Ranked Queue Algorithm -- primary/secondary selection checks and balances

Rillindann·4/10/2016, 10:58:30 PM·1 votes·666 views

I think that it's unreasonable that if you queue with secondary support, you're basically guaranteed to get support. I only play Mid/Support, but if I queue for mid/bot then I get mid ~40% of the time, but if I queue Mid/Support I get support 95% of games. **I think there needs to be a safety in place for how many times in a row you get your secondary selection. I would wait ~4-6 minutes if it meant not playing support every game. **

2 Comments

iNathh4/10/2016, 11:12:40 PM1 votes

It is annoying, but due to the fact that there is simply not enough players willing to play support, it's how it is. There's not much Riot can do about it, unless you want to wait half your life for a game.

If you don't want support every game, put your secondary as something else. It's how I've coped, even as a support main. I don't want to always play support when I want to have fun, so instead of putting support as secondary, I put something like Top (which more people choose, giving you less chance of getting it). Queue times often end up maybe a minute or two longer, but it's nothing compared to Challenger Queue times, which go up to 40 minutes or longer.

Rillindann4/10/2016, 11:38:12 PM1 votes

And if there were an option to wait 40 minutes for a game where I get to play mid... I'd put that on every so often. Your essentially telling me "support or roll the dice" which is a terrible option. If there were a sliding scale that said "low queue times" to "high primary choice", where it would take into account how long you'd be willing to wait... I'd put it about half way. So that it didn't instantly find a game for me as support but not take 40 minutes to find me a mid.