User blog comment:Fistful of Force/IP costs, reduce them, riot./@comment-195.69.193.51-20120905125920/@comment-195.69.193.54-20120907092121

I dont think Riot WANTS an even playing field between people buying champs and those "earning" them through IP points

Riot NEEDS to keep it even more or less before people start crying "Pay to Win" and leave the game. Thats why you cant buy Runes with RPs (at least directly)

The business model lives from people playing the game for free and investing money skin for skin, champion for champion while enjoying the game - for free. And that enjoyment comes from the feeling that everyone plays the same game.

Lol is a great game and I would pay € 49 (give or take, about the same I paied for GW2) to play it, all champions/skins included.

A single new champ with skins is € 13 on average and I am pretty sure there are literally THOUSANDS of players who have spent more than € 100 by now for the game.

Again- nothing wrong with that on either side, you just need to see the reasoning behind it.