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Larger ARAM dodge penalties

zoliking·10/21/2016, 8:40:11 PM·3 votes·640 views

The dodge penalties for ARAM are the same as for Rift, and this does not reflect the different natures of the two modes champ selects: in Rift you need a coherent team with champions that make sense in their roles, so dodging to avoid a troll every once in a while is ok, the penalty reflects that. ARAM is an entirely different matter. The same penalty suggests that it is ok to dodge because you dislike the champion you got, which is obviously not the case, a player shouldn't be able to ruin the game for 7-10 people satisfied with the champion they got. A good solution is to have an ARAM only dodge penalty that only affects the ARAM queue. This would be 1 hour on the first dodge, 6 on the second and beyond. This way the people who dodge for the only reason it is ok to dodge an ARAM game, which is having IRL stuff to do and thus having to leave, would still be alright since they are leaving anyway, however people dodging to avoid playing a particular champion would not be able to ruin games for everyone else.

4 Comments

Zielmann10/21/2016, 9:08:28 PM2 votes

It already does. First dodge on ARAM is 15 minutes. On SR, it's just 6. Then 30 minutes vs. 15. Then 60 minutes vs. 30.

Edit: Ranked, I believe is 6 minutes first dodge, 30 for the second. But doesn't increase after the second dodge.

zoliking10/21/2016, 9:11:05 PM2 votes

That is way not enough. We need a penalty where the time is long enough for it to be not worth to dodge. 15 minutes is good enough for people to dodge once every time it resets.

hermeneutist6/17/2017, 9:21:40 AM1 votes

it's still not enough. dodgers should either be stuck with the SAME champ they dodged on for the next game, or each dodge should start with a 1-day aram-specific queue ban. if you are dodging an aram game, you better be so tilted that you're ready to close the game for 24 hours.

2nd dodge within the same week should lead to a 3-day aram ban or more. it's just obnoxious to dodge aram, and if you can't take it -- despite having two rerolls -- then you should just never join the queue. go play twisted treeline or whatever.