen mejores garantías. Además, se menciona la falta de comunicación oficial de Riot Games sobre estos cambios, lo que ha llevado a una percepción de engaño en la comunidad.

Takeaways

• 😎 El lanzamiento de Divine God King Darius y Fallen God King Garen en League of Legends ha generado controversia debido a su precio elevado y similitud con skins anteriores.
• 💰 Estos nuevos skins se pueden obtener a través de un sistema de gacha que cuesta aproximadamente 200 dólares, con una probabilidad del 1% de obtener la piel en cada intento.
• 🔄 La comunidad ha criticado este modelo de monetización, comparándolo con la venta de DLCs y la falta de originalidad en los diseños de las skins.
• 🎮 Aunque los skins son completamente opcionales y no afectan el rendimiento del juego, la percepción de la comunidad es que la calidad y el valor no justifican el precio.
• 📉 La falta de una comunicación oficial y transparencia por parte de Riot Games ha llevado a una menor expectativa y entusiasmo por parte de los jugadores.
• 🔄 La comparación con otros sistemas de gacha en juegos similares resalta la falta de mejoras y características de seguridad financiera en el sistema de League of Legends.
• 📈 A pesar de las críticas, la estrategia de monetización parece ser exitosa, ya que la venta de skins caros ha generado ingresos significativos para la empresa.
• 🤔 Los argumentos sobre la falta de esfuerzo en el diseño de las skins y la posibilidad de que los recursos hayan sido malgastados son comunes entre los críticos.
• 🆓 Eventualmente, los skins podrían estar disponibles gratuitamente a través del sistema de reroll, lo que podría mitigar la frustración de los jugadores.
• 🗓 A pesar de las promesas de incluir el skin de Jin en el sistema de reroll en 2024, hay incertidumbre sobre si esto se cumplirá a tiempo.

Q & A

¿Qué evento de Esports fue mencionado en el guion?

El guion no especifica un evento de Esports en particular, pero habla de la experiencia del narrador al asistir a su primer evento de Esports.

¿Qué serie de teasers ha reavivado la pasión de algunos jugadores de League of Legends?

Los teasers de la serie 'Arcane' han sido mencionados como un factor que ha reavivado la pasión de algunos jugadores de League of Legends.

¿Cuál fue el problema con la primera piel de League of Legends que costaba 200 dólares?

El problema era que la piel solo estaba disponible en cajas de botín específicas, con una probabilidad del 1% de obtenerla en cada caja o estar garantizada en la 30ª apertura, lo que significaba que costaba aproximadamente 200 dólares.

¿Qué cambios se hicieron en la piel 'Echo' en comparación con la piel 'Gin'?

Para la piel 'Echo', se realizaron cambios visuales menores como un ligero cambio de color y la adición de efectos visuales adicionales, además de una música ligeramente diferente.

¿Qué es el sistema de moneda 'Mythic' en League of Legends?

El sistema de moneda 'Mythic' es una moneda premium en League of Legends que se puede obtener a través de diferentes paquetes o ganar a través de pases de batalla.

¿Cuánto ganó la piel 'Faker' en una sola región en un día?

La piel 'Faker' ganó más de 2.6 millones de dólares en una sola región en un día.

¿Qué son los 'Mythic variants' en League of Legends y cómo se diferencian de los 'chroma skins'?

Los 'Mythic variants' son una versión de las pieles que a menudo son llamadas 'chroma skins', pero mientras que los 'chroma skins' son conocidos por ser más baratos, los 'Mythic variants' son más caros y ofrecen mejoras visuales significativas.

¿Qué son los 'capsules' en el contexto de las pieles de League of Legends?

Los 'capsules' son una forma de cajas de botín en League of Legends que se pueden abrir para obtener pieles y otros artículos. En el caso de las pieles 'Divine God King Darius' y 'Fallen God King Garin', se necesitan 30 capsules para garantizar la obtención de la piel deseada.

¿Por qué se considera que el sistema de 'gacha' de League of Legends es peor que los de otros juegos?

El sistema de 'gacha' de League of Legends se considera peor que los de otros juegos porque no tiene características de seguridad que prevengan que los jugadores se queden sin dinero, y el sistema de piedad (pity system) es único para cada piel, lo que significa que no se puede transferir el progreso de una piel a otra.

¿Por qué no se hizo una anunciación oficial sobre la nueva piel 'Divine God King Darius' y 'Fallen God King Garin'?

