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@Riot there are ways to implement blind pick mode that don't enable role-conflicts

HalcyonDweller··2 votes·293 views

Role conflicts are one of the most toxic kinds of conflicts in league. They absolutely ruin games. And it has come to my attention that newer players can't get enough champions in their collection to avoid this shit-hole until levels 15-20.

You don't have to make it exactly like draft pick, and you don't have to make it so they show opponents their picks during pick phase. But could you please for the love of god make it so that role-assignment exists and is enforced in blind pick mode?

It would be as simple as leaving players role selection defaulted to fill, or even setting up a rotating schedule so it defaults to different roles at different times, then once a player gets to the point where they know which roles they prefer they can switch up the selection before they queue up. This would help a lot to reduce / mitigate one of the worst kinds of conflicts in league.

4 Comments

Kai Guy1 votes

This sounds like a QOL change. I endorse it.

HalcyonDweller1 votes

thanks!

Tèrminus1 votes

You'd have to have Smite be unlocked from the get-go if you do this, since otherwise you'd be stuck potentially assigning jungle to players who don't have Smite yet.

I also feel like the free rotation would need to be expanded a bit more, to ensure there's a decent pool of champs for any role you might get assigned. Like right now, this week's rotation has zero supports on it for whatever reason.

HalcyonDweller1 votes

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You'd have to have Smite be unlocked from the get-go if you do this, since otherwise you'd be stuck potentially assigning jungle to players who don't have Smite yet.

It should be simple enough to not force players to autofill a role they don't have the summoners to use. Or this could be brought online once players reach a high enough level to have smite unlocked. The point isn't to force players into stuff they literally can't do, and there are a number of different ways to achieve the goal without doing that.

I also feel like the free rotation would need to be expanded a bit more, to ensure there's a decent pool of champs for any role you might get assigned. Like right now, this week's rotation has zero supports on it for whatever reason.

I'm with you 100%

Free week rotations would have to provide a decent spread of role coverage.

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