I choose my worst role in dynamic queue...

yepprettymuch·1/20/2016, 11:23:10 PM·2 votes·1,677 views

Riot seriously needs to reconsider how this new dynamic queue works. 3 Out of the first 4 games I've played without a full group of 5, I get stuck playing my secondary. The only game I got my primary, was because I put mid as my secondary that game...I am TERRIBLE at mid. I want to jungle, but if I choose adc or support as secondary, I get stuck there every single time. I know other people have had this same experience. Is Riot really ok with a system that promotes choosing a role that you are not good at and have no desire to play? Please please please change it so that we can choose just one role if we want. I would be completely fine with waiting longer in the queue to ensure I get the role that I am best and and enjoy playing the most.

12 Comments

HamerDrunk1/20/2016, 11:46:08 PM3 votes

so you can't play 2 roles how did you do it before? just typing jungle or feed and hope you get it?

Aeolian Melodies1/21/2016, 12:56:32 AM2 votes

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if I choose adc or support as secondary, I get stuck there every single time.

the fuck you talking about, I put support 1st and mid 2nd and I got mid 2/3 games before saying fuck it and going to blind pick until Riot fixes the priority which is fucking whack atm. I've been with people who had support as their 2nd or mid as their first and they got it/I got it instead...

LeBlanc Jameś1/20/2016, 11:45:10 PM1 votes

What else do you want?

Seriously.... Anything else?

Raiborn1/26/2016, 9:27:22 PM1 votes

I've had the same experience. I am a JG/Supp main where I enjoy them equally, but I've only gotten support so far doing solo ranked queue :/ I want to jungle!!!

Haha, I had the same thought of setting it up as JG/Mid so that I get jungle :P (since so many people play mid). In that regard, it's basically team builder in disguise. I can't speak to the team assembling system they have in place - it's blackbox to me. But it doesn't seem like they have much of a 'weight' difference between primary and secondary if there is any. I'm curious to know.

I do like the idea of having the option to pick the one role you want to play that game and waiting for it. One potentially unbalanced situation there though, is when you have a team that all picked their specific main role versus a team where they all got their secondary role. I don't have anything against 'one trick ponies', but being able to preselect your role in ranked would make it a lot easier for players to get their desired setup - and being able to show their team their target champ helps even more too. If Riot is okay with promoting/making one trick pony playstyle more viable, then I'm with you, Yepprettymuch.

My plan is to queue with a friend who mains support and we both choose JG/Support as primary/secondary so we always get our role :P We could swap if it switches what we picked for primary - which could be a tell on how they weigh primary vs secondary too if it gives both of us our secondary. In general, it seems that queuing with 2, 3, or 5 are the ideal options with dynamic queue assuming you have voicechat (4 leaves an awkward man out unless you can get them into your voicechat, they're a particularly good/aware player, or they play the island known as top lane :P).

I wonder how much work it would be to get it to add more desired role options now that they have the first iteration up and running.