"bank" LP so you dont get 99 LP and have to play a whole game for 1-2 LP

NynthNA·Oct 10, 2013·3 votes·909 views

Hey, how does that sound: Riot implementing a "banking" system, where you can put up to for example 5LP (has to be a small amount to prevent excessive use/abuse) when you play a game, hit 100LP and would actually hit more than 100LP. That way you could prevent those painful moments when you realize that you just won a game and are on 99LP, which makes you play a whole game for just 1LP, which happened quite often to me so far, despite not playing that many rank games. Of course it should let you chose yourself whether you want to use your banked LP or not. And yes i know many people would probably not like this idea, but i guess those are the people who didnt experience this so far or more than once and are not annoyed by it :P...

8 Comments

LilYonsanOct 10, 20134 votes

See the whole reason why you're not getting much LP is because the league system believes that your mmr is not high enough to join the next highest bracket. In some cases, this is true, in other cases it might not be. However, your biggest issue is the fact that you haven't played many ranked games.

While this is an idea that you have presented, it would get somewhat out of hand. You could conceivably skip full tiers just by saving up enough lp to do so, which would completely jeopardize where you are placed and how you stack up against your opponents.

When I was ranking up out of bronze, I made it all the way to promotionals for silver five, lost those and then went on a bit of a tilt, after that I was elo clamped SIGNIFICANTLY until I finally made those final pulls into silver. Believe it or not, there is an advantage to this elo clamping. Assuming of course that you do belong in the next highest league, when you get past the lp clamping, your mmr will be significantly higher than those of your peers in the same league. Because of that, every win will net you 25~ lp. Granted, this will only last (and even get better) if you continue to win after that.

I am an example to prove this as well. I was promoted around mid September to Silver five, since then in only two or three weeks, I've made it halfway through silver two and I'm hoping to get to gold before the season ends.

tl;dr: Never give up hope, if you just bear through the lp clamping then you will be more better off in the future than you could imagine.

ZielmannOct 10, 20132 votes

Thank you. Not many people are able to accept that fact that they just might not be ready or deserving of that next tier just yet...

GundayMondayOct 11, 20131 votes

He's not talking about clamping. Talking about the games where you win +22 LP, and end up at 99 LP. Freaking annoying! XD

LilYonsanOct 11, 20131 votes

You know, even so I feel like as long as Riot stays somewhat true to the idea that elo should dominate where you're placed in comparison with your peers, that even then there IS something to prove by getting ninety nine lp. And even then, it's easily remedied, even if you lose that one match where you're only one lp away.

The ninety nine lp reward there means that you're REEEEAAAALLY close and that the system is very seriously considering taking you up that next notch. However, it's not entirely convinced yet either. Even if you lose that next match where you're at ninety nine lp, as long as you don't go on "tilt" and lose several other matches in a row, you'll make up that difference in the next game, or the next one, and be in promotionals right after that. Does one game for one lp seem a bit ridiculous? On the surface, sure, but in the long run as long as you have patience you'll be fine in the end.

However I won't deny that the lp reward system is probably a nightmare for people with ocd about numbers.

ZielmannOct 11, 20131 votes

Then... tough luck?

NynthNAOct 11, 20132 votes

I think you misunderstood me slightly. I wasn't adressing the elo clamping issue many people are complaining about, that is totally reasonable and needed in my opinion. I was talking about those moments when you are at for example 75LP, win a game which you get 24LP for, which makes you end up at 99LP. That means you have to play a whole game to gain just 1LP to get into promotion series, which kind of is a bummer. It would be the same thing if you are at 93LP, win a game and gain 6LP due to elo clamping which makes you end up at 99LP again, for example. And I also mentioned that it should have a very low cap on how many LP you can bank, not more than 5 in my opinion, to prevent the "I will bank enough LP to skip a whole tier" thing you mentioned. And not to forget I said aswell that banking your LP should only be possible when you would actually get above the needed 100LP.

General ElephantOct 10, 20131 votes

I got into my series from 82 lp. Ain't life a B$&@#?

GenneroOct 12, 20131 votes

If you are at 99 LP and you think you should be in the promotion and your good enough for it you should be able to win the next game. If you are bummed that you have to play another game you shouldn't, after all this game is mostly for fun and you shouldn't be bummed to play another game! It should just give you a excuse to play more!