If Autofill HAS to exist, can it at least be consistant?

Lost Waifu··1 votes·267 views

I mean, it rarely ever happens, but I just got autofilled to jungle, when I had already had an unfortunate couple of previous games (Lost from DCs and salty teammates, and some poor decision making on my part). So I wound up having to just pick a champ that I never play (Amumu), and proceed to feed super hard because I was against a WW who very obviously knew what he was doing, and counter jungled me all game.

If Autofill absolutely MUST exist, could you at least make it so that people can enter a preference as to what they get autofilled to? I mean, I'd much rather have gone support over jungle. If it were possible to have it so you could queue as, say, Top/Mid/Autofill Support pref, that'd be pretty nice.

This is my first time submitting one of these discussions, so I don't know if this'll ever be seen or considered. But I was already having a shoddy day, and it made me a bit upset getting destroyed like that cause I was forced into a role I was unfamiliar with

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Umbral Regent1 votes

Firstly - I get what you're saying, but that's basically the reason for Primary and Secondary roles. Second; AutoFill will never actually be 100% consistent, because it tries to put you into gaps in teams without regards for player preference; it is there to put you in a game, not a position.

And, playing roles you're unfamiliar with is also another reason why AutoFill exists besides shortening queue times - players should, generally, be able to play any role in the game. Even if they're only at their best in, say, top lane, they should still be able to reliably play Jungle, mid, ADC and Support roles.

Lastly, I think (but I might be wrong, I've never actually queued up for it myself) Flex Queue has the option to single out a role you don't want to play, alongside the two roles you do want to play, so that you can only ever be AutoFilled into two different roles. Again, could be wrong, memory doesn't always serve, but in the off chance that I'm right, it might be worth it for you to try it out.

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