"A pretty steady pace", with nothing since 28th February and no information whatsoever about the possibility of future reductions ?
While having champions released steadily every 2-3 weeks ?

Is your end-goal to have more than 75% of all champions at 6300 ? It was already quite big when I started a year ago... now I really wouldn't want to be a new player, with all these champions you feel you'll never be able to buy... and never play either because there are some that never get free.

It looks like this at the moment : "okay, you have all this old boring stuff at an affordable price. For everything under a year and a half, pay full price"...

Most of you who are saying that Pulsfire Ezreal is too expensive haven't stopped to think about one very simple thing. This is a THEME, not only a SKIN. If it were a skin only I have no doubt it would be 1800 just like the other "legendary" skins. But you are getting a banner on your profile, a summoner icon, a skin that completely changes the way the hero looks, and new spell effects within the skin. And all of this, if you purchase within the first 4 days of release, only costing you 1600 RP which is less than any current legendary skin, I honestly don't see your beef.

Sure, 3200 RP is expensive, but it's on sale for 4 entire days, why not buy it then if you want it? Besides, 3200 RP isn't that expensive for all that you get. If you don't think 3200 RP (or 1600 RP for that matter) is worth what you're getting, don't buy it, simple.

And as to the point of "you can't raise prices because quality increases," that's garbage. When you go to buy anything do you always look for the cheapest you can get away with, or get something that costs more but is better quality? I know that comparison is a bit of apples and oranges, but the same logic applies. It takes Riot longer to create these higher quality themes and legendary skins, why shouldn't they cost more? Why shouldn't PFE cost more than anything else since it is the most advanced, most artful, and best quality of any skin put out before?

Now what happens in a few years from now when all the skins you release will be PFE quality, but at a lower price point?

It will be MTF all over again. MTF in-fact is a prime example of how you're paying a high price for top notch work, but aren't getting a "better experience" in any way. Which could be PFE in time. MTF is of 520 priced quality now, and in the future PFE could be 975 quality.

As much as I would disagree with the qq over PFE's pricing, I do have to agree with the general discontent over (some) previously released legendary skins being disgustingly low quality. ie: not-so-Magnificent Twisted Fate.
I understand that Riot has pulled some skins that were deemed overly craptastic (Rusty Blitzcrank...) but the skin price to quality relationship for the most part still seem totally random. Just take a look at how good Kogmaw's butterfly skin is for its price and then compare it to other similarly RP priced skins and just marvel at the discrepancy.
If the pricing was more consistent then I think there'd be a more solid base to defend PFE's price.

I think this is a case of shooting the messenger. RiotMontag is a pawn; he's inconsequential. He is an ordinary employee who accidentally got himself into a can of worms. Lets face it, he has no say into the pricing of these skins. The only people who have a say is 10cent. Take what he says with a grain of salt. It is meaningless.

We can, however, infer from Riot's actions more than their words that champions and skins are going to be 6300/975+RP for the rest of LoL's useful lifespan, unless they decide to increase the prices again.