Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-4499980-20130108214805/@comment-82.158.185.52-20130109003715

Riot getting greedy would mean that they would up the RP cost, not the IP cost. They gain nothing from IP purchases. And considering that champion releases are now (tentatively) going to be every 3-4 weeks, everyone should have enough IP for the 7800 purchase. First of all, i'm fine with the new pricing, and i think 1 week of 7800 IP champions is well worth the fact that champions will start getting cheaper, and i do not agree with the "greedy riot omfg shit" comments, however, increasing the IP price for new champions while leaving the RP amount untouched will most certainly induce instabuyers (A.K.A. People who like to buy champions as soon as they are released) to think buying for RP at release, or even buying the  bundle, is a better inversion than spending 1500 extra IP when compared to the prices next week (same RP price, noticeably less IP cost), which in fact, when looking at the numbers it's  a logical conclusion.

I personally expect a noticeable reduction in the amount of first-week IP purchases, while the amount of RP/Bundle purchases will most certainly increase. Now, does that mean Riot is getting "greedier and greedier"? No. It means Riot listened to the comunity when they asked for IP reductions for old 6300 champions, and when they complained about 5 tiers of IP prices and just 3 of RP prices. Now they added all these changes, it means less money for them, actually, since they lowered the RP costs  of 3150 and 4800 champions, which are champions more often bought with RP than 1350 or 450 IP champions (who buys Ryze with RP?), so, with that only change that leaves them with less money than they would have. Now, i would expect a slight increase in RP purchases for those new price tiers, however i'm not sure it would completelly fill that gap, so, the bonus in RP sales for new champions is a perfectly fine way to balance those numbers. It's not a new tier of IP prices, no champions is going to be released at 7800 and left at that price for 2 years (as some 6300 IP champions have been), it's just a week. And, on top of that, they will ensure no 6300 champion is left at that price for so long.

I think it's a fair trade. Let's benefit First-week RP buyers over first-week IP buyers, for just one week, and, in exchange, we will benefit older champions purchasers, both IP and RP, forever.

Thanks for reading (if you got so far).