Role Queuing
The queue system is kind of stupid. Here's some adjustments that I think could be somewhat helpful.
AUTO-FILL So nobody likes getting auto-filled, but to be fair, we don't want 10 minute queue times. I'd just prefer the wait time to be a bit longer before deciding that I need to be auto-filled. There are hundreds of league games going on at most skill levels, and there's a fair amount of people who queue for each role. Of course, some roles are more popular than others, but if I want to play mid or top, I shouldn't have to wait until I get protected from auto-fill to play my role. I'd personally prefer to wait a couple more minutes to get queued to the position I wanted rather than get auto-filled and have a slightly shorter queue time. I understand that auto-fill is necessary, but I think the time until I get auto-filled should be extended so I don't get auto-filled every time I'm "unprotected" from it.
FILL Some people like to fill to all roles, and usually, those people have significantly shorter queue times since their primary option is to queue to any role. Unfortunately, 90% of the time I queue fill, I get jungle or support. I'm fine with support, but I can't stand playing jungle, and nobody ever wants to switch roles. I get that that's the responsibility that comes with queuing fill, but I think there's a better solution to that kind of issue. Most people, even if they like most roles, have one or two roles that they absolutely cannot play. I think when queuing fill there should be an option to basically refuse a role so that you'll fill any role EXCEPT for that one role. Of course, you could also just have a "none" option for those who want to fill to all roles, but I think having one excluded role would make fill a much more used option. At its current state, despite playing all roles other than jungle, I tend to avoid the fill option because, as I've said, I get filled jungle most games due to its unpopularity.
SECONDARY ROLES Finally, there's the secondary roles when you queue. This tangent is quite similar to the auto-fill rant, so I'll make it quick. Usually, I queue mid primary and support secondary. Unfortunately, even when support is secondary, I get it more than 75% of the time. I even once had a streak going where I'd queue mid/support and I got support around 15 games in a row before getting mid. I've had similar experiences queuing top primary. I've gotten to the point where I queue mid primary top secondary so I don't get secondary every game, but then again, that usually leads to me getting auto-filled. Similarly to auto-fill, I think if the pairing system is having trouble getting me my primary role, to have a longer soft cap for how long I can wait to find an open game before it boots into searching for my secondary role.
These are just a few things that could be changed to improve the queue system. Maybe my opinions are stupid and make no sense, or only really affect a small group of people, but then again, **these are just opinionated suggestions**. Thanks for reading my tangents, and have a great morning/day/evening/night.
PS. Could you please tell me if this is in the wrong forum I'm not necessarily sure where to post this, thanks.
