So, Riot. Here's your chance to fix your "lack of communication"

Trash MammaI··5 votes·540 views

Explain to us what you expect us SOLO players to do? Not people who just prefer solo over teams. I mean people who have literally nobody to play with or JUST one other person (who might not even be ready for ranked).

Some of us can't stand to be with premades of 4 and being that one guy that gets treated like trash because of it. Your punishment system will never be perfect, we understand that, but atm it's not good by any means right now.

By neglecting to bring back a true SOLO que you've basically just gave the middle finger to anybody who isn't able to play with 4 others.

It doesn't help that this is a highly team based game where roles matter. This isn't like overwatch where you can still have a equal chance at winning with say, 6 tracers instead of a support, tank etc. if all the players are decent. You can be great at the game but if you lack a mid or top then the enemy's will just get a free farming lane and snowball out of control to the point you can't deal with it.

The simple excuse of "we don't have the ability to do it" won't work against a community of players that have been with you for a long time especially not considering you're the biggest online game in the world right now (until overwatch shoots past you soon)

It would help if instead of giving us the silent treatment or lying to us you just made a section of the boards that Red's ACTUALLY LOOK AT and have open discussions about what's going on and what your players want. Your biggest issue that's leading you downward is the fact you refuse to communicate. You have an entire damn team over communication and can't spare ONE guy to communicate with the community? I call bull on that.

8 Comments

Meriipu3 votes

It went from "I am bronze because my team is bad" to "I am bronze because muh premades"

Horse Grenades1 votes

Absolutely. Good point

Trash MammaI3 votes

Got gold. Stopped ranking.

Le'team are bad but le'premades are worse even in normals

BloodyTompon1 votes

I've been saying the same thing. All that's happened is the blame has shifted.

jinxedchef1 votes

They expect you to play as a group or they want you to quit. Everything they have done in the last 6 months says so. They have been giving bonuses to people who play in groups and punishing those who solo. They have been speaking loud and clear.

Eevee In A Jar3 votes

Solo Q players play as a group perfectly fine. It's only shitheads in low elo who doesn't even play the game properly who doesn't work or cooperate with teammates. What's ironic is people who abuse Dyn Q are WORSE at cooperating as a team than Solo Q players. Solo Q players adapt and react and cooperate with strangers all the time and can make LCS plays without a single word uttered all game at the competitive level.

BloodyTompon1 votes

Play.

Narvuntien1 votes

Despite the rage here, It is an extremely important point and something I very much want in the game.

I propose.

  1. Expansive ping options. we really need things like "warded" for starters I need quick and easy ways to signal complicated concepts. It is possible you don't have these as default as not to confuse new players perhaps they are only available if you tick a box to turn them on or go into options.
  2. You could have easy to use automatic messages that are accessed via keyboard short cut that will type pre determined phrases into chat, to tell your teammates things, since you control these you can have them completely non-toxic and allow chat resiticted players to still be able to communicate with their team.
  3. in game voice chat, I know it has massive downsides, I understand but its really hard to communicate anything as fast as you can with voice.

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