The solution to Dynamic VS Solo Queue
Disclaimer: I have no personal preference. I queue alone most of the time, but do enjoy playing with friends. What i care about is the game state, and the community. Let me know how you feel.
League of legends players are at a huge split right now. A massive portion wants SoloQ. Another nice size of it likes dynamic. A portion also doesn't care.
I implore you to consider this: As much as you want one solid method of queuing for ranked, split it up into two different game types. Solo queue, which would be a solid means of testing individual skill whilst being thrown in to the RNG world of players who consistently stay about the same in leaving/feed/troll numbers. We accept that games are going to have those. But Solo queue, aside from being a perfect outlet for the casual or even hardcore solo player, is what a large portion of the playerbase wants. There's a saying "The customer is always right". I personally don't have a preference, but if my favorite game declines because people quit over it, well then i'm all for it.
Solo queue would literally be a TRUE solo. No duo queuing allowed. It's 5 random scrubs vs 5 other random people with similar mmr.
Then, we have Dynamic Queue. Dynamic que has 3 possible queuing methods; Duo, 3-man or 5-man. They share the same elo/mmr but there is a catch. Only duo and 3-mans get matched against another pair of duo and 3-mans. 5 mans are set to play against other 5-mans. If we held a poll, we could decide as a community whether or not we could consider a duo and 3-man going against a 5's, if the queue time exceeded a high amount. Personally, idc. I've played with plenty of bad 5's.
So we have 2 methods of queuing, and two seperate elos. One appeases all solo players who don't desire to group up. One favors the groups and friends of league. It's a simple system, that allows all people to find something they enjoy in ranked, without forcing anyone to go in a ranked match against the odds of victory.
Now, you may be thinking, "wait! but the 4-man"... well 4 man teams never were a thing for 5 seasons, and I think the community as a whole, will take that, over the current ranked. 4 man teams would require a random solo player, which doesn't exist in this dynamic queue. So forget 4's. Find another player, or queue as 3. Easy as that.
I have supported Riot for many years, and love/hate many of the choices along the way, but if we are to continue thriving in this gaming era, i think we have to both settle. Riot needs to really look at the fanbase, and see the outrage over this solo queue, and we need to understand as players, not everything is possible, there is limits.
Riot, please read this, and let me know what you think. I personally think this is the most viable option to keep our game healthy.