Guild Wars 2

I did some searching, but my ’kitten -ness may have gotten the better of me, as I found no similar threads when this is an issue I hear many complain about.

Every so often, I DC. Mostly doing content such as the living story, given the huge zerg that floods the screen with all their AoE effects. I’ve gotten used to it, but one thing that simply ruins the experience is how DC’ing throws you into the overflow.

It would be understandable if I was offline for maybe 30 seconds or more, another player can take my spot. However, I DC with no indication of lag or anything, instantly log back in, only to find I’ve been moved to the overflow and didn’t even get bronze credit for the event I was just in.

It takes away almost all incentive to join in with these events, knowing the second I get DC’d, it’s game over for my time in the event. Regardless how much I had been contribution.

FIX: There’s probably a few ways to solve this, but the easiest one I can think of would be to give players a 20-30 second windows in which their character is still part of the respective instance/overflow they were playing in while offline. After the 20-30 seconds, just remove them and let someone else take their spot.

Cheers.

It is a problem but I don’t think there is anything in place to solve it. Same thing if you disconnect when you have a open world champ down to 5%, log back in and you get nothing. The memory of what you have done is gone as soon as you are disconnected.

Not sure what kind of ‘-ness’ may have gotten to you, but the search function is broken on the forums, so it’s not you.

I, too, wish they would find a way to save the spots for those that get disconnected. Even from overflows, where you may be placed back into different one. Or back onto your home world…either way getting no credit for all your effort.