User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Gold and Income Overhaul?/@comment-11059100-20130622115127/@comment-5556439-20130622141529

Well its not THAT big of an increase in gold value. If you could get an IE 6 minutes in then the average game time would only be around 20 if that. I meant instead of the average game length being 45 minutes, this would scale down the average time by about 10, meaning mid-game would be nearly erased since the characteristics of mid game such as lane pressuring and objective control would be secured due to the gold changes. Higher income rates allows AD's to get stronger items faster for better sieging/split pushing and AP's for the same reason. The game would change dramatically feel wise but nothing else really. Especially since that weak and vulnerable feeling you get when playing a late game champion is removed due to getting items faster. It also opens up doors for really strong hyper-carrys such as AP Ezreal and AP Kog maw to be truly viable since their core items can be purchased sooner.