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Decay Does Not Work (Currently) :^)

Commissariat·8/17/2019, 11:52:47 PM·1 votes·1,525 views
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Hey guys, for reference, I am currently a D4 Jungle main, I've peaked at D2 earlier this year, and only started playing seriously this very interesting season. This is coming from the perspective of a player that has played minimally in the past and wants the ranked community to mature and be more enjoyable for our players.

PROBLEM : In LoL ranked, you need to simply play a match to halt decay. Based on your rank, the decay timer is longer or shorter, but ultimately forces players into matches in which they do not care of the outcome.

SOLUTION : Require a win to stop decay, losses reward toxic play. Since it's a little more strict, perhaps we could lengthen the decay time.

REASONING : I've often had players at D4 or or above figuring they've already 'won' League and don't care to climb any more. They often pick meme picks and haven't played in weeks. Solely due to wanting to stop decay, they don't care if they lose, they just lock in whatever role, whatever champ, and play a match. This is toxic for players still trying to climb. *** ALSO *** Keep in mind, to decay from D4 to Platinum, you need to have the mmr of a Plat4 player, which is such a huge gap, that players could troll most decay matches in a season, and never decay.

Please tell me your thoughts on my proposed solution below, I think this would assist our broken ranked situation. Thank you.

2 Comments

Tormentula8/18/2019, 12:09:33 AM1 votes

IMO, since decay only applies to Diamond+, they should move the ranked games bank system down to diamond as well (so basically, in masters+ you decay in 10 days, however 1 game doesn't reset the timer, instead it increases the days left by 1, at a maximum of 10.. so if you have 1 day left, and play one game, instead you'll have 2 days left rather than reset to 10.) They should add that system to diamond (1 game after 20 days of not playing shouldn't reset it, it should only count for that one day and have to play 20 games to fully reset it)

The simpliest solution, and a long over due one that would've fix a large number of problems rank has, is removal of the demotion shield.

Your mmr has to tank drastically inorder to demote, if for example; you're d2 and decay to d4 0 lp, you can play 1 game a month for the rest of the year and lose it, without even demoting just because the mmr is inflated (in season 8, my highest loss streak was 8 games before demoting to plat). This is why '4s' are super inflated with bad and tilted players because they never demote, and at the same time they never climb (especially if they're in a +14 -17 trap). Its why D5 was inflated, and its why D4 is inflated atm because nobody can drop to their real elo or at least demote to their mmr location so they can atempt to grind normally again. Its especially frustrating since those could be purchased or boosted accounts that are just lingering in the elo making that specific tier harder to play in due to the demotion shield holding them there with the occasional carry.