Recently I was in the situation were due to glitch on the server side I and several others in the same game were disconnected from a server. I immediately checked that I had internet connection, which I did. I rejoined the game as quickly as possible and was back within the 2 minute window where other players can’t leave without losing SR.
I don’t think that it is fair for someone who immediately tries to reconnect to be punished with a loss of 50 SR (and potentially a suspension/ban), especially when it is due to no fault of their own.
I think the right course of action would be to give players a grace period, for example the 2 minutes that other players would have to wait anyway. This could also allow people who are experience technical difficulties to quickly refresh the game, which I have seen happen before.
However, I am open to other people’s opinions and maybe there is a reason why this isn’t currently implemented?
This can be exploited heavily and rage quitter will start join in and out as a spiteful act to intentionally tilt their team.
I lost 250 SR last season due to dcs since my connection at that point was unstable (relocating) and I shouldn’t have played in the 1st place, however I can/have to accept it.
However when it’s Blizzard’s fault, I don’t know if that can be exploited in some sort, so to stay on the safe side, the way the system works right now solves more issues than it raises.
I have disconnected some times. Never lost 50sr if I joined the game. Next time you dc (or you can try this with alt+f4) when you log back you have lost 50sr but when you join back to the game you are granted your 50sr back.
This could easily be avoided by only allowing it once. For example, only give the grace period the first time the player disconnects.
I don’t know if it was just the sequence of events that happened for me. But I did rejoin and we went on to win the game and I still lost the 50 SR.
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I dont know if you have more leaves in short period or w/e or if you didnt join within 2mins. But I rarely get dcd but my net normally comes back in like 1sec so I easily join back within the 2mins and never lost SR that way. Can speak only from my own experience.
Well some people have shi**y connections where they live and some share their connection with a family. And for some strange reason this games disconnects you when they line is abit busy instead of just waiting for it to stop. So just a small time where someone is doing something is going to get you disconnected. Never seen this crappy of a system in any pvp or competative game… It’s really amazing how bad it is. Why even offer a chance to reconnect…