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There's a couple things I don't like about the LP system.

A lvl 80 Shoe·7/14/2015, 4:50:44 PM·2 votes·797 views

I'm not gonna make a huge thread ranting about it. But I'll give a couple statistics.

You can climb to your promos with a 51% winrate.

You can't win your promos unless you have a 66% winrate.

The way the promos are created, you have to get a ridiculously high winrate for 3 games in a row with randomly matched teammates that can do and act however they want, whether it be trolling, afk'ing or trying to help.

Additionally, I don't think promos should deduct lp. It puts too much reliance on the 2nd game of your promos. If you go on a winning streak and get to 100 Lp, and win the first game, then lose the second, you'll lose 20-30 LP because your MMR isn't as high as what rank you're playing at. Putting you at 70-60 lp if you lose the second and third game of your promos.

Whereas if you lose the first, win the second, and lose the third. You suffer a slightly smaller deduction of LP (and I mean like 2 or 3 lp difference). Though it's still there, and it's impactful. 2 or 3 lp is the difference between 97 lp and 100 lp.

TL;DR: The LP system and promos system create too much of a grind; you need an absurdly high winrate to climb now.

3 Comments

Xonra7/14/2015, 4:53:39 PM1 votes

It tends to create more games, as if it is trying to "create content". The promos only make matters worse.

It is much like when mmos reduce xp gains to slow down progression so you are forced to play longer if you want to reach the next level. Much how the LP system feels to me when they added it.

MajinBuutcheeks7/14/2015, 5:42:29 PM1 votes

I'm pretty sure that when you're in your series, they add up all the LP gains and losses and deduct the total from 100 LP. So if you win the first and get like 20 LP, lose the second and lose 25 LP, or if you lose the first and win the second, it doesn't matter. You still lose a total of 5 LP regardless of order.

Felixphaeton7/14/2015, 6:01:55 PM1 votes

It's 66% win rate...over three games.

You win your promos if you go on so much as a 2 game win streak.