...are we going to see any punishment for the masses of players exploiting the instant recall bugs? It's kind of obnoxious that games are flooded with players choosing almost exclusively champions who can abuse it, and doing so constantly. That's not the kind of behavior Riot wants to encourage, is it?
Sona Ping2 votesOh come on. If flying cows were a part of URF Day, everyone would love it.
FrozenMistninja1 votes...are we going to see any punishment for the masses of players exploiting the instant recall bugs? It's kind of obnoxious that games are flooded with players choosing almost exclusively champions who can abuse it, and doing so constantly. That's not the kind of behavior Riot wants to encourage, is it?
Actually, people exploiting issues that are meant to be solved In pbe, should have 0 consequence to the individuals that use them. I for one, have been playing ranked every day since 5.13 came out, and not once did I see this actually get used, or have any knowledge of its existence. As soon as more than a few people kenw about it, the internet blew it up and nobody was able to use it. I dont think more than a handful got to use it in a beneficial way. Using it is their reward, so Riot doesn't have to deal with an issue like this showing up live in front of an LCS match.
TheLastBaron882 votesExcept that it's terribly unbalanced for people trying to play a fair game, whether it's ranked or not. It's definitely a big enough deal that they pulled ranked queues entirely until it's fixed. And it's very frustrating being unable to punish greedy players who make bad decisions and get away with it simply because they have an easy exploit to insta-port back to base that is certainly not an intended part of the game, and they know it. That's why it's an exploit, because it is entirely intentional.
FrozenMistninja1 votesThen use it too, its something like 30 champs that have the bug, use it too, seriously if it was just one champ, I could see the issue, but seeing its more than 10 champs, and everyone of both teams could get a champ that does it, its perfectly fair.
TheLastBaron884 votesDon't like cheating? Then cheat too!
With logic like that, this game wouldn't need a balance team OR a punishment system. You could just do the same things every other scumbag is doing.
Also you've already highlighted yourself why it ISN'T fair. There are over 100 champions and league, and roughly 30 have this bug? That leaves over 70% of champions at a MASSIVE strategic disadvantage just because of this bug alone, and more specifically the hordes of mimicking troglodytes abusing it. That's a pretty damn broken gamestate.
Additionally, maybe I don't WANT to play those 30 champs. Maybe I wanna play someone I actually like playing because of their intended kit and playstyle, and don't want to have to narrow my champion pool down to one based exclusively on who can abuse a massive unintended bug in the game. Yours is exactly the kind of mentality game designers struggle to prevent from cropping up.
FrozenMistninja1 votesThen play however you want when they fix the issue. If this was a permanent problem I would agree with you, but since it should be over anywhere from an hour to 24 hours I have no problem with normals being weird. If you could "cheat" in ranked that would be like cheating in poker with real money, but since its normals, its almost like complaining about cheating in poker over monopoly money.
FrozenMistninja1 votesHey maybe I wanna play ranked, not really in my hands atm
TheLastBaron881 votesActually that's a big part of the frustration for me as well. I DO wanna play ranked. I was in the midst of my promos when Ranked Queues were pulled. A mass of cheating douchecanoes have not only delayed my ascent, but also made normals more frustrating than usual. Granted, Riot is not at all blameless, since it IS their bug after all, but I get that shit happens. I hope they fix it quickly. But every minute that ranked remains disabled, is a minute stolen by cheating jerkwads.
FrozenMistninja2 votesWell to give you some relief, I havnt used any cheats, since I only play ranked, or dominion. :D
IcyPepper3 votesexploiting glitches to gain an advantage, regardless if others even on the enemy team are doing it, is against the rules.
Don't use exploits, period.
FrozenMistninja1 votesIf you think about it though, the glitch can be negative. I imagine the first time it happened the player probably had a lot of hp and was trying to get a kill and got recalled. So it goes both ways.
IcyPepper1 voteswhich is only further incentive for Riot to fix it... and us not to exploit known glitches.