@swingingmeatbalzHey there, while I can understand the frustrations this may bring you I would like to point out that if there is no teammate in your arena match you can leave. I do want to ask though was you with a friend as a duo when this happened? Also did you allow yourself to be in the starting area on the ground to buy guns before trying to leave? Even if it gives you the notification there can be a punishment for leaving it sometimes is a false positive pop up. If this is the case then your duo will need to leave the game first before you. I leave games at times in arenas when someone is not there. I have never gotten the punishment for doing so.
Would also like to note the game is not abandoned it is being worked on non stop around the clock. Some employees working countless hours well beyond the required time needed. They are trying. While it is easy for players to think things are just a simple fix I can assure all of them that hiccups in this industry do happen. Finding some bugs is and can be a needle in a haystack. It's not a simple oh I see this issue is happening let me go directly to the issue and fix it. It is a lot more complex than that.
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@SolitaryMassacreThe penalty message is by default it does not mean all the times it is shown it will send out a temp delay from making matches. I have put in around 5k matches in arena from its launch before and after adding this feature. I have never been given the 10 min penalty but once which made me think of a work around. Ended up being when i was partied with 1 person before entering the game that person had to leave before i did. Once they leave and i do there is no penalty for us. This also only worked if we was on the ground at gun selection phase. Not to say others have different experiences with it. This was just my experience and testing. Even solo queue when i leave I never get it if we are missing someone.
I totally get the point you make about bugs. I'm a dev (not a game dev, but programming principles are transferrable). Things happen.
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There is a CLEAR lack of acknowledgement, addressing, or fixing of these issues from the Respawn team. Arenas has had incredibly poor MM since release and it has only gotten worse in Ranked Arenas. Normally a "bugs happen it takes time to iron them out" would be fine, but these are consistent ongoing issues with a long history. Issues in the Apex store get addressed within a business day, but matchmaking changes or fixing a simple boolean (true/false) that can cause a MM penalty for leaving a game with one/no teammates? Nah that can wait until next season, sorry we're too busy releasing cosmetics.
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