Requesting Voice-Macro chat alternative
Basically the idea is to consolidate and convey in-game actions by you, so you can coordinate better, and more easily with your team.
It breaks down like this.
-Press Macro-assigned key. (I'll use V for example); keyboard does not control champion, like in chat, until ESC or ENTER is pressed. -[V] breaks into on-screen simple-action assigned key categories such as [A]attack-[D]defend-[M]move- [W]ward, etc. -Pressing those keys would then open-up subcategories that would be specific choices such as; [V]->[F]Focus-> [A]->Enemy AD Carry [V]->[G]Gank-> [M]->Enemy Mid-lane. [V]->[D]Defend-> [B]->Base. [V]->[W]Ward-> [D]->Dragon Of course, there would be a multitude of combinations, but they are very easy to learn because the idea behind the process is simplicity. -Lastly, finishing the sequence will cause your champion to voice the message in-game for allies to hear, as well as appear in team chat.
TL;DR--- Press a few buttons to hear sounds.
I think Riot should add something like this in the future. I understand pings function very similarly, but in many situations pinging simply lacks the clarity that voice macros don't, especially in lower divisions.
I also believe this would be a great step forward in Riot's continued delayed voice-chat promises because voice-macros give them a way around third-party conflicts, and won't take much effort to add into the client code aside from paying a few voice-actors to record some sound files, and their programers to add them into the client.
Let me know what you guys think!