Ping updates coming to the PBE, check it out!

Deep Terror Nami··33 votes·2,648 views
[6.14] Cooldown Pings on PBE

Hello friends! Today, we've put a new feature onto PBE for testing. As the title hopefully implies, you'll soon be able to ping various icons in your HUD to automatically message your team with the remaining cooldown duration. However, pictures are worth so much more than words so here we go!

http://media.lolusercontent.com/api/embedly/1/image/resize?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FM9SGVA2.png&key=a45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b&width=425

Here John can ping when his ultimate is up so Alex knows when to go in!

http://media.lolusercontent.com/api/embedly/1/image/resize?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FcOIBFjP.png&key=a45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b&width=425

Kory is able to tell his team when red buff is about to spawn and also ping dragon's timer to give his team some time to get ready.

For now, we're working to implement this feature for:

  • Ultimate cooldowns (ALT+Click)
  • Major items (ALT+Click)
  • Infinity Edge
  • Trinity Force
  • Items with cooldowns!
  • Blade of the Ruined King
  • Locket of the Iron Solari
  • Health bars and Mana Bars
  • Jungle timers (Click. Just Click.)
  • Summoner Spells

Feel free to ask any early questions you have or any thoughts about this cool new feature!

PS: Pings are controlled by ALT. The scoreboard is controlled by Tab. Please don't ALT+Tab! We special-cased the Jungle timer ping to not require ALT for this reason! ALT+Tab will not help you in team fights!

31 Comments

MrPharmD16 votes

I think rather than being able to ping item cooldowns, I would love to see things like "enemy flash/heal down" and "this bush right here is warded" pings.

Personally, I would rather remove the red ping from the ping wheel because a) there is a caution ping already and b) nobody listens to back off pings anyway. Then, they could just make it so you can hit TAB and click on whatever summoner spell the enemy or you used to give a message saying it was used.

MISTAFUNKTASTIC7 votes

Agree! I would much rather have an "enemy ward location" ping than item CD.

I would prioritize the ward ping over enemy summoner ping, but both are more valuable than item CDs

InhaleMyGayWhale10 votes

What about a "Warded" Ping?

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

We might be able to get around that by pinging our trinket cooldown, then the position. It'd take some time to make that common knowledge, though.

Edit: Can you even ping your trinket, though...?

https://i.imgur.com/1HvNiEO.png?noredirect

KnKitsune4 votes

Not sure if having a ping for item actives would be very helpful as I don't see many players ever inform each other about those things.

Jungle timers, ult timers, and "Warded Here" pings would be extremely useful though.

Leetri2 votes

I mean it could be very useful for Zhonya's since for example Fiddlesticks and Morgana likes to use it for engages. Morgana might have her ult up but won't engage because Zhonya's is still down.

CrazFight 2 votes

Is there a "remove pings" feature yet :<

Btw nami did they ever change the nami skin name :3

Stereo Dreamer2 votes

I think an obligatory: "Noticed from Overwatch and copied over." is required eventually.

On a higher note: This is absolutely marvelous to have; a ping for "Warded" (by the enemy) would be nice to have as well.

I don't think Enemy spells or ult down could be very efficiently added in as pings, but nonetheless useful information to have and deliver.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

I think an obligatory: "Noticed from Overwatch and copied over." is required eventually.

It's not like nobody had ever thought of it before. Why they hadn't already done this is the real question.

Stereo Dreamer1 votes

That's why I said noticed from (because Overwatch is hugely popular atm), and not originated or purely taken from.

We can probably assume that they were too busy, overlooked it, saw it but never passed it on to important people, and/or thought it unnecessary at the time or a low priority.

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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That's why I said noticed from (because Overwatch is hugely popular atm), and not originated or purely taken from.

More like given a damn about. Riot didn't care what the community was saying, it was only when a competitor implemented it that they decided to do anything about it.

Destaice1 votes

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I think an obligatory: "Noticed from Overwatch and copied over." is required eventually.

Cough Dota 2 cough

Synnx72 votes

Another feature from HoTs. Keep copying Blizzard.

Sukishoo2 votes

Now they just need to update other pings and include things like "Enemy ward? / Enemy ward here!"

Dr Poro2 votes

Are you sure Infinity Edge and Trinity Force are supposed to be in that list? Aren't probelter, gunblade, Mikael's, QSS, ... supposed to be there instead?

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Thanks for mentioning that. I checked the post and he updated it after I made this, so it's corrected now.

Illiad1 votes

its so beautiful

10Tickler1 votes

Oh, and here I was hoping you'd be fixing the HORRENDOUS pingspikes I get with Charter internet.

Seriously. 12k ping.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

If you're having ping issues please visit the threads stickied on the Help & Support board, and contact player support with a Support Ticket if you need more help.

10Tickler1 votes

It's less of "Having Ping Issues" and more of: "Never had decent ping since I started playing in S3." I'm as east coast as you can get without being in the water, and s3-5, my ping never went below 120. With the server changes in mid-late s5, it went to about 60-70, but it's always spiked. This patch is just literally the worst, with Ping hitting 12-13k in some games.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

This is probably a problem you can solve on your end if you'd go perform the recommended troubleshooting, and provide the requested info if it doesn't help.

10Tickler1 votes

The recommended troubleshooting amounts to "Change the Location of your entire computer" and "Unplug and replug your Modem" Not really that helpful in the end.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

If you ever change your mind and want help fixing your issue let me know.

10Tickler1 votes

Stop any active downloads or streaming services. These tend to use a lot of bandwidth.

Don't run anything other than League, and MAYBE Skype when I'm playing

Powercycle (restart) your modem and router.

Done frequently enough that this shouldn't be the issue.

Try plugging directly into your modem if you use a wireless router.

Not possible, due to the way my living area's set up.

Disable Peer-to-Peer transfers in the patcher (gear icon top right, save settings, restart PC) Uninstall Pando Media Booster Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs

Done back in Season 4/5

Reinstall your network card drivers.

Done approximately 2 months ago.

Check with your ISP about outages or blocking.

Not an issue whatsoever, given my ability to access literally anything else, and other games working entirely fine.

Support ticket was sent out, little bit ago, which means 3-4 months, I might have a fix somewhere deep in an esoteric part of my Network protocols that no one would ever think of.

Really no need to get sassy about it, I'm not some idiotic 14 year old, I know what I'm doing around my PC. Nothing's changed except the addition of a sound card, which has NOTHING to do with my Network whatsoever. The Massive Ping spikes started happening at the beginning of the patch before this. Came with the Patch, nothing else changed, but the game, due to it being patched.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Download the WinMTR program and run a ping/tracert to the NA server at the following IP address;

104.160.131.1

Run it for 5-15 minutes and it'll show where you're getting ping spikes from if it happens during the run.

Profirix1 votes

VERY YES

Lirik1 votes

more hands holding for babies ... lol casual shyt good thing i quit.

Dr Poro1 votes

Will you also be able to ping by tabbing and clicking on the items of other players? (No alt here aswell)

aLawfulFalafel1 votes

as much as i believe there should be a better variety of pings, i KNOW there are way too many people who are ping happy and since i don't have an option to mute X persons ping SOUND (ping should still appear on map) then i can't agree with new pings being implemented

giving players these resources is a good thing overall but there are games where all you hear for half an hour is PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING

MrBuffington1 votes

Did you get your PBE account yet?

yZebr Zu1 votes

Thought this meant fixing my two friends ping in Hawaii, or mine in far west cali

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