Autofill has made my LoL experience far worse, and I want to talk about it.

Diri·12/24/2016, 6:05:36 AM·2 votes·928 views

There was a time, where I could be guaranteed my role as AP Shaco Top or AP Ezreal Mid (my current main), AND a team who was okay with it. That was Team Builder. Even if it meant an 11 minute queue time, if I wanted that role I could have it. If I wanted to make the personal sacrifice of my time to receive that role, I was capable of doing so, and without affecting the game quality or queue time of any other player. I loved the ability to play a role reliably over and over again. It was what lead to me falling in love with the champions I did, and becoming effective and skillful with them, so as to appease my team mates when I took it over to ranked.

But team builder was removed, and through some evolution Dynamic queue came to the stage. So I had to select two roles. This was not a huge hindrance, it simply meant I needed to be consistently good at a couple of champions, rather than just the one. So I did, I spent some time learning a jungler (Zac) as well as my main (Ezreal). This was not heavily impactful on my play style. I quickly accepted this new queue.

We now have a system in which two roles are not enough to be an adequate ranked player. I have recently been autofilled to support on more then one occasion, and the results have been bad games with unhappy teammates. Perhaps others are capable of managing three mains, but I myself am not. I simply don't play frequently enough for that to be a viable option for me.

I'm upset. I want to play what I want to play. I obviously have no entitlement to that, and I am thankful for the beautiful game Riot has created, but I don't understand this decision, and believe LoL is a better game with team builder.

3 Comments

SGT Dingle Berry12/24/2016, 6:28:33 AM2 votes

While I am definitely on the I hate autofill bandwagon it's obviously here to stay, so I suggest you do what I do. Find an easy support, for me that's Sona but the list goes on and on, well over 50 that could be played bot lane, and every half dozen games or so queue up as support or fill. This way the game is on your terms and there are no surprises.

Despite the hate support can be extremely fun and you'd be surprised how well your game may go if you do all those things we bitch about supports not doing like warding and sweeping.

Qiyano Reeves12/24/2016, 6:12:31 AM1 votes

Team builder had no place in E sports nor did the pros care about it so therefore it must be removed. You have to understand this game is catered to the good players, not the casual ones who want to just have fun.

the Anarchit3cht12/24/2016, 6:42:48 AM1 votes

They can go back to pick order where you aren't guaranteed squat unless you're first pick.