[2019] Why does TFT not give XP?

We're going to be addressing this in more depth in a dev post soon, but the TL;DR: we're not going to give BE/XP through TFT at launch, but we may reconsider once we know more about how TFT looks in the real world.

- At launch, we don't want to include BE/XP as part of TFT because there's a lot we don't know yet about how typical games of TFT will go once the meta is settled. Stuff like how long a game lasts, how long it takes to get to your next game, and how different those numbers are for 1st vs. 8th place are all things we're tracking. We don't want to make assumptions and end up giving out way too much BE/XP, potentially unbalancing those systems.

- With new accounts coming in specifically to play TFT, giving them XP could allow them to reach level 30 without ever playing Summoner's Rift. Playing TFT isn't the best preparation for Ranked, so we'd like those accounts to play some Summoner's Rift games before entering Ranked. There are definitely other solutions to this problem, and we may explore those after TFT has been out for a bit.

- As you may have noticed on the PBE, we are testing out a Pass system that allows you to make progress after playing TFT towards TFT-specific rewards. This works a lot like TFT-specific BE/XP, and we're hoping it will hit a lot of the same goals. And for players who really only care about TFT, getting something meant for that mode rather than Summoner's Rift may be more up their alley anyways.

It's definitely a possibility, especially if we want to give out XP through TFT.

I definitely hear you on the lack of Honor progress. I don't think we have immediate plans to bring Honor into TFT, but that could change in the future.