Why does the client show your ping so you don't have to go into a game to find out you have 600 ping

Qerv·9/5/2015, 2:13:01 PM·62 votes·2,517 views

I feel like it would help a lot because people wouldn't enter a game just to dc or find out that they have 600 ping and cant do anything. Granted you could create a custom game but that just take a while and it would be much easier to just see it on your client. It could be just like in game and just appear right next to the "click to edit your preferences" on your client. It would help a ton with dc's, rito pls.

24 Comments

EvilMerodach9/5/2015, 2:23:11 PM8 votes

I think that would create problems with server load. As everyone in client would always be connected to the server. And possibly not all the accurate either. Simple ping test to server probably won't reflect game level load, so you could read a good ping from the client, then go in game and still have a bad ping. When in doubt...try a costume game.

Searingspear9/5/2015, 9:35:47 PM5 votes

"ping 104.160.131.1 -t" go to command prompt and run this to check your ping pre game (without quotations). It's not 100% accurate, but it's good enough

Lordzqyx9/5/2015, 3:58:31 PM2 votes

Pingtest.net is a great tool to check ping outside of games. A quick ping checker as part of the client would be nice though.

RottedApples9/5/2015, 4:54:03 PM2 votes

i definitely think that the client needs this, but if you are worried about your ping then go into a custom, add a bot, and then play ezreal and go bot. ezreal has skillshots so you should be able to get a feel for your ping really quickly and see if it's playable or not. plus you can just leave the game since it's a custom and you are the only actual player, the game then just disappears.

Kal Vas Flam9/5/2015, 2:16:15 PM2 votes

I don't generally have ping issues except ping spikes (happens a lot lately), but I agree this should be a thing.

Tyvani9/5/2015, 8:10:49 PM1 votes

If they could figure out a good method for checking, I'd love to have it. It just a bit of a chore to create a custom game just to check.

3TWarrior9/6/2015, 8:35:14 AM1 votes

actually, you can't even create a custom game anymore without suffering leaver buster.

I tried it a few weeks ago, patch 5.16 I think, and now it tries to hit you with leaver buster if you leave a custom match that has no one in it XD

gg git diff9/6/2015, 4:56:02 PM1 votes

Riot already answered this multiple times. If they added this it wouldn’t be very accurate because the routing your connection takes would be different once you get in game.

Tails Doll9/5/2015, 5:35:41 PM1 votes

Riot hears ya, Riot doesnt care, buy some RP.

Ignis09/5/2015, 6:18:25 PM1 votes

I use LSI for a ping estimate but this would be a lot easier.

Silents4299/5/2015, 7:17:34 PM1 votes

Because the client isn't using the same server games are on, and checking your ping for a second won't tell you much of anything unless you ping the server constantly to get the average. And even then, Ping can only get you so far, disconnects can occur even with 50ms.

Avious9/5/2015, 7:52:33 PM1 votes

This has been requested several times. Riot is working on a new client so I think you should post this again when they begin testing it. Having said that, I believe they will ship it with this feature included.