"want to B" ping

lofi n chillhop·Sep 10, 2016·33 votes·1,993 views

it would be a sweet deal to have the capability to ping the recall ability on the hub to indicate we're looking to recall. feature request? :3

23 Comments

ThePartyLeaderSep 10, 20169 votes

Hitting enter B enter is far too taxing...

DeathBot666Sep 10, 20167 votes

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lofi n chillhopSep 10, 20162 votes

there are definitely situations in which enter b enter is either not possible, or does not communicate the desired information.

ThePartyLeaderSep 11, 20162 votes

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there are definitely situations in which enter b enter is either not possible, or does not communicate the desired information.

Is not possible? Are you going B mid teamfight? I'll admit I'm lost. I can kind of understand some people's fetishes for pinging everything. But I don't think I've ever not been able to communicate backing to somebody in less than 1 second. To me this feature seems as useful as asking riot to add a tab in the shop that sorts all items in reverse alphabetical order by the third letter. Sure it doesn't hurt anything but it doesn't add anything to the game compared to sorting by stat or pinging ult cool downs.

lofi n chillhopSep 11, 20161 votes

the situation comes up. there's no harm in suggesting it. I don't feel a need to explain to you because i can tell by your attitude you aren't going to listen to reason, and are only looking to put someone down.

AmetDeCryptSep 11, 20161 votes

well I don't know about reason. but he sure as hell ain't listening to that dumb ass idea sir.

BG DeathSep 11, 20164 votes

you could just ping that you're on your way to your base

ABSINTHEgedSep 11, 20161 votes

yeah. That's what I do. Hardly needs a new ping. x.x

Joseph GladstoneSep 10, 20162 votes

there are tons of pings we need but riot wont give us

BastionKrossSep 10, 20162 votes

You could always just use the "On my way" ping on your own base.

lofi n chillhopSep 10, 20161 votes

i have at times.. but the issue is if someone is in a battle and here "omw" ping there's a chance (higher in low elo) that they think someone is coming to their aid (having less chance to look at the map during a batttle)

Critmaster GarenSep 10, 20162 votes

how about retreat pinging your own champion would display a chat message "wants to recall"

Jet SettSep 10, 20161 votes

I think that's what people use "Careful!" for.

foristSep 10, 20162 votes

When I want to b, I usually ping either my mana bar or my hp bar, that way I can communicate that I need to heal or buy before I can do anything. Works well if you are low on either resource in my experience.

SinlaireSep 11, 20162 votes

you can now chat post your gold like you do your ultimate cooldown.

You can just ctrl+click that and it'll let your team know you wanna buy. pretty easy really.

5000000000000000Sep 11, 20161 votes

Or ping HP or mana, depending on why you want to back.

BhagswagSep 10, 20161 votes

just typing brb

lofi n chillhopSep 10, 20161 votes

brb does not mean "guys I want to recall please don't dive". there are many situations where it is better to have an actual "I'm going to recall" ping. even just letting me ping it when i recall from lane every time i do would be good...

plus sometimes I mute all, or others do... this is why ping systems are powerful...

KyrrionSep 10, 20161 votes

Use the caution ping and type in "b". If you're backing anyway, this shouldn't be that much of an issue.

lofi n chillhopSep 10, 20162 votes

lately i tend to ping yellow then ping my mana and/or health. I pinged my money and people just troll-pinged their money and jg camps and other things. there are work arounds yes. but having this feature would be much more meaningful than work arounds that might not always be clear, and might not always be usuable.

DrCyanideSep 11, 20161 votes

Wasn't there suppose to be a way to ping how much gold you needed to get an item? Something like "Infinity Edge - 0 g until purchasable" would probably communicate the intention pretty clear.

Papa SlothySep 11, 20161 votes

you should be able to ping items in the store to show how much gold you need to get it