Leavers

xVARIANTx·3/16/2016, 11:34:46 AM·1 votes·393 views

There has to be some sort of in game solution to people leaving games other than leaver buster. Stuff comes up for people, and things happen, I know. Not all people who leave games do it intentionally nor often. However it happens, and it happens often. There has to be some sort of in game solution for a suddenly unfair 4v5. The fact that Riot is practically ignoring this problem and has for 5 years is pretty disgusting. Is it something to do with the spaghetti code and they CAN'T do anything until the new client comes out or is it flat out negligence?

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xVARIANTx3/16/2016, 12:56:06 PM2 votes

Thats a problem imo. This issue has been around for 5 years and all we get is 'we're looking into it'. How many games have been ruined because of this and how many will continue to be?

Roaranor3/16/2016, 11:42:31 AM1 votes

Riot Lyte mentioned (in his ask.fm I think) that they are looking into system that will allow players to have essentially a soft reset of the match/select (with a potentially new player) in instances where players fail to connect to games within the very beginning. I did't find much beyond that, as they haven't really announced a solid project. Just that they've experimented with ideas/systems to tackle the issue.

xVARIANTx3/16/2016, 3:31:48 PM1 votes

I agree with you Nik, but they've had 5 years to think about it. Plenty of possible solutions have been presented though I'm not so sure how many are practical but I'm sure the community would be happy to present a lot more suggestions.

Thanks for posting that link. It says they MIGHT think about doing something about it in the future. I agree with you too, low priority queue isn't enough and it's not an in game solution. I'm not talking about punishing the players who have to leave for important reasons if it happens because stuff happens. The power could go out, you internet could suddenly stop working or simply just life. But when those sorts of things happen, something like a soft reset, or reduction of lp lost would reduce the frustration caused to the others who have limited time to spend and now have to waste 20+ minutes of their precious time. If people try to coerce other players into leaving the game because they're the feeder etc, that can be added to the automated ban system they have in place. Maybe this isn't the solution, but I'm sure they have plenty of talented minds working there to find one, if they ever made it a priority.

As Riot Lyte said so in the link, playing a game with 4v5 is "(arguably one of the worst experiences in League)". It doesn't have to happen often for them to affect you and upset you. It should be obvious why something should be done about this. I mean fix the basic stuff first, then work on the features. Would it really take that much effort to implement?

xVARIANTx3/17/2016, 7:07:18 AM1 votes

I'm glad you posted that link. Sadly, that's the only news of anything related in the last four months it seems. He says more details in 2016 but it's three months in already. If they really are working on something, I'd like to see SOME details. But I guess if I HAVE TO choose between true solo queue and this issue, I'd choose true solo queue.