Problem: Long wait times (Dodges, Auto-fills) - Solution Suggestions?

CUITService·Apr 29, 2018·1 votes·1,038 views

Hey guys,

Problem: A lot of play time is not play time but time spent waiting to play. Many times you just want to play a normal game with your favorite champion in a certain lane. But then it gets banned or you get auto-filled. Unhappy players leads to dodges and therefore longer wait times.

Some ideas: Maybe we can have a game mode where you lock in your position and champion and you go into a game that guarantees your champion and position (but not team composition). Or maybe when someone dodges, a new player is instantly filled into that position without a matchmaking reset. This could substantially limit the amount of time waiting to play a game. Just an idea, you guys might think of a better way to solve this long wait time problem.

2 Comments

KarunamonApr 29, 20182 votes

{quoted} Or maybe when someone dodges, a new player is instantly filled into that position without a matchmaking reset.

I always wondered why this isn't done. If someone drops, the lobby continues without them, and it's later filled by someone who's either on autofill or queued for that position. Instead, you get to spend 5 minutes in champ select all over again because someone was butthurt that they couldn't play their overpowered one-trick.

ShiznyteApr 29, 20182 votes

"Maybe we can have a game mode where you lock in your position and champion and you go into a game that guarantees your champion and position", they did this i believe it was called "Dynamic Que" and it was not a huge success. The role selection this is the best version of what you described after some trial and error testing. if you are having trouble getting into games because of your roles (Mid and ADC have the longest que timers currently) you may consider trying other spots on the rift. I play Fill when i play ranked solo duo and most of the time i was support about 75% of the time. Since the changes its actually Top is the lane i get more often than not when i fill and i get it about 50% of the time. Jungle and support are the next two I'm likely to get and ADC and Mid are the least likely. Because i play fill so often, any time i decide i want to play a specific role i generally get it because my priority is higher from filling most games.