Beta client too laggy

K3NN3N·11/16/2016, 6:11:27 PM·40 votes·6,011 views

I know this has been posted a bunch of times already, and thank god I found out you can launch the Legacy Client, but here are my thoughts:

I'm creating this thread to show to Riot how much people are disliking the new client. I have all of the same lag problems as many other people have already discussed. This new client even affected me in game. When you alt+tab, the client and it's friends list/chat window is still open as well, maxing my cpu to 100% and causing me to range from 7-18 FPS while my ping isnt ever touched. **Yes, I have client animations and background music disabled, problems still persist.

My main thought as this: KEEP THE LEGACY CLIENT AS AN OPTION EVEN WHEN THE NEW CLIENT LEAVES BETA. I have spent hundreds of dollars on this game for skins and champions, and if I am forced to play in a laggy client that also lags my game, I will forever be lost as a customer, and more importantly, as a player.

I am back in the Legacy client but my god, that new client was a horrendous experience and caused me to tilt before the game even started.

My short list of problems:

Champ Select: typing in chat box is laggy, takes multiple seconds to appear. Should you type, hit enter, and keep typing, it can take a full 5-10 seconds for me to see any text what so ever, in the typing box or the player chat box itself.

Champ Select: unable to edit masteries. Should you even successfully change one or two, such as your keystone, good luck being able to Save your changes before the timer runs out.

Champ Select: changing summoner spells at first only causes half the window to appear with only a few spells showing. clicking one then takes forever for the window to close.

Champ Select: the time between searching for a champion and seeing the result takes roughly 5-6 seconds to filter the results

Champ Select: selecting a ban does not guarantee the client will let you click Lock In. Same goes for actually selecting your champion, let alone selecting a skin for that champion.

In Game: a separate client window runs in the background, causing in game lag. An updated client SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTING GAME PERFORMANCE.

So please, Riot, as someone who started playing near the tail end of Season 3, please, give us the choice to keep the Legacy client without forcing us to upgrade when the Client leaves Beta. I understand it is Beta and issues will be resolved, but I will stop playing entirely if I am forced to use this laggy POS.

29 Comments

Freischnitt11/16/2016, 8:48:04 PM10 votes

In Champ Select:

    • multiple seconds delay in chat, text even appers after typing
    • delay in champion search and scroll
    • delay in switching summoners
    • delay while selecting masteries & runes
    • delay while adjusting masteries
    • somtetimes u cant log in your selected champion while ban or select -> low priority q

-> The whole Champ Select is unplayable

Lewjac11/17/2016, 8:45:35 PM4 votes

Miine said i was banning but the champ list didnt show up until last 10 seconds of my ban phase and now i have to wait 6minutes to play a game because the damn thing timed out before i could click a random champ to ban. this is insane, i am being punished for something out of my control!!

Fir3Li0n11/16/2016, 7:39:13 PM3 votes

Absolutely agree. Updated to the beta client expecting a smooth transition... Come to find out the client is a horrible, laggy mess, maxing my CPU out during champ select, causing music and audio to stutter, banning a champ results in a near dodge due to the length of time it takes to just type the name in the box... then come to find out I get client lag once in game because the terrible, laggy client is still running in the background, eating upwards of 50% of my cpu power while doing nothing.

This has to be fixed before a rollout even becomes an option.

CPU: Q6600

jacks24711/18/2016, 9:05:51 PM3 votes

I really like your comment about the new client. You described exactly the problems me and my friends also have. I also want that riot sees your idea to keep up the old client

Spotii11/25/2016, 3:12:41 PM2 votes

I`ve got the same promblem. Before update my game was moving on 50 FPS, after the beta update it is moving on 20/25 FPS WOW. It is lagging on champion select and etc..

Spotii11/25/2016, 3:18:13 PM2 votes

Hello again, I solve the problem with FPS. When the game start u should alt + tab and exit the luncher. But when u end the game u should log in again.... SO STUPID RIOT DO SMTH...

Sai XIII11/24/2016, 1:41:00 AM2 votes

I'm having the same issue. Just want to say that so riot understands that this is an issue effecting many.

AmanzioHero11/18/2016, 9:13:13 AM1 votes

For real, I was tilting before the game started because of the issues too. Luckily I was in blind pick so I was able to take my anger off on the noobs

Artoria Archie11/19/2016, 5:57:15 AM1 votes

Yea, it's too laggy now. Among those games i've lost since the beta client, about 1/3 were because I couldn't switch my runes or masteries.

ManaBirdy11/19/2016, 12:51:51 PM1 votes

i agree ever since it happened i dont really want to play league anymore since the game lags too much now... it ran pretty well until now on my toaster pc and i could even play on high settings with good fps and ping ... but now the new client is making it worse , i cant select my champion fast enough, cant select my masteries soon enough , cant get a lane without being the last one to pick the lane no one wanted its just frustrating Rito pls if you read this MAKE AN OPTION TO HAVE THE OLD CLIENT PLEASE. (note* i did not upgrade on my normal acc, i only updated on my pbe because i wanted to see if its actually good or not) item 3070 imma cry until you add this option rito lmao

Darkslayer8511/19/2016, 1:25:40 PM1 votes

That's an issue that will be fixed when the client leaves Beta.

See currently the client is only played by a small amount of people. That means the priority Riot decided to assign it on the server is likely much lower. Wait for it to go live and it should, SHOULD be fine.

deus sama dean11/19/2016, 3:22:42 PM1 votes

It's so laggy that it takes 15 seconds for the ban screen to pop up, then another 10 for me to type in who i want to ban, and by the time and click and lock in my ban, I unintentionally dodge, so yeah, new client sucks.

Sora61211/20/2016, 7:55:40 PM1 votes

The CLient uses even at the mainscreen 30-40% cpu of my laptop ( I5 5200U) and no its not a bad cpu! I mean its a latop cpu but i think its just too much for the client and even if i turn off animations its still 30-40% usage!

CheesyBud11/25/2016, 5:12:44 PM1 votes

I just wish the notifications in the new client were as obnoxious as the old ones.... i feel like its trying to sneak me into a match behind my back everytime i que for a game. ANYONE ELSE having to wait 15 mins multiple times a day cuz ya just wanted to grab a fruit snack lel.

Oxidezblood11/26/2016, 12:14:45 PM1 votes

also having same issues. pls fix if possible

GamingAleks2/17/2017, 1:31:14 PM1 votes

I also have delays when typing in the chat, it's not completely unusable but I prefer the old legacy client since it's so fast and reactive. I think the issues with the new client can be resolved if the developers take time to fix performance issues. I'm just using the beta client for practice mode, I'd rather not use it since it's laggy but it's not too bad.

HitzSPB11/16/2016, 7:29:46 PM1 votes

I have the same issues.

Bylgarin5/5/2017, 8:36:12 PM1 votes

Do you joke with us now I can not even change this messy beta version of the lag I can not even lock ???? And you banned me and you take my points this all happens because of your version yet how much time I have to play with this beta version ????? Not to mention that I'm 05 in the game I'm kidding you with us ???

GIGOTIER11/16/2016, 8:54:15 PM1 votes

Bonjour RITO c'est quoi ces beug ! Je vois toute mes amie en game ainsi que tous tous plat !!! C'est qui se nouveau client !!!! Ca beug de partout ! Acheter des serveur svp ! merci bonne soiree vaite vite

creatureplex11/17/2016, 6:44:23 AM1 votes

Very very laggy like overall just seems to run very slow. Also, one of the major issues is when you are trying to ban a select champion or pick intent your champion or lock in a champion, it's very laggy that's twice just today that because of the lag issues I couldn't lock in my champion in time so the system took it as I dodged, suffering the penalty right now luckily in normal it's not more than 15 minutes or that would suck! Another issue is because of the lag it has an error it sends me about trying to lock in, it says and I quote error locking in champion, again this is for banning pre-selecting and locking in in general.

Theodore104811/17/2016, 10:34:02 AM1 votes

[Gameplay] During the game and the loading screen my screen keeps glitching..... the entire screen seems to have these black sections that constantly keep coming and going.... can still play the game did play 2 games but its annoying as hell.... this problem came after the latest patch... also lowered my graphics in game however no change was noticed... anyone have this problem or know of any fixes for the same??

zeazreza11/17/2016, 3:18:00 PM1 votes

that's throw for me and all my friend

Gliwusm11/17/2016, 3:36:57 PM1 votes

You also cannot invite people to play from public chat and team chat. You can only invite people from your friendlist.

SexyyNappa11/17/2016, 8:49:03 PM1 votes

Yeah i missed a ban due to the client lagging, then i queued up again after 5 minutes, due to dodge penalty, then missed my pick. Causing me to have to wait 15 minutes. This new client should not be lagging, i have no issues with the legacy client. Guess i will stick to the legacy client, till riot listens to us...