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6 years ago

Getting Penalty for error codes

So i went into a bronze lobby and as we land and get two minutes in my game crashes. I go back in for the reconnect feature and i get error code leaf which I was ok with then went to reconnect again. I then get error code cloud (never seen it before) tried a final time then i get back onto main screen with the play page and i get the afk penalty and idk why. Can anyone explain

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  • @Ziggle5 The system sees you "randomly left". The AFK is referring to you not moving in the game when you got disconnected. The way reconnect works - it keeps your character where you got disconnected, and hands the controls back over to you, when you come back. It seems when you got the two error codes, the reconnect function just saw it as "oh, they came bac- oh nevermind, they left", thus punishing you for AFKing. Since you didn't quit the game yourself, it decided to pin the AFKing reason on you - since you weren't moving since when you crashed to when you tried to come back. It's real stupid though, I've had teammates AFK for 8-9 minutes, come back to the team fully wiped and timed out, and they can keep playing rank like they were there the whole time.
  • @Ziggle5 

    This happened to me and my friend I was trying to play ranked with yesterday. Got abandon penalties for the game crashing within 2 minutes of the game starting. 

    I ask, can the devs not implement or edit the current afk detection system to know that a player has been disconnected due to a game crash? People can get abandon penalties and or banned because of ddos - ing. That is completely uncalled for. On ranked console, ddos-ing happens a lot, at least when I play it does. I frequently get kicked out of the game and cannot get back in. It is not my internet, all speed tests say it is very fast and my xbox is hardwired.  I am just wondering, it is 2020. People with no money develop more ironed out, less buggy games in a garage. 

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