Solo Queue in Ranked feels really bad

Rhino4508

Been playing through this season and I have noticed I am getting very imbalanced matchmaking as a solo or even duo queue player. I went 4 straight games where I had a teammate just go afk after lane phase. Outside of the idle players, I have noticed many matches I am paired with players that seem very new to the game despite the fact I'm in Ultra Class 5-3. I say 5-3 because I have literally climbed to the tip top of Ultra 3 only to have a series of bad games and dropping back to 5. I've climbed 3 times now. It's becoming increasingly frustrating to just feel like there is no actual balance to matchmaking.

One thing I think may really make an impact is massive penalties for going idle. I can literally attribute 50% of my losses being due to a player going idle and just refusing to play. That's not an over exaggeration. I wish it were, but it's not. It makes the game feel miserable. 2-8 fair play points is not enough to fix the issue. I honestly believe a 3-7 day ban from ranked play is what is needed to resolve players idling in matches. That may seem harsh, but other games do it and it makes matchmaking much more enjoyable, because you can count on have at least a squad that will participate.

I really hope the developers do something more than a miniscule amount of fair play points taken for such a toxic behavior in ranked play. It costs me hours of gameplay dealing with frequent afk players. It's really frustrating.