Were expedition drops nerfed?

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Hi guys, I'm pretty new to the game, as I started playing on Saturday. I was searching for information about the game and what are the best ways to get cards and I found this article which is pretty awesome:

https://mobalytics.gg/blog/how-to-get-cards-legends-of-runeterra/

However, when I played my first expedition (I ended up getting 7 wins), I noticed that no champion was given. Insted of a champion capsule and 3500 shards as it says in that article I believe I got an epic capsule and 2000 shards. 

I just wanted to confirm, Is this correct? Is this the actual reward for getting 7 wins in expedition? Or did I do something wrong? I didn't play my second trial, after getting 7 wins on the first, I quited the expedition.

I would appreciate an answer to my questions. Thank you.

Hello and welcome to the site :)

Yes, Expedition rewards were changed a while ago, the guaranteed Champion card was moved to the weekly Vault reward and some other shifts were made as well. You can read about it here.

You can check our articles with "runetera patch" tag to learn more about changes and you can follow the home page or Runeterra game portal for any news. We follow and report on any big (and sometimes small) news when it comes to Runeterra and everything around it, so you have come to the right place :)

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Ok thank you for the info. I don't think it is  worth it to purchase the expedition with shards anymore. I will make an analysis on this and post it.

It depends on what do you consider as "worth".

It is a different game mode that can simply be more enjoyable for ppl, for those the recent changes are good, because it requires less shards each week to get to the infinite stage of the Expeditions (after you play 3, entry is free, but no shard rewards). It is also a lot better for ppl who dont want to spend time playing out expeditions or simply dont have time, so they wont lose out on the Champion, since it was moved to the very low Vault level reward. I guess the latter supports "not worth it" argument tho :) But it is still a good way to gain XP, if you can perform well.

The change is bad for ppl who liked to farm expeditions for additional shards, but the time requirement wasnt really worth the reward anyway, meaning the difference between the entry fee and the max reward. And the fact that you no longer can get 3 Champions per week from Expeditions rewards isnt that big of a deal, you can use the shards to just buy Champions you want. This is only a problem for ppl who wanted to main Expeditions and progress their Champion collection in the same time, which i can understand and i was one of those ppl, but have since moved to the "dont have time to play these", so im glad i get the Champion from the Vault.

So to sum it up, yes, if you look at it purely from the mathematical perspective of entry fee vs rewards, it might not be worth it. But there are other factors to consider for everyone individually imho.

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This is only a problem for ppl who wanted to main Expeditions and progress their Champion collection in the same time, which i can understand and i was one of those ppl, but have since moved to the "dont have time to play these", so im glad i get the Champion from the Vault.

Same here. I used to play 3 expeditions per week in order to fill my champion collection, but over time, I realized that I enjoy the constructed format more, and going through 3 full expeditions every week barely left me with any time to play constructed. So at this point, I'm glad I only 'have to' play 1 expedition per week (in order not to waste the free entry token).

You wont waste the token, they stack. You can keep it for whenever you have time to play and use them up later, granted only max 3 per week.

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You wont waste the token, they stack. You can keep it for whenever you have time to play and use them up later, granted only max 3 per week.

Oh, I understand that, but once they start piling up, it's going to take that much more time to use them all. So what I meant is I feel I 'need' to use one per week to get my value from the free tokens instead of simply amassing them.

Oh, i get that. It is also easier to spread the time spent over a longer duration than to do it in bulk, i just meant that if you ever wanted to do that, it is an option. But you already know what, so all good :)