@D_B0one34 wrote:If you start a ranked match and at any point one of your teammates disconnects, it’s basically a free match where you won’t lose any points, but still have a chance to gain points.
I just left a match after both of my teammates' banners had timed out. Although I didn't receive penalty points, I am now BANNED FOR 45 MINUTES!
Edit:
So I've just read that I can't leave a match while I'm alive - without getting a penalty for leaving.
The thing with that is, that teammates frequently become verbally abusive when they've just died. I don't want to carry on playing in those circumstances when I might end up earning points for those types of teammates.
Putting people in a dilemma where they have to carry on playing with abusive teammates or face a ban is a double-bind, and the circumstances for it shouldn't be possible. In other words, players should be able to leave a match if they themselves are alive when their teammates banners can no longer be used. This would teach teammates to be circumspect when a teammate has survived.
@iBlockHead wrote:
@warslagSimple solution, mute them.
Another solution, throw a nade on the ground and end it all.
Did you read the bit about why I don't want to feel I'm forced to stay in a match with abusive teammates and earn them points?
Your suicide suggestion would only work as a menu option and where it doesn't affect stats, other than a specific suicide stat which should be separate to kill and deaths.
@warslagI still see no real issue. If you wish to leave because you are being bullied, you can always mute teammates and stick to pings the moment you hear something you don't like. I do it with annoying teammates.
If you don't wish to give them any points (which would include yourself) than a simple suicide would resolve all issues.
I understand wanting an option to leave without a penalty if you are the last one alive but consider this: You're top11. You and a teammate are having a good game with 2-3+ kills and die because of a 2v3 or 3rd party. Now the solo player is left alive and decided, "I don't wanna play anymore" and leaves. Robbing you and the other player from the Top10 RP you would have gained if he had stayed and at least tried to survive.
Penalties are due where needed aside from the rare banner pick up but never getting revived.
@iBlockHead wrote:@warslagI still see no real issue. If you wish to leave because you are being bullied, you can always mute teammates and stick to pings the moment you hear something you don't like. I do it with annoying teammates.
If you don't wish to give them any points (which would include yourself) than a simple suicide would resolve all issues.
I understand wanting an option to leave without a penalty if you are the last one alive but consider this: You're top11. You and a teammate are having a good game with 2-3+ kills and die because of a 2v3 or 3rd party. Now the solo player is left alive and decided, "I don't wanna play anymore" and leaves. Robbing you and the other player from the Top10 RP you would have gained if he had stayed and at least tried to survive.
Penalties are due where needed aside from the rare banner pick up but never getting revived.
So why, in your opinion, do they have to suicide instead of just changing the system to allow the player to leave without penalty?
You obviously agree with me that players should leave a match if they feel threatened, so what's your issue with making a tweak to the system to allow players to leave without having to kill themselves?
Also, based on your example, it's less likely a player will leave for no reason when a team is doing really well, than if they were being verbally abused. The situation you described is kind of an irrational one in terms of a players leaving a match in those circumstances. Unless of course their teammates were going mental at him and he wished to get out of there. Which would be completely understandable and was the point I've been making, anyway.
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