Day 4 of posting until Respawn implements a functional abandon penalty.

@blkarmphoenix The more I think of this, the more I realize this will never happen. And it shouldn't, because punitive consequences don't fix the cause of the problem, but actually shift the focus further way from it.

The better approach is to add value to the dead (waiting) time, make it more interesting or more worthy. Respawn added the mobile beacon and are now introducing the survival slot to encourage more players to carry beacons. Obviously, these will not resolve the problem, but might make a visible difference, as the risk factor and average time waiting for respawn will get greatly reduced.