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Great idea for DQ and help it move forward

Exhausted·7/27/2016, 9:06:22 AM·12 votes·850 views

Greetings from OCE

Was speaking with a few friends from different elos about the issues with Dynamic Q and how differently it effects all of us, being on OCE we have a very small population, and alot of issues from this system have started to cause alot of negative experiences to occur across the entire ladder.

in high elo, very mismatched/one sided games, and high wait times, in low elo smurfing from high elo players just trying to get some game time. its a vicious cycle and i'm quite sure there are more things that impact the ladder.

An idea: There is no decay on LP or your current rank between bronze5 and gold 1. This implies that its to cushion or give the chance for casual/low ranking players (myself included) to develop at our own pace.

After this point the game becomes abit more serious, this is also where the problems with DQ begin. What am I suggesting?

I believe we should turn off DQ after gold 1! - this would allow friends in lower elo (my elo) to play with other friends/family while at the same time not give such a sharp curve on the ladder for climbing, at the same time this will also allow players beyond plat 5 to have a more balanced feel and not have to deal with premades. this would promte more activity and reduce the amount of smurfing or general misfits in low elo. the third and final benefit is it would promote the use of ranked 5's again.

TLDR: Make dynamic Q available up to gold 1 only. After this point you must either solo or Duo and use ranked 5's for teams.

Thankyou for your time

9 Comments

Spoofghoul7/27/2016, 10:17:31 AM5 votes

this is probably the best compromise

will help some players overcome some of the randomness and elohell experiences that is silver by gathering some friends and climbing out.

It will also separate the goodies and baddies in plat if you got carried to plat your like to get stuck in plat 5 and get demoted again.

I would propose 2 changes and they are.

  1. The LP decay which, i think players should be able to decay to gold V 0 LP
  2. Promo games to platinum and onwards can only be performed solo to make sure you can hold your own in that bracket and not be simply carried over only to cause negative experiences to everyone in your new elo bracket by lacking skill and gameknowledge
Johr Dinh7/27/2016, 1:46:03 PM4 votes

I can't think of a better reward or motivational tactic for getting people to rank up and get better at the game. I always loved solo/duo but i'm also low elo. This system sucks even for us, and even if I rank up it sounds like a shit show anyways...and frankly I play with enough high elo smurfs down here anyways so whats the point lol. This would make me play ONLY ranked most of the time, and try my ass off every game so that I could experience a more fair/balanced experience that I want. They're not really hurting the 80% or whatever part of the ranked population with solo queue this way as well. Get's people playing ranked with friends and caring more about the playlist, and then they proceed to kick ass alone in a more competitive way.

Also you should post this on r/lol. They hate these threads over there, but I feel this is fair compromise we may actually get Riot to agree on at least.

seraph1m7/27/2016, 6:12:39 PM4 votes

solo q or bust

Hyperiön7/27/2016, 3:08:21 PM3 votes

I really like this and would give money to make this happen haha. Everyone share this so Rito Sees!

Eunson7/27/2016, 4:37:33 PM2 votes

So this allows a bunch of people that should be bronze to get to Gold 1 and make Gold a nightmare for everyone trying to reach plat? The only option to make DQ move forwards is making it for normal games only...oh wait, that's what normal games are for, to play with your friends.