How MLBB’s New Role System Is Ruining the Solo Player Experience

 

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) is a 5v5 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game where two teams fight to destroy each other’s base.

• You choose a hero (tank, fighter, assassin, mage, marksman, or support).
• Each match lasts around 10–15 minutes.
• You farm gold, level up, buy items, and work with your team to push lanes.
• The goal is to destroy the enemy’s base while defending your own.
• It’s fast-paced, team-based, and one of the most popular mobile esports games worldwide.

However, in the last two seasons, there has been one major issue. In Seasons 37 and 38, MLBB added a system where players must select their roles in advance. The problem is that solo players are forced to choose two roles in order to queue, even if they only want to play their main role.

Before this system, players could show their seasonal or overall win rate, and teams could decide roles based on performance. But now, because of this new system, some players pick roles they are not comfortable with. For example, marksman players end up playing both mid lane and gold lane.

For solo players, this change feels pointless. What is the purpose of selecting a secondary role you don’t want to play? A jungle main may only want to play jungle, yet the game forces them to also queue for EXP lane.

I really don’t understand how, after so many days 120 days as I’m writing this the developers still don’t realize that players do not want to select more than one role.

If they insist on keeping this system, then at least match solo players only with other solo players, not with duos or trios. If nothing changes, the statistics and player base will continue to drop. This is a problem mainly for players who play seriously and want to win, casual players simply don’t care.

If the developers priority is only skins and revenue, then they should be honest and say
“We only care about the money. If you aren’t satisfied with these changes, play another game.” At least that would be fair.

Right now, it feels like an entire region Europe is collapsing. There’s no activity, no tournaments, no support. Everything is focused on Asia. The top players are pushed to become more famous, and that’s the whole industry. There’s nothing innovative things are done just for the sake of existing.