Why does Riot refuse to remove Duo-Queue from Ranked?

Playing with friends is fun.

i actually prefer doing duo queue in ranked.

it reduces the risk of running into an afk/flamer/toxic player.

edit: why don't you like duo queue?

Good question. It does more harm than anything. The only thing the community would lose is getting to watch streams of high ranking players duoing together.

Duo-queuing helps avoid toxic teammates, and makes the game for enjoyable to play. Whenever I play solo queue I tend to have worse experiences in the form of teammates and fun.

Duo queues used properly do not harm the game. But there are far too many Platinum players queueing with bronze and silvers just so they can play lower rated people. This abuse needs to stop.

As far as I'm concerned you should not be allowed to duo with people not in the same teir as you, or at least within 3 divisions. (so Gold V and silver II can queue - Plat I and Bronze V cannot).

How about you find a friend to play with?

I came up with a simple solution to this issue, create a true soloqueue, convert the existing queue in to a duo/triple queue, groups of 3 can now enjoy ranked together which will reduce the impact of removing solo players from the queue while letting us enjoy a game without seeing the dreaded "Me and x premade we bot" issue in champ select due to premades not respecting pick order :)