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Terrible PING System- Need remodeling

PrinceOfGames·3/25/2015, 3:19:55 PM·0 votes·1,058 views

So, originally there were two very useful pings. Target this and warning.

Now there are four.

Let's compare the differences. Originall:

Target this: Allows your teammates to know instantly know to kill or target a tower. Warning: Allows you to know which danger to avoid.

Replacement: Enemy Missing: Ctr+ ping Warning: "Fall back from tower", "Fall back from enemy", "Attack the enemy", "Focus this enemy", "Ignore this guy", " mother truck finish THAT guy". Replacement for Target this is very confusing.

"Assist me" is just another spin-off of Target This. While it may get your teammates attention it still is repeatedly uses as "Warning".

The last one: I don't remember. It's probably not important enough to use or hardly useful.

A "Focus" system with a wider variety needs to be created. While the game HAS evolved in it's mapping, champs/heroes, styles, and nerfs/buffs the ping system has been left to rot for years. Commands such as "Adc Attack this", or "Tank defend me", or a system "HELP ME, I'm dieing" would be a much better improvement than

Danger Danger Danger danger Danger Danger Danger Your pings have been muted Enemy has killed you "MOther Truker! [Insert teammate name] Didn't you see me ping?" "Nah bro, there were like- three other things to do. besides you didn't ping correctly"

I suggest looking for better ways to improve team communication as well as an improved command system. "Save me" "Attack with me" "Avoid this guy" "Attack in this order; 1, 2, 3, 4,5" The numbers being a selective process to which you can target. "Tank for me" "Where's my adc?'

Are much more clear than "Warning, warning, warning, waring tower, warning".

They say if you give a positive suggestion with harsh criticism people will pay attention. This is a repost by the way. I've mentioned this before and it was ignored. Thanks riot. I really appreciate the concern you've given me all these years. Really makes you feel the love given by overworked code monkeys, fun loving designers, and a team of dedicated fans doing most of the work with the art and design concepts. This feeling kinda reminds me of "being ignored".

3 Comments

Avorok3/25/2015, 8:25:34 PM1 votes

There's regular ping, which is technically universal to any need or attention or target something. Missing. Something or someone is missing. Danger, it's dangerous there, or here. Assist me, well, guessing that means you need help or someone needs help with something. On my way, meaning, well that's where they are going.

You are overthinking what you want, and not an actual need. The reason why they don't add a wide variety of pings, is because it isn't needed when the ones they have now cover the basic needs to grab a teammates attention. Having things like "Tank help me, ADC go attack this" Isn't needed. That's just too excessive of pings needed and are too specific. That is why we have this neat thing called "chat" Where you can be more specific, and say "adc attack this tower" or "Tank halp meh" Sure the second one isn't as useful when your actually getting attacked and trying to type. but that's what "hold right click, assist me" See? Implementing all that is just a jumble of things not really needed, and may interfere with people binds, idk about that. Everything you posted as a example for these newer pings that you want in game, are already covered. And if your tank doesn't take the damage when pushing a tower with others, then he isn't a good tank. Sure it's clearer, but not to a point where it is needed, because you don't need to be that clear with pings, they are swift attention getters, anything else should be said in chat. Now if they got rid of that chat completely, I'm sure they would have something like your idea already. And If you where pinging danger, while getting attacked... you did ping incorrectly, I mean come on, why ping danger instead of assist me? Or just a could normal pings? You have to sit there and go through all these different groups of pings, which is very inefficient. Needs to be quick and to the point, and so far, what they have is the best we can get. Now I'm not discouraging pings, I would like to see an "Ult ready in 5-10-15" Which I saw a cool post about that one.

But anyway, there's my two cents bud.

Avorok3/26/2015, 3:03:05 AM1 votes

I talked to my brother about this and he did have a point about the ping system. Most of them time, pings are most commonly used to communicate quickly between players, and if you are in a pre-made group, usually the ping isn't used as much since usually VoIP is used.. More used between pugs and players that are not in a group. This is the idea of another poster I mentioned earlier. The idea is great for more pings, but to me, i think its fine as is too :P