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EA_Mako
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3 years ago

Re: Abandonment penalty after game crash

Hey @Rob_roode,

Sorry to see you weren't able to reconnect to the game. Did you get any particular error message with the game crash?

I'm afraid we're unable to make any adjustments to your LP in these situations, but if you're seeing this happen on a consistent basis I'd definitely recommend checking through these connection troubleshooting steps to see if there's any improvement.

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  • I have lost 350 ladder points this season because the game crashes and I cannot rejoin, APEX should stop giving abandon penalties unless you press YES to leave a match. I will not drop into a ranked match until this is fixed because it is a waste of my time.

  • How are you gonna give out 10 minute bans to me (and my party!) when its your servers that are failing? That seems ridiculous.

    You should be able to tell on your end if I disconnected purposefully or if your servers just didn't let me load in. Figure it out man

  • Aldebera's avatar
    Aldebera
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 years ago
    @abc1469601782 At this point I think the better question is to EA: "how much is it going to cost me to have a stable connection?"
  • At the start of a ranked match in Apex Legends, the screen completely freezes (it's not because the PC is down, it's not a connection problem), and it becomes inoperable (incidentally, this problem also happens at the start of the shooting range). ) (Specifications i7-8700K RAM 16GB GTX1080) After restarting, for some reason I couldn't get back into the game and my LP went down to -50 and I received an ejection penalty.
    Shouldn't an ejection penalty be applied to cases where a player intentionally leaves the match?
    1. If the game ends abnormally, how about making it possible to return to the game, similar to the mobile version that has been discontinued?
    2. Why not make it so that the character pursues allies when the pieces fall?
    It is unreasonable and cannot be overlooked to impose a penalty for abandonment even though the child has not caused any intentional nuisance. Even though I was kicked out of the game because of this bug or error, it's unpleasant to be treated like I'm the bad guy."When in doubt, punish" is not very sound morality.
    Even if it is not technically possible to determine whether this was a nuisance or an accident, at least as it stands now, there is a big problem. Please implement at least remedies 1 and 2 above. I don't think 1 and 2 are relevant to trolls, so I don't think it would be a problem to implement them.
    Please correct the above points as soon as possible and refund the lost points if possible.

  • Three times this season alone for a total of 450 LP + whatever I would have earned in the game!

  • HRSegovia's avatar
    HRSegovia
    2 years ago

    Three times now for a total of 450 LP + whatever I would have earned in the game.

  • P.S. Points lost are -150 per crash. Since I have already been affected 3 times, EA needs to return 450 points to me.
    The LP-150 bug should also be fixed immediately.
    The abandonment penalty has not been fixed either, but the abandonment penalty and LP minus should only be imposed when returning to the match and selecting "No" in the "Do you want to return to the match? Yes or No" option.
    Give players the opportunity to return to the game.
    As of September 19, 2023, it has not been fixed.
  • How it is that a game has been out 4 going 5 years and people are still having server issues? Y’all really don’t care about your player base at all and it shows

  • @EA_Mako It’s really unfortunate you can’t correct a problem that was caused by a game crash. I understand games crash, it happens. The fact that you can’t adjust LP or figure out how to ensure your players aren’t getting penalized for a coding/server error, that is clearly not the users fault. The game even shows match placement 0/20, so it knows we weren’t even placed within the match…. such a shame no one at EA cares enough to look into resolving this problem or at least making an effort to assist the players in reversing the wrongful penalty.
    Anyone else who is in here my advice to you is not to use the “random loading screen/music” mine seems to crash when the “OTV breaking news weather report” is the loading screen.
  • So you telling us you can't do anything about the lose of LP because of the game crashing and we still have to deal with the abandon penalty????

  • @EA_Mako This issue isn't just happening to @Rob_roode, every single person I know has the same issue. I've lost over a thousand LP due to the servers not responding and to top it all off, have a 10 minute ban for no reason. The thing that makes me most frustrated is being in my ranked trial attempts and using one of my attempts because the game completely froze and won't let me rejoin AND my teammates can't leave because of a missing player. There shouldn't be trial attempts when this issue is still ongoing and I personally dislike that feature as a solo player.
  • I like how the best EA can come up with for this game breaking glitch is 

    Oh well sorry I guess