My idea to get around Kalista's loss in the case of afk/troll
Alright so how about, if the soul bound is afk for say, 5 minutes or they disconnect. They are turned into a ghostly pet, ala mordekaiser ghost or yorick ghoul? and kalista gains control of the 2nd part of the ult. It'd still mean making a meaningful decision with her spear but not Gimp her severely if her oathbound afk's. or perhaps a mechanic that allows the whole team to vote to remove Kalista's bond in a counsel type thing if the soul bound is just trolling. giving her a reduced version of the pet like one that doesn't auto attack or knock up on ult. still keeping with the theme of meaningful choice but making an afk/troll not a complete detriment to her.
I just thought i'd share my idea on how to get around this obvious problem, it's not exhaustive but i'm sure riot could come up with something similar that would fit wonderfully^^
As a game dev hopeful I took it as a small exercise to brainstorm a solution, so if anyone has any criticism please feel free to share^^