Guild Wars 2

The last 3 instanced pvp matches ive been in one player on my team didnt connect or timed out. The entire match we are down a player and of course lose. It doesnt seem like it boots the player or tries to find a new player. Is it supposed to do this? Should i just hang out in the base if this happens?

Thanks

So … you should just play, and hope they come back. It’s definitely possible to win 4v5, but even if you can’t … the math is on your side. Over time you are going to face opposing teams where a player goes AFK or whatever than you are going to have them on your team.

(eg: there are 5 slots on the other side, and 4 on yours, where a player can be absent. so, unless you disconnect, you have a mathematical advantage in winning more games from this problem than losing them.)

Not that it doesn’t suck, yo. Don’t get me wrong. Be great if that didn’t happen.

So its working as intended where a player who dc’d just takes up a spot till the match is over and there is nothing you can do about it?

timetopat.7921:

So its working as intended where a player who dc’d just takes up a spot till the match is over and there is nothing you can do about it?

Well, no, it’s intended that they can reconnect and resume playing, but that means their slot is held, so if they don’t come back, that’s the effect, yes.

If you want a more formal response, you might try the PvP specific forums.

SlippyCheeze.5483:

timetopat.7921:

So its working as intended where a player who dc’d just takes up a spot till the match is over and there is nothing you can do about it?

Well, no, it’s intended that they can reconnect and resume playing, but that means their slot is held, so if they don’t come back, that’s the effect, yes.

If you want a more formal response, you might try the PvP specific forums.

I see what you are saying, and that does make sense. If i disconnected i would want to be able to rejoin as soon as i could.