The reason Auto-fill will never work right in lower elo's

Kaisa is Hot··7 votes·843 views

So I've noticed A LOT more dodges and remakes since auto-fill came out. I've had 4 remakes in the past 24 hours, probably cause someone didn't want to support and they played chicken and forgot to dodge at the last second/missed it. Auto-fill is doing the exact opposite of what it was meant to do in lower elo's. Now for every remake you have, it's like you've waited an extra 7 minutes to get in a game cause of how long champ select, loading, and remake timer takes. Instead of waiting 5 minutes to get in a game with one of your roles, you now have to wait maybe 3 with a chance to be auto filled, have massive waves of dodges, and people who don't connect. This isn't an auto-fill QQ thread, I don't really mind being auto-filled, but I think it needs some adjustments. Especially when you get in a lobby with your role the first time, then someone dodges, and the next lobby 1 second later, you're auto-filled <--(Big slap in the face, I'm being punished cause of someone else).

TL;DR Auto-fill will never work with people who refuse to support or have one trick champions. They will either troll pick bot lane or they will dodge, or even disconnect.

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Nameless Voice3 votes

The number of dodges now is insane. I haven't noticed any real improvement in queue times, but I have certainly noticed that the time it takes me to actually get into games has generally increased because I often have to sit through 2-3 champion selects before getting into the game, because the autofilled-support keeps dodging. When I finally get into game, I'm usually support myself because everyone else who got autofilled into the position before me has dodged.

Got placed into Bronze 1 in placements, have seen this behaviour there, through Silver, and now in low Gold. I'd imagine I'll continue to see it through Gold and higher, but don't have first-hand evidence yet.

SerBlaise2 votes

This is definitely a hole in the auto fill method. I do honestly believe that autofill has to be in place for mathematical reasons. But that doesn't mean it's a foolproof system. However, let's be honest here. Learning support is not an insurmountable task. I think people need to step out of their little "me! ME! MEEE! zones" and participate in our socialist autofill system. :D

LifaFreeze2 votes

Personally, and I know I most likely stand alone in this, but i don't mind auto-fill. Sure its a pain sometimes but it exposes you to new things that you might not have known you enjoyed. All you have to do when you are auto-filled is play safe and play smarter rather than more aggressive. I got autofilled to Jungle a few days ago and ended up carrying the game with Poppy. Trust your intuition and your teammates. And since you were autofilled, you get the chance to play your main roles the next game :D

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CppL1 votes

Once i get autofilled after 40s in Q.After 40 fucking secods...are you kidding me? lol

Kaisa is Hot1 votes

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Once i get autofilled after 40s in Q.After 40 fucking secods...are you kidding me? lol

Yeah this is one of the improvements I believe they need to make to auto-fill. Give some sort of grace period for auto-fill (My rule is 5 minutes, if after 5 minutes I haven't found a game, sure auto-fill me).

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