Dear Riot: A potential solution to keeping your precious Dynamic Q while maintaining Solo Q players

lolptwo·6/9/2016, 5:28:59 PM·19 votes·2,298 views

Some of us are not asking for much, just a way to see our INDIVIDUAL SKILL.

Listen I know if I really wanted I can go get my buddies to carry me to Diamond 1, that wouldn't make me proud.

Just like if I cheated on a test, I wouldn't feel smart.

Solution: Add a seperate viewable MMR system for Solo Q and Dynamic Q. That way I can see ok so I'm rated 2732 in Solo Q but 2000 in Dynamic or visa versa.

This would keep ALOT of your Solo Q players because while playing your shitty Dynamic Q system we will still have something to work towards. Right now there is literally nothing and no point even playing the game.

40 Comments

69982196_DEL6/9/2016, 8:04:02 PM11 votes

Doesn't solve the match making issue. Doesn't solve Q times. Desn't solve harrasment. Doesn't solve boosting issues. Doen't narrow the skill range of a given match.

vicarship546/9/2016, 7:46:35 PM6 votes

They should just make dynamic queue the old ranked 5s, and I don't mean every time u queue for dynamic u need 5 ppl. But rather u have dynamic q ranked and 100% solo q ranked aka not even duo. That way, if u wanted to climb with friends u arnt limited by needing 4 more ppl or only having 1 other friend that can join u, while also having solo q if u just want 9 other ppl to head to head with. The only issue I can see is the lack of support players, in which case is a problem regardless of what they do.

disregardable6/9/2016, 5:36:17 PM5 votes

I'd rather play games with solo players than have some different scores on a profile I don't care about.

Zoeeee6/9/2016, 5:40:31 PM5 votes

I haven't played in a week.

Straley6/9/2016, 8:18:00 PM5 votes

Sorry but I don't see what the point of that would be. You as a solo player would still be playing against premades so that solo mmr rating you want isn't going to be accurate. Don't get me wrong I hate trashnamicQ as much as the next guy but to me it seems like it would be a worthless number.

Kedren Aderac6/10/2016, 2:33:51 AM4 votes

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

I still have no clue why you people keep suggesting this useless idea.

#IT DOESN'T WORK AND WOULD STILL BE COMPLETELY USELESS

Why?

Because it doesn't solve the core issue which is premades put with and against solo players.

What difference does it make if you track those ratings separately when your games are still affected by the premades in game? You are still playing against and with premades. Just because you queue alone doesn't change that. They still affect your games and the outcome of those games, and therefore also your "solo Rating". Games would still be imbalanced & competitive integrity would be trash due to premades, just like now.

#WE NEED TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE LADDERS.

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.

#OCCAMS'S RAZOR 101

DarkRitual6/9/2016, 10:54:38 PM3 votes

The only way to get an accurage Solo MMR is with a Solo only Queue. That's not happening. At least not this season. I wouldn't expect it next season, but it's too early to tell if Riot is going to backtrack for then, since we know they still want to try to work with DQ.

My suggestion is to reinstate Team ranked (use clubs instead of teams) with the current tier restrictions. This helps more at higher levels, where pros currently can't practice as full teams outside of custom game scrims (which sucks when you're trying to spam games with subs and recent roster changes). Reduce DQ to 3-man premades max. This solves the issue of being left solo with a 4-man. I still think most act fine, but it's worth making a comprimise in some areas like this to remove the chance of it. Enforce stricter rules when constructing teams in queue. So no 1+1+1+1+1 vs 3+2, but 2+2+1 vs 3+2 is okay.

These sorts of changes and comprimises all feel fair to me, and would help with a number of the problems people have with DQ. Knowing SQ isn't coming back, it's not unfair to make some comprimises for the sake of those who have issues with the DQ system (some issues with merit, others without).

Karn Bishop6/9/2016, 11:37:57 PM3 votes

While this would be better it wouldn't solve the illness just treat the side effects.

To be frank there is already a post which breaks down a better system by creating a ranked 5's club based system so only 5 mans exist and then restoring true solo queue as well, and such a system is better for both dynamic players and solo's however dynamics are not enjoying the mode for the reasons they claim so they start screaming murder when they see a balanced 5 competitive mode idea.

till current dynamic supporters just enjoy the fact that they destroy true competitive environments and the fact that they can also suppress solo queue players.

Johr Dinh6/10/2016, 1:56:50 AM3 votes

Why don't they just add an option people can use to mark what they're open to queuing for? This gives you what you want, but makes you have to wait longer because of it. Click this if you only want other solo players, click this for duos, click this for 3/4s, and 5s will only be matched with other 5s...wouldn't this work? There'd still be plenty of solo players that'll use the full dynamic queue, specially for shorter queue times right? Surely there would still be plenty of people that don't care, that is what Riot said right?

Schàdenfreude6/9/2016, 10:13:36 PM2 votes

no because that mean everyone would play solo queue so this solution is bad u dumb bich

YJRBqwXJcS6/10/2016, 4:52:57 AM2 votes

old solo queue back ranked 5s queue back keep new champ select get rid of dynamic queue

what is so fucking hard to understand

atomicwit6/10/2016, 2:56:46 AM1 votes

I think Riot is actively trying to hide individual skill and that's the death of any competitive game even if they think it protects people's fragile emotions.

Dominick Destine6/10/2016, 3:01:43 AM1 votes

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Some of us are not asking for much, just a way to see our INDIVIDUAL SKILL.

This.