Remove 4 stacks from ranked all together in the past i have gotten games where a 4 stack will throw if you dont do what they say or go the hero they want to boost their hero like mercy with sojourn or ana with genji. Do what valorant does and have solos in their own queue 2 and 3 stacks in their own queue and lastly 5 stacks in their own queue
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I don’t think we can do the separate queue’s (playercount), but removing 4 stacking isn’t out of the question. I’m a bit hesitant to because it can make it real awkward queueing sometimes with friends and needing to grab an acquaintance to fill in the gap.
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I thought you could only duo?
I think it would be worth testing out grouping 2/3/5 stacks all together and stopping 4 stacks in qp then having a concurrent solo queue only see. See how bad the queue times get 
not really fair for the 4 players just because some rare bad apples…
maybe give solos the option to opt out of 4 Stacks
They can make another friend then. The issue is that the solo that gets dumped on the team with the 4 stack overwhelmingly does NOT want to be there.
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i’d rather see a solo q at this point. you basically make it impossible for friends of 4 to play together. and still get dumpen on 3 stacks that can bully you if they want.
what exactly solves this besides the special 4+1 case?
next only allow Duos to join 3 stacks
This isn’t a new idea, DotA2 doesn’t allow it in ranked either. But unfortunately Blizzard never seem to want to learn the painful lessons their competitors learned already, and would rather make the same mistakes. The 4 stack have some control over the situation but the solo just gets dumped in with 4 people they overwhelmingly don’t want to play with.
Ranked should be 5 stacks only. Blacklist the trolls.
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As interesting an idea as this might be, the amount of people with 5 friends who can play at the same time is generally in short supply. Just imagine the queue times.
Yeah, they would have to have a guild or clan system where players can grab from a pre-vetted pool. Queues would be fine, but rank variation amongst clan members would probably be the issue, imo. Unless clans were rank specific. But then what happens if someone improves (or falls) beyond their clan?
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While I like this idea, I think the recent failure of the limited time mode has ensured this is now off the table. And it sucks because the tools weren’t there to help it succeed.
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theyll never add a solo queue mode no self respecting human would ever queue normal role queue if solo queue exists. so all these 3 stacks 4 stacks duos etc would never get games solo queue players are used as pawns.
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Solo has nothing to do with role queue
YESSSS please!! I’m a big solo player and playing against 4-5 stacks is almost impossible unless you’re really lucky tbh.
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Thats only in GM, stacking happens more in lower ranks.
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