My High priority hero is never picked (literally)

[marcio.akk]

First I ofc considered that this was not a bug but now given the ridiclous amount of games I decided to create this post so maybe the Devs can take a look in case something is wrong.

So as the title says, I chose Haze as High priority and 2 ,3 other heroes with lower priority, and Haze is never chosen, seemed ok for me when this happened 2 or 3 times, but now it is probably close to 15 games without Haze being picked for me.

Idk if there's a way to check match history or something like that, so I can't really post any proof. I will add a SS of my hero selection screen just to show that I'm not selecting the wrong priority.

 

[Lady Briar]

First I ofc considered that this was not a bug but now given the ridiclous amount of games I decided to create this post so maybe the Devs can take a look in case something is wrong.

So as the title says, I chose Haze as High priority and 2 ,3 other heroes with lower priority, and Haze is never chosen, seemed ok for me when this happened 2 or 3 times, but now it is probably close to 15 games without Haze being picked for me.

Idk if there's a way to check match history or something like that, so I can't really post any proof. I will add a SS of my hero selection screen just to show that I'm not selecting the wrong priority.

You can view your match history by going to your profile.

Try setting Wraith to white, and queueing, and see if that changes anything.

 

[Dashiell]

You can check your history by pressing your avatar in top right.

As for your pick, Haze is one of the most picked heroes so chances are there's too many Haze pickers in queue and to not keep you in queue for minutes game skips forward to your next pick.

 

[cronoadvance]

Of course it's Haze.

To check your match history, from the main menu, top right. Click on your avatar or the banner. Flag icon to the right is your behavior summary.

You need to keep in mind, when trying to play AFK jungle late game hyper carry assassins, you are literally competing against TENS OF THOUSANDS other players that just want to AFK jungle their late game hyper carry assassin.

Just like every other moba, Deadlock just streamlines the process and gets us in game faster.

Use these matches as opportunities to grow your toolset and perform additional testing on heroes you might never try otherwise. Something something silver linings.

TLDR: when rolling for hot heroes against thousands of players, you are bound to lose a couple hundred. Ideally not in a row. Hope it's not a bug and you get to throw some games as Haze soon.

 

[giitzz]

I dont know why that would be... i get haze like every game she is purp for me

 

[Mogwai]

There might be something to this, vague as it may be from my end, where the highest (purple) priority is being ignored versus setting a hero to white priority. Anecdotal, but a friend I queue with got Mirage six times in a row without being a preferred tester, keeping in mind this is a time when players are still wanting to noodle around and player this hero, he had the hero and another in white priority. Not entirely sure what the best way to test this out is other than bringing some attention to this thread.

 

[Theos]

I have literally all heroes selected as white priority, and only Pocket selected as the highest priority, and I get Pocket 80% of the time. Something does seem off about OP's case.

 

[Vendicer]

I usually choose haze/mirage/infernus (ones that I constantly see in every match) on white, while I put my main on purple and that works 99% of the time.
Think it depends on ELO so you just have to pay attention to the most popular characters in your games. Just reduces the chances because if the game wants to give you a white, they have to take potentially two people off their high priorities rather than just leaving you as your main.