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(2023) New Ping Changes coming soon

This thread was added on September 21, 2023, with posts from PhreakRiot, Auberaun.

Original Post

https://twitter.com/riotauberaun/status/1704591993660391841?s=46&t=1l3OCmqqGMJnvmCb5hYB4g

Basically they are making the X - Alive and other Scoreboard pings(Like I assume Ult is Ready) invisible to Allies and visible only to yourself. Personally I think this is a horrible change. They are very useful when used right.

And another is that the good ol "Go Bait Yourself" ping will be being removed soon.

Edit: Apparently this is only for Allies Alive Ping? I'm a bit confused tho if this translates to stuff like Items and Ults as well.

Zodiwacts123

It happens ALL the time in higher elo's. People will ping back/danger 2 times and then spam ping enemy jungler. Then the laners will actually react and avoid getting collapsed on because information was clearly and concisely communicated.

Riot is letting toxic people take away a tool because people are too lazy to mute when their feelings get hurt. Yes people who spam ping alive for 20 minutes until a FF are cringe and it should come up on a toxicity chart in the report algorithm. But to take away the tool entirely is stupid.

You can still do that, enemies are pingable.

hachiko2692

Absolutely what the fuck.

I main jungle, and it's gonna be quite the task tracking down flashes and ults of champs. Knowing these would've been great for my decision making if ganking x lane or going for x objective is a good idea or not.

And you can't fucking say to me that "do what pro players do 1150mid bullshit" buddy no one's arsed in fucking Emerald to type that shit.

What the fuck is this.

You can still ping enemy summoners / items / characters and they'll show to your team, this shouldn't be changed.

FrostguardThrall

does this mean I can't even ping my own ult to let others know when it's ready? I do that several times every game lol

You can still do this, you can still ping anything relating to your own character and it'll be sent to your team.

Bilore

Also the ult ping is super useful for letting teammates on the other side of the map know when your opponent ults

That isn't changing.

spyborg3

Can we still ping enemy death timers for teammates to see? I'd argue that's the most important part of the death ping function.

Yes you can

XBruceXD

Wish you could say the same about Tryndamere's attack range.

That isn't changing.

FreckledShrike

u/PhreakRiot will allies still be able to see when we ping our own abilities and items? I use this constantly to remind teammates that the range on Nocturne ult is much smaller than they think from 6-10

Yes. Pinging your stuff is unchanged.

ChiefTiggems

What about pinging my ult, and my teammate's ults to coordinate a team fight? Often I will ping that my teammate and I have flash ready to coordinate a gank. I will ping that I'm about to respawn when I died and I'm hoping my team lets me get baron/elder buff. I will often ping that my teammate is about to be up- so there's a chance they can stall long enough for us all to respawn- "don't give up yet!"

So I'm going to be locked out of using the pings as intended because people don't know they can mute unhelpful players? Sure.

The only pings that are changing this patch are the ones on teammates. Self, neutral, and enemy pings are unchanged.

Boobjobless

Can i ping myself as alive? I use that all the time to show i am there to a teamfight or that i’m dead and won’t be there.

Yes

No-Fish9557

It changed https://youtube.com/shorts/V6V_DTQCPBA?si=XHblNJtC0p7ID6xm

Why do you blatantly lie?

when your opponent ults