The number of players just dropping out at the start of a match in standard trios is getting ridiculous, almost 2 thirds of games last time i played one player waits long enoguh to pick a legend and then drops out or goes afk at teh start of the match. Feels like people are just deliberatley griefing or trying to ruin other peoples games. Reporting seems to make no difference, not sure why there is even an option to report for leaving early or not participating if no action is taken.Add this to the consistent starting trios with just 2 players and the crappy matchmaking, and i have to wonder if this game is even still worth playing? I love the game, but am certainly not good enough to go up against other teams of 3 if we're down a man from the start (especially with the number of people that seem to be able to shoot me consistently from long range - do they even have recoil?)Why can't a short, 5 minute ban be implemented if someone is reported repeatedly for leaving early or going afk, surely not too hard to detect if a player has not even engaged before dropping out or taken no action since landing?/end rant

@Sutts2014I can give you one example from my own experience of how/why this can happen.Let's take Broken Moon as an example. I would say that in 9 out of 10 matches where I'm not the jumpmaster my squadmates will jump into Terraformer. I won't go there. I'll never go there unless that's where the circle closes. So I choose my own drop and go. Then I wait for them to die. The wait isn't usually very long. Every once in a while I get so tired of the same scenario repeating over and over again that I'll quit from the drop ship as soon as I see where they're jumping.Spare me the speech about how I'm a bad teammate for not supporting my squad and I'll spare you the speech about how I didn't kill them, they killed themselves.There are a lot of reasons why people in this game do things that don't always appear to make sense or appear to have the best interest of the team in mind. If you're really gonna advocate that we start banning people for exercising their own judgment then be guaranteed that at some point you will do something that seems completely reasonable to you and infuriates someone else. And you get a five minute slap on the wrist for it. In your casual, free-to-play game.

@reconzeroSpoke out of my very soul. Fragment H.D's gave me all the trauma i needed. And have countless times been told why i don't play Solo when im not following and the justification is always the same..i hardly enjoy putting my game into RNG's hands.

I understand everyone can make their own decisions on how to play the game, it just seems really odd the increase in just the last few weeks of people joining, picking a legend and then dropping out.Often this is even before the squad has actually left the drop ship I do also understand that not everyoe agrees on where to drop - personally i hate hot dropping but i do stick with it as i have chosen to play a team based game. And i am sure i have done many things that have not benefitted the team, but always unintentionally. I just think if you have chosen to play a squad based game and then decided to waste other peoples time by dropping out (whether it's because they're not playing the way you want or another reason) then a 5 minute penalty is not really a big deal, which i would personally accept if i did this. It could even only be applied if you quit while the rest of your team is still alive and active, just as an incentive.

forgot one of the main reasons to quit a game early : in Fuse Words : Taking a * fellas !Edit OMFG, its allowed as a voiceline in game but not in the Forum, now you guys make me laugh hard !

@Sutts2014Reasons might be :- One picked the other ones Legend he needs (either for his playstyle or a challenge)- Wrong Drop Spot- Wrong Drop Speed or route (too slow or flying too fancy ?!?)- Not dropping in the first 2/3 of the Map (might be a sign for an AFK Jumpmaster)- And again : Teammates Legend Choice (People quit when they have an Octane on the Team...)- Wrong Mode (People wanted to play a different Mode , but are send to Trios ...)- Phone/Doorbell is ringing- Girlfriend/Wife/Mum screams you away form the PC/Console- * Internet/ crappy connection to that particular Server- Wrong nationality (i guess some Ukrainians arent keen on playing with Russians on a team atm)- loud music or tv being picked up over the mic, does not only annoy the teammates but also distracts the actual "culprit" from the ingame sounds, makes for a hell of a team mate and i guess there are even more "Reasons" that make sense to the Player that quits, as @reconzero described in his post

players dropping out at start of match

11 Replies

HappyHourSumwur
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@Sutts2014 You'd think that the game could tell if someone was AFK repeatedly. SMH
Sutts2014
New Rookie
2 years ago
It's the players that take the time to join and actually pick a legend before quitting once we drop that i don't understand. Wasting their own time to purposefully waste other peoples?
As this is a squad based game I really see no reason why there can't be a penalty for leaving your team even in standard play. At the very least, make it so people who drop cannot join another game until the squad they dropped from is finished.
Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@Sutts2014
One reason this happens in casual mode is because the game sometimes automatically switches from ranked to casual when you get back to the main screen after getting out of a ranked match.
reconzero
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@Sutts2014

I can give you one example from my own experience of how/why this can happen.

Let's take Broken Moon as an example. I would say that in 9 out of 10 matches where I'm not the jumpmaster my squadmates will jump into Terraformer. I won't go there. I'll never go there unless that's where the circle closes. So I choose my own drop and go. Then I wait for them to die. The wait isn't usually very long. Every once in a while I get so tired of the same scenario repeating over and over again that I'll quit from the drop ship as soon as I see where they're jumping.

