Yeah . But Riot needs to pay their employees so I understand . I ' ve been playing since ~ 2011 and it ' s great because I ' m at the point now where I have all champs , as many rune pages as I ' ll ever need , and I usually have an excess of IP to spend . I really feel rewarded for having stayed loyal to the game for so long because I have no restrictions on anything anymore . Want to pick up Zac jungle today ? Sweet let ' s do it . I can just build a new rune page since I have 15000 IP anyway . I always just buy the newest champ on release with IP as well . But I feel for newer players who have to deal with that , and it kinda blows , but without ways to make money , the game wouldn ' t be at the place it ' s at now . Riot has done well for themselves and put a lot into the game . Any skins I ' ve bought I feel is worth it just to support them .