Autofill in ranked serves no positive purpose

Just 4 Memes·Jul 25, 2018·1 votes·893 views

I either dodge them and get put on timer, or I play it and lose 80% of those games. I mostly dodge of course. I think most people dodge, which is why I don't see the overall purpose of it in a positive light.

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AlgidoJul 25, 20181 votes

I learned to support so I could second-role it than get auto-fill protected and be able to queue up my true secondary w/o risk. I haven't been auto-filled a single time this season in ranked. However, that is beside the point. I'd bet that ~90% of people would prefer a 5-minute queue or even longer and not risk being filled than to either lose 3 LP and go on a timer or spend 30+ minutes (including champ select, loading and post-game) and lose whatever one's LP loss is. So I agree with you when it comes to a game to game basis but on the other hand, it creates cases like mine which encourages (or forces...) players to learn a role they'd rather not.

At the end of the day, I don't have a solid opinion one way or the other. Both sides have their positives. One being that you won't be placed in a role that is a near certain loss unless your team can pick up the slack, the other improves queue time and potentially the state of the game by increasing the player base that can support at a higher level. I think my approach is optimal for both myself and the game. It's not like learning the role is extremely difficult and it ensures (unless one is unlucky enough to get filled while having support as secondary) that one will only need to know two or three roles.

There is a problem and the only solution is auto-fill. When I played WoW several years back, I recall getting 20+ minutes queues in LFG when I wasn't on my tank and in a game that doesn't have something to do during the wait, a queue time that could be as long or even longer than a match itself would almost ensure the demise of the game itself.

[sg-lux-2]

Hencho101Jul 25, 20181 votes

Yeah, WoW queues still suck when not on a tank or healer. So with as few people as there are who hate support, i feel like queues would be WAY to long.

BlueBilberryJul 25, 20181 votes

Two positives:

First, it does teach something called humility if you are willing to learn.
And, it does teach one what other roles go through. If you really want to master the game, you need to sometimes walk in another role's moccasins - however, ill-fitting and smelly they may be.

Just 4 MemesJul 25, 20181 votes

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