Solo Queue Hours (Asia/OCE low population)
The game is quite unfriendly for new players since the existing players know all the mechanics already and they always stack with five. The game might be alive in EU and NA servers but for Asia and OCE servers its practically dead. When we face new players, it feels bad to even score against them knowing they'll just leave the game because of this. This has been an issue from the start of the game because of the shit matchmaking.
I suggest having a forced solo queue option so that new, or less skilled players can play the game more regularly. For example, the game can force everyone to solo queue every day for 2 hours early evening with a balanced matchmaking so that the casual players can at least have fun and not get shut off by the collective team skill gaps. They might learn to play the game better and even make new friends along the way. If someone doesn't want to solo queue they can wait it out. It could be an LTM as well to test it out, but it might also kill the queue times for ranked 5s. So even if for the Asia and OCE servers, the forced solo queue 5s could be tried out experimentally with its own ranking system and hopefully, a balanced one.
Open to discussion.
Sloclap note: edited the title to reflect the poster's concerns
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07 May
McBobHighlighted comment
As a regular player of competitive Rematch in OCE I agree that when comp player que 5v5 they like to get practice in while still being able to rank up as a team, which has lead to a decline in players in 5v5 because of the skill gap. We moved to in house 5v5 custom matches but regulars did not return to 5v5, so now it's just luck if you happen to find a 5v5 match unless you pre organise it with other players within the community. I think that the 5v5 scene can be revived, but, comp players MUST be separated from regular/casual players, at least if the are in a 3 stack or more. Otherwise 5v5 will remain dead.
