[IDEA] New Advanced Pings

DrM4st3r·6/18/2014, 7:40:31 AM·62 votes·6,145 views

With the update of the new Summoner`s Rift it should be nice if Riot change the pings. They should add new options like: warded, ult up in, enemy escaping down, something like this one: http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=195338&d=1401807253.

It also should have a option to change between normal pings and this one that i suggest on the game menu.

Please vote:

59 Comments

12tales6/18/2014, 7:56:40 AM21 votes

A Warded ping would be fantastic. I think the other pings would be less necessary because you'd generally be communicating that information after a skirmish, while you have free time.

Also, I'm imagining some smartass spamming 'Enemy ult down' and 'Enemy escape down' in lane against Kassadin.

Mid Twisted Fate6/18/2014, 5:13:37 PM12 votes

That ward ping can be very handy in the game. You can communicate quick and easy to the jungler or other players. The other pings are not realy necessary.

Zielmann6/18/2014, 11:01:51 AM9 votes

I'm sorry, but this is just too busy for me. Pinging is a quick communication tool, and the four basic options that we have now are sufficient enough to get information across, while still allowing you to ping quickly. The four directions are very easy to learn and also not very hard to mess up. After a very small amount of use, they're second nature. This is so complex (especially the ult timer), that issuing a ping will require more time and attention to just sending the ping itself.

It's a neat idea, but there comes a time when something has been over-thought an over-engineered. I think this reaches that point.

T1m3s6/18/2014, 3:26:51 PM7 votes

In the settings there could be check boxes for which ping you wanted or did not want

xXExodionXx6/18/2014, 3:28:50 PM5 votes

I like the idea, but I feel it might be a little too complex for some players. Like others have said previously, pings are a quick communication tool. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but if this is something that some people want and will be included, then perhaps you should only be able toggle the feature in the options menu.

vocalerizerist6/18/2014, 8:54:26 PM4 votes

you misspelled would wrong

you also misspelled rito wrong ._.

Blackquill6/18/2014, 3:22:45 PM3 votes

Yes and No. This would make communication very detailed which would be good for advanced teamplay, but on the other hand it would make quick communication a bit complicated.

Diller6/18/2014, 11:16:14 PM3 votes

I really like the idea of a "Warded" ping. The other ones seem somewhat useless though.

EvasiveGnosis6/18/2014, 9:50:56 PM3 votes

If nothing else, a warded ping would be nice, it can be hard to communicate with your jungler while also csing and harassing the enemy. I would probably take out the ult up in, as the secondary radial menu may be a little too tricky to hit on the go.

Acerola6/19/2014, 4:25:05 AM2 votes

I've wanted a warded ping for ages
A thousand times yes, please. I see no harm in having more pings, communication is really important in league, and chat often takes too long, just to open and close, nonetheless typing time.
I'm not sure about escape/ult downs, or ult uptime necessarily, but definitely the ward. I wouldn't mind the others, anyway.

Manaricelle6/18/2014, 8:52:48 PM2 votes

I don't like it personally, because I feel it's really cluttered and gives the potential to accidentally ping the wrong thing and miscommunicate. Whereas I habitually drag to the right because I'm on my way, it's quick, whereas with your design, you'd have to take some time to make sure you're dragging to the right ping.

Also with the extra info you added in, that can be communicated via text with few words. Mid ult down. As for the teams ults, we have an ult indicator already, it'd just be a nice addition if it had the cooldown times next to/ in it. But then your teammates should communicate to you when their ult is up.

The design is a good idea, but I feel that it negates the quick time response that it was originally designed for.

Diana Prime6/18/2014, 9:30:02 PM2 votes

YES YES YES YES!! Ziggs

Whcy6/18/2014, 10:45:07 PM2 votes

How about instead of a danger one, say "Don't go there" or something XD. People seem to spam danger at random times, even when they want you to back off their farm.

notsohotso6/19/2014, 5:25:40 AM2 votes

I honestly think that we should only have the warded one, the other ones seem unnecessary. It'd be really helpful while the other ones would make it harder.

Descriptive6/19/2014, 5:29:39 AM2 votes

Damn these pings are so nice. But all we really need is enemy escape, and warded because on the left of the screen you can see if your allies' ults are up already. And also we don't need the enemy ult down ping because if their ult was up they would use it unless they were oom or something.

Via Mortis6/19/2014, 6:38:58 PM2 votes

Lol, saw this on League Vines. But yea, this would be an amazing feature to add.

Kwisatz X6/20/2014, 2:16:12 AM2 votes

Just replace "Danger" with "Warded". That's all it needs.

ShotgunNick1156/18/2014, 6:36:54 PM1 votes

It would really be nice to have a better ping system to keep yourself focused on combat and not the chat.

Dillon the Lion6/18/2014, 11:28:06 PM1 votes

I've seen this mentioned many times other places, and I think it is a wonderful idea. The "ward here" and "ult up in x" pings, especially. Please Riot, make this happen.

Cpt Archa6/19/2014, 1:15:27 AM1 votes

i know i absolutely love Dota's "Skill up in X" by alt clicking, though the ult up is really the only one anyone uses, Extremely useful for champs with game changer ulti's like amumu etc.

energyflip6/18/2014, 6:00:37 PM1 votes

It's a great idea, I think it might be kinda over kill to add the ult up ping and the enemy down ult down and the escape thing, but I think the other pings are a great idea. I very much like the idea of the ward ping, helps to communicate with the team a lot better.

