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Teambuilder Suggestion: Improving Queue Times

404 League Error·3/12/2014, 2:03:02 AM·1 votes·466 views

For less played roles, I recommend you offer a small IP boost for the positions needed filled that are in high demand.

I've queued up countless times and waited 10+ minutes to finally find a Marksman or Support, only to have them leave. My queue time has gone from an average of 30 seconds before Teambuilder, to an average of 30 minutes.

In World of Warcraft, tanks and healers were given incentive to join a queue to make dungeon finding easy for players who did damage roles. Extra 50g-100g or a small item reward. If the League Developers implemented a system... say, 25 IP for 2nd highest demanding role, and 50 IP for highest, more players would queue up for those roles. If it's anything more than that, it would ruin the reasoning for IP boosts.

Contrary to the IP idea... Why not allow people to switch roles while in a game to help get their current game going? There's been multiple times I would have loved to switch from Top to Bot just to get a game going, but had no option to unless completely disband the game and search for new players... seems like another waste of time?

I love the idea of teambuilder, you guys did a great job. Small implementations need to be made to keep the enjoyment of 1 minute or less queue times to the normal queue players however

2 Comments

ganof3/12/2014, 3:33:47 AM1 votes

They need to do something for sure. I was super excited about the Team Builder beta, but so far the queue times have been frustratingly long. ~10 minutes :(

Dr Fictitious3/13/2014, 3:30:44 PM1 votes

This is where most people disagree with what you are saying. I loved TB (Team Builder) other people and I that I've played with said, "I would rather wait 10 minutes for a good team then 30 seconds for a team that fights about rolls, and that makes us lose in the long run" I agree with them. I would even wait 20 minutes for a match if had to. It was perfect idea to stop the "hurry up and call your lane" thing that post of the time slow tapers can't do. I hope Riot brings it back very soon.