Riot Honor System Survey

skrillareave··3 votes·838 views
Riot Honor System Survey

Hey guys! You may have seen this post in the General Discussion, but this might be a more appropriate place. I'm conducting a study on the new honor system in order to see how players are reacting to the changes. The survey is extremely brief (like it literally takes a minute to complete). I know this is a poor time to release a survey (thank you Warwick D:), but the survey is no way going to hurt you personally or attempt to steal your personal information. I'm conducting this out of personal curiosity and hopefully I can submit the results to Riot in the future. I'd really appreciate the help because this will be a way to use your voice so positive changes can occur in the game! Thanks and gg!

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Liquid Poro 2 votes

I did the survey thing.

skrillareave1 votes

Awesome! Thank you so much for your feedback! I really appreciate it!

Squidwards House2 votes

did the survey. how usefull is it to ask "i prefer the old honor system" and 3 'questions' later you ask "i prefer the new honor system". lets say i strongly agree with "old honor system <3" then the answer about the new one should be clear?

also i wonder is anyone honor tier 3 yet!?

skrillareave2 votes

Good question! Its a measure to make sure people are answering the survey truthfully and not just choosing "Neutral" for everything. Usually this is the case for longer surveys, but its put in place just in case. Trust me, I've already seen it happen with this survey and it isn't even long. Unfortunately, I can't answer your second question as that is part of the study. I can't thank you enough for participating though!

Imhotep01 votes

It's actually best, if you can, to not have neutral/middle options. Give an even number of choices for each question and people will be forced to sway in a certain direction instead of just seeing a question, thinking 'eh idk', and answering neutral/neither agree nor disagree instead of actually thinking and giving a more genuine answer

skrillareave2 votes

That's actually been a debate in psychological testing for a while now. Its all a matter of preference. Although your point is valid, it is also true that some researchers don't like to leave out the option because in some cases, participants don't really have a specific opinion.

Liquid Poro 1 votes

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did the survey. how usefull is it to ask "i prefer the old honor system" and 3 'questions' later you ask "i prefer the new honor system". lets say i strongly agree with "old honor system <3" then the answer about the new one should be clear?

also i wonder is anyone honor tier 3 yet!?

I'm not in lvl 3 yet.

Telephone Booth1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Squidwards House,realm=EUW,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=k6cAwM2R,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-07-20T17:50:24.927+0000)

did the survey. how usefull is it to ask "i prefer the old honor system" and 3 'questions' later you ask "i prefer the new honor system". lets say i strongly agree with "old honor system <3" then the answer about the new one should be clear?

also i wonder is anyone honor tier 3 yet!?

I strongly agreed to both

Azure Hamster2 votes

The bummer for me is that we get... key fragments. I have 14 keys already; don't need more. :D

Caitlyn

skrillareave2 votes

I feel ya :(

ModPrandine2 votes

I went ahead and took the survey myself. I answered neutral on whether I prefer the old or new honor system because there are things in both systems that I like and dislike.

Old Honor System Likes:

The continuous loading screen and champion select banners. The ability to honor multiple people, even on multiple teams. Viewing how many honors I've gotten in all 4 categories. There's no time limit on deciding which persons to honor and for what category.

Old Honor System Dislikes:

Lack of clarity with knowing when and how to get certain and particular banners. Honors ran out quickly if you're like me and tend to honor allot of people on a frequent enough basis. Banners could replace each other without warning and without notice and with no way to pick a particular banner that you liked to display in games.

New Honor System Likes:

Honors never run out, letting people like me honor people more often without fear of them ever running out. You know when you can expect to get the special loading screen banners/flairs.

New Honor System Dislikes:

You can only honor one person on a team instead of multiple people on a team. Lack of clarity of how far along you are in the new Honor levels. You can accidentally honor an unsportsmanlike player post-game since you're immediately presented with the option to honor someone as soon as the game ends and the post-game lobby begins. The time limit to honor someone is really poorly planned in my opinion, which can lead to some hasty honor decisions that were not apparent in the old honor system.

So yeah, like I said, there's things about both systems that I l both like and dislike, hence my voting of neutral in the survey itself.

skrillareave1 votes

That's a pretty hefty analysis! The survey is very minimalist at the moment for the sake of time and resources, but if given the opportunity, I'll definitely give you a platform, much more robust, that will highlight every aspect of the honor system for you to give your input. For now, I will definitely keep your opinions in mind because that is a lot of useful information. Thanks so much for participating! :D

ModPrandine1 votes

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That's a pretty hefty analysis! The survey is very minimalist at the moment for the sake of time and resources, but if given the opportunity, I'll definitely give you a platform, much more robust, that will highlight every aspect of the honor system for you to give your input. For now, I will definitely keep your opinions in mind because that is a lot of useful information. Thanks so much for participating! :D

You're welcome. I know it seems like I hate the new honor system more than I do the old one, but part of that stems from the fact that the new honor system is in its very bare bones state right now. In my analysis I didn't mention the fact that you can't honor opponents or the fact that its geared towards 5v5 play leaving 3v3 play in the dust so-to-speak there, but that's just because Riot has stated that they plan on addressing those issues sometime in the future. The rest of the survey itself was fine to me, but I just wanted to touch on the points that I mentioned earlier as standouts to me personally.

Azure Hamster1 votes

I dislike survey questions without "neutral". Like when Riot asks if I'm excited to hear about more lore. I'm not. But I don't mind if they keep making it, either. So I really want to put neutral there.

Caitlyn

skrillareave1 votes

Hey guys! Still looking for more participants! Thank you so much to the people who already partook in the study :)

skrillareave1 votes

Hey guys! Still looking for more participants! :)

skrillareave1 votes

Almost there guys! Still looking for a few more participants :)

Telephone Booth1 votes

Online surveys are pointless. People troll too much. How do you know you're getting honest answers?

skrillareave1 votes

As mentioned to another participant, there are specific survey design skills that can account for dishonest responses. It's always possible that people work around these (although I don't understand why you would if the survey takes a minute at the most), so what most researchers do is retest multiple times. Unfortunately most companies don't have the time to do that so they put their faith in reliable sources. In the case of League, they contact the people who are consistently positive players or have provided insightful feedback in the past. Since I'm poor and don't actually work for Riot, I don't have that kind of leverage so I just have to hope people are answering honestly unless I'm able to detect a lack of effort.

AJStarhiker1 votes

While I do like that there's a big, obvious reminder to give honor, I agree with Prandine's analysis about the timer and honoring someone you regret as soon as the post-game screen. I also miss the multiple honors and Honorable Opponent option.

Even if they don't return multiple honors to us, I would like the option to still vote during the end screen, not just during the Honor screen.

skrillareave1 votes

Thanks for the comment AJStarhiker! I'm not 100% certain behind the post game honor screen but I believe it was designed to provide additional awareness that you can honor someone. It's a much more direct approach to the honor system.

Murdoc The Great1 votes

tbh right now its much harder to lvl up your honor. It feels like its impossible to honor up again because of the new checkpoints. I wish riot would change it again!

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