People should not be able to ping spam "enemies" when they are downed nor their banned once their crated. The easy solution would be to limit the frequency at which you can ping, but really there should be a short ban after the game to teach people not to be a**holes in the first place.

@StarMystro Totally agree. Yes if there's an enemy you actually only have to single-ping. An annoying thing too is something I've had in ranked a lot. I die, teammate dies, our 3rd dips to go get us better placement so save RP. The other killed teammate ping spams their banner cuz they're mad, and because I'm dead too I can't access the settings to mute them. They should probably add that in. Or if they want to get on the mic an harass our 3rd who's still alive. I cant mute them.

Yeah really... I'll ping an enemy ONCE. If they're in sight, I only need to ping them once by pinging them directly with my reticle- not by double-tapping the ping button a billion times. (That's just for my settings perhaps) But sometimes you have to use your own discretion for muting pings too. Like, sometimes I'll put a teammate on "timeout" and mute them for a bit- just to clear my head- then unmute them later on incase they calmed down a bit.

Ping spamming does nothing but make it impossible to hear anything but the ping noise. Gets me killed all the time by covering game sounds so I can't hear enemy positions. A solution as stated above, have a timed cap on pings, if they ping 5 times immediately, disable pings for 5 seconds. Then 30 seconds, then 2 mins. Because seriously, just like quitting early there should be a penalty for this stupid childish behavior.

@Westhebird Well first off, no it's not, because I'd rather hear footsteps than try to track your constant ping. Also, when you turn off pings, you can't hear pings for ammo, attachments, plans to watch, defend, etc. Plus, when you ping spam an enemy "behind me" its not like it's readable on screen. Because it's behind you. So its just a constant noise and ping flashing at the bottom of your screen. I single ping every few seconds is plenty, any decent player just needs a relative indication of whereabouts and will be better off being able to use your senses, sounds and steps, etc to outplay another player. Its a lot easier to know someone is behind you from their footsteps (regardless of audio issues in this game) than from a constant ping drowning out all other sounds.Also, if ur that guy doing that, JUST USE YOUR MIC INSTEAD, right!? Cuz "Behind the car, on the roof, etc is so much more useful than trying to locate pings especially around houses and buildings. I may think your pinging inside the house when u are in fact outside.But even more importantly, the issue is say when your teammate is crated, and wants to ping spam IMMEDIATELY to get their banner or to respawn. A. There is 90 seconds to get ur banner. Chill and let me finish this fight first, don't ruin both our chances by blocking out my sounds. Also, it's a toxic trait, and should be reportable or automatically reported.You pushed, you went down, you got crated. Don't ping spam because you got yourself in a bad situation. It might be a team game but its not your teammates responsibility to keep you alive. Picking up your teammates doesn't take precedent over staying alive. The biggest points in ranked come from placement, not kills or revives.

@DaWiz2015no need to touch that if the matchmaking would really work solely skill based. a skilled seasoned player knows not to spam * bcs it distracts the one guy still standing

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15 Replies

StarMystro
5 years ago
Yeah really... I'll ping an enemy ONCE. If they're in sight, I only need to ping them once by pinging them directly with my reticle- not by double-tapping the ping button a billion times. (That's just for my settings perhaps)
But sometimes you have to use your own discretion for muting pings too. Like, sometimes I'll put a teammate on "timeout" and mute them for a bit- just to clear my head- then unmute them later on incase they calmed down a bit.
CocoaHyena
5 years ago
@StarMystro Totally agree. Yes if there's an enemy you actually only have to single-ping. An annoying thing too is something I've had in ranked a lot. I die, teammate dies, our 3rd dips to go get us better placement so save RP. The other killed teammate ping spams their banner cuz they're mad, and because I'm dead too I can't access the settings to mute them. They should probably add that in. Or if they want to get on the mic an harass our 3rd who's still alive. I cant mute them.
StarMystro
5 years ago
Ah that's even worse-! I forgot you can't access the banners when you're dead in-game! I usually mute those constant banner pings too...
Rayvenblood
5 years ago
Ping spamming does nothing but make it impossible to hear anything but the ping noise. Gets me killed all the time by covering game sounds so I can't hear enemy positions. A solution as stated above, have a timed cap on pings, if they ping 5 times immediately, disable pings for 5 seconds. Then 30 seconds, then 2 mins. Because seriously, just like quitting early there should be a penalty for this stupid childish behavior.
Westhebird
5 years ago
@CocoaHyena Having enemies spam pinged is useful, it tells you exactly where they are. If would rather not know about the guy sneaking up behind you you could always mute pings.
CocoaHyena
5 years ago
@Westhebird Well first off, no it's not, because I'd rather hear footsteps than try to track your constant ping. Also, when you turn off pings, you can't hear pings for ammo, attachments, plans to watch, defend, etc. Plus, when you ping spam an enemy "behind me" its not like it's readable on screen. Because it's behind you. So its just a constant noise and ping flashing at the bottom of your screen. I single ping every few seconds is plenty, any decent player just needs a relative indication of whereabouts and will be better off being able to use your senses, sounds and steps, etc to outplay another player. Its a lot easier to know someone is behind you from their footsteps (regardless of audio issues in this game) than from a constant ping drowning out all other sounds.
Also, if ur that guy doing that, JUST USE YOUR MIC INSTEAD, right!? Cuz "Behind the car, on the roof, etc is so much more useful than trying to locate pings especially around houses and buildings. I may think your pinging inside the house when u are in fact outside.

But even more importantly, the issue is say when your teammate is crated, and wants to ping spam IMMEDIATELY to get their banner or to respawn. A. There is 90 seconds to get ur banner. Chill and let me finish this fight first, don't ruin both our chances by blocking out my sounds. Also, it's a toxic trait, and should be reportable or automatically reported.

You pushed, you went down, you got crated. Don't ping spam because you got yourself in a bad situation. It might be a team game but its not your teammates responsibility to keep you alive. Picking up your teammates doesn't take precedent over staying alive. The biggest points in ranked come from placement, not kills or revives.
Westhebird
5 years ago
@CocoaHyena If you are having trouble locating pings then thats a you problem. Just because your slightly annoyed by something it takes 2 seconds to turn off doesnt mean it should be removed, its a useful feature and id much rather have a teammate just spam ping when downed instead of trying to tell me the enemies location.
Rayvenblood
5 years ago
Nobody asked for it to be removed, just changed. And every point he made is spot on. Team tactics don't include spamming noises. That's not communication, that's childish behavior.
And again, turning it off kills so much more.
Time cap the pings and it's fine. No need to turn them off, and no spam to destroy audio.
GrandDoodie
5 years ago
I see a use for rounding a corner on the maps and seeing someone far away and pinging 3 or so times.
When a player is down and just pinging their hearts out is not ok... especially when I am battling someone else and am trying to hear footsteps or audio-cues that can help me. "I know you're down, give me a minute" is typically what I say (NOTE, this is an edited way of me actually saying it).
A few pings for certain situations, but spamming is not needed by any means.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
5 years ago
@CocoaHyena If you are having problems hearing in game noises over pings that is also on you. A lot of us are effected none by the noise. I recommend better head set before rush trying to have the game changed.