Why not open all heroes for free? League of Legends developers: New players will be overwhelmed

League of Legends developer Maddie Markisi explained that the game's hero unlocking payment mechanism is designed to prevent novice players from being troubled by the large number of optional heroes.

In recent years, many MOBA games such as DOTA 2 and Marvel Confrontation have adopted the strategy of making all heroes free, while games such as Smite 2 provide a compromise option of purchasing all heroes at once. Since its launch in 2009, League of Legends has always insisted on the mechanism of paying to unlock heroes, which has puzzled many players.

There are currently 169 heroes in League of Legends, and unlocking them all costs 119,265 blue essence (about $860). Although players can unlock heroes for free through normal progress, it takes a lot of time to get all the heroes without paying.

Another way is to subscribe to the PC Game Pass, which is a partnership between Riot Games and Microsoft. Players can get all heroes for $10 a month. Once the partnership with Microsoft ends, they will face the risk of buying heroes again.

Despite this, League of Legends developer Maddie Marchisi defended the game's paid hero unlocking mechanism on social media. She explained: "Unlocking all heroes at once actually does not benefit new players. The relevant instructions are easy to understand, and they will feel overwhelmed when faced with a long list of names on the hero interface. "

"We've found that players who stick with one hero early on tend to master the game faster than those who try a lot of different heroes. When I was learning, someone suggested that I play 100 games on one hero before trying other heroes. . ' His advice was correct. "

Markisi also admitted that League of Legends is not very friendly to new players at present. She continued: "To be successful, you need to master a lot of information. This is one of the reasons why we recently formed a new team. We We hope to address these issues and provide a better experience for all players.”