No se hizo una anunciación oficial sobre estas pieles porque no formaban parte de un evento separado ni de una nueva forma de monetización, lo que resultó en que la información no llegara a la atención pública de la misma manera.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 Reavivando la pasión por League of Legends

El primer párrafo aborda la experiencia del narrador al asistir a su primer evento de eSports y cómo la serie de videos 'Arcane' y la dedicación de Riot Games a los modos de juego han reavivado la pasión de los jugadores veteranos de League of Legends. Sin embargo, también señala un problema: la nueva forma de monetización que implica gastar cientos de dólares en objetos como los 'capsules' para obtener skins de valor, como el skin de Jin, que tenía un costo aproximado de $200 y era objeto de gran controversia por su precio y por ser una versión mejorada de una skin existente. Además, se menciona la introducción de skins de 'Mythic essence' y la experimentación de Riot con la monetización de skins a través de eventos de eSports, como el skin de Faker, que generó más de $2.6 millones en una sola región.

05:02

💸 La crítica a la monetización de skins caros

El segundo párrafo critica la estrategia de Riot Games de lanzar skins caros que parecen ser una estafa, ya que no se han dejado de hacer con las pools de gacha. Se introducen dos nuevos skins, 'Divine God King Darius' y 'Fallen God King Garin', que son versiones mejoradas de skins existentes y cuya calidad es similar a la de otros 'prestige skins'. Sin embargo, su precio es de $200 cada uno, lo que es una inversión considerable dada la probabilidad de no obtener el skin deseado hasta el abrir el vigésimo 'capsule'. Se compara con el sistema de gacha de otros juegos y se señala que el sistema de Riot no tiene las mismas salvaguardias para evitar que los jugadores gasten excesivamente, lo que lleva a una experiencia de juego peor que en otros juegos de gacha.

10:03

🔄 La persistencia del sistema de gacha en League of Legends

El tercer párrafo explora la persistencia del sistema de gacha en League of Legends a pesar de las críticas y la falta de mejoras significativas en la experiencia del jugador. Se menciona que los nuevos 'capsules' no ofrecen avances en otros 'capsules' una vez abiertos, lo que contrasta con los sistemas de otros juegos de gacha que tienen un sistema de 'pity' integrado. Además, se señala la falta de anuncios oficiales sobre estos cambios, lo que ha permitido que la controversia no haya sido tan visible como en ocasiones anteriores. Se concluye con la idea de que, aunque estos skins son opcionales y no afectan directamente el juego, la falta de transparencia y la persistencia de un sistema poco equitativo pueden ser problemáticas.

15:05

🔮 La incertidumbre del sistema de recompra de skins

El cuarto y último párrafo aborda la promesa de Riot Games de incluir el skin de Jin en el sistema de recompra de skins, lo que daría a los jugadores la oportunidad de obtenerlo de forma gratuita a través de la recompra de skins no deseados. Sin embargo, a pesar de que se esperaba que esto ocurriera en 2024, el narrador expresa su escepticismo sobre si realmente se llevará a cabo, ya que no hay señales de que esté sucediendo. Se sugiere que, aunque los skins son cosméticos y no son necesarios para el juego, la gestión de la monetización y la transparencia en la implementación de cambios en el sistema de skins es importante para mantener la satisfacción y la confianza de la comunidad de jugadores.

Keywords

💡Esports

Esports se refiere a los competidores profesionales que juegan videojuegos en eventos organizados. En el guion, el autor menciona su primera experiencia en un evento de Esports, lo cual es un punto de partida para discutir la pasión que ha generado la serie de videojuegos 'League of Legends' entre sus jugadores.

💡Arcane

Arcane es una serie animada que se centra en el universo de 'League of Legends'. El guion sugiere que los anuncios de Arcane han reavivado el interés de los jugadores más veteranos, lo que demuestra cómo el contenido multimedia relacionado puede influir en la comunidad de un juego.

💡Monetización

La monetización en el contexto del guion se refiere a las estrategias que emplea Riot Games para generar ingresos a través de la venta de skins (aspectos visuales de los personajes) en 'League of Legends'. El autor critica el modelo de monetización basado en la mecánica de 'gacha', donde los jugadores pagan por obtener artículos raros.

💡Skins

Skins son los cambios estéticos de los personajes en 'League of Legends'. El guion discute cómo la calidad y el valor de estas skins han variado con el tiempo, y cómo se han convertido en una forma de monetización para la empresa, lo que ha generado controversia entre los jugadores.

