Give dragon and baron timers only after seeing a member of the team that took it.

Dedrius·Jul 27, 2015·3 votes·339 views

Instead of giving a timer and global notification the second dragon or baron is taken, the timer should be given when a member of the team who took dragon or baron is seen. This would allow teams to set up picks after sneaking objectives rather than giving the enemy team a free "we are by dragon stay away".

Thoughts?

8 Comments

Sire HippingtonJul 27, 20152 votes

Both, baron and Dragon, have a clear sound when taken which can be heard by both teams. So unless you play without sounds, you will always know when the enemie team takes the dragon. You can setup picks even better with the enemies knowing that dragon goes down if you have vision controll, as you could leave dragon to setup an ambush elswhere with only 1 guy left to finish dragon. Your enemies would expect you to be at fragon the moment it dies and thus get cought of guard if you wait as 4 man somwhere else.

DedriusJul 27, 20151 votes

It does not make a sound unless you have vision of someone on the enemy team and even so you have to keep track of your own timer rather than having a free one.

And your second point doesn't make much sense since you would know they are still near dragon or you would risk the enemy team taking dragon away from your one teammate taking it.

MarthianJul 27, 20151 votes

The recent patch changed it to work as he said.

Dragon and Baron timers are updated instantly for both teams, regardless if you have vision of the objective at the time of its death Dragon and Baron now have new global death sounds

DedriusJul 27, 20151 votes

I was talking about before this patch

ValyrianBladeJul 27, 20151 votes

Strongly agree. It's equally bad to say, immediately tell your entire team Baron was just killed when you happen to be nearby but didn't have vision, and can immediately go and stop the recall. I understand it's unlikely, but let's say you can fire a jinx ult at the pit, or their adc decides to kill scuttle before basing. The info is kind of unfair at times.

It wouldn't surprise me if teams have been aced after a clean Baron because of the announcement.

DedriusJul 27, 20151 votes

I agree, or I think it would be good to give a timer when the objective spawns in 3:00. That way each team would have ample time to set up for it and work around knowing when it will spawn but other teams can still sneak it like they can now.

Tails DollJul 27, 20151 votes

Just dont give us anynotifcation that baron or dragon died. Jeez it's so dumb, I should get rewarded for outplaying your vision, not the other way around.

DedriusJul 27, 20151 votes

I would agree with this as well, but right now it is just stupid and feels like a crutch for teams who can't get vision control.