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Queue Tax for Deserting Rampages.
itsbrou
Posts: 1,778 Arc User
Bailing on Rampages is becoming a real problem.
I feel that if someone bails and re-queues, they should have a stacking, renewing debuff for 20 minutes that makes their queue position +10 or so.
While this might not stop requeues during high traffic, it would stack. This would make it so that queues pop slower for repeated desertion of rampages, but a legitimate escape from one or two poorly handled rampages is still permitted.
Help me seal up any holes or exploits on this suggestion if you'd like.
I feel that if someone bails and re-queues, they should have a stacking, renewing debuff for 20 minutes that makes their queue position +10 or so.
While this might not stop requeues during high traffic, it would stack. This would make it so that queues pop slower for repeated desertion of rampages, but a legitimate escape from one or two poorly handled rampages is still permitted.
Help me seal up any holes or exploits on this suggestion if you'd like.
Brou in Cryptic games.
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Normally, I would be for this, but without a role selection in F&I PUGs (where most people are going to bail), you're basically punishing people for a flaw in the matchmaking system.
[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
Also have to make sure people getting DC'd, even if its just temporary and they can re-join, aren't getting the penalty the instant they DC (since they could be registered as not in the server at the time).
- Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
I agree that something must be done to avoid players from getting upset and stop playing rampages, but your idea can accidentally punish a DC.
In my opinion Private Queue is the best way to play rampages. I have failed all Public F&I Queues, and succeeded in all Private F&I Queues, same with Sky Commander. From now on, I ll only use private queue, it's a great new mechanic we have and I ll take advantage of it.
I personally have no qualms about leaving a bad F&I run that just isn't going to be successful. If no one's listening, or paying attention to things like "Cages" and "Living Ice & Fire", it's a waste of time to continue.
While it may have been frustrating to the OP, chances are the runs that were abandoned, were already doomed.
But where this really drives me crazy is fighting Cybermind. If a couple players blow it on the first rain you'll often get one or two players who'll just write the whole thing off.
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More EXP for Adventure Packs please.
Anyone who would want to avoid being penalized by the system by leaving could simply simulate a connection error by manually disabling their internet connect then enabling it again when the game brings them to the main menu forcefully. It may sound far-fetched to expect someone to go through that sort of trouble just to avoid the penalty but regardless the system would be exploitable.
Implementing this system punishes players for the shoddy servers and connection issues that Cryptic has yet to fix.
I've gotten AFK penalty in STO due to timing out just waiting in queue, and trapped in an event when people didn't port in correctly. NW they're just trading leaving for AFKing people (timered event).
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