I think people playing in public matches should be punished lightly for disconnecting. Not as severe as the timed ban like on ranked, though. Here is my suggestion: When the player clicks "leave match," a timer begins to count down from two minutes. The player may cancel their opt to disconnect at any time within these two minutes, but they may not disconnect until the two minutes has passed. This disconnect timer would of course be disabled if your banner card has timed out or your squad has been eliminated. The playerbase (at least on ps4) is FULL of people who disconnect immediately after getting downed or killed, and it really ruins the game for the rest of us. The odds of two guys vs a lobby of three man squads is just awful, especially with inevitable third partying. I understand wanting to save your KD/R, but ruining the game for your mates isn't fair. You can mute your teammates at any time during a match, so if you're disconnecting because of rude or obnoxious teammates, simply mute them as you wait your two minutes. I think this is a good solution to a toxic problem- if someone is so impatient they simply cannot wait to see the fate of their teammates or wait to be picked up or respawned, it's possible they won't be patient enough to wait two minutes to disconnect, either, and may just wait for their chance to get back in the game.Edit: After seeing replies I think you guys should realize loot is not the end of the world and leaving the game because of loot goblins is super petty. It's a risk you run by playing with randoms, it happens. People are jerks. A successful respawn is entirely up to chance- but leaving the game because you just don't feel like sticking around for it is just a way to completely ruin the game for your squad. Be considerate ):

@Godisbullen I think a karma system would be a pretty cool idea to be honest.I assume you would want it to work in a manner that people who frequently leave would receive negative karma and be grouped together. Where as non leavers would receive positive karma and be grouped together?Perhaps a commendation system at the end of the match would be cool too,similar to Overwatch where we could rate our teammates if we are happy with how they played. With commendation tracker appearing on the players banner card at the start.I think keeping the two separate would be better to prevent any troll behaviour lol. 😛

There should definitely be a punishment for these kind of behavior. I've even seen a few DC😕 where their deathbox never spawned, which is really really bad.Some kind of karma system could be a really good feature for this. Users could give positive or negative rep, which is used when pairing up squads.Users with lots of negative reputation should be paired with others at the bottom of the rep.

Any punishment will be better than none.It is serious problem (impacts all players who play with randoms) and i don't understand why developers don't do anything about it.

@Zeelmaekers I think thats why @Godisbullen idea of a karma system is great, it only impacts the gameplay of people regularly impacting others game experience.We all leave sometimes,if i've been deathboxed, and my teammate is left fighting a couple of teams with no hope of escape or a turn around i'll leave. More often than not though when one teammate goes down the rest usually follow almost instantly, especially when you're the better player in the team.If you're willfully abandoning your team for no good reason though ( Darth provided a great example) there should be consequences.

@SorryWeDied Meh don’t care that much in pubs. I had one leave me, went on to win as a solo. I sent him a screenshot to which he replied, “don’t care you took wraith” i replied, but I’m not going to post my response on here.

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Godisbullen
6 years ago
There should definitely be a punishment for these kind of behavior. I've even seen a few DC😕 where their deathbox never spawned, which is really really bad.
Some kind of karma system could be a really good feature for this. Users could give positive or negative rep, which is used when pairing up squads.
Users with lots of negative reputation should be paired with others at the bottom of the rep.
MandatoryIDtag
6 years ago
@Godisbullen I think a karma system would be a pretty cool idea to be honest.
I assume you would want it to work in a manner that people who frequently leave would receive negative karma and be grouped together. Where as non leavers would receive positive karma and be grouped together?
Perhaps a commendation system at the end of the match would be cool too,similar to Overwatch where we could rate our teammates if we are happy with how they played. With commendation tracker appearing on the players banner card at the start.
I think keeping the two separate would be better to prevent any troll behaviour lol. 😛
SlivPTS
6 years ago
Any punishment will be better than none.
It is serious problem (impacts all players who play with randoms) and i don't understand why developers don't do anything about it.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@SorryWeDied Meh don’t care that much in pubs. I had one leave me, went on to win as a solo. I sent him a screenshot to which he replied, “don’t care you took wraith” i replied, but I’m not going to post my response on here.
Zeelmaekers
Hero+
6 years ago
Mixed feelings about this, I'm guilty of leaving in pups after dying tho.
I leave in rare cases but sometimes you feel there is no synergy and know it's a 2 min game.

Just a small punishment could do, No XP for 5-10 games, or maybe a little timer till your team is eliminated I don't know.
MandatoryIDtag
6 years ago
@Zeelmaekers I think thats why @Godisbullen idea of a karma system is great, it only impacts the gameplay of people regularly impacting others game experience.
We all leave sometimes,if i've been deathboxed, and my teammate is left fighting a couple of teams with no hope of escape or a turn around i'll leave. More often than not though when one teammate goes down the rest usually follow almost instantly, especially when you're the better player in the team.
If you're willfully abandoning your team for no good reason though ( Darth provided a great example) there should be consequences.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@MandatoryIDtagBut what about those times I want to leave? I left a few tonight intentionally.. Killed 2 people, squad mate did a big fat 0 damage. He did not even work as a bullet sponge. He comes running up to the death boxes swipes everything purple/gold before I have a chance. I tell him you can drop the loot you just stole or I'll leave the match. He did not drop it, so I just left the match.

It's the only way we can punish loot goblins and it's a problem in this game. Yeah I get rounds with people who are really chill about loot/death boxes. But the loot goblins are typically 1. not that good and 2. unpleasant to play with. I feel like most people are good about loot, I had quite a few the night before who were on the same page as me. We would take turns on the death boxes unless ring was closing then it was a "you take that death box I got this one, need anything?" then we would trade once we made it to circle.

I suppose the other option is for me to just play with them. Let them die take the loot back and not respawn them or just deal with it. Sometimes it's not a huge deal, but when I'm running a R-99 and have no mag, they take the mag... I'm not going to be happy. First round the mag is not a huge deal but as it becomes later rounds and you start bumping into purple armor, that mag becomes insanely important.
MandatoryIDtag
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex Well if it was a karma based system, You earn positive karma for sticking around, negative for leaving.
So if you're only leaving the occasional match it wouldnt really matter at all, as all the full matches you play are offsetting it.
It's a more forgiving system than the soft bans of ranked which is a better fit for casual lobbies, you're just getting what you give back. 😛
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@MandatoryIDtag Here is one reason i know people leave after they have been killed. They don't want to hurt their KD and the odds of pulling off a successful respawn are typically not that great, unless you have a really really good player.

I have friends who leave PUBS with randoms once they are downed because they don't want to negatively impact their KD. My friends and I are decent and even we struggle with respawns. It depends on the map (KC is much harder to respawn on), how late in the game it is and so on.
MandatoryIDtag
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex I get that, but I'm sure this has happened to everyone.
I've had games where i've been deathboxed with no kills, and actually managed to crank 3 or 4 kills after being respawned.
You could always just jump on mic or use the text chat to say "Don't respawn me please" you're already dead...its not going to impact your play lol. 😛