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Babbediboopi's avatar
Babbediboopi
7 years ago

Suggestion: Copy League of Legends honor system

So many threads here are bringing up how terrible this leaver penalty is, and if you remember in S2, many threads brought up how terrible the leaving-situation was. So maybe the whole punishing-approach isnt the right way to go. Maybe instead of punishing wanted behavior, why not reward good behavior? This is exactly what they did in League of legend and the decrease in toxicity particularity between teammates is really noticeable. 

The "light-version" of this could be rewards in form of loot boxes, unique "good karma"-skins or banners etc. Priority to new game modes that arent yet available for the public could also be a reward.  But if you want to give it some real impact, then make it so matchmaking is affected by each players honor, that is, make it so the rage-quitting, toxic aholes get matched in the same team where they can rage quit, curse and spam pings at each other as much as they want.

I think you underestimate how much more effective positive reinforcement is compared to punishments.

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  • PJBurrows1991's avatar
    PJBurrows1991
    7 years ago
    @Babbediboopi I personally think we don’t need any more free rewards. We already get enough, especially if you spent less than £10 on the battle pass. At the end of the day EA/respawn is a business and the more free gifts we get, the less we will spend on the game.
    However, I do like the idea of matching players with others with the same honour. Kind of like what Rockstar does with the “bad sports”.
  • Babbediboopi's avatar
    Babbediboopi
    7 years ago

    @PJBurrows1991 Well, not me either to be honest. Ive only put in like $30 in total, which has given me 600 hours of entertainment , 25 legendary skins, not including banners and stuff like that but only for weapons and legends, and a bunch of epic, rare skins etc. 

    So I dont think Respawn should need to lose profits on a hypothetical honor system, so it would ofc come down to how they designed it. For instance, if the loot boxes, rewarded for gained honor, would be unique with its unique "honor content" so to speak, I honestly dont think it would affect the Apex coins market negatively. But Respawn would ofc have to allocate resources to design this loot, but maybe a reasonable price to improve player behavior?

    Because lets be honest; if you are a new player and decides to try out Apex, you better have a pretty tough skin because the climate as a solo player queuing alone must be terrible =)