A question about switching lanes, now with the new lane system.

CaptainB00·Feb 22, 2019·1 votes·1,141 views

The new positional ranked system is discouraging some players from switching lanes.

For example, if the enemy team switches Top/Mid to avoid a counter-pick ... but your teammate refuses to switch because of LP gain at his position. Some people will refuse to switch because they want to gain LP at their queued position. So only 1 team will switch, and the other won't. This just happened to me in a Ranked game.

3 Comments

QuephaFeb 22, 20191 votes

You seem to be describing a system that disproportionately rewards players for courteously communicating in the pre-game to make a decision that's mutually beneficial for the team.

I am fine with this.

CaptainB00Feb 22, 20191 votes

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You seem to be describing a system that disproportionately rewards players for courteously communicating in the pre-game to make a decision that's mutually beneficial for the team.

I am fine with this.

One team switches their Top/Mid (example) to create a counter-pick in your lane, or to avoid one.

Your teammate refuses to switch with you because he only cares about LP gain at his own positional rank.

Now what?

QuephaFeb 22, 20191 votes

Now I play out the match just like I do with every other match. The team with nicer players will probably win. I am fine with this.