A super simple idea for stopping the rage quitters!
When entering a lobby, each player (killer too) has a number displayed by their character representing how many times they’ve disconnected! The number resets to zero each week when the Shrine of Secrets resets. This will completely solve the problem!
Killers will likely lobