Riot needs to address the Winston in the room
So overwatch just added the ability to role queue. Okay, better late than never. Not that people want to play with my terribad D.Va and Mercy skills, but at least it's better then me on some other heros. Then I notice this little blurb:
To help incentivize a more even distribution of players across all roles, players who queue for roles that are currently in high demand may get a reward.
Hello, riot? Got something to say about this?
People have been complaining about autofill for years. Some roles are just more terrible than other and people just don't want to play them any more. Being forced into top or jungle isn't going to make people want to learn it or care about it. How about you admit that blizzard wins this round and if a role is in demand enough that you have to start auto filling people others, you turn on a system where people can get a rito loot box, or a 1-in-10 chance of getting a loot box if they earn at least an A- for the game? Win or lose, as long as they git gud they have a chance to get free loot. If anything this will encourage people to want to play those roles and would result in a healthier queue. Note this doesn't go for the normal limit to one box per champ as you are trying to get people to play the role.
So instead of forcing people to play with someone who checked out the moment they got autofilled, players will get people who see that possibility of free loot if they do well actively queuing up in an in-demand role.
Blizzard upped the ante on you guys. You can't ignore this.