Can we have teammate's ping level visible again and even shown in game?

Silver Fate X·Oct 16, 2014·2 votes·2,331 views

It will make explanation on why players are having hard time playing the game so much easier. If keeping the ping levels invisible has to do with players leaving the match if they see someone with a bad connection, why not compensate the team with missing players with some buffs? Should this game focus on rewarding players for staying in the game rather than focusing on the levers, especially since this game is a game of teamwork?

It would be even better if we have the ability to check our ping before starting any match IN the LOL client, especially when shown in a graph. Checking the ping in the CMD program can be unreliable, especially if using a different website such as google to check. Also, setting up a custom game just to check the ping takes up time. Even then, ping spike is difficult to notice, especially occasional short, but strong spikes. The client already has the ability to read the ping level, why not expand it?

8 Comments

DayVGamingOct 16, 20141 votes

Bad idea, will only cause bitching

Silver Fate XOct 16, 20141 votes

They will complain about bad game-skill. They will complain about the ping levels. What will they not complain about? If they cannot see the ping level, they will only blame on skill level when it is not at all. At least more information is better, so that we can see what's going on and complain about the ping level and instead of assuming that it is bad skill, which can be false.

ValyrianBladeOct 16, 20141 votes

If someone thinks you're unskilled they'll complain but they won't think you're intentionally hurting their chances of winning (you just can't play well). If they think you have bad ping they'll think you're intentionally playing with a poor connection and thus are intentionally hurting their chances of winning. So there is a big difference actually. I think people would be a lot more toxic if it showed a bad ping?

Silver Fate XOct 16, 20141 votes

Problem is, we do not have a reliable way to see the ping ahead of time. We can use the CMD trick, but there are some sayings that it does not help as much, especially if we use different site to check, such as google. We can make a new custom game to check, but that takes time, and we cannot see the short, but strong ping spike well. Plus, the game is way longer than the tests for pings, so even if we confirm no ping spikes, we may encounter them later in the actual games, which is again not our fault in the first place. Beside, nothing in LOL official website ever mention these kinds of stuff. This is something we have to look up ourselves.

I did suggest having a chart of change of ping spikes for player earlier to check for any ping spikes that the players can be held responsible for entering the game knowing their connection conditions.

AtheosisXOct 16, 20141 votes

Why does it matter if it's ping issues or lack of skill if the end result is the same? In neither case are you within your rights to bitch at the person.

Silver Fate XOct 16, 20141 votes

And that does not make the community look any better when it has people yelling at each others, does it? I would like to at least know what's going on so I do not always accuse of someone being terrible when it is not true.

If the problem is that people are going to yell at each other with the ping level visible, we already have people yelling at each other for bad playing. What's the harm of adding this one?

AtheosisXOct 17, 20141 votes

And that does not make the community look any better when it has people yelling at each others, does it? I would like to at least know what's going on so I do not always accuse of someone being terrible when it is not true.

If the problem is that people are going to yell at each other with the ping level visible, we already have people yelling at each other for bad playing. What's the harm of adding this one?

Why do you think it's acceptable to accuse people of being terrible? Just suck it up and do your best to win in spite of them.

Silver Fate XOct 17, 20141 votes

OK. I do not directly accuse them of being bad. That was some bad wording. I just want to know whether it is really bad playing, which I am supposed to help or at least hint on how to play better as a teammate, or some lagging and disconnection, which I know I have no idea on how to help.