I had an idea today. (MMR Queing Rework)

[InternetNG]

What if there was another "specification" before finding a match. I thought it would be neat if you were able to preemptively highlight a specific role you'd like to play for the upcoming match. Give the player the basic roles of HoN that all the heroes can be broken down by, Initiator, Carry, Support, Ganker. For example: I'd highlight Initiator and Support and begin my search. Then I would be place with, lets say 1 carry only person, 2 other ini/supports, and possibly a ganker. Without hardly any effort, I believe the mmr queing system would be dramatically more reliable for a better team-gaming experience.

[Baer]

It's a nice idea.. The problem is, it may result in very long queues if it's not for All Pick.
Also the system will be most likely abused in low MMR matches: Queue as Support -> instant pick Scout.
It would be a nice possibility though, if you have this option in case of the "balanced matches" - queue option. I would give it a try at least.

[Radw]

Also the system will be most likely abused in low MMR matches: Queue as Support -> instant pick Scout.

This can be resolved by forcing the player to be able to pick only from the respective hero pool. EX: Player selects Support Only;Hero pool has only support heroes active.
This means they have to implement the category system.
Can make it a new mod : Category Pick, or Role Pick or something else Pick :)

But still the queues would be very very very long... The only thing they can do to narrow down the search time is to make a single premade role team, like 1 carry/hard carry/initiator,2 ganker/pusher,2 Supports/Initiators, of course heroes having more then one role will help the search time.

Something simmilar is the competitive mode, that allows the captain to pick for the other players so he can make this by himself, the downside of the mode is that you need to have a fullgroup.

anyway is something that deserves looking at.
+1