League of Legends players are frustrated playing with those who have high ping, claiming they ruin the experience. Because of this, some players can’t help but want an old feature to come back.
League of Legends has always been known for its competitive nature. While the goal of clearing the enemy’s Nexus may seem quite straightforward, there’s a lot of game-sense and mechanical skill involved in getting past the enemies’ lanes in the game.
That said, whether you’ve been playing on a different server or getting teamed up with higher ping teammates, chances are you’d realize how frustrating the experience can get when experiencing high ping – both when it comes to yourself and others.
Regarding this issue, one League of Legends player has demanded that those playing above 200ms to be unable to queue in a Reddit thread. They said if that’s too harsh, Riot should create “targeted servers for parts of Europe” to avoid having a teammate playing with 600ms on a remote island.
Don’t Let People above 200ms Queue Up byu/Reign0110 inleagueoflegends
Their reasoning is due to higher ping players ruining others’ experience, as the team gets wiped because “X champion didn’t participate.”
Some players in the replies agreed with the OP and shared their suggestions on how Riot can alleviate this issue.
“I agree; it also could be nice to receive a warning if, when queuing up, my own ping is above a certain threshold. Sometimes it may happen that I’m having internet issues I’m not aware of, and I only find it out when I’m already on the loading screen,” one user wrote.
Others suggested having a ping indicator on the game’s client and role selection screen to avoid getting into a laggy match.
Meanwhile, some players brought up that the ping indicator was actually an existing feature in the past. However, due to toxicity, it had to be removed.
“In the past you could see everyone’s ping during the loading screen. It was a legit (degenerate) strategy to just camp the enemy with the 200+ ping because you get easily tilted more when having a high ping,” explained one user.
Another person even replied to this comment, saying, “Back in the day, you could see each player’s loading bar, and we made fun of the dude that loaded the slowest. That or saying dumb stuff like gg, their bot lane loaded faster.”
While some players mentioned they missed the feature and suggested it to be added back, others slammed the OP instead, telling them to “git gud” and that it’s a “skill issue” of being unable to outclimb those on their MMR playing on higher ping.
Some even brought up a particular Rammus challenger player playing on high ping and still being able to climb to high elo, suggesting it’s still possible to perform well in the game regardless of the ping.