Sadly the honor system is leaning towards "honor the dude who carried"

Marshbouy··1 votes·664 views

I still really like the honor system, but in most of my games the guy who did the best also got the majority of the honors. I don't think there is a good solution to this, but it isn't a really huge issue.

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sheldonbunny3 votes

My issue is when it's not one clear person that carried but a group effort. Example, I was recently in a 4v5 that we won. Had a single one of us not tried our hardest, we'd have lost. Instead we were victorious. The honor should have gone to my whole team. I preferred the old system's ability to recognize this. League isn't Overwatch, it doesn't need a system like theirs.

Marshbouy2 votes

I also agree with this. It's pretty stupid to force you to choose between two really nice people.

PlsTouchMeGently2 votes

There is a solution: carry the game :-)

This Is Your Dad2 votes

I think it'd be nice if we could honor people that carried in a separate way. So we'd give a carry honor and then a behavioral honor. It could be for the same person, but each would have its own system. That way you could honor the carry (maybe the adc is 12/1) and honor the jungler that made the game more fun by telling jokes or untilting his team.

MatthewRT21 votes

Whenever I find myself being honored it's because i did something cool like landing my Thresh Q on a (insert jungler here) in the middle of their gap closer or getting a good grab on an invisible target.

Vapor Wave Vibes1 votes

Guy who carried should at least get something for his efforts right?

rework trundle1 votes

Definitely, but would you rather honor him if he flamed or your top laner that was camped the whole game yet didn't flame once? Even if it's really common to honor the one who did best, it feels wrong. Great shotcaller doesn't mean he carried. Tilt-proof definitely not mean he carried. GG <3 means someone fun to play with, a friendly player, not someone who carried (if he was friendly, fine ; but it shouldn't be used this way). I once honored a feeding yasuo which I flamed the whole game for repeatedly dying against their Fiora. He didn't say anything to me this game, I apologized for being so rude.

Kei1431 votes

i would certainly report the carry, and honor the to laner if the top laner deserved iy.

AdeBug1 votes

Not really, as I was saying to my spouse yesterday, I feel honor is being thrown out like candy most games, even bad ones (loss and flaming all throughout). I was once honored as a not even positive jgler more than our heavy carry adc. Still no idea why, and wrote in chat trying to remedy the honor outcome. And after a loss in which someone was trying to tilt me, I guess, they honored me as tilt proof, just cause. Premades will always honor each other, doh. Several times we got the extra honor because everyone voted. And several times I got keys after login. So from my experience, It's usage is higher than expected, without a significant weight towards carries, yet the toxicity level is not really lowered, as intended :( And offtopic, I personally haven't felt people were overly and falsely friendly, like some anticipated, which I'm fine with either way.

Killed Inaction1 votes

I've duo queued 6-7 times since it came out and not once have I honored my duo partner. Even were it to not have less effect, I found that other teammates were more worthy.

And I guess it depends on how you describe "carry." I had a Gragas jungle last game who gave up mid for someone else, then proceeded to pull off amazing ganks, make calls on dragons and rift herald, and helped the team rotate once bot turret was gone. He got the 3 honor banner, and I'm fine with that.

If it was an ADC getting 20 kills from allies helping a ton, who also didn't make any shot calls (or any good ones), I would rather honor someone who was nice in chat or made those calls. I think most people here feel the same way.

AdeBug2 votes

Definitely, when the situation is clear cut the shot caller or the most helpful should get the honor. But that's the thing, it's not always easy to judge. Fun, yes. Easy, no. Sometimes it might take one good support early game for the adc to go 2-0 and snowball, get kills on their own, but no one will ever know how it started, and in the end they will honor the adc. And yet I don't think they are wrong, because first, it's a skill (that I don't have yet) to use a lead, and second, it is a skill to stay alive without a babysitter (be that any other team mate, not just support) as an adc.

And as someone else suggested, the older system was preferred where you could honor the entire team. This is a team game after all and if some games are won because of team spirit, then everyone deserves an honor. We're here to complement the rest of the team, why not compliment the rest of the team, as well?

AmetDeCrypt1 votes

people are people, the more varied honors probably had positive effects but eh.

The Nidja1 votes

I'm of the belief that most the time people who are honorable will also carry. Often times people that flame tend to play worse.

Lyndris1 votes

the 5/5 jayce in my last game got a tilt proof from me! he didn't carry so much, our ashe did mostly, with me and a yas helping to pump out damage and a soraka to do.... raka things

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