💡Gacha

Gacha es un término que proviene de los juegos japoneses y se refiere a un sistema de juego de azar donde los jugadores obtienen objetos o personajes a través de paquetes aleatorios. En el guion, se critica este sistema por ser una forma de monetización que puede ser engañosa y costosa para los jugadores.

💡Capsulas

Las 'capsulas' son un tipo de loot box (caja de tesoros) en 'League of Legends' que contienen skins. El guion menciona que comprar 30 de estas 'capsulas' puede costar alrededor de 200 dólares, lo que ilustra la intensa inversión económica que algunos jugadores están dispuestos a hacer por obtener un skin deseado.

💡Mythic Essence

Mythic Essence es una moneda premium en 'League of Legends' que se puede obtener a través de paquetes o recompensas. En el guion, se menciona que algunas skins se pueden obtener a través de esta moneda, lo que sugiere una forma alternativa, aunque aún costosa, de adquirir skins de alta calidad.

💡Chroma

Chroma es un término utilizado en 'League of Legends' para referirse a versiones alternativas de colores de los skins. El guion señala que Riot Games ha intentado diferenciar estas versiones con el nombre de 'Mythic variants', pero la comunidad sigue llamando a estos skins 'chroma', lo que refleja una confusión en la terminología y en la percepción del valor de estos productos.

💡Prestige Skins

Prestige Skins son una categoría de skins en 'League of Legends' que ofrecen un nivel superior de detalle y características. El guion compara estas skins con las 'Mythic variants' y cuestiona el valor percibido de estas versiones premium, dado que a menudo no se justifica el aumento de precio en términos de mejoras estéticas significativas.

💡Pity System

El sistema de 'pity' (compasión) es una característica en algunos juegos de gacha que garantiza que un jugador obtenga un objeto raro después un número fijo de intentos fallidos. El guion critica la ausencia de un sistema de 'pity' efectivo en 'League of Legends', lo que puede resultar en una experiencia de juego menos satisfactoria y más costosa para los jugadores.

Highlights

Esports event experience and meeting awesome people.

Riot Games reigniting passion with Arcane teasers and dedication to game modes.

The cost of new monetization strategies in League of Legends.

Introduction of $200 GIN skin and its impact on the community.

Criticism of the GIN skin due to its high price and similarity to an existing skin.

Riot's attempt to improve with the Breakout True Damage Echo skin.

Financial success of the gacha system confirmed by Riot.

Mythic currency system and its premium pricing.

Faker skin incident and its direct sale for $500.

Community's loss of faith in good faith skin sales.

Divine God King Darius and Fallen God King Garin as recallers of existing skins.

Inconsistency in skin quality and value by Riot.

Comparison of Mythic chroma versions to other prestige skins.

The gacha system's return and its reception by the community.

Lack of official announcement for the new skins and their impact.

The optional nature of cosmetic purchases in League of Legends.

The potential for skins to eventually be obtainable for free by chance.

