Option to Disable Auto Fill

Elminster·11/22/2016, 8:04:34 PM·30 votes·14,921 views

I am a top/adc main and I choose my roles fully willing and wanting to wait for the games. I like playing roles I select regardless of how long I have to wait.

I find it unreasonable that the auto fill feature cannot be disabled since I do not choose fill, and am now being forced to play roles that I am not good at. This not only puts me on tilt, it also forces 4 other players to have to team with someone on tilt and who does not want to play a role they did not select. Please Riot, allow us soloq players the right to play the lanes we want without being forced into roles that will make our already tough climb more difficult.

I understand you want to make queue times shorter but If it comes down to waiting longer to get what I want as opposed to waiting less to play a role I really don't want to play. I would rather wait longer.

Also, wasn't the point of the fill option for people who wanted faster queues anyways? now it's being forced onto us regardless of what we select. I mean the only logical step after this is to remove selecting what role you want to play and just blind fill the lanes. It's insulting to even ask what lane we want to play.

This can must be fixed.

I cannot be the only one unsatisfied with this.

Please allow auto fill to be disabled.

28 Comments

Troy24262111/22/2016, 8:18:50 PM9 votes

They aren't auto-filling you to exclusively reduce your queue times. By forcing you to support, they're also allowing four other peoples' queue times to go down.

Not necessarily agreeing nor disagreeing, just saying.

Elminster11/22/2016, 8:17:21 PM7 votes

I do support when I want to. The only difference is I make the choice. It is not forced upon me. I don't mind waiting in long queues to play the role I want.

Bard R Friday11/22/2016, 9:06:46 PM5 votes

But then everyone would disable auto fill, and nothing would be done. Stop being salty and learn other roles.

redniwediS11/22/2016, 8:06:14 PM2 votes

Can't you disable it for a few games by willingly playing support or fill?

Elminster11/22/2016, 8:08:16 PM2 votes

Can't I just play the roles I select?

Akali is SO HOT11/22/2016, 8:56:51 PM2 votes

Start the que and then end the que and it'll go away

Hollowchazz11/22/2016, 9:02:06 PM2 votes

I don't understand what "auto fill" is...it has NEVER happened to me. I get mid/jungle EVERY game in flex queue and dynamic queue in 6.21.

Riot should just give players a 4 win ip boost of 50 per win if they play 1 game as support

Phinieo12/30/2016, 9:23:17 AM2 votes

Auto-fill is ridiculous. I'd take a 5 minute increase in queue time if It meant I wasn't forced to play roles I don't know how to play or am bad at. Its alright in normals but in ranked where it is best to play and be good at just 2 roles its crazy. In normals Ill try whatever role I'm assigned because It doesnt matter and I might learn something but in ranked Its just a random chance to dodge and lose some LP.

A Zactastic Man5/16/2017, 4:05:10 PM2 votes

yes I'd like the same.. I would rather wait 15-20mins for a game than lose a game and get -20lp from 30-35mins of playing.. it was the worst update in last some years of Riot games... thats so stupid that I need to be the noob in the team because I get autofilled to adc role and make 0-8 because I didnt play adc since season 3.. its so annoying and it just forces me to suffer half an hour.. playing adc doesnt make me want to play the game at all

SouceMaBit11/25/2017, 1:23:14 AM2 votes

REMOVE AUTOFILL I GOT A JAX SUPPORT WITH TP HELLO RIOT GAMES WAKE UP AND LISTEN TO YOUR PLAYER BASE. THANKS.

5eapea5/18/2019, 4:08:28 AM2 votes

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I am a top/adc main and I choose my roles fully willing and wanting to wait for the games. I like playing roles I select regardless of how long I have to wait.

I find it unreasonable that the auto fill feature cannot be disabled since I do not choose fill, and am now being forced to play roles that I am not good at. This not only puts me on tilt, it also forces 4 other players to have to team with someone on tilt and who does not want to play a role they did not select. Please Riot, allow us soloq players the right to play the lanes we want without being forced into roles that will make our already tough climb more difficult.

I understand you want to make queue times shorter but If it comes down to waiting longer to get what I want as opposed to waiting less to play a role I really don't want to play. I would rather wait longer.

Also, wasn't the point of the fill option for people who wanted faster queues anyways? now it's being forced onto us regardless of what we select. I mean the only logical step after this is to remove selecting what role you want to play and just blind fill the lanes. It's insulting to even ask what lane we want to play.

This can must be fixed.

I cannot be the only one unsatisfied with this.

Please allow auto fill to be disabled.

Riot literally gives no FUCKS about anything besides skins, and I have put this in the surveys they send me. They don't care because it does not fit their narrative, and it is not news they like to hear. Any business who does this is fucking TOAST. It is only a matter of time before this company disappears.

R Evolution Kha3/18/2017, 3:20:28 PM1 votes

If you guys are sick of auto-fill in ranked, than play a normal game when auto-fill comes around and then go back to ranked.

Fulger3/28/2017, 6:31:49 PM1 votes

Caitlyn

TŒŒMØ4/30/2017, 3:04:44 AM1 votes

I completely agree,

I would rather have wait times so long I couldn't even get into game than be forced to fill - no sarcasm. In ranked, I would rather just not play than be forced to play a fill role.

FatPenis WC1/16/2018, 1:29:21 PM1 votes

For the people that get the auto full on there team, its pretty much a 30 min que that you lose LP after too. Id much rather wait a few extra minutes instead of being forced to play with some one that has no idea how to play their roll and ruin my games.

Elminster11/22/2016, 8:30:19 PM1 votes

I appreciate your perspective Troy, and while I can appreciate what your saying I would rather have the option to get the roles I select even if that means matchmaking defers me to a longer queue to find my game.

I would be interested to see the data on how many people select fill as the primary or secondary role. If the fill role was used properly it would put all the players who selected fill and assigned them to groups of 4 that had their roles fulfilled. This however is subjective to players that choose fill as a secondary option to have matchmaking try to balance the games those players get their primary role and are filling.

Mr Masamune5/29/2017, 6:16:11 PM1 votes

Don't put me in a game where I am forced to support. I will feed and take ADC farm guaranteed in hopes of a 20m surrender. I don't play a game to not have fun. So RIOT says let's force our game to make people play things they don't want to play because that is liberal! RIOT is filled with SJW thinking hence forcing a player into a stupid support role. Trying to feminize men one more way by forcing them into the support role.

Putr1k6/24/2017, 4:26:15 PM1 votes

Here's how you avoid it:

  1. start the queue
  2. If the time waited goes higher than estimated, stop the queue
  3. start again.

And do that until you find a game. Barely any league of legends players know about this trick, and i decided to share it, but do not share it too much, as we still need people to play support.

Jon117411/22/2016, 8:10:33 PM1 votes

Or....You Could Become A Support Main

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Glass Op Carry10/27/2017, 1:42:38 AM1 votes

Right now i waited 10 minutes of because of ppl who got autofilled as supp and left so were is the less time wait?? Still same thing so its useless just remove it.i got supp right now good thing i can play any role....

Khas2/3/2017, 4:45:49 PM1 votes

Old comment, but whatever.

I completely agree with the OP. Autofill is a good idea, for those that do not mind it. Enable it by default (riot), but give the people that want the option, to be able to Disable it... Especially in Ranked