LeaverBuster: Please Let Us Browse The Client While Waiting

Who Man·May 26, 2016·3 votes·2,715 views

Currently waiting 20 minutes for a queue with someone else that has been placed on Low Priority queue

It's fair to make them have to leave the "LeaverBuster" page up while they wait for the queue, but -

Why punish everyone else by making them have to leave the page open as well?

Browsing the league client (checking masteries, store, etc)_ is disabled_ when the LeaverBuster queue page is up
If any person in the group closes the LeaverBuster page, the queue restarts and the LeaverBuster timer resets

http://i.imgur.com/w2JMe0R.jpg?1

8 Comments

bbbMay 26, 20162 votes

Because LeaverBuster is supposed to be more than a simple dodge penalty, that's why it's called LeaverBuster.

Who ManMay 26, 20162 votes

But how is it fair to punish non-offenders?

Sure you'll say: "Don't play with them then", that's really dodging the point though.

I'm going to play with them regardless. Not being able to browse the client doesn't deter me, but it's an inconvenience to me. I'm not going to pressure them for being on LeaverBuster either. You're psychological warfare has no effect in this situation, riot, because it was enough having to wait 20 minutes for the queue (already I have to figure out something else to do in place of playing)

and then you say "well that's you're problem then" touche

XeruonMay 26, 20161 votes

Eh, it's supposed to annoy the living hell out of you, so you're discouraged from AFKing. But if one of your friends is tagged with it, I don't see why Riot doesn't let us browse the client, while they still do with the game dodge penalties.

FovereMay 26, 20161 votes

It would probably be better to let anyone use the client during the "low priority queue", get bored and either pm friends or buy stuff .

friends would mean less games left and purchases make riot money.

The real question is why they are even trying to call a blatant time penalty a "low priority queue".

Ap Mid BurstMay 26, 20161 votes

Well i think if you are queing with a person with leavebuster, you can browse client but the person with leavebuster can't

Who ManMay 27, 20161 votes

you should be able to, but that isn't the case unfortunately. I was with a person with leaverbuster and no one else in my group including myself could browse the client

BlueThingamajigMay 27, 20161 votes

I think this is a fair request. Your friend already have the low-priority wait, why be prevented from the other options?

It's possible that the current client can't be designed around it (Read: Riot doesn't want to put resources into it at this time), but could be done on the new client interface once that gets out of its testing and is released.

Ap Mid BurstMay 28, 20161 votes

Meh, if we tell rito they will eventually do it in maybe a few seasons