Ranked Season is over, but shouldn't Flex Queue be giving LP?

Du Ma Mi··1 votes·1,206 views

That said, games played during the preseason will have some impact on where you place at the start of the season.

In the "Placements and Seeding" section if you weren't sure: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/competitive/how-rank-2017-season

To me, this means that while the soft reset will happen, and our rank currently is the most prominent thing towards our new rank, my games in the Flex Queue before the 2017 season starts WILL MATTER (even if it's just a little). If it isn't giving me any LP for wins, how is it impacting my rank post-reset?

Is it solely based on MMR? I realize you don't want to give players the idea that getting to diamond when you were low plat is going to bring them up by 3 or 4 ranks in the new season, but since you explicitly stated that it affects our ranks after the reset, I feel like it should give us LP. That's what ranked is really all about - LP gain.

Hell, I wouldn't even care if you just stuck me with my Gold 3 for the reset and made the preseason games not matter in the slightest - but I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I like to see myself climb, regardless of whether it matters.

Disclamer: I understand it is only for the preseason, but a month is a long time to go without LP gain for me.

5 Comments

Your Real Mom2 votes

I found that to be odd about this season, honestly. If you can play 10 placements for flex queue now why play them later? I agree, should be LP gain after placements are finished. I've only played a couple but if you aren't gaining LP right now then I don't know what to make of it.

Du Ma Mi1 votes

Tfw the only comment agrees with you, but you're still at 1 downvote.

IsoVhell1 votes

Nope it should not. Things are still being worked on in game and with the new client and updates. I am sure Riot wants everything working top before the roll out of the next season. How about relax go get some fresh air.

Du Ma Mi2 votes

No like I don't care if it affects my next season or not. Just the numbers, so I can see if I can get plat before next season. I don't care whether it affects my rank or not. Has nothing to do with Riot working on stuff, it's all good. Not saying make the new season faster, just give us the LP gains we deserve without boosting our ranks any more than they are (in the eyes of the placements).

Do you understand what I mean?

IsoVhell2 votes

Not a bad idea, if they were not super busy with all of us beta testers and the rework before next season. But put in a request for next season for something like this, I like the idea.

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