Selecting Support as a Secondary, and the Illusion of Choice

Coughaholic·3/9/2016, 3:29:47 PM·1 votes·391 views

Riot,

Based on some anecdotal evidence from me and several of my friends, if selecting Fill or support as a secondary role in the current implementation of they dynamic cue system, invariably we end up playing as support. Given some thought as to how this may effect the player base, i.e. the distribution of player roles over time, it appears as though the support role would tend towards either pure support mains, or individuals selecting support for the sake of cue times knowing full well regardless of their primary or secondary they will play support.

This phenomena seems like it would tend to increase cue times in the long run since its implementation, by discouraging players who desire to play support as a secondary role from playing support at all. Thus the total number of games able to be created at a time should decrease.

As someone who enjoys the support role on occasion but does not want to feel locked into the role, is there any plan to alleviate this pressure? Or was this a design choice on your part?

I feel as though this system could be better handled in a probabilistic manner.

Example of a Probabilistic Solution: For example: If a player chooses to play role A as a primary and B as a secondary, the probability of being put into a Que for role A would some Value for all secondary roles.

Thank you

3 Comments

Malhammers3/9/2016, 3:30:46 PM1 votes

I love support...and typically put it as my secondary. But I do not love any role enough to HAVE to play it every single game.

disregardable3/9/2016, 3:36:01 PM1 votes

They know. Besides the hundreds of posts that already existed and the comments Rioters have made on them, they even MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM IN THE LATEST PATCH NOTES.

Hagrids Double 3/9/2016, 3:39:10 PM1 votes

Not trying to sound like an ass but if you dont want it don't put it. Support is a role that from personal experience nobody ever wants to play. The reason I started playing (and ended up maining support) is because nobody I played with wanted it or was any good at it. Support is one of those roles people do enjoy from time to time but almost never want to be in that position when it comes to Competition because people want to carry they want the kills. With everyone wanting killing / carry roles support is almost always left open and people will be thrown in there.