Guild Wars 2

I don’t believe the issue here is why her/his client crashed but rather the fact that if someone disconnects from a ranked match, both the player and all her/his party members will lose a pip regardless of the matches outcome.

I was recently in a party in which a member of the party crashed at the beginning of the match and only got back in at the very end of the match. Our team of 4 won the match against team of 5 and as a reward we lost a pip. It seems Anet wants to discourage players who dare to have a teammate using unstable client or with momentary internet problems to throw the match. If your teammate disconnets, you have no reason to keep on playing as you will lose your pip in the end. Also those who dc have no reason to return, neither they nor their party members will get a pip, but rather lose one.

Answer I got from support:

“I understand your concern about losing this Pip. However this is the correct function of the game right now. When a member of the party leaves or disconnects that party will lose a pip. This is set up this way to prevent manipulation of the leagues/matches. We understand that this might not be the most ideal but if you believe it should be changed we ask that you submit you feedback on the forums. I am sorry that we were not able to give you better news on this.”

I do understand their reasoning that they should discourage leaving matches and returning to reap the rewards with minimal contributing. However I do not believe most players who leave matches do it on purpose. As such this mostly affect people who have not meant to cheat in anyway and as an end result:
1. Anyone who dcs from a match, has no reason to return. Neither they nor their party will get the pip they’re trying to get.
2.Anyone in disconnected players party has any reason to play in the match. They will lose their pip regardles of the outcome of the match.