CD on pings

It Hertz When IP·1/15/2015, 11:31:22 PM·1 votes·402 views

Problem: players who constantly think they have to ping a spot 7+ times in a second with the pathetic justification of "sometimes people ignore the first ping".

Simple idea: add two cooldowns to pings. CD would only apply to the same player pinging twice, NOT two players both pinging.

The first cooldown would be a 10s CD to pinging within 800 units of your last ping. (numbers adjustable). So no more spamming twenty pings to tell me a tower is under attack. (Possible Modification: Adjust to 5-8s if the ping is a different kind, i.e. MIA followed by Danger).

The second cooldown would be a global 5-8s (?) cooldown for pings in general. To make sure the assholes thwarted by the first cooldown don't just fling pings all over the general area.

I get that people do sometimes ignore the first ping. But pinging excessively as a solution is pretty much the equivalent of screaming at someone who is ignoring you: immature, ineffective, and annoying to everyone who has to listen to you.

1 Comments

Stonington1/15/2015, 11:36:37 PM1 votes

They already nerfed pings now that there's a slider to turn the sound off.

Sometimes you spam ping when you want to take dragon or when you need immediate help. It's when people spam ping every other minute that pisses me off.