Why is autofill still even a thing?!

Aria·Feb 13, 2018·2 votes·819 views

I don't understand the implementation of this mechanic nor why it is STILL IN THE GAME. I more than understand it for Draft pick, that's a normal game and you shouldn't be angry you're playing Support, it'll only help you play other roles even better, even if you have no intention of returning to playing Support.

But Ranked. RANKED. I want my teammates at their best whenever possible, because I'm tryharding as well. I won't flame them if they mess up, but I will hope for the best and hope that they get the opportunity they need to play their role well. Except, if our Support player is an amazing Riven or Fiora, maybe Darius, maybe Lee Sin, so on, but barely has any knowledge as to how to play Support (and barely has any knowledge on the picks), how the hell is that fair?? How is that fair to my team and that player??

What's even worse is being Auto-filled into a different role than Supp, like putting someone into Jungle or Top when they clearly have no idea how to go around playing these roles. The Top-playing Midlaner doesn't know how to play Top. Top revolves around wave control (freezing/resetting), denying CS and XP and the trade here and there. Mid looks to roam, have bursty quick fights and generally, advanced CS mechanics aren't present. They're not bad players, they just play THEIR OWN SELECTED ROLES well.

That player's MMR is based on the roles they play and the roles they climbed with. How is putting someone whose support play is Silver 5 at best into a Platinum game fair, for example?? The other support can counterpick them, know their playstyle, synergize with their ADC MUCH BETTER as communication is a major part of playing Support, etc. Furthermore, Macro knowledge on a role you don't play much is minimal, as you can only carry over what you know from your other roles.

ALL OF THIS. FOR 2 LESS MINUTES OF WAITING. So Riot decided for us, "You don't want to wait 2 more minutes so here, go waste 30-45 minutes being frustrated instead and while we're at it, let's make a player feel completely inadequate."

PLEASE look into removing this feature. I don't care if I have to queue for a few minutes more if it means finding a quality game where everyone WANTS to play the game in the first place.

4 Comments

AlohaxrickFeb 13, 20182 votes

Obviously multiple people queue up for the same role. It needs to be balanced out. If you do get auto-filled, I think it’s best to learn all roles just in case.

AriaFeb 13, 20181 votes

Yes, and in my post I detail how that is still a problematic system. Trading 2 extra minutes of queue time to have one extremely lackluster player on your team is not a fair trade, and it's not one we even get to make. It doesn't need to be "balanced out", it was just fine before- it'd just mean queue times would take longer. And I would much rather have queues take a little while longer than for an ENTIRE GAME to be ruined.

I don't have a lot of time to play this game. I have a job and a social life, neither of which I want to neglect. My time is, as anyone else's time, a resource I can only spend so much of. So why does Riot insist on wasting 45 minutes of my time every few games?? It's literally a trash game I cannot do anything about, because our team's weakest link might be playing Support for perhaps the third time in their life.

I would rather waste 2 minutes when I queue up rather than the entire 45 of a frustrating game.

AlohaxrickFeb 13, 20182 votes

I do too, have a social life I wouldn’t want to neglect. But thank you for pointing that out; you’ve made your point clear. I now understand your frustration.

AriaFeb 13, 20181 votes

As a side-note: I didn't mean to imply you didn't have one, I'm just saying my time is extremely valuable and limited, but I still love the game and would like to play matches where players, at least, want to play the lane they're in.