Team Builder issue

ChrisB5·Feb 7, 2015·1 votes·846 views

So I've played many Team Builder games, but there are so many problems with it.

TEAM CREATION: If you don't force one of your prebuilt team members to take support/jungle roles, you'll be waiting a LONG time. Supports/Jungles simply don't come easy, especially since the jungle nerf it seems to be even worse.

JOIN TEAM: Getting top is almost impossible to join at some times of the night, and even on high traffic parts of the day you're waiting 5-10mins assuming the team you finally find likes your champion.

So what's my point? Unless you play support/jungle, you'll be waiting a LONG time. And top lane is the worst!

What's my solution? Reward players who join not so popular roles. I feel like I can only play Team Builder if I want to play support/jungle. ADC/mid isn't nearly as bad as top at least. So what kinds of rewards would work though? We can't give bonus IP because that would be unfair to other map types, so what about an IP reduction for playing overpopulated roles? If I want to play Top but have to suffer a 15% IP reduction, I'd gladly take it! Plus it would encourage people to play the less popular roles, get games rolling faster (since supports/jungs won't be so scarce), and maybe we can solve world hunger in the process if we apply ourselves.

What do you guys think? And please don't criticize if you don't play Team Builder, or haven't tried all roles and truly experienced waiting 5-10 mins before finding even a single game. It could be worse.

Oh, and yes, it COULD be worse, but it could be better! So before anyone says "it could be worse," just know that is the WORST excuse for not making something better (:

6 Comments

SarutobiFeb 7, 20151 votes

that just doesnt seem fair, so if you are with a group of friends who want to play together some will have to suffer just for playing a popular role? How about finding the reason why these roles arent well liked or played by people and improve on that!

ChrisB5Feb 7, 20151 votes

But support role will always be underplayed. Riot has even added passive gold items/masteries, trinkets, everything to ease the pressures of support roles. But everyone wants to deal uber damage. You can't change the people, and only the roles so much. As for Jungle, Riot won't fix the issues. It's sad and annoying.

But why isn't it fair? a 10% IP reduction, if we're going minimal, really isn't that much. I'm waiting for someone to go and say "yea well ten games and it's a single game of no IP!" Exactly, ten games. Team builder is an off-mode, not a norms or ranked. It's like how ARAM gives less IP since the games are shorter and IP is time based. Same goes for Dominion big time. It's not unfair, it encourages people to play different roles ;)

ChocadillyDooFeb 7, 20151 votes

They can fix this "anti support bias" by taking out all this stress they put on KILLS. "PENTA KILL" and shit yelled in a semi-orgasmic way by the announcer lady is very much supporting the (incorrect) idea that this game is about "getting kills". So of course no one wants to play support. Try to change the language and presentation to be more along the lines of "the game is about making plays" and good strategy (which it is), and support suddenly looks a lot more glamorous.

ChrisB5Feb 7, 20151 votes

Remember the "Teamwork OP" campaign? We need more campaigns like this. I mean you're right, everyone with low MMR/ranking is all about getting kills, when it should be about getting cs, towers, drags, baron, inhibs, etc. I think if people saw the raw numbers, they'd be surprised how much gold focusing cs could yield in comparison to sacrificing too many for one or two kills.

BIG0AFeb 7, 20151 votes

i love playing supp but i think playing supp don't make you better in the game especially if you play with champions like soraka or janna i love soraka and i m good with her But at the same time i Become a bad adc or mid I think this is the reason why players do not prefer supp

ChrisB5Feb 7, 20151 votes

I know what you mean man. I used to love playing Leona, but the biggest problem is it's hard to get out if your team fucks up.

It's why my favorite support is Lux. She has her bind/slow, shield, and if your adc/team sucks, you can still make up for it in ways Soraka or Janna can't. And I mean raka can turn the tide with her heals and q if she goes AP build, but not as easily. I love Janna but she's kind of like Leo where she makes a strong team stronger, but not very useful if your team outright sucks xD