The matchmaking penalty needs to come back | Forums

[Kobi_Blade]

None of this makes sense, in casual there's no need for punishment for leaving the game like already said, if you can't turn the game around and win just because 1 player left, you're either a noob or against an elite team.

It has never affected the outcome of my matches when a player leaves the match (it actually makes it easier with less people getting in way to steal kills), there's also the problem with Ubisoft crap servers constantly kicking people out of games with errors, which would make your accusations baseless (you have no evidence the players are leaving by choice).

Penalties are for ranked/serious play as always, in casual the outcome of the match won't affect you whasoever, outside your pride.

[TheTool85]

If your team isn't playing like a bunch of a-holes chances are the other team won't leave.

If you're dominating a team by ganking and you're spamming thanks! Or sorry! And emote spamming over bodies everytime you kill someone, you can't blame someone for getting fed up and looking for another game.

So true.

[CandleInTheDark]

The team is investigating ways to make the matchmaking and overall experience for the player better. However, they do not have any plans to bring back the matchmaking penalty for non-ranked games. They want it to be a casual experience where if something important did come up, the player would have the freedom to leave without resulting in any serious consequences.

With all respect though I very much doubt that 90% of the players are leaving because something important came up and if something important did come up likely it would take longer than ten minutes. Most of the players that leave do so when their team is nearing breaking, sometimes it has been even earlier and there are those who type in 'obvious loss' before they leave. That isn't "I need to get this delivery", that is "I can't be bothered to finish this game so I will tip over the monopoly board on the way out" and those are the players that are having a negative impact on the game of their teammates.

A couple days ago in one of my games my team were 500 down and to the last man in breaking, being dead I was talking with people in discord since afk timer doesn't kick in when you're dead and breaking and I was just waiting for my xp, suddenly I hear "Your team rallied" out of nowhere and we went on to win that match, now if just one person had left, it might be we still got out of breaking but there is no way we would have made that stick. What is more is that as soon as a team member is replaced by a bot then that bot might as well be working for the other team because all they do is feed renown, this is why teams starting 4-2 because two players between games left wind up 500-20 down before they get a new player. Bots as it stands don't do basic things a player would, and I don't even mean light spamming assassins or stacking attacks, I mean stuff as basic as feinting, if the devs are set on not having a quit penalty then they really need to improve the bots that replace players.

Honestly I would love to just take myself over to ranked and there are a few reasons different people would want to, more xp means unlocking later rep things quicker, some people don't like hero stacking, some don't like gear stats, but right now the distinction between regular dominion and ranked isn't that there is a quit penalty, it is that there is not a viable population in it to grind for a couple hours.

[Lord_Cherubi]

If you're dominating a team by ganking and you're spamming thanks! Or sorry! And emote spamming over bodies everytime you kill someone, you can't blame someone for getting fed up and looking for another game.

This. I don't care if someone spams the chat or emotes after killing me, sometimes it gets annoying when you already know you're not going to win the match and die constantly but since im already dead anyway, what does it matter what they do? But some people get triggered and they have the right to exit to find a new match if they so choose. Also, sometimes life intervenes for different reasons and allthough the matches aren't long, sometimes it's just unavoidable.

As mentioned before, the problem lies in how long it can take before the Bot gets replaced and for this very reason i think every bot in multiplayer should always be lvl3.

[DoctorMcBatman]

@Ubisoft any discussion on this from the devs? I maintain my OP viewpoint.

[DefiledDragon]

So many people in this thread obviously don't have kids or pets. Not every distraction can be ignored.

[HazelrahFirefly]

So many people in this thread obviously don't have kids or pets. Not every distraction can be ignored.

Bingo. Three year old and a pregnant wife - I need to quit when I ****ing want, and that's that. Anything short of that liberty and the game has dumb penalties.

I like the suggestion of less steel awarded for a quit. It can't be for that game obviously, because you quit out and already got 0 steel, but how about the next? The same how the extra xp flag remains if you quit/dc, have a flag remains that halves the steel earned of the next completed game.

[HazelrahFirefly]

@Ubisoft any discussion on this from the devs? I maintain my OP viewpoint.

A mod has already commented that the devs are looking into it.

[Zhantay]

If this was Ranked yes, they need a Penalty but this is just Casual play, no one wants to queue for 4v4 and get into a game 500-600 tickets down and be locked into it. With the amount of bad matchmaking in this game I don't blame people for leaving you will almost NEVER get a close game, it's always a stomp, you constantly get BM'd, and even if you stayed you are just going to get a nuked dropped on your head because the enemy team has all their Feats unlocked while you have none.

And lets not even talk about this game's poor connection and getting dropped from games every 2-3 matches.

[jbs1985]

I want to be able to get myself a drink, visit a restroom or answer a phone without being kicked for 10 minutes. Limit they had was far too strict.

However, I am sure you can still be kicked because my wife did play game today and she got kicked after checking on a baby. How long she was inactive, I am not sure.

I wouldn't even mind being just kicked but 10 minute ban is a big no.

It is interesting how everyone is complaining about this although it is a casual mode, but when some of us suggest limiting team to 1 hero per class, everyone starts screaming how casual game doesn't need that. Lol

Can’t agree more with what you wrote. Make it like rainbow6 seige, I would gladly take gearstats out in order to do so, it would level the playing field for everybody more compared to now. Plus make revenge even for everybody, and what is supposed to do; help you out when outnumbered, not the other way around.