ViktoriousSecret11/13/2014, 2:29:20 AM1 votes

Why would anyone downvote these.

RussoRed3/27/2015, 1:13:15 PM1 votes

we need this i cant tell u the amount of times people on my team stand in a warded bush and just die in 2 seconds when i just saw them ward it

Hazil the Nut6/19/2014, 4:11:36 PM1 votes

I would rather replace the "missing in action" ping for a "ward here" ping, which can mean either "place a ward here," or "an enemy ward is here!"

Now you're probably thinking, "Hey, is use the "missing in action" ping, why remove it?" Don't worry; just use the "Danger/Caution' ping, it literally communicates the same message.

Nega536/19/2014, 4:35:46 PM1 votes

The idea of the warded ping would make the gameplay more smoother and less of a hassle IMO. The other pings such as the enemy ult down and ult up in seem unnecessary since this can be done easily through chat. If at most replace the danger ping with the warded ping to keep the four ping model. I feel that the danger ping and the careful ping are essentially the same thing (at least that's what I think).

DarkBeast6/19/2014, 5:14:35 PM1 votes

I like the idea of an enemy escape down, but the ults up or down aren't as useful, as since some ults have really short cd's (like blitz)

Linkwithasword3/27/2015, 7:06:33 PM1 votes

Maybe instead do it like there is 4 directions, but if you hold shift while you ping it does one of the 4. New ping ideas? That way you still only need to remember 4 directions but if you need to quickly ping something in the other 4 options simply hold shift and the other menu pops up to use

Trust in Bard6/19/2014, 7:36:35 PM1 votes

Warded one would be really great, I think if you ping "Enemy Ward" it should stay longer than normal ping.

OverlordAlphaOM6/19/2014, 9:38:57 PM1 votes

Adding to this... they should definitely have a way to scale the severity of the pings (Via mouse wheel or something). Cause "Danger, theres a Teemo shroom there" and "Danger, the whole team is hiding in that brush" can only so far be interpreted by the person signalling, and not always understood properly.

Jte Cogne Dessus6/19/2015, 9:22:22 PM1 votes

Warded ping is the best. I don't have time to tell my teammates when a bush is warded because i'll get kill and if i ping them to fall back they'll think i'm mean and they will be upset.

Ciax7/27/2014, 4:50:22 AM1 votes

The only issue I have with this design is that it's so crammed together. Don't get me wrong I love the idea of these pings, but I think they should add them onto a whole other key binding.

Twin Glocks Mk28/2/2014, 6:37:40 AM1 votes

Hey, I already suggested a Warded ping and multiple of these I got about 370 votes on mine and a Rioter commented on it. I dont think your suggestion is necessary because mine is already far more ahead.

Winterwolf928/12/2014, 11:36:26 PM1 votes

This is a general suggestion because of this huge pet peeve of mine. They need to add an,"initiate" or "Go."

MrToasterWafflez8/22/2014, 9:05:13 PM1 votes

Although it's a good idea, I really think riot should get on to the Pinger-Happy people. So maybe...when an friendly decides to ping the hell out of te ping button-the game realises and allows you to ban that person from pinging. That way, you can't mute ppl that are smart-pinging but the ppl that are being douche-bags can be silenced...literally

MeatbaIIs6/18/2014, 8:36:25 PM1 votes

I think the danger ping should be replaced with the warded ping, i always just use the careful ping instead of danger cause theyre so alike and a warded ping is just really useful

Telamatros6/18/2014, 8:58:47 PM1 votes

Instead of giving us an option for ult up in why not just make it so it shows the current CD?

Haeval10/10/2014, 9:43:41 AM1 votes

I said "disagree" because I find it SO ANNOYING to have those pings on a mouse drag.

If Riot would make it (and I haven't played in a month or so because of the bots ruining games, so this might be in effect now) so that pings could be KEYBOUND as well as the stupid drag-click thing, sure.

In fact:

  1. Make the drag-click pings OPTIONAL.
  2. Make keybinding options, since keyboards are large enough.
  3. Make those ping addition suggestions AND MORE.
jazzerwarp6/18/2014, 7:39:17 PM1 votes

I like the idea that riot is placing here, but I feel that 8 total pings is a bit too much. I agree that a warded ping should be in, but other than that, the others render useless as you can just type them to warn your team.

The problem for me with 8 selections is if you hit the wrong one, it would mis inform the team and might end up in messing up the actual gameplay.

But I do like the new idea overall, if you could do something about the size maybe it would make it better for me

Wasabo6/18/2014, 10:42:38 PM1 votes

The one with the ultimate up, so there is a bar on the left hand of the screen with a green light when ult is up. I think it should have a little timer (maybe just a circle timer, not giving the exact time, but an approximation) to help

SpiceIsRight11/13/2014, 2:06:00 AM1 votes

As neat as the 4 additional pings are, I think that Danger! can be used to communicate an enemy ult is still up etc... However, I do think a ping for "Warded" would be a great and needed addition. So many times I've pinged and typed "warded" but teammates already jump in. 5 pings wouldn't be too busy. Better yet, the 4 slots can be upheld and the bottom-most could expand as an Advanced Pings option if more could be added (i.e. I also like the above suggestion about an Initiate! ping).