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The punishment for not locking in is too harsh

THPX·4/22/2016, 2:56:09 AM·3 votes·642 views

I have been playing this game since s2. I know sometimes the client is bugged and doesnt pop up when its time for me to accept a game or pick my champ, but one thing that upsets me about the new AFK system is that it doesnt lock your champion at the end of the timer if you dont hit lock in.

what just happened to me was that I wasnt paying attention and the client didnt pop up when it was my time to pick. Whatever, my fault, I'll take the 5 minute cooldown. (Little excessive IMO but its just 5 minutes).

Second time I had my client open and picked my champ. being a long time player, I picked my champ and opened up my masteries to change them and because I forgot to "lock in" I got a half hour cooldown. It used to be if you picked a champ it would count down then lock in for you, which I often forget to lock in because of my old habits and the new system.

I feel thats reallllly excessive especially for having a champ picked but not locked. It was a honest mistake and I was punished with an extra 25 minutes.

does anyone agree with my sentiments? Riot, please lower the cooldowns on lock in. It feels insane to me.

8 Comments

FACE THE WlND4/22/2016, 2:59:20 AM1 votes

It is long, but it doesn't go past 25 mins, but the lp loss is insane...

FrankerX4/22/2016, 3:02:57 AM1 votes

i cant say that my client doesnt bug sometimes aswell

but how about (for the champselect) you just dont tab out and lock in your champ? its not that hard and it saves time. which pick a champ and wait 30 sec for the game to autolock in? do you really wan to waste 30 sec so you dont have to click on lock in yourself? cmon

Icy Hot Shoto4/22/2016, 3:08:23 AM1 votes

As the system has been around for awhile now, "forgetting" really isn't an excuse. Yes, 'old habits die hard' but by now you should've gained the habit to lock in.

Though I'll admit going from 5 minutes to 30 is a little harsh with how the client is buggy every now and then.

Icy Hot Shoto4/22/2016, 3:28:12 AM1 votes

Well, tt just seemed like you were using it as an excuse is all.

Sarutobi4/22/2016, 6:12:16 AM1 votes

Honestly it really is your fault in all these cases. The point of Champ Select is to chat with the team and plan out early game. If you are tab out, not paying attention, etc its all on you. Because you and I both know you will be the first to complain when you arent paying attention and get into game with the wrong Masteries/Runes, and will do nothing but complain in chat how you have the wrong things. Again this whole point of the new system was to stop people like this and actually play attention especially in a crucial part of the game!