Riot, please stop punishing the team for 1 AFK

Murford·11/6/2017, 6:10:22 AM·2 votes·855 views

I'm tired of losing LP because 1 player on my team DCs. This game is meant to be played 5v5. Why am I being punished when I'm forced to play 4v5 because of an AFK? The Summoner's Code already recognizes that going AFK ruins the experience for everyone. If Riot already acknowledges that the experience is bad because of an AFK why pour salt in the wound of the teammates by also taking their LP for a loss? You already have a mechanism for loss prevention if a player never loads in. Why not have that throughout the game if someone DCs? Punish the person actually violating the Code, not the team that your system placed with them.

20 Comments

Rand0mH3r0X11/6/2017, 6:12:29 AM2 votes

Riot implemented /remake.

Anything beyond that and players would just take advantage.

It's not Riot that did it.

Quality Content11/6/2017, 6:51:21 AM2 votes

They can't prevent your LP loss from a DC because that opens up the potential for abusive behavior. Someone might feel convinced the match is a loss and then harass someone in an attempt to make them leave so they don't lose LP.

Chermorg11/6/2017, 4:12:41 PM1 votes

So, let’s say Riot puts “Loss Prevented” on for the other 4 team members (assuming the AFK was solo queue). How do you compensate for the ~80 LP artificial inflation that happens when you have the enemy team gaining around 100 LP and your team only losing around 20 LP (the AFK loses normal and the team loses 0)?