Reward IP bonus for playing less desirable roles (ranked)

Ebony Dragon··7 votes·655 views

Mid and Top are always the most sought after roles. Jungle and ADC generally follow, and the least desirable role is always Support. I think small IP rewards should be given (in ranked) for those who pick primarily roles which quickly place them into games. A reward for players who are good at these, generally, secondary roles and are willing to fill slots for teams by playing them. It would be balanced as someone who plays mid as their main and always aims at getting mid will generally win more as they play their best role, while someone who doesn't main a support role would receive a minor IP bonus for playing this role. Those who main support, the bonus wouldn't be large enough to see a difference except over a number of games. Gives an incentive to fill roles. Similar to Team Builders "roles leaders were looking for".

8 Comments

SleepyLionCub2 votes

i always saw top as undesirable. I feel like mid and adc are the most played.

resumed1 votes

judging from the experimenting of que times to rig it so i usually get what i want

adc is most sought after with mid and top then jungle then support

Darkslayer851 votes

Mid adc top jg supp

Br4ndon2 votes

I don't think I want someone playing their worst role in ranked so they can get extra IP.

Ebony Dragon1 votes

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I don't think I want someone playing their worst role in ranked so they can get extra IP.

that's why it wouldn't be a large boost. If you ad 5%, people who play the least desirable roles n win will see a minor boost to the IP they gain. If someone is terrible at these roles, they're going to lose more games which already gives reduced IP so a 5% increase on a large number of losing games is not something people would strive to achieve. They would gain more IP as well as LP by playing the roles they're good at. There is no logical reason to attempt to lose games by playing a role you're bad at for an IP boost that isn't worth the time and effort put into the games.

Imperial Japan1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ebony Dragon,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=yg1Zj9TT,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-02-23T05:06:00.211+0000)

Mid and Top are always the most sought after roles. Jungle and ADC generally follow, and the least desirable role is always Support. I think small IP rewards should be given (in ranked) for those who pick primarily roles which quickly place them into games. A reward for players who are good at these, generally, secondary roles and are willing to fill slots for teams by playing them. It would be balanced as someone who plays mid as their main and always aims at getting mid will generally win more as they play their best role, while someone who doesn't main a support role would receive a minor IP bonus for playing this role. Those who main support, the bonus wouldn't be large enough to see a difference except over a number of games. Gives an incentive to fill roles. Similar to Team Builders "roles leaders were looking for".

They don't have to reward us for something like that

Ebony Dragon1 votes

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They don't have to reward us for something like that

Have you ever attempted to get a role you've WANTED to play, yet the 15 minutes you've waited is a little excessive so you say forget it and re-queue as a role that you don't want or don't want as much just to get in a game? Well once you have, if you have not already, then you will understand why a minor incentive would go a long way as to make up for the non-existent ability to truly "get the role you want". Since the new queue type, I have gotten top 7 times, mid 3 times, adc 5 times, jungle 4 times, and support 35+... I'd prefer to be able to play top or jungle every now and then. I don't enjoy playing support all the time. Yet that's the only role I can enter a game in with in a reasonable amount of time. Not because I like the role, regardless of my skill level with that role, but because waiting over 10 minutes to get into a game is excessive and if I put my desired roles as Top or Mid and even ADC at times, that's how long I wait for a game. Queue dodgers in it, even longer! I spent half the time a game lasts just waiting in queue.

Imperial Japan1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ebony Dragon,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=yg1Zj9TT,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2016-02-26T16:42:58.947+0000)

Have you ever attempted to get a role you've WANTED to play, yet the 15 minutes you've waited is a little excessive so you say forget it and re-queue as a role that you don't want or don't want as much just to get in a game? Well once you have, if you have not already, then you will understand why a minor incentive would go a long way as to make up for the non-existent ability to truly "get the role you want". Since the new queue type, I have gotten top 7 times, mid 3 times, adc 5 times, jungle 4 times, and support 35+... I'd prefer to be able to play top or jungle every now and then. I don't enjoy playing support all the time. Yet that's the only role I can enter a game in with in a reasonable amount of time. Not because I like the role, regardless of my skill level with that role, but because waiting over 10 minutes to get into a game is excessive and if I put my desired roles as Top or Mid and even ADC at times, that's how long I wait for a game. Queue dodgers in it, even longer! I spent half the time a game lasts just waiting in queue.

That has to do with my comment how?

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