I personally think this is a terrible change. Idk why they keep going back and forth on this. Please just make a separate ranked q for 3-5 stacking or at least keep duo only in immortal+. We've been through this with league already and its the only fix to this. But I wanna hear other peoples thoughts. I'm in Immortal if it matters at all.
External link →I replied to this on twitter: https://twitter.com/RiotEvrMoar/status/1455593490260238342
But basically, 5 stacks only play other 5 stacks in Diamond3+, you also cannot 3 stack. With the increased queue times, and the reduced rank ratings gains/losses, this will be a very ineffective way to climb. We will be monitoring this change and if we are wrong we are always willing to pivot. I won't double down on something that is bad for ranked.
How about a Tournament mode where you can have a, “Looking for Players” option. Basically make it a pick up game for randoms. Restrict lobbies based on ranks. This would be fun as heck and would be separate from competitive.
We are working on a tournament mode!
So what you mean is basically that a 5-stack will have to win - what - 65%+ of their games to rank up at all? Because this is what I would assume to be "ineffective".
Also, as a D2, does that mean that I can play against 5-stacks as a solo player? And is it possible now, before the patch? I thought it didn't happen usually.
Unlucky, really.
It's very rare for 5 stacks to not be put against 5 stacks in our current system(but it does happen). Now the system won't be able to do 4+1 because we aren't allowing for stacking, so it should reduce it even more to how much you run into a 5 stack as a solo player.
In diamond3+ if players 5 stack they will only play other 5 stacks as well.
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