Why do we have placements on PRE_SEASON? And we need to do it again on the start of S7?

EpicMusic·Nov 10, 2016·1 votes·1,841 views

Finish Placement games, 3-5 tiers down. alright cool. oh look, i need to play 10 placement games again, 3-5 down more. WHYYYYYYYY

8 Comments

EverTokkiNov 10, 20161 votes

I have no idea why placements, it's probably because of the new ranked queue (flex) but it's useless. At least it will help some kind of way for your tier next season after the soft reset.

I am PacmanNov 10, 20161 votes

Thats not how it works. You don't say end plat 1. play placements in preseason start g1. placements to season 7 start s1. No.

Never mind the fact that if you are plat you could make it back from gold one pretty quickly but they take your end of season mmr and your preseason mmr into account (still less than seasons mmr) for your placements into S7.

The preseason can be helpful though as if you get a rank higher than you did in season 6 the system will take that into account.

Live2LetDieNov 10, 20161 votes

It's only for flex since it is a new system. Preseason ranked does effect placements since it's all about your mmr. Even in preseason your mmr fluctuates.

So by allowing people to start flex early there won't be a shit ton of people in silver and bronze only at the start

EpicMusicNov 10, 20161 votes

so are you saying that this is just for flex? so what are they gonna base our solo/duo mmr then? from scratch? lol gl to me

Live2LetDieNov 10, 20161 votes

solo is going to be just the way it is now. Its not going to change. flex is new so it uses a little of your solo mmr but is really fresh