Transcripts

so I attended my first Esports event it

was pretty cool I met a lot of awesome

people so let's first talk about

something that is not so awesome over

the past few months R kind of became

good at reigniting the passion for some

of the older League of Legends players

partially it's because all the Arcane

teasers are getting better and better

and partially it's because they showed

us that they are once again dedicated to

game modes but of course technically all

of this comes at a cost a

cost that usually spends hundreds of

dollars these days so once again there

is a new kind of monetization that is

hitting the shelves and it is one that

actually goes back to the roots the very

first League of Legends skin that got

people scared that's right it's time to

bring up the $200 gin skin in case you

forgot the details of that memorable

event Riot released a skin that was only

available from specific loot boxes here

you either had a 1% chance to get the

skin from each box or you were

guaranteed to get the skin on your 30th

opening the thing is buying 30 of these

loot boxes which are called capsules

costs you just about

$200 so if you really wanted this skin

you were essentially rolling on a sale

to get it cheaper in other words you

were hoping that you would get the skin

before your 30th capsule although

nobody ever won in this gambling system

not only because the chances of you not

getting the skin in the previous 29

capsules was 75% but also because people

just bought the capsules in bigger packs

which means even if the skin dropped

they already bought more anyway there

was quite a big drama around this skin

when it was originally revealed not just

because it was expensive but also

because it was expensive and it was a

Reco ER of an already existing skin and

in League's Community the dark Cosmic

raser gin skin kind of became the

armored horse DLC that became the point

when any kind of monetization was on the

table and so not too long after that

Riot tried to improve things which is

how we got the breakout true damage Echo

skin which uh just like the Jin skin was

just a gacha skin for $200 and from a

post we learned that's because on a

financial

side it worked this was confirmed when

we got an update on it people actually

bought it so all the improvements around

this gacha system were aimed at the

visuals people didn't like how the Gin

skin was nearly identical to its

original Skin So for the echo skin they

lightly changed the color but they also

gave it some extra visual effects which

in the middle of the game you can hardly

notice and also the music around this

skin was slightly different that's

really all that happened and as far as

we know once again the skin sold

decently well but it probably wasn't as

big of a success as the Gin skin which

is why Riot experimented a bit they

heard the feedback that some of these

skins could be part of the Mythic

currency system which is also a premium

currency that is expensive if you want

to buy through different bundles or you

just earn it through battle passes and

stuff and so we did get the occasional

skin for Mythic essence or even from a

battle pass though all of those were the

prestige skins which by pure

technicality are the exact same thing

except they are a bit more gold it is a

visual upgrade over the original skin

and if you wanted to buy one of these

skins directly Again by going through

different bundles and stuff like that

the individual price of these skins

would be usually between between 100 and

$150 although at least most of these

skins were earnable through a hard labor

and then of course it was time for

Esports to shine which is where we got

the faker skin incident a skin that was

directly sold to us at least it's not a

gacha system for

$500 what a glorious time that was again

at least it was not part of a gacha

system but that might have been the

issue you see by crunching the numbers

we eventually learned that the faker

skin earned over $2.6

million in a day in a single region and

all of that was a monthlong promotion so

it was obvious that it worked and RI

even confirmed they will do more of

these skins every year to support

Esports the side effect however is that

the community kind of lost its faith in

uh selling skins in good faith and more

than that more and more of these

expensive skins started looking more and

more like a scam but again at least they

weren't doing the gacha pools anymore so

last week Riot thought

H what if we do it

again

twice at the same time and so here we

are behold Divine god king Darius and

Fallen god king Garin do they look

familiar to you well that's because they

are recallers of already existing skins

too but here they did and oopsie you see

normally recallers are called chroma

skins in League and chroma Skins are

known to be on the cheaper side which

means Riot does not want to call these

chroma skins even though everyone does

that anyway instead they want people to

call all these expensive chroma skins

Mythic variants but again nobody does

that and so when Riot tweeted about

these skins they too accidentally called

them chroma skins after which they

deleted it to save the situation now the

idea behind these two skins is that in

their chroma versions they swap thematic

God King garan used to be the good guy

at least visually and God King Darius

used to be the bad guy but here you can

see it is the other way around with that

said these are also quite good upgrades

to the Skins which is apparent only if

you put them side by side in darius's

case the armor is chunkier made by the

Angelic details on the shoulder pads his

ax has a new shape and he got an Angelic

Halo behind his head with the biggest

upgrade being that the ghost wolf is now

a ghost dragon wolf in garan's case

however the up grades are quite a bit

smaller in general the skin looks pretty

much identical except of course now it's

dark the sword does have a new shape and

there is an incredibly faint Circle

above his head and yes the lion is now

also a dragon and that is kind of it and

that's a problem because R is starting

to be inconsistent with the quality of

their skins because you see normally

legendary skins can also get get Mythic

chroma versions for example let's have a

look at Battle Academia Ezreal with the

original skin on the left and the Mythic

chroma version on the right and yes here

it is actually called a Mythic chroma

and you can see the upgrade to the skin

is on a very similar level maybe besides

some upgrades to the 3D model but also

there is something that would be really

hard to notice in the game so now the

question would be

how much is this chroma version normally

well dear viewer calculating in the

price of the base skin plus the chroma

skin for about 40 Mythic Essence we are

sitting at roughly $80 to

$100 so how much are these new skins

with their Mythic variants of chromas

which are also pretty much the exact

same quality as any other kind of

prestige skin

$200 each which statistically once again

there is about 75% chance you are not

going to get it from the capsules and

all of this is the case because once

again R is using the exact same system

they used for the original gin skin

except now the UI is prettier so here

you have the track if you open up a

capsule you progress through it and by

hitting certain Milestones you get some

extra goodies one capsule is going to

give you an icon three capsules are

going to give you an emote for the next

12 capsules you get three extra loot

orbs which pretty much just gives you

one random skin each after the next five

you get another orb and a bag which

should give you multiple skins at once

another five will give you two bags and

at the end the grand reward is the skin

you were looking for for 30 capsules now

of course every time you pull one of

these capsules is going to give you

three skin shards which is essentially

the value of one permanent random skin

but also there is a 3.5% chance to also

give you an extra bag a

0.06% chance to give you a Mythic skin

which is essentially a legendary value

and the funny thing is that the chances

of this happening are so abysmal that

the gacha skin has a higher chance to

drop at 1% so overall this means that

you have to open 30 capsules to get this

gacha skin and every time you open the

capsule you are hoping to get it sooner

so that it is cheaper or in other words

you are rolling for a sale sounds good

right at the end of the day it is a good

old gacha game

system wrong it is actually slightly

worse than what the gacha games give you

here if you pull on a capsule you make

zero progress on all the other capsules

and ironically it is very close to

pulling on a gacha banner in the other

gacha games you essentially just pull on

a banner until the pity system gives you

the character you want and if you want

the other one you just have to to pull

on the other one separately except if

you are in the middle of your spending

spree and somehow you get a bit of sense

in your head and you stop pulling the

pity you got to that point will

translate to the next Banner that's

because all of the pulling in gacha

games is part of one integrated P system

what's hilarious is that even TFT is

using a similar system to this when you

pull on skins you get a currency which

you can eventually use to just buy the

Skins directly which means it all

translates between the different skins

you're pulling on but here the pity

system is this track and this track is

unique to this skin so you can't pull 20

times on a capsule then run out of money

and then the next time the next new skin

comes out roll 10 times to get it that

doesn't happen because for every capsule

this track is different that's because

the tiers still give you unique rewards

what's even worse is that most people

will buy the capsules in Mass to open

them all at once which means even if you

get the skin on your second capsule you

still bought another 28 of them and

these 28 are separate from the other

skin you can't just decide to turn these

28 Darius capsules into gar capsules

after you buy them you're simply locked

in and there is nothing you can do about

it and and here in lies the problem this

gacha system will never be usable and I

can't believe I'm saying this until Riot

fully Embraces the gacha system other

games have because there those systems

have way better safety features to

prevent you from going bankrupt but in

its current State riot doesn't have that

again at least it doesn't have that for

League DFD is actually way better and so

after the gacha system returned not much

has changed which somehow made things

worse but this is still not where it all

ends besides the fact that this time

around we don't even get a one free

capsule from all the missions which

normally we do for some reason right

just randomly removed at least the one

free attempt but I was simply surprised

that not that many people know that all

of this is happening and that's because

there weren't any official announcement

about this the Skins were simply

testable on PBE and then they went

directly live and this is all for a

funny reason you see normally these

bigger Skins are parts of events that

are as hyped as possible and every time

there is a capsule connected to one of

these events we get a post that explains

what you can buy in this event and what

are the chances of you just getting

stuff now when it comes to the original

gin and Echo skins neither of these were

parts of separate events and RI simply

made a post about them because they had

a new kind of monetization but this time

around once again there are no new

separate events but also they are not

part of a new monetization so R simply

had no need to make a post about this

which funnily enough kind of managed to

hide the outrage from the public eye now

I honestly don't believe that wri is

hiding this on purpose especially not

after publicly advertising a $500 skin

especially because it worked but it's

also funny to see that in this case

specifically it kind of worked out and

that is the current situation with the

newest gcha skin in League of Legends

they are in a weird limbo where even

normal gacha games have better P system

than this and at the end of the day just

keep in mind that all of these are

optional Cosmetics no nobody is forcing

anyone to buy anything these skins don't

make or break the game they are simply

there and in this case specifically the

who cares argument works because it's

not like the game is directly worse

because of it sure you could argue that

the effort that went into these mythic

variants could have gone towards a

normal skin to which I would like to ask

what effort and the funniest thing about

all of this is that eventually people

should be able to get this skin for free

by pure chance anyway I mean the Gin

skin was promised to be put into the

reroll system eventually so that at

least we would have a random chance of

getting it by rerolling some of the

skins that we don't want we were told

that this would happen sometime in

2024 we are three quarters into 2024 and

I'm not sure if it's

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happening for