first/last pick protection feature

The S1ash·Feb 5, 2019·1 votes·1,187 views

Recently I have been getting firstpick. Like almost every single game. And my scores look accordingly. I get first pick; my laner gets last pick. I pick; they counterpick I do not have fun. They do. Well... I WANT TO HAVE FUN TOO! Suggestion: Make a champselect feature that either: a) Players can swap the picking order. b) Set different lanes to pick at different order (ADC - 1st, support 2nd, jungle 3rd, top/mid 4/5th) c) Set up firstpick protection. So you have a random location in the order and if you get firstpick one game you will get lastpick (in the teamorder not entire lobby) the next game and then random again. d) Let players select their prefered position in order and implement it into matchmaking system.

There is so many ways to fix this... Please do something about it. Thank you

Edit: Added semicolons

2 Comments

DrCyanideFeb 5, 20191 votes

Let players select their prefered position in order and implement it into matchmaking system.

That's how Normal Draft has worked since Summer, and what's being tested in NA and KR.

Players can swap the picking order.

A decent idea that probably will get implemented some day.

Set different lanes to pick at different order (ADC - 1st, support 2nd, jungle 3rd, top/mid 4/5th)

Unlikely to happen, as it dramatically weakens Flex Pick champions if you can say "well, they picked second, so they're obviously going support instead of mid."

Set up firstpick protection. So you have a random location in the order and if you get firstpick one game you will get lastpick (in the teamorder not entire lobby) the next game and then random again.

Is there any value in that? I mean, statistically that's not going to be any better than random position every time.

The S1ashFeb 5, 20191 votes

Is there any value in that?

Sure there is people like me - with 0 luck will not be getting firstpick over and over and over and over and over again.

That's how Normal Draft has worked since Summer, and what's being tested in NA and KR.

No. They are testing positional ranking. They are testing different ranks for different positions not the ability to choose whether you'd like to pick first or second.

Unlikely to happen, as it dramatically weakens Flex Pick champions if you can say "well, they picked second, so they're obviously going support instead of mid."

You can say that from bans nowadays too, mostly