I hate going into a ranked match with other summoners who don't know the champion they are playing. So in the end they don't know the whole kit that well and sometimes could end up feeding.
Has anyone else ever thought of making the champs you have mastery level 4 or 5 higher the champs you can play in ranked. Its not that hard to get them to that level in my opinion.
Thanks for any feedback!
I would love to see it, but it would kill ranked Timers, not to mention, it would kill OTP.
It's been suggested repeatedly. Problem is it would create a massive barrier to entry for newer players, and even a large number of older players (particularly those that play one or two champions exclusively).
In fact, this restriction would lock me out of ranked. I've been playing League for nearly 5 years now, own all champions, and am vaguely competent at most everything, but I only have 4 champions at Mastery level 4 or higher so far. Part of the reason for this is that I play mostly ARAM now, so the mastery I do have is spread out between a large number of champions.
There is more than the one flaw.
People have suggested that idea before, and the idea is as untenable now as it was then. The sole purpose of this idea is defeated by the same fundamental flaw that the Mastery System has: Mastery rank has nothing to do with how well you play. It simply doesn't and that alone makes the idea dead on arrival.
League already has far higher ranked restrictions than other games and this would raise it further. It would suddenly lock players who are already ranked-eligible out of ranked and it does even not restrict based on experience. It restricts everyone including long time players who have far more experience and were playing before the mastery system. It would lock out the players with small champion pools who would, according to the "mastery reasoning", know their champions they are playing better precisely because of that. Especially one-tricks, and would force them to take days frustratingly grinding games on 14-15 other champions that they have no interest and no intention of playing in ranked, just to play Ranked. And most important of all: Mastery rank has nothing to do with how well you play. There's plenty of people with Mastery Level 5, who flash their little icon in games and then die and throw and die don't know the champion they are playing or even the game at all.
The idea doesn't solve the one problem it is supposed to fix and causes a half-dozen others.
