Guild Wars 2

So, as it currently stands, if you get dc’ed from a ranked PvP match you face heavy penalties. Even if you’re gone for no more than a couple minutes you deal with a dishonor timeout. Furthermore, even if you are part of the winning team, you get dealt a loss for ranked PvP. The penalties I feel should be punishing those who “rage quit”, not those who have a freak incident occur, and are kept out of the game for a few minutes at most. The main difference between those who rage quit and those who get dc’ed are that rage quitters don’t seek to reenter the match.

I’d like to propose a change to where the dishonor timeout and automatic match loss penalty is nullified should the player 1) spend more than two minutes in a match (since no match will end in under two minutes) and also 2) is present in the match at the end.

How does everyone else feel about such changes to the current PvP penalty system? Do you feel it’s fine as is? Do you agree that changes should occur, but not as I’m suggesting? Also, is what I’m suggesting just not possible to do coding wise?

No, any time of disconnect should result in a loss aswell as dishonor. Having a teammate disconnect even for a minute is basicly match deciding.
Don’t queue if you have a rocky connection.

Its not hash enough id say 48 hour bann if reported by more them 3 players

I do agree that changes should occur. I can only speak for myself here, since it happened to me just an hour ago. I do not have a “rocky connection”, but I do disconnect on occasion. Not usually during queue, but often in a middle of a match or when the match is 1-2 mins in. Granted, I haven’t tried ranked PVP quite yet, but I believe even the penalty for unranked PVP is a bit harsh. I was shocked when I received the timeout. It wasn’t as though I had intentionally DC’d or “deserted” the match! Side note: Now that I know about the dishonor timeout, it makes me think about all the people I have teamed up with during the times I had DC’d during a match (all of, what, 5 or 6 times non-consecutively)… Did they think I had intentionally abandoned the match? Call me stupid, but I actually want to meet other PVP players and get to know them.

OP, you must have been offline for considerable amount of time because the other day i did get booted to character selection screen and instantly logged back to match – we won and i gained rating. There was no penalty.