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How To Get More People To Play Support!

CrazyC0ffee·3/20/2016, 1:05:02 AM·2 votes·880 views

In World of Warcraft (yes I know most will downvote this because they either think WoW is stupid or was good and went downhill), If you que for a dungeon and there aren't enough say healers going around at the moment, blizzard makes it so that if you que for that role you get a special benefit after the dungeon for being that role. I think this was a genius idea and although it isn't great in WoW, I believe it could be the key to success in LoL. If for example in ranked there weren't enough supports and that was causing everyone's que times to be incredibly long, Riot could make people who play support maybe get extra 3 LP at the end of the match (regardless of the outcome of the match). I know Riot and many others always say they don't want LP inflation, so maybe with the addition of Hextech Crafting, people who play the currently unpopular role could get a key/chest fragment or a key/chest guaranteed(depending on what Riot would want). Maybe they could get +50 RP or +150 IP or something similar. I believe this would be an amazing addition to LoL and would make que times so much faster and the overall game just better. Also, as soon as the amount of players playing X Role has evened out to about the same as the other roles, the rewards would no longer be available. The rewards could be adjusted based upon what Riot seems fit, either increased or decreased. Let me hear your thoughts on this as I think it would be one of the best additions to this game in a long time!

TL;DR : Add rewards to underplayed roles to encourage people to play them more. Will increase que times for everyone and give a bonus to those maybe sacrificing their happiness for others'.

14 Comments

CrimsonCobra33/20/2016, 1:11:00 AM2 votes

What I would do is make an algorithm that adjusts your chances of getting hextech fragments based on the rarity of your choice. Yes, it would work, but a lot of players would feel punished. (All mid players.) It's ridiculous, but true.

~CrimsonCobra3

Terozu3/20/2016, 1:42:49 AM1 votes

You play sup an want more keys and chests, we get it.

Phenyxs3/20/2016, 1:43:42 AM1 votes

You get more support roles if a support who knows how to be a support could work with there adc. I find that adc champs think different when I support. So overly aggressive to quickly. Most cases being passive aggressive works better.

Stacona3/20/2016, 3:24:03 AM1 votes

Could always do something like win or lose if the role is super underpopulated you get a tiny bit of RP for playing it; play enough games you eventually can get a ward skin or champion skin. I was thinking like maximum of 10 RP per win or lose of underpopulated position.