Allowing 4 mans in Flex queue possibly during peak hours?

Peter Zaroll·Mar 26, 2018·4 votes·711 views

Hey guys/gals!

So something I'm running into more and more with my friends is grinding gold flex we play with a rotating 4 man flex, well recently that 4 mans schedule has been more in line with each other, but 4 man has been disabled. I thought I read during the intro of flex queue, they'd disable it during non-peak hours and enable during peak hours, I know until recently in OCE they had ranked queues down at night since there "wasn't enough people" so maybe we can have something where Flex 4 mans come online during the peak hours of the afternoon/evening and is off in the early mornings/afternoons?

16 Comments

Sp33d Zer0Mar 26, 20183 votes

They disabled it because it was leading to 1 man queues getting teamed up on by the 4 man

RavenHuskyMar 26, 20182 votes

Four man premades are disabled in flex queue to protect the solo player from getting ganged up on and harassed by the premade.

SwiftKitten88Mar 26, 20183 votes

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Four man premades are disabled in flex queue to protect the solo player from getting ganged up on and harassed by the premade.

this... a 4 man group can surrender a game.

IllyrianKillerMar 26, 20182 votes

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this... a 4 man group can surrender a game.

Then they change flex queue so it has to be all 5 to surrender

SwiftKitten88Mar 26, 20182 votes

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Then they change flex queue so it has to be all 5 to surrender

so ONE player can hold 4 players hostage every other time? umm no...

IllyrianKillerMar 26, 20181 votes

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so ONE player can hold 4 players hostage every other time? umm no...

It's about as reasonable as your response. 2 would hold the other 3 hostage if it's and group of 2 and a group of 3. What's your point?

BroghanTaylorMar 26, 20181 votes

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so ONE player can hold 4 players hostage every other time? umm no...

i duo alot and me nad my duo never surrender no matter what so what is the difference?

Peter ZarollMar 26, 20182 votes

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this... a 4 man group can surrender a game.

If this were true and I'm just entertaining it. They'd probably do something about twisted treeline you think? I'm also going to link a game update from the introduction to flex queue and quote it here for you: "If Flex Queue doesn’t attract enough Solo/Duo players through the weeks, we will test other incentives," So Riot never disabled it due to a gang up of four man or a surrender issue.

IllyrianKillerMar 26, 20181 votes

summoner 31

Peter ZarollMar 26, 20183 votes

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Four man premades are disabled in flex queue to protect the solo player from getting ganged up on and harassed by the premade.

People say that, but if that were true then wouldn't normal queues/ARAM hold the same weight? The only Riot responses I could find point to queue times and that "not a lot of solo players are playing flex" I remember when it first came out, I believe this was the intended reason and they'd look at re-enabling. So I'm just trying to bring attention on the boards to get a Rioter response

IllyrianKillerMar 26, 20182 votes

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Four man premades are disabled in flex queue to protect the solo player from getting ganged up on and harassed by the premade.

That was never the reason stated by Riot. If that was becoming an issue then why allow any groups at all? I get harrasssd sometimes in games by duo's. You just mute then report them like you do in any other game mode.

IllyrianKillerMar 26, 20182 votes

Bumping my fellow bumble bee.

BroghanTaylorMar 26, 20181 votes

I dont see why we cant que up for 4 honestly tho! what also sucks is when im a 2 man or a 3 man and we get put agaist a 5 man... how is that fair? it would be alittle better if we were a four man group

Do The DuggyMar 27, 20181 votes

I honestly don't understand why 4 man is disabled, there is some people who prefer queuing alone in flex than in solo/duo. item 3070

BroghanTaylorMar 28, 20181 votes

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I honestly don't understand why 4 man is disabled, there is some people who prefer queuing alone in flex than in solo/duo.

i would love to play as 4!! i hate that we cant as someone who only plays ranked

Peter ZarollMar 29, 20181 votes

Still would like to hear opinions, if anyone is lurking here