Can a Riot Employee tell me why duo queue is fair and still in effect in soloq when theres flexq?

Ryzen X·Dec 22, 2019·3 votes·981 views

I am still puzzled as to why duo queue is still allowed in solo draft and ranked? How is this even fucking fair? How is it fair to go against an enemy duo lane when you have an autofilled support? Like what the fuck are you people at Riot thinking? I genuinely want to know the logic behind this.

6 Comments

Skia AsteriDec 23, 20194 votes

By appropriately adjusting their combined MMR. And yes it is that simple, once the enough stats have been gathered to determine the appropriate adjustment for the average duo vs solo play.

XzMlnDec 23, 20192 votes

I whole heatedly agree that Solo needs to be Solo and Duo should be Duo, it is impossible laning vs it and warps the game around the duo unhealthily.

iMidg3tDec 23, 20192 votes

And how is that not fair exactly?

Ryzen XDec 23, 20192 votes

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And how is that not fair exactly?

Uh you serious right now? Duos can coordinate better, have voice commands, while non duos cannot obviously...On top of that if you are stuck with an auto-fill, you might as give up...

iMidg3tDec 23, 20193 votes

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Uh you serious right now? Duos can coordinate better, have voice commands, while non duos cannot obviously...On top of that if you are stuck with an auto-fill, you might as give up...

They can coordinate as much as they want, but it means nothing if both duo players are playing like shit. Trust me, I played both solo and duo, and there is barely any difference, except you dont have to worry about 4 potential apes, but only 3. And i played against duos as a solo player, and again, barely any difference. i won some, I lost some. Not to mention they still dont have as good comms with 3 other players, so it's not that big of an advantage.

As for autofill....thats just bad luck, we all know autofill is a dogshit feature ^^

FOR JUSTICEDec 23, 20192 votes

it still in effect because thats the name of the queue. ranked solo/duo. most games in existence at the moment do the same for duo que, just give an MMR penalty. having comms doesnt mean its impossible to feed or lose from others feeding either.

in fact im surprised people even say voice comms are that big an advantage. you can copy paste a discord link into lobby and instant voice comms. having them just makes communication quicker.