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Solution to people leaving Team Builder lobbies

CrucifiXion1337·11/17/2014, 12:58:46 AM·3 votes·1,914 views

Around 90% of players queueing up for team builder will leave in <5 seconds if the lobby isn't full. The reason Riot gives for allowing people to leave lobbies without consequence is that players should be able to choose to play with a team comp that they are happy with. This is great and all, but almost every time someone leaves, it isn't because they aren't happy with the team comp they see, but rather it's just because they are impatient.

In my experience, if I'm with one friend in a team builder lobby, and need 3 other players, we have to wait 15-30 minutes to get a full team every time. The thing is, if people didn't leave instantly when they see that the lobby isn't full, the wait time would probably be closer to 5 minutes.

All that needs to be done is allow players to leave with simple increasing wait penalties that start really low. Based on my solo team builder experience, it would be rare to get 2 or more lobbies in a row with undesirable team comps, so a system such as this should be fine (this may even be a bit lax): -First leave is free -Second leave has 30 second penalty -Third leave has 1 minute penalty -Fourth leave+ 5 min penalty (meaning people will just stay at this point, but if you got unlucky and left 4 times, its not that bad of a wait.)

5 Comments

Matthias911911/17/2014, 3:31:04 PM3 votes

All that needs to be done is allow players to leave with simple increasing wait penalties that start really low.

It has this already. If you leave more than a few lobbies in a short time it makes you wait to requeue.

Not everyone is leaving just because the team isn't full. If a player doesn't like the team comp or whatever, forcing them to stay doesn't help.

dustwind811/17/2014, 1:14:17 AM2 votes

Why are you even suggesting this? Your solution removes the entire point of team builder.... you can select which team you want to play as, you can avoid people using champions in roles that you don't enjoy seeing. You can avoid certain players if you recognize their names and had horrible experiences with them.. I understand some people just hop and hop and hop... but if what you are saying were to hold true, then you would never have a team made in team builder... the benefits of choosing your teammates is worth the slightly longer wait. Plus, you get to play the role you want and avoid trolls claiming they called a lane first.

Loki Viserion11/17/2014, 1:15:31 AM1 votes

i think you are right and all but penalties should not start until 5th leave for each search queue! I switch most times because i want to play with different champs. also i use LOL summoners on my phone to check who i am playing with most times. this saves me from playing with crappy players....hence "team builder"!

m3rcy11/17/2014, 8:32:01 PM1 votes

I don't see this problem in teambuilder. It might be your composition or when bottom support role is left "any role" and have 2 adc constantly queuing up for botttom.