Solo Queness, role-call. 1/2 exp to 30?!

Pixelbane·3/9/2016, 5:47:53 AM·1 votes·666 views

Roll call.

I only started playing three months ago. I spent too much ip on tier 1 runes before I realized there was a tier to it. My mistake and I am chasing my tail trying to make a viable build. I win games and loose like any other, and I do not expect to be carried.

Thing is I cannot support or do top lane. I simply do not have the ip to afford the runes and have yet to buy my third page. I do not have ability or tank runes.

But I am a gamer and very competitive. It becomes an issue since I hit 30 and weigh a que against my ignorance. At 30 I am among all other 30's who proc my que for years of experience and gain; and have the pages, toons, and runes to choose freely a viable measure. I have only Yi as JG, and Varus as adc/Mid. anything else I need major carry.

Now others will hit 30 in half the time. While they say 'don't worry they will have to earn the ip' I say wtf. Now I will struggle for ip and que with people who worked half as hard to get to 30 to que along side of them and they have not the pages, runes, or experience to match. Maybe I'll get lucky and que against other ignoramuses like myself.

Seriously, I'll take you all on. I don't care. But I cannot accept a role check for an ap toon role or tank toon in either draft or blind knowing I will be a burden at my level 30-ness. Too many people playing for years for that to equate me. There is a lop-sidedness already that halving exp to 30 will only entice veterans and deject new players. So I take the dodge and 15 minutes of banning.

I Digress. I consider giving this game up as a new player because I have put a lot of time into it already and it is negligible to any I play with.

Thoughts?

6 Comments

AraMoOse3/9/2016, 5:55:38 AM4 votes

I don't know how comforting this will be, but you should know that almost everybody gets screwed by the tier 1 runes.

As for champion roles, I want you to remember you will have access to Dynamic Queue and you'll be able to farm IP without having to play a role you don't have the runes for.

TheTitCommander3/9/2016, 5:55:08 AM2 votes

I only read about 2/3 of this, but I'd recommend you put more time into learning the champs, getting better, finding your strong suits, etc. rather than trying so badly to get tier three runes. I got about 10k IP in like two weeks or something from playing. It's not hard to farm the IP for it, but they aren't really something you should worry about too much being as you just hit level 30. Beef up your skills while you acquire more runes. Find champions you like and have fun with.

Dominick Destine3/9/2016, 5:58:55 AM2 votes

That was complete word salad.

So what it boils down to is; You don't want to play because other people have been playing longer? that's a weak reason.

Skadeglädje3/9/2016, 8:36:45 AM1 votes

Levels don't matter that much for matchmaking - MMR does. You will play against people roughy your skill, based on who they've won/lost against. So people hitting lvl 30 quicker will not mean you get them in your games, unless they're equally skilled as you.

And perhaps you are putting too much emphasis on runes? Sure, they matter, but with a generalist AP page (perhaps mpen, cdr and armor) and a generalist AD page (ad, armor, mresist perhaps?) you can play pretty much any champ/role at lower mmrs, where you are at right now.

MasterSomething3/9/2016, 2:14:55 PM1 votes

I only recently bought recent runes. I've been playing ranked since S5 started.

I am a terrible player, but I'm still Silver 2...

Kei1433/9/2016, 2:45:46 PM1 votes

Take the time to learn the different champions.

Play the free rotations, and learn what they do.

Yes, its good to win games, but right now what you need most is to increase your knowledge of the game and its a steeeeeeeeeeep curve.

So try to put aside the competitiveness for a while, learn the game and by the time you know it, you'll have a bunch of IP you can use for runes.

BTW, hold your IP on champs. The new hextech crafting coming soon (probably within the next month) will allow you to get champs that way.