Guild Wars 2

So funny thing happened… I’m about to join a match, I get disconnected and for some reason I wasn’t able t get in for about 5 minutes. I finally manage to join and my team (as expected) was losing 140 to 280… After I join I manage to get far and luckily we are able to win 500 to 488..

Only to find not only I lose a pip for “deserting” I also get thrown out of the game on some ridiculous 20 min CD again for “deserting”.

This is so ridiculous it needs to be revised immediately, the whole desertion thing needs a hard look, sometimes a player gets disconnected halfway through the game which causes your team to lose but that doesn’t count as desertion, and now this? I spent 5 minutes trying to rejoin the game but it’d get stuck on the loading screen for whatever reason.

And I should point out my internet was working fine throughout this entire thing so I don’t even know why I got disconnected in the first place, but losing a pip PLUS 20 min not being able to play when the reality is the reason my team even won is I managed to get back in is just too much…

And don’t get me started on the matchmaking system… I’ve found that whether I win or lose a match is entirely dependant on who’s got the crappy players, which equates to sayig winning or losing in PvP is a coin-toss that basically favors those with time to play dozens of matches and eventually work the numbers in their favor.

And why do I even bother posting here? Because I still have another 10 mins before this desertion BS goes away…

5 minutes ? thats a long way to stay offline.. sorry to tell ya but its really frustrating fighting 4v5 even while you try to reconnect.. the best thing you could do is to stay offline to ensure that your teamates (who you dumped accidentaly) do not lose their pip or win streak. Just make sure that you don’t have connection issues or an overheating computer when you are about to play ranked.