PSA Danger != MIA

Jefftiffy··1 votes·751 views

When you ping danger to a lane with no other warning they have 0 clue what you are referring to. If you ping MIA they at least know ok X's lane is gone time to back off but when you have danger spammed on you its like wtf are you refering to. Jungler? Mid? Top? Don't push? Missing at least lets you know that there is an outside force somewhere on the map.

And don't complain when the lane listens to you and gets tower dove by your lane while you are still farming your lane. It's your fault at that point and not theirs. And don't complain that your lane is fed now that you did nothing to stop a one sided fight from happening.

The report system in this game really needs an overhaul. Literally had an entire team complain that I was dying last game when I got a ping with about 3s danger warning and not even a MIA that a LB was coming. I get blown up under tower for my first death by the LB meanwhile the Malphite "Just don't feed LB, I got her" sat mid lane until we already died. Then Warwick starts to yell at me for no map awareness when I have 3 people now in my lane hunting me down every time I go to farm while my support throws wards down and leaves.

On top of this Hecarim took every possible kill I could have gotten and my team minus Braum kept taking the minion waves that I was farming.

All in all, as it has been stated before, we really need a more advanced ping system. This one has been around too long and DANGER and ENEMY IS MISSING do not cover all scenarios and all the pings need to be in one menu not 2 menus that look exactly the same.

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Ice Weasel X2 votes

On the topic of misunderstood communication, "!=" is not a clear message to people with little knowledge of code. You spent the time typing several paragraphs. You could've easily typed, "Danger pings are not the same as MIA pings!" in the title.

Volt Cruelerz1 votes

To be fair, if someone starts spamming danger pings, there's probably a really good reason and you should probably back off.

That said, my favorite games are those where I ping MIA and ping danger and they still die and blame me for not pinging. I simply refer them back to the chat log and they keep raging at me... I don't understand that.

But yes, I agree we need more pings. We already have two ping keys. Why not just add a second circle thingy for the danger ping key?

Handsome Jhin1 votes

If someone pings danger during laning phase, it's probably for a reason. I hit tab constantly to see really quickly if enemies are missing while I'm farming or fighting.

If the enemy midlaner isn't visible and someone is pinging danger at you, it might be a good idea to have an escape ready or to back off.

That said, the ping system is pretty bad right now. Smite has a system where you can type in three letters for a whole ton of messages (including the highly desirable "Never mind!") that are applicable to nearly any situation, so you can just smash in like three letters to let your team know you're pushing mid or that the enemy is missing top.

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