Why is auto fill enabled in ranked?

AMADEUSdotEXE··9 votes·4,879 views

In what way is throwing players in roles they are inexperienced/unable to play efficiently or in some cases decently at all healthy in anyway in a competitive environment? Doesn't that defeat the purpose? Im sure most players would rather wait an extra 2 minutes in queue than spend 30 minutes in a game playing a role they play poorly? I've been playing for 3 years now, and I'm positive that me laying jungle is going to screw the team over because I'm a mid laner/support player. I havent gotten jg in auto fill (lol) but this is just an example. Taking a support/jungle main and forcing them to play ranked as in top or mid is a good example. A player that mains both or one of these roles likely has little or not enough experience learning how to trade in lane or freeze lanes (support dont normally farm and junglers don't need to practice last hitting minions for obvious reasons.) Sure it's a learning experience but should players begin to learn a new role or practice a role they don't "specialize" in a competitive environment?

Anyone else? I dont see how a support main being thrown into top (such an unforgiving lane). Obviously everyone isnt going to get their role, but wasnt the point of dynamic queue to solve the issue of people getting forced into roles they are bad at (as time has proven and will take ages to improve) so that ragers and afers/feeders have less fuel?

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Dynikus3 votes

The goal was to shorten queue times. It made some sense for diamond+ games where queues were sometimes longer than games. It could reduce a 30-40 minute queue to a 10-20 minute queue as an example, and in higher elos, on average, players know how to play every role to an extent.

Why it was implemented in all elos 100% of the time, I have no clue. Low elo 3-4 minute queues were reduced to maybe 1-2, but the number of dodges and people unhappy to play a role they didn't want to play (generally support) negates any minor benefit.

Conkah3 votes

The worst part about this is when several people on one team becomes a victim of the autofill. I ended up in a game where a guy auto'd as adc and another as supp. The botlane went to crap of course. When one team has two players who don't know their roles and didn't even pick them themselves, and the other team chose their roles and knows them well, it's bound to be lost for the autofill team. Autofill might work in higher ELO's, but in bronze to gold, it's a death sentence.

Twazzy2 votes

any new news on this? I would rather wait a longer time to get the position i want. The past couple days I ended up waiting 6 to 10min for a game because of people getting auto filled and just dodging the game. After waiting 10minutes i get in game and guess what i got auto filled so I dodged. Please make it where you get the positions you que for. I also play world of warcraft and ill wait 15minutes to get my role and it works. I hate this auto fill crap and after 6 times of trying I just stop playing for the day..

AMADEUSdotEXE1 votes

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AMADEUSdotEXE1 votes

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KVbqbFsC8e1 votes

People don't like playing support. Without auto-fill, que times would be longer. Its a tradeoff Riot is making, lower quality games/less que time rather than better games/longer que times.

Its All Skillzz1 votes

i got auto filled as support. morgana was taken soraka was banned. my choices was nunu and ashe and ezreal for supports went with ap ezreal support 16-4-13 carried the game.

Quepha1 votes

Everyone has to deal with it because autofill is always on That means it's fair and it will affect all players equally in the long run You either adapt to the new system or you fall, that's how ranked has worked every season

Hamsterchoblue1 votes

i am mid/jg main and today i've played a game and get autofill supp and i had no idea how to play this role and we lost.

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