User blog comment:Lykrast/Runes: why I hate them/@comment-5266525-20140326123146/@comment-5266525-20140326141158

I don't think you quite understood what I said.

"say the champion has power without satisfaction and thus if they are ever nerfed end up as unfun or boring to play."

... is what you should be quoting. Unlike champions, runes do not need to be balanced vs other options that have different gameplay/satisfaction ratios, so the issue of 'power without gameplay' never comes up because they don't offer gameplay by default.

Tier 1 runes offer about half the stats of tier 3 runes at a tenth the price. You do not need to farm up like 100k IP just to play jungle.