I can see that many of you haven’t been on the side of receiving a penalty for something you deem as unfair; this applies to anything, not just GW2. I wrote the original post because I thought the penalty was unfair, not just for me but also for my teammates. If most of you read the entire thread, you would know that I’m not blaming ANet for anything and neither am I lamenting the fact that I don’t have the greatest internet connection. I want to inform ANet that there are other people who feel that the penalty is unfair. For example, if a player DCs for more than two minutes, say, every other match, then the penalty would make sense and is much deserved. However, if a player DCs for less than that and tries to return to the match, then receives the penalty once logging back on, then the penalty is unreasonable, in my very honest opinion.
Like I said, I understand why the penalty is needed and enforced for the players who are AFK, who DC (consecutively and intentionally), and who manipulate matches. Something like that needs discipline, or in your words Kumouta and insanemaniac, punishment. However, there are a great deal of players who receive the penalty for something that is not within their control and their teammates also pay the price. There are ways to both discipline DC players and salvage their teams. I suggested replacing the DC player with a player in queue so that the team is not 4v5 for very long, for those of you who “complain” about being in a 4v5 match. Adding new players to a match happens in Snowball Mayhem, which is a much watered down version of PVP anyway.
Like I said, I am NOT the only one. Will you tell all of the players who DC to suck it up, get new computers, and switch ISPs? We all play in different conditions and enjoy PVP differently, but we are all treated the same by teammates after unfortunate things happen during a match. To say that every single one of those DC players deserved what they received is an elitist thing to say, really.
Now, most of you assume that I disconnect “all the time”, as choovanski mentioned above. I disconnect occasionally, but not always during PVP matches. Most of my matches are fine, it was only the last match that put me on timeout. At the time, I thought it was outrageous! I knew nothing about the penalty and to be hit with it (and now with all of these comments) shocked me. As I read about the dishonor timeout on forum threads and wiki, I understood why I was getting penalized, but NOT why my team got penalized as well.
Dragon Masher brought up another point that needs consideration. If a person DCs, but returns immediately (and doesn’t harm the team), then there’s no need for another person to fill the spot. But, I suggested having a replacement mainly because many PVP players are upset at DC players (regardless of why or how long they have DC’d) for ruining gameplay. I understand that being unevenly matched is not only bothersome, but infuriating. So, I suggested the replacement, but it seems like no one is too keen on that idea.
Like I said earlier, thank you for commenting on this post. I apologize if some things I wrote on this thread offended or upset some or all of you. I did not intend for this thread to provoke such a response from anyone.
