Since most of the ideas to balance 4v5 games are ruined by "abuse" I have an idea. If a player is disconnected from the game for a certain period of time the enemy team has to collectively vote to sit out a player. It's the least abusive way I can think of. Feel free to list your abuses or suggestions.
ModWulf Helhammer5 votesThat's probably one of the worst ideas I've seen on how to deal with AFKs
Eros51 votesWhat would be your idea?
ModWulf Helhammer1 votesI don't have one, and honestly, I don't think there ever will be one, and I'm fine with that. I've lost due to AFKS on my team, and I've lost even with AFKs on the enemy team. There really isn't any way to fix the situation of AFKs during a game without it being abused. The only way to really fix it is to discourage AFKing from the get-go, and punishing those that do it repeatedly
BeatzBoyFTW2 votesOnly works before game starts.
If the guy never connects, as in:
then the queue will restart all over again.
Eros51 votesLike and thought of this as well.
franticFurball1 votesThere is no need for one.
We have an automated punishment system for AFKs as a deterrent, and statistically, AFKs benefit me as a player, because since I don't AFK, there will be an AFK on the enemy team more often than on my own.
RogueWill1 votesThat's probably one of the worst ideas I've seen on how to deal with AFKs
I have played other types of games where players do this out of courtesy, they just sit at spawn point. Those games thou let you move freely from lobby to lobby so if another opponent is taking too long to start playing you just leave to some other lobby.
Eros52 votesThat would be a very difficult thing to do. Suppose someone AFK's and the other team votes for the worst player or an alleged feeder
to sit out? How to deal with disconnections and reconnections?
Suggestion: The league could randomly pick that player to sit out. Or pick the most equal player.
This isnt very fair to say the least though an AFK is not fair too. So I do see a balance.
It is good to start a conversation about this topic.
CR4ZYRONDH4VI2 votesI think that LP should be based on how you do in the game in your role so that if you have an AFK but do well, you only lose 4 LP instead of 20 or 18.
Eros52 votesYes! Very good idea! I agree.
franticFurball1 votesNo its not, because, unless you also give the opposing team LESS LP, this would lead to LP inflation.
And there is absolutely no viable argument, why a team should get less LP, for someone on the other team going AFK.
Sona Ping1 votesWhile that may (or may not) be "fair" in terms of in-game team balance, that means that one player gets forced to not play League of Legends. Sometimes that would mean that a player has to sit at their computer but be unable to play League like they wanted or do anything else for 40 minutes or more! And that scenario will only get more common the lower elo the game is.
And in ranked, not only will someone get barred from playing League but that person will have to just watch and be unable effect the game their being ranked on.
Ivor The Ranger1 votesI wouldn't play the game if it came to that. I'd rather spend my time playing a game I know I can actually play through it's entirety.
franticFurball1 votesErm....how about no?
Why should someone else have to leave the game? Is it that persons fault that the enemy team has an AFK? No.
Shinji lkari1 votesThat's pretty bad since the player will be left out. League can simply implement DotA2's system and making a separate MMR for people who AFK or DC.
No flash no life1 votesGoing in the right direction but this idea won't work because of abuse potential. Imagine if enemy team is composed of 4-men premade and a solo queue. You know the rest.
Another abuse example would be situation where your team's behind, so you get one guy to close game client and reconnect right after, which isn't going to cost too much but it forces enemy team to vote once on someone to afk. Needless to say that's going to cause some conflict between them and might tilt their team.
I personally do like your approach though, the end idea of making the team numbers even is appreciated, just that as things stand it probably isn't going to work as ideal as it can be.
