Ban preference in draft pick?
It would be pretty cool, I think, if in draft mode you could also put up a ban pref selection (similar to the champion preference there is for who you are going to play) the ban pref menu could have a different textual look than the champion pref screen so that people don't get mixed up, as well as a clear indicator that you are either banning or picking This would allow players to notify their teammates of who they intend to select as well as who they intend to ban
Casual and non-pro/non-pre5Comms teams are able to see what their teammates plan on doing
- a ban pref would help teams communicate theirs bans so that overlap doesn't occur.
- less instances of "the guy above me banned my pref, who should I ban!?!?... which results in a panic ban that snipes a teammate.
- casual players can have time to mull over their decision while they wait for teammates to ban rather than during their timer.
When it came your turn you could just click lock in instead of searching for the specific champion to ban
- teammates who notice you don't have a preference for ban could give you suggestions
- shaves off a few-several seconds from the ban portion of champ select
- you can queue up your preference while others are banning so you don't have to search as the time counts down
if you notice someone else is going to ban your preferred you could have more time to adjust your own ban before your turn comes around
- less last second panic bans (since when you arrive in the game you can select your ban)
I think this would help cut down the wait time in the champ select screen, especially if the plan is to up the #of bans by 4, as well as increase non-verbal communication/planning between teammates.
Thoughts?