Ranked and banked are heavily flawed systems

OnlyGragasOnlyGG··3 votes·600 views

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Ranked and whole game generally is dull cus matches still tend to practically end in the first 10 minutes. It also feels like sometimes you just randomly get free wins and sometimes forced losses like it's all arranged and I have no impact at all. This is how I would sum up S7 ranked experience (Dia/Master/Chall Elo). No actual close teamfights, just other side overstatting so fighting isn't even possible. Despite the changes you have been making nothing has changed for me. The winner is easier than ever to predict in champion select and by early game.

What comes to banked system, 10 max games banked is way too little and it doesn't encourage to play a lot in a row. I have finished over 900 rankeds this season, it is more than enough. But I'm unable to take a proper break cus banked system orders you to play 10 games in 10 days. If I had just timed my playing a bit later, I could have grabbed free challenger rewards when the season ends at this point. But now there's still half season left and I need to just go through more rankeds even I'm fed up with that already and reached goals.

Banked system combined with the fact that you need to be a certain rank on a certain day to get rewards is annoying and serves only those who play small amounts or leave their LP rush to late season.

It's not an excuse that "We want players to be actively around whole season". I've been more active than most challenger players ever will. Not many of them plays 900 rankeds, they just do one per day so their LP would not dramatically change like it does for me quite often. In addition, why can one START playing ranked whenever but not QUIT it. My 900 games means nothing just cause I carried them out on "wrong days" and "too fast", meanwhile someone just plays 200-300 games in late season and gets same prizes. All this feels dumb.

What I suggest is either make banked games to have no stack limit or at least increase it lavishly. Also it seems harsh that someone can be challenger whole season long and suddenly have a few bad games and drop down when the Day of Selection is upon making him lose the better rewards. If banked system is fixed, there will be no problem in that, though. At the moment there is just no freedom to choose when you want to play the needed game amount per season (in Master+ Elo). If there is a fear that increased stack amount would make diamond players to abuse it in season's start, then just put it on after challenger tier is full or something like that.

11 Comments

MysterQ1 votes

I will never have that problem, but I can understand. You would think it could give you the reward for season max rank achieved or something. That might mess up because top 100 challengers get something more right? But at least it would be a start.

Warlord Scrap2 votes

they did that the first 2 years and when they changed the old elo system to the modern leagues they took it away.

MysterQ1 votes

I think a lot of Gold5 players also stop either because they achieved their goals/norms are more fun/or they are scared of derank. So in that respect it just makes sense for the season high also to keep promoting players to play at that level as well.

I can understand degradation or whatever. But his points are valid too.

dominusx1 votes

if you are a low tier player and you get gold you have absolutely NO reason to play even a single game after reaching g5.

MysterQ1 votes

Hence why Gold 5 is my only goal right now D:.

If I lose I lose rewards. If I win... it is unlikely I get to Plat. Even if I do it is just a different border. I hear Gold5 has some of the highest stagnation in the game, I wonder why Riot. But thank god that Gold doesn't degrade.

dominusx1 votes

10 reasons to stay in gold -Gold has a better border than plat. -You dont drop out of it -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold -You dont need to play in plat if you stay gold

Unless you can skip plat and get to diamond like i do. Then go for it diamond border is nice all variations of it.

Warlord Scrap2 votes

Im not arguing it should of been removed i actually agree and think it should be brought back. I was only stating it was in the game at one point then removed

ShinkoMinori1 votes

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I will never have that problem

dominusx1 votes

when did you manage to get 900 fucking games LMFAO i remember you beeing around 300 games when i had you on my team.

I agree with what you said tho. +1

ShinkoMinori2 votes

Where is harder to climb? NA, EUW, EUNE?

dominusx1 votes

EUW is a little better after d2+ but both servers are toxic and unfun to play in.

I dunno about NA i only played 2 ranked games there with 170 ping one in gold 5 and one in plat 2 i won both but it was irritating to play XD.

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