Did RIOT go too far with Team Builder?

LudwigVonHellsin··1 votes·591 views

When RIOT came out with Team Builder, the original idea sounded amazing and like it would solve several problems, but did RIOT go too far with creating it?

Selecting a specific lane before entering champ select is a fantastic jump in the right direction, but going as far as selecting a specific champion for that lane made it to wear it could not be implemented into ranked or draft. If RIOT took Team Builder and cut out the rest of the selection specifics, they could use to clear up all the difficulties of ranked summoners not using pick order. RIOT could reduce the specifics down to nothing more than selecting a lane before entering champ select and it would easily become available for draft and ranked, allowing summoners to ban champions select runes and masteries, and have their perspective lanes without fighting amongst themselves over what lane they perform the best in.

Overall, Team Builder has always been a break through innovation for RIOT but they went too far.

4 Comments

Minarde1 votes

Riot's already confirmed they're working on Team Builder Draft, in which players queue for positions and only select champs afterwards.

Personally, the shift to catering to specialists feels unpleasant, but it's evidently a popular request by the overall community.

LudwigVonHellsin2 votes

Personally I feel it should be needed but I am honestly sick of getting into a rank champ select. Waiting for pick order and having the team already begin to pick itself apart by fighting over roles. Team Builder shouldn't be needed at all but there are too many hopeless summoners on league that play ranked when they arent ready, and that feel the need to troll their teams when they dont get their ways. That's the only reason I have even posted this. Otherwise I agree that specialists shouldnt be a thing except in a ranked team situation. But thank you overall for your comment and opinion, I value it.

AMDphreak1 votes

"working on"

How long could it take? They already have the code base implemented. They just have to Copy/Paste and add a new Queue mode, then delete some of the additional details from the selection screen. It would take 3 days to make this. Therefore, it is far more likely that RIOT lied than it is that RIOT took so long making the draft TB.

Minarde2 votes

There's some other stuff Riot wanted to add too. They've mentioned that the system has primary and secondary position preferences to ease queue time concerns, and there's considerations towards rewarding players for playing multiple positions. I'm not saying that this long of a development time is fully justified, but the process is at least a little more complicated than you're making it out to be.

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