Can I get a Riot reply o.o Or feedback of it in general.
I pretty much have an issue/what I've been through in league/solution For anyone who wants to skim through. (I try not to make this a book but I want to break it down best as possible.)
(issue) Look, it's clear your crew wants to fix Solo Q, along with all the rank structures of better match making, I agree it needs fixing. However the main problems I see in rank (And I'm sure many people have seen this happen).
You are going to get a hand full of players that want to smurf and just throw the whole match making statistics off simply because
A) When they did the placements they got knocked into a tier no where near their level. I'm not going to sit and sugar coat it, you CAN tell who is a good player at a champ and just destroying a whole team single hand. I mean he/she just killing and roaming on a team you feel like you and the rest of the team just being there for support. (No offense to support roles <3 you all for your sacrifices and wards). (me) When I FIRST played League it was done by an ELO system. You weren't so much graded by a win or lost but on how well you did. (personally like that.) Next season I got played in Silver, then I got gold, and last season I got plat. So I have been improving over the years.
Solution
A ROUGH idea like structure I see for match making in general would be Each person has a GRADE in their lane. (Let me reword it.)
I'm a plat support and jungle but I'm a Silver ADC. (makes since?)
Instead of one overall grade that throws you in one populated group. You match up with how well your lane ability is.
I've I'm warding like a Boss, timing my CC and have Assist like crazy, you should be matched with ADCS that can work with a support like you.
If you top lane but won the game even though you went 2/7/4 You shouldn't be proud having a title of gold or silver if that's your score every game.
The rank grade system we have at the moment grades S,A,C ect ect however I think those should also aid in placements per role as well. But that's my idea theory to it anyway..