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Preventing people to "practice" champs in ranked - a bad idea?

PromateurK··2 votes·619 views

Hey, just a random light bulb from the top of my head. You know how some people play unexperienced champs and practice them in ranked instead of in normals, which pisses off many people? I just remembered that recently Riot made the champion experience level stuff (the thing which gives you grades of A, B, Cs after each game). How about, you can only play champs with experience level 3 or higher (numbers can change up or down) in ranked games? Of course letting people only play exp level 6 (the ctrl 6 thing) champs is kinda too much, but level 3 or higher... that should be enough. I mean, shouldn't people at least be playing something they practiced from normal games in ranked?

This was just a random thought, this does not really affect me because I don't play ranked these days. But since Riot made that champion level and stuff, maybe this will help other people out there. Is it a bad idea? Just curious.

14 Comments

Amelie2 votes

Won't work because people who have been playing longer won't have the level 3 masteries even though they've played other champions a lot (before the system came out).

PromateurK1 votes

Well from my experience you get level 3 just from playing like 10 games or so. Don't think that is giving people much of a hard time though

Adalore1 votes

No thank you. I have fairly strong niche pick strength on a lot of champions, and I would very much not want to play such a huge amount of games to then bring it into the game mode that I primarily play now...ranked.

I am one of those guys that literally has every champion. I REALLY don't want to play a extremely varying amount of games to grant myself counter pick power for the lanes I play. The majority of "Game mastery" comes not from specific character knowledge but game play level decisions, while there are gimmicks and other things that makes some characters strangely binary and hard to play...(COUGH RENGAR) this gate would frustrate people more than anything.

SeekerofSilence1 votes

10 games can be roughly 10 hours, though. The amount of points you get varies depending on win/loss as well.

Amelie1 votes

I have 4000+ normal/ranked games played. I would have level 3-5 mastery on every champion I own if that counted, but in reality I have only 11 at that level because I don't play a lot of them anymore. So I have this large champ pool for ranked, and I DO have the raw skill level needed.... but I don't have a shiny badge for all of my champions to reflect that experience. It makes a difference.

Your idea might work in another year or so, when everyone has their masteries built up.

SeekerofSilence2 votes

Agree with Amelie on this. Also, some people don't play a lane much. I absolutely detest toplane, and rarely play that lane. If I get to a ranked, I'd be forced to play a support or adc top to fulfill the requirements.

PromateurK1 votes

Wouldn't that also mean people going other lanes (who left you with top) will be at least skilled with their champions, raising the chance for them to carry the game for you? It's a bit of over extension, but could be possible. :P

SeekerofSilence1 votes

What does that matter, if you're left without a tank? I'd have to play Soraka or Tristana top. I'd be flamed for not picking something meta. I don't play enough to practice heaps of champions.

I'm not interested in getting points for champions in lanes I don't play. I don't want to spend time practicing something I don't enjoy.

This system could work for next season, however, where you'll be more likely to get your main.

Anomander1 votes

OK fine but give me LVL 3 automatically with every champion I already own.

PromateurK1 votes

I don't remember how much games are required to reach LV3, but about at least 5-10 games in normals for each champ should be enough.

I agree it's an uncompleted idea, but Riot or other smarty pants could maybe stretch this idea more to make it complete, make it impeccable.

Anomander1 votes

OK 5-10 games.... That would mean if it was just 5 games per champion I would have to play more then 500 games to get my masteries for all the champions I already own.

PromateurK1 votes

Hmm, I can see how that would be frustrating since I have all champs too. But couldn't there be other ways around this, based on this rough idea? Or is it just crappy idea from the roots?

Anomander1 votes

The problem isn't the idea. It is the fact that it wasn't introduced on creation of the game. Adding in a limiting factor to the entrance of the ranked system at this point is most likely going to fail or at least cause severe dislike.

While the idea would be great for new games to institute as a first line entrance requirement for ranked. League really has existed to long without it.

Surr20plz1 votes

Some people aren't getting ranked rewards this season I'm sure they'll be practicing in ranked.

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