Why does Riot like dynamic queue so much?
I've got two questions for riot. It seems like every day I check the forums there are multiple posts about how dynamic queue is terrible and is ruining the game for a lot of players. Clearly the community hates the thing. A lot. I can't remember many times, or any times logging in and seeing people going on about how they love dynamic queue. If anyone makes a thread about "I love how great dynamic queue is" he's either going to get 200 downvotes in an hour or the title was sarcasm and the thread is really a litany of complaints. I've seen people suggest that it is causing players to leave the game and while I'd be skeptical about that claim, DQ might certainly be one contributing factor of many when a player leaves.
So here are my questions for riot:
- Why does riot like dynamic queue even when the community hates it? What evidence do you have that it is making the game better or is an improvement over the last system? Do you have any proof that you are willing to share that it is making the game better from an as-player perspective?
- If dynamic queue is so great, why aren't you guys in riot spending more time trying to sell the idea to people? I'm sure you guys don't like reading the boards and seeing people trash what you spent a lot of time and money in making. Maybe if you sold some of its upsides, people would be less hostile towards it.
Where are the evidence and reasons that DQ is better than SQ? Where are the system teammembers behind it at least trying to show the players some positives to the system instead of letting it fest as a totally negative thing? You guys know your new queue is a festering wound of public opinion right now and that as far as most players are concerned is contributing towards any frustrations they might be having with the game, right? Playing the ostrich isn't helping. Some things you have to run a little PR damage control on.
We know you guys are reading the boards.
So to us your silence could mean a number of things. Things like you don't care about what the players are saying, or you know we are right but for whatever undisclosed reason won't tell us that, or whoever is responsible for it is prideful and stubborn.
Now riot could just revert back to the old solo queue system. But you guys aren't. So logically speaking you've got reasons for staying on the path of the DQ. With that in mind I don't think it's unfair for us the players to ask riot be a little more forward about sharing your reasons and no "because reasons" isn't an answer, explanation, or proper defense of your position. Right now, to the player base your silence means the only reasons you guys have is "because reasons". That's not good and you guys can do better if you felt like it. The fact that riot isn't spending a little time now and then defending their DQ system speaks volumes and gives the playerbase free license to draw our own conclusions.
