Discussion Plan For Vintage Limited Edition Skins

[Katherine]

 

 

Hey summoners,

For the past year, we’ve been exploring ways to solve a conundrum with Limited Edition skins. Here’s the crux of the issue:

During events from December 2009 through October 2011, we released 34 skins for a limited time and communicated they wouldn’t come back into the store.

Since then, our playerbase has grown so much that these skins are virtually never seen in game

The most common, Bewitching Nidalee, appears once every 971 games in NA

The least common, Ice Toboggan Corki, appears once every 116,586 games in NA

Every day we receive heartfelt emails with compelling stories from players asking for the chance to own or gift their favorite skin, either because they missed the brief store window due to travel, illness, deployment, etc., or because they hadn’t joined the LoL community yet.

We think it’s important to solve this, especially since we believe skins are primarily about self-expression and fun, not exclusivity. We’ve evaluated solutions such as a trading auction or achievement system, but each has significant negatives. We also feel that, while it’s important we solve this problem for the majority of players, it’s equally important that we preserve value for those who do own these skins.

Taking all that into account, we decided on the following solution:

The 34 Limited Edition skins will become available for purchase or gifting for a limited time during the following months:

Harrowing 2010 & 2011 skins during October 2013

Snowdown Showdown 2009 & 2010 skins during December 2013

Winter Games 2010 skins during February 2014

World Cup 2010 skins during June 2014

Given the reduction in exclusivity, we will be providing the following compensation to the original owners of these skins:

RP equal to the price they paid for the skin

Vintage treatment in the loading screen whenever they use the skin

 

 

Original Limited Edition skin owners will receive this exclusive summoner icon: 

 

 

Going forward these 34 skins will be considered Legacy skins, and may on rare occasion also come back for future events without additional compensation

Please note these changes don’t have any effect on:

Limited Edition skins that were once in the store but are not part of these events (Rusty Blitzcrank, Urf Warwick, Championship Riven, Riot Singed). If these skins are ever brought back, they will be treated similarly.

Earned Limited Edition skins that were rewarded for events or achievements and never appeared in the store (PAX Twisted Fate, King Rammus, Victorious Jarvan, UFO Corki, etc.). We have no plans to make these skins available.

Other Legacy skins (Riot K9 Nasus, Zombie Brand, Nottingham Ezreal, etc.), which may still come back into the store from time to time without compensation

We believe this is the best solution for the overall playerbase, and look forward to hearing your feedback. To answer your questions on this and other eCommerce decisions, policies and features, we’re hosting an AMA on Reddit, Tuesday October 15, at 12pm Pacific Time. See you there!

Here is the list of affected skins and when they will temporarily become available in the store (at some point during the month):

 

 

October 2013

Mundo Mundo

Pumpkinhead Fiddlesticks

Kitty Cat Katarina

Lollipoppy

Zombie Ryze

Nosferatu Vladimir

FrankenTibbers Annie

Definitely Not Blitzcrank

Bewitching Nidalee

Haunting Nocturne

 

 

December 2013

Snow Bunny Nidalee

Workshop Nunu

Happy Elf Teemo

Earnest Elf Tristana

Old Saint Zilean

Re-Gifted Amumu

Santa Gragas

Reindeer Kog’Maw

Candy Cane Miss Fortune

Ragdoll Poppy

Nutcracko

Silent Night Sona

 

 

February 2014

Vancouver Amumu

Team Spirit Anivia

Ice Toboggan Corki

Union Jack Fiddlesticks

The Mighty Jax

Festival Kassadin

Whistler Village Twitch

Curling Veigar

 

 

June 2014

All-Star Akali

Goalkeeper Blitzcrank

Striker Ezreal

Red Card Katarina

 

 

[NinjaStep]

if I had acc ii would buy dem all :p

[Matthew]

J2k,an account with snowbunny skin costs 85 euros :D

 

if I had acc ii would buy dem all :p

I can borrow you mine for it :X

[NinjaStep]

:$

[Chyba]

I can imagine those idiots who paid hundreds of $$$$$$$ to buy those skins or accs with the skins XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Fortuna]

I'll get my RP back for Kitty Cat Katarina and Haunting Nocturne soon. Good. I can buy Mafia Graves and Frostblade Irelia on sale!

[Katherine]

lucky

[WhoCaresMyName]

When are they going to be available for buy ?

[k1sSm3plZ]

When are they going to be available for buy ?

 

It says the months they are going to be released and when the date comes near they will be announcing when the skins will be out in the store exactly.

 

Luckily by the RP I am getting back I will get the rest of the limited skins for free :D :D

[DjNanos]

Anyone knows if someone owns riot nasus and champioship riven if we get the icon and re vintage thingy ?

[k1sSm3plZ]

Anyone knows if someone owns riot nasus and champioship riven if we get the icon and re vintage thingy ?

 

Don't think so , as far as I am aware the whole thing is about the 34 limited skins that were in the shop once and got retired after a while. The ones you mention are tied to event giveaways mostly. They would mention it otherwise. But we will see anyway :) .