As League of Legends fans reel over loot controversy, fans of ex-Riot devs' hot new MOBA seize the chance to promote their game instead

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After the controversial decision to stop rewarding you with Hextech chests so you can unlock free 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:League of Legends skins, fans of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Supervive, a game made by🃏 ex-Riot devs, are telling people to ✤play it instead.

Andreiಌ "Meddler" van Roon and Paul "Pabro" Bellezza why the choice was made ܫin a dev update, but it still hasn't gone over well with fans.

Meddler says Hexchests, which were part of a system that rewarded good plays a♏nd nice behavior with components you could use to unlock skins, were "A great player experience, but it was not sustainable for League in the long term."

Pabro adds, "Increasing the number of skins we can make each year was good for both the bus🍌iness and the player experience, but eventually we ran into meaningful diminishing returns."

So, the decision was made to remove Hextech chests༒ entirely, meaning you have to spend money if you want new skins. Thi꧅s has been done to "ensure League remains a great, fully free-to-play game," but it's irritating nonetheless.

"Just wanted to mention how some of the best Rioters ever got tired of the company and left to make a superior game with a friendly monetization system and unique gameplay," writes of Supervive in a quote tweet res🥀ponse to the dev update. "With league imploding, Supervive is worth your consideration! Give it a shot," , sh✨aring a video of a new Supervive patch that went live the day after League's dev update.

Supervive is a "MOBA battle royale meets hero shooter" that launched in November, 2024. However, despite this "play Supervive" campaign, its player count hasn't gone up by that much these past fe🅺w days.

According to SteamDB, since February 7, where the concurrent player count𒐪 was 2,921, it rose to a height of 3,875 on February 10. It's a respectable increase, but the game had just over 4,000 players on January 26.

The player co💙unt is fairly steady, consistently over 2,000, so if you do want to give it a go, you shouldn't have any trouble finding a match. It's a free-to-play early access game that you can .

In the meantime, check out some of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best online games you can play right now.

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