Speak to us about Solo Queue
Hey guys, we know there are a lot of players who are really passionate about solo queue. We're not trying to be dishonest or dodge this topic. Radio silence on this the past couple months has been painful, we know. We hoped to come out with a direct answer to this, but working through the problems players are facing on live now (consistency around position select, queue times and matchmaking for high MMR) is taking longer than we initially expected. We did a bad job at managing expectations around this and deserve the heat we're getting around that.
That being said, solo queue does not directly address either of these problems and could suffer from the exact same problems. We'll be honest: there's definitely a world in which solo queue doesn't return, but we'd rather keep it on the table as we work through these issues before making a final decision.
- Riot Socrates
"We're not trying to be dishonest or dodge this topic" You're a liar. TONS of threads have been made about this topic. Just yesterday Riot Korea confirmed that solo queue was officially on hold (https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4dwkar/official_riot_temporarily_put_a_hold_on_solo/) and there has been even more threads posted about this exact subject and what do we hear from Riot? Is that crickets chirping in the distance I hear? Moving on.
"That being said, solo queue does not directly address either of these problems and could suffer from the exact same problems" You're wrong. If you only have to deal with individual players picking and choosing roles you have one less factor to take into consideration when designing a system to automatically match parties of relatively equal MMR, along with getting good consistency between main and secondary roles, all while getting faster queue times. Right now you're trying to balance party size, MMR, role choice, AND queue time. Remove party size as a factor and you have a considerably easier job to do.
"We'll be honest: there's definitely a world in which solo queue doesn't return, but we'd rather keep it on the table as we work through these issues before making a final decision." You're not doing anything to alleviate any of the concerns that we have with this last statement. You've said nothing official on this topic since making this post. I've been trying to find actual discussion and this is the only thing you've done. A blanket statement analogous to washing your hands of the issue. You blatantly lied to us, and have done nothing at all to address that fact. A simple conversation on the topic would go a long way, even if we'd still be pretty upset with the answers. And no, Phreak commenting on /r/leagueoflegends while avoiding actually addressing the questions does not count.
[zombie-brand-clap] Great fucking job you've done, really stellar work.
