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Penalty for dodging ARAM

nonfatalerror·9/28/2015, 5:56:08 PM·5 votes·949 views

So, this is grating on my nerves for quite some time now: The penalty for dodging a ARAM game is identical to slightly higher than that of SR. However the benefit of dodging in a ARAM game is much greater than that of SR, namely, a chance to pick again.

And that should change.

I'm not concerned about win rate or anything, ARAM is actually remarkably balanced for what it is, no matter what team comp you get. I'm the ANNOYED AS HELL player that gets dodged a gazillion times because some goon squad decides they have a "bad champ". The most annoying aspect of this ordeal is: it actually works, you do get to roll again, amazing huh?

So what am I proposing? Simple, put in a mechanic so that whenever someone dodges in ARAM, he's still stuck with the same champ in addition to SR penalties. This ensures that there isn't some idiot that decides he doesn't care about time penalties and other players' rage bar from time to time. This also does not overly penalize some players who have legit reasons to leave the game. I do realize there is potential to "save" a champion to create a super team, but considering how difficult and time consuming that is, I doubt it will be a serious problem.

EDIT Mistakes were made, ARAM have slightly higher penalties than SR

13 Comments

Eedat9/28/2015, 8:46:26 PM4 votes

I never understood why people dodged in ARAM. I mean the whole point of it is All RANDOM All Mid. It never made sense to dodge because I got a champ I didn't like. Defeats the purpose if you only will play certain champs and not others

XIII Vanitas9/28/2015, 7:14:24 PM3 votes

Do you know that if you dodge an ARAM game you have to wait 15 minutes and if you dodge a SR game you only have to wait 5?

Kitten of Evil9/28/2015, 8:21:58 PM2 votes

They made the time penalty higher than SR, actually. And while you do still get some dodges, I have to say it's way better than it used to be.

HopFrogger9/28/2015, 7:03:40 PM1 votes

I think losing your rerolls when you dodge and the time penalty is obnoxious enough for the player. Interesting idea, though.

Burgurdura9/28/2015, 9:02:49 PM1 votes

I see a problem with forcing a player to keep a champ. Rather than just play a match and get it over with, a player might want to trade it away. If no one accepts, they'll dodge again, contributing to the problem.

RisenDarkKnight9/29/2015, 7:49:59 AM1 votes

Isn't it way higher of a penalty? 20 min wait vs 5 min wait? That's 4x as long. Many people would rather play a 20 min game then have to wait 20 mins and not be able to play.

Only Play Darius9/29/2015, 7:54:49 AM1 votes

Or, they could disable the clearly obnoxious ARAM champs like Lux Velkoz Ziggs Blitzcrank Fiddlesticks along with the absolutely useless ones Udyr Skarner Vi Tryndamere Renekton and maybe people wouldn't be tempted to dodge in the first place and then people would have no reason to dodge in the first place.