Hippalus

[ On an increase to the rate in which players gain IP]: " ...there are no plans to change the standard rate of IP gains. Reducing the IP cost of content either permanently or through sales should help that IP work a little harder for you though"

[ On making all champions F2P to match competing games, such as DOTA2]: "As a player I preferred playing LoL over those games for lots of reasons, despite not having access to all of the champions. Fortunately, millions feel the same way. I think having players unlock champions provides both direct benefits (eg. more skilled play) and indirect benefits (RP purchases allow Riot to spend more on making the game better), so I have no plans to try to change that model. "

[On Global Ip boosts, such as double IP weekends] "I agree global IP boosts can be a great reward for players and can encourage more playtime. I'm exploring a couple ideas along these lines."

[ On the "one time refund" policy ]"Refund policies that make sense and can be implemented uniformly without being abused are tricky. Possible improvements to the policy are being discussed and you should hear more about this very soon."

[ On the possibility of a limited skin for big spenders] "You definitely have my appreciation and I like the idea of rewarding big time supporters with a special skin or some other reward. This hadn't occurred to me until this thread, and will take some time to plan and execute correctly, but please ping me again on this if it hasn't happened in the next few months."

[ On larger free champion rotation pools] "We have taken steps to improve the selection of champions in the rotation (glad you noticed!), but no, there are no current plans to change the number of champions. In our surveys, most players think the rotation works well today, and there are bigger player concerns to solve."

Hippalus

In the wake of his his introduction yesterday has been a very busy eCommerce Director! He has taken the time to field questions from Summoners about various new features, pricing, and other info relevant to his position.Continue reading for answers about future IP reductions, champion Bundles, and tons of other stuff!I've wrangled up the most interesting or relevant of his answers and prefaced them with the topic he was replying to:This is some very exciting news! New bundles, new "other stuff", and an overall better sense of what the community seems to want. I can't wait to seeroll out some more of his initiatives!