League of Legends Giving Away Free Content to Make Up for Star Guardian Event Issues
League of Legends remains one of the most popular games in the world, due in no small part to developer Riot Games' frequent updates to the MOBA. The latest example is the Star Guardian event, themed around League of Legends characters becoming magical girls. As any fan of live service games knows, however, even major games like League of Legends can struggle with technical issues. That's sadly the case with Star Guardian, which has been disappointingly canceled — but there's a silver lining.
Like most live service game events, the League of Legends Star Guardian event was built around a progression system encouraging players to log in each day and complete various missions. Unfortunately, these missions were not completing as expected, denying League of Legends players progression and making it impossible to earn the best Star Guardian rewards. First, Riot decided to extend the event, but since progression issues continue it decided to end the event early.
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Due to the early end of the Star Guardian free missions, Riot has confirmed it will be granting all players the free rewards planned for the event regardless of how much progress they've earned. The only restriction is that Star Guardian rewards won't unlock for brand-new accounts. The rewards include emotes, icons, various Essences, Masterwork Chests and keys, and even a Star Guardian 2022 orb. It should be a decent haul for any League of Legends player.
Keep in mind that the free rewards are only being offered for the free progression track of the Star Guardian event. The premium track is not being unlocked, so League of Legends players that purchased the upgrade will have
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