So I was playing with a friend in quick play and his computer started acting up and messing up the keybindings.
He told me he was going to leave the game and then rejoin once he restarted, but he accidentally left the game as a GROUP.
I was pulled out and I got an option to endorse the people that I played with, so I did.
But then I got a message stating that my endorsement level went DOWN.
I was surprised and confused cause I didn’t know why it went down so suddenly, I found out that if you leave mid game, you get a penalty.
This feels VERY unfair to people that accidentally get dragged out because their group leader forgot to uncheck “leave as a group”.
It would be better to only get the penalty if you leave multiple games mid game. While also getting a message when you are on the verge of getting the penalty.
For example: You leave a game for the first time and you get a message that states that if you leave mid game again your endorsement will go down because of it.
If you ignore it and do it again; you will go down in level.
I know some people might not care for endorsements, but if you can get rewards with the endorsements* then you should get a message before getting a penalty. Otherwise making a simple mistake suddenly feels like you did it deliberately.
*You can occasionally earn Loot Boxes based on your current endorsement level, with higher endorsement levels resulting in more Loot Boxes. During special events, you’ll receive event Loot Boxes (for example, Summer Games Loot Boxes).
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The reason why you dropped so fast is because you were at a low “XP percentage”. Endorsements work like the following: You collect endorsements which decay over some matches, decaying faster when leaving a match. If you have an X amount of endorsement, you will be lvl A. On Y amount of endorsements, you will be lvl B.
Let’s say you need 100 endorsements for lvl B. You have 105 endorsements and you stop getting endorsements. Sooner or later, the endorsements decay so you have 95 endorsements now, dropping you down from lvl B to lvl C. In order to get back to lvl B, you have to get at least 5 endorsements.
This is why getting back to an endorsement lvl is quicker than getting to the said lvl for the first time.
And even if it feels unfair when leaving a game by accident, it is still justified because your whole group left the rest hanging.
It would be nice if we could check the progress of our endorsement.
Because of work, I simply cannot play more than a couple of hours on weekdays, which -during the busiest weeks- would mean that I am potentially losing more to decay, than I gain over the weekend.
Unless playing ridiculous amounts of hours over a couple of days ?
Due to a lack of clarity regarding this topic, I will remain optimistic and assume that decay has more effect on players that; rarely login, lose a couple of games and log off again(?).
As opposed to players like myself and many others, whom are no longer in school and/or have a family (or beloved pet. I see you cat people) to maintain & support?
One can only speculate at this point, I guess.
I too wish you could see the endorsement progress and also get a warning when your loosing points. Don’t get why the endorsement decays over time when you haven’t done anything wrong. Been taking a long time getting from endorsement lvl 2 to lvl 3 and suddenly dropped fast down to lvl 2 without knowing how. Haven’t been toxic, rude or even written anything in the chat. Hope Blizzard fixes this