Autofill made it 10X Harder to Climb This Season

GreenWithEnvee··2 votes·478 views

Just had jungler get autofilled that has never played the role. Needless to say he went 0-9 within 20 minutes bc he has never played jungle. For fucks sake what was wrong with the way shit was last season?

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MrHaZeYo2 votes

Dam you people wouldn't of survived pre season 5/6.

ChargeItDownMid2 votes

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MrHaZeYo1 votes

While I agree with you, it still would also of been hard lol. Playing roles your not as good at. Now we're all basically specialized.

KVbqbFsC8e1 votes

Last season we didn't have two ques splitting up the playerbase, and as such we didn't need autofill on 24/7. The only reason autofill even exists 24/7 is to keep Flex que alive. In the preseason, Riot stated that if que times were too long, they would get rid of Flex que ( http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/competitive/riot-pls-ranked-pls-2017-season-ranked-changes ).

Instead, they chose to enable autofill 24/7.

GreenWithEnvee2 votes

I would rather wait for a game than waste 20+ minutes in a game where someone has no fucking clue what theyre doing.

Grymmstrike1 votes

We ALL would rather wait for a game than play games that we have people intentionally trying to lose because they don't want to be the role they were put in.

GankedByWindows1 votes

10-15 minutes queue times were the problem for me. I don't mind if I get autofilled from time to time in order to have the 3-4 minute average I do now.

Grymmstrike2 votes

You must have selective memory then, because last season I almost never had 5+ minute wait times. This season, while "supposedly" we have low queue times, it is because the timer doesn't keep counting while you are in champ select, so when you get through the ban phase and someone dodges because they were filled support it kicks you back to queue and completely ignores the time spent in champ select. If they kept track of that time I guarantee that it takes longer to get into a queue this season than it did last season except at the highest levels.

GankedByWindows1 votes

I don't. I record almost all my games so I can go back and look at them as well as laugh at myself with some friends. The reason our experiences are different is because there are a ton more players where you play than where I do, which makes finding a match faster for Riot in your case than mine. I'm not even that high either, I'm just saying it wasn't an exclusive issue to challenger (who on stream had 20-30 minute times at its peak and it was super ridiculous)

Ethan Allen1 votes

Autofill made it 5x easier for me to climb this season

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