low priority queue is flawed

Ruffers·Oct 30, 2015·2 votes·841 views

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I know riot will not look at this and just keep the game the way it is, but the game is flawed. The low priority queue system has many issues. For example i was placed in 20 min low priority queue, which in itself is too severe but the way it works is also dumb. I queued up and after 20 minutes I came back to the computer realizing I was 30 seconds late and had to redo the queue, so I cut my losses and queued up again, then I made it into a ranked lobby and while the last person was picking, I had to go to the bathroom, and when someone dodged I again had to wait 20 minutes. I've waited 40 minutes without being able to play a game. The system is flawed, after players wait their 20 minutes, they should be able to queue up immediately for the next game, instead of having to redo it if they do not accept ( or their friend trolls them and doesn't accept )

5 Comments

ZelphonOct 30, 20152 votes

Personally feel the main problem with low priority queue is that its not even named correctly, it is in fact a delayed queue and at all optimized or made to do as its name implies.

It also hurts people who are not being given the punishment directly, if you queie as a semi-rare or needed role such as a support your punishment is actively denying the groups waiting 5-8 minutes for a support the player they need for just that much longer because the 20 minute wall you're behind is preventing you from filling the spot.

ShosukoOct 30, 20151 votes

I can agree with this. Maybe instead of the low priority, they just give a queue penalty like if you dodge a queue. It would be more straight forward, and easier to deal with.

Elo InfernumOct 30, 20151 votes

And what penalty would that be? Liiike a longer que time? There is not a whole lot that they CAN do, that the community would not rage at.

ShosukoOct 30, 20151 votes

The issue is that if anything interferes with you actually completing the queue, then you're not out of "low priority" queue.

I think it might be better to simply give a time out. The same amount of "low priority" queue delay they would get, simply prevent them from joining a game. You could even require that screen be up for it to count.

This isn't much different then what the player already gets, so I don't see how the playerbase would rage about it, especially considering they're supposed to be the ones "not raging," since they're not on low priority queue.

Except that it removes this little loop that traps a player from recovery, and could make the situation worse.

Elo InfernumOct 31, 20151 votes

Because then a person could just start que, walk away, come back over the time, so the que resets, and then they just do that for whoever many games they need to, so they are then out of punishment.