Guild Wars 2

It happens so often that it’s a huge problem, at least for me. One player on my team or the other team leaves and doesn’t come back. I know that you don’t lose any pips if there’s a leaver on your team but often I have no pips in my current tier when it happens so the only thing the match amounts to is a colossal waste of time. It’s not fun and there is no alternative or way out without getting dishonor yourself, which is also not fun. I realize it’s just a game, but that’s just it, games are supposed to be fun. As an easy alternative, I suggest that if there is a leaver on your team for more than 3 minutes (a generous amount of time to re-log and get back into the match if you actually just d/ced, or to get on another character) then the match is immediately forfeit for both sides, no one loses or gains any pips and the offender is subjected to dishonor just the same. This would let people get back to fair 5v5 matches faster without having to go through the motions of pretending to try to win when in reality the morale loss is so great that it might as well be 5v0. Especially given that a ranked win should be awarded for skill, not guaranteed outcomes. This would also eliminate any type of matchfixing where an offending team tries to sync queue times to put one of their men on the opposing side to leave right away for an easy win. Some may say I’m being salty but I’m saying all this only in the spirit of fair play. If it’s 5v5 and my team still loses, so be it, just my two cents.

EDIT: As an afterthought: I’m sure there are some situations in which the team of 4 will beat the team of 5. In which case the matchmaking algorithm should be used in determining whether or not the match should be forfeit. If the MMR determines that the team of 4 has a greater than 75% chance of losing then the match should be abandoned.