Crests, and Their Lack of Presence!

Beloac·May 17, 2016·1 votes·389 views

So, when they implemented the Honor Crests (Honorable Opponent, Friendly, Teamwork, and Helpful) I was under the impression that they would be more relevant that they currently are. In regards to the Honorable Opponent crest it may be that my level of play, which is mid gold level, happens to be where the scum of the earth is, and thus I do not have the opportunity to see players with this particular crest. In regards to the remaining three crests I have found the majority of them reside amongst players who mainly play Co-Op vs AI, which seems ridiculous to me, I have questioned from the beginning why Riot chose to allow the voting system to be outside of normals and ranked. I know the values per honor vote is less for those players, but still I find that quantity becomes more important than quality in this case. Do others agree that the honor crests should remain for those who play pvp normals and ranked?

3 Comments

VictoriousBardMay 17, 20162 votes

You have to consistently be given honor points to get and retain crests (I had the honorable opponent one for quite a while, when the system was first implemented, before people just stopped giving honor at all). I'm sure people give each other honor points much more in co-op than in normals/ranked, but that's because there's no actual incentive to give honor to anyone. Given that honor points don't really do anything for the person they are given to (unlike reporting a person who is toxic), a lot of people don't bother. They might as well just delete the system entirely or rework it, there's no real reason to retain it in its current state.

Very Hard EngageMay 17, 20162 votes

the problem is you have to coax other players, strangers, into giving something to you for free. and thats a lot harder than it seems.

i think of myself as a pretty chill and cooperative person, but just because i flash and take a caitlyn shot which would otherwise kill you, wont guarantee i get teamwork at the end of the game.

which is why crests should be reworked.

Danilov ZaitsevMay 18, 20161 votes

I agree that they should be reworked, does anyone have any ideas as to where they should start? I firmly believe that regardless of the system they choose, there should be either Normal and Ranked only crests, or unique to the queue that you are in crests. Anyone have any further insight as to how Riot should go about a rework?