there should be another mechanic similar to that, as the avarage lp we get from items seems to have dropped quite a bit, that say, if it remained in any shape it would probably be as an item effect
They could have just made paying customers have 3x lp instead of going p2p suscription awkward moment when 10 of your friends were hyped just to learn that they're doing a suscription model out of no where on a eternal alpha test