Spare me the speech about how I'm a bad teammate for not supporting my squad and I'll spare you the speech about how I didn't kill them, they killed themselves.

There are a lot of reasons why people in this game do things that don't always appear to make sense or appear to have the best interest of the team in mind. If you're really gonna advocate that we start banning people for exercising their own judgment then be guaranteed that at some point you will do something that seems completely reasonable to you and infuriates someone else. And you get a five minute slap on the wrist for it. In your casual, free-to-play game.
NitoTanaka
2 years ago
@reconzeroSpoke out of my very soul. Fragment H.D's gave me all the trauma i needed. And have countless times been told why i don't play Solo when im not following and the justification is always the same..i hardly enjoy putting my game into RNG's hands.
Sutts2014
New Rookie
2 years ago
I understand everyone can make their own decisions on how to play the game, it just seems really odd the increase in just the last few weeks of people joining, picking a legend and then dropping out.Often this is even before the squad has actually left the drop ship
I do also understand that not everyoe agrees on where to drop - personally i hate hot dropping but i do stick with it as i have chosen to play a team based game. And i am sure i have done many things that have not benefitted the team, but always unintentionally. I just think if you have chosen to play a squad based game and then decided to waste other peoples time by dropping out (whether it's because they're not playing the way you want or another reason) then a 5 minute penalty is not really a big deal, which i would personally accept if i did this. It could even only be applied if you quit while the rest of your team is still alive and active, just as an incentive.
r1ggedgame
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@Sutts2014Reasons might be :
- One picked the other ones Legend he needs (either for his playstyle or a challenge)
- Wrong Drop Spot
- Wrong Drop Speed or route (too slow or flying too fancy ?!?)
- Not dropping in the first 2/3 of the Map (might be a sign for an AFK Jumpmaster)
- And again : Teammates Legend Choice (People quit when they have an Octane on the Team...)
- Wrong Mode (People wanted to play a different Mode , but are send to Trios ...)
- Phone/Doorbell is ringing
- Girlfriend/Wife/Mum screams you away form the PC/Console
- * Internet/ crappy connection to that particular Server
- Wrong nationality (i guess some Ukrainians arent keen on playing with Russians on a team atm)
- loud music or tv being picked up over the mic, does not only annoy the teammates but also distracts the actual "culprit" from the ingame sounds, makes for a hell of a team mate
and i guess there are even more "Reasons" that make sense to the Player that quits, as @reconzero described in his post
r1ggedgame
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
forgot one of the main reasons to quit a game early :
in Fuse Words : Taking a * fellas !
Edit OMFG, its allowed as a voiceline in game but not in the Forum, now you guys make me laugh hard !
reconzero
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@Sutts2014

Sometimes end-of-season brings out the strange and confounding in people. But also, if you're experiencing a lot of people disappearing between legend selection and drop ship then that could be just plain old connection problems. It's not as if this game never had any of those before....
MrGuvernment-KO
2 years ago
@r1ggedgame wrote:
@Sutts2014Reasons might be :
- One picked the other ones Legend he needs (either for his playstyle or a challenge)
- Wrong Drop Spot
- Wrong Drop Speed or route (too slow or flying too fancy ?!?)
- Not dropping in the first 2/3 of the Map (might be a sign for an AFK Jumpmaster)
- And again : Teammates Legend Choice (People quit when they have an Octane on the Team...)
- Wrong Mode (People wanted to play a different Mode , but are send to Trios ...)
- Phone/Doorbell is ringing
- Girlfriend/Wife/Mum screams you away form the PC/Console
- * Internet/ crappy connection to that particular Server
- Wrong nationality (i guess some Ukrainians arent keen on playing with Russians on a team atm)
- loud music or tv being picked up over the mic, does not only annoy the teammates but also distracts the actual "culprit" from the ingame sounds, makes for a hell of a team mate
and i guess there are even more "Reasons" that make sense to the Player that quits, as @reconzero described in his post
The thing is a system could be in place to clearly catch the people who intentionally drop as soon as they die, or only land and drop to get a daily challenge. This can all be tracked and use to determine if someone should get a ban vs someone who had to run to the door, or take a crap or had a kid crying, cause they are not serial disconnectors.

The issue is the serial disconnectors who instead could simply use the option to not autofill their team and just drop solo and be done with it...

EA/Respawn Could track people who go to the menu and choose leave game / confirm, can confirm people who actually lose connectivity (few people are going to actually disconnect their Inet every game to do this) All of this data is likely metrics they already track, but they simply do not care to actually do something useful to make the game better for the players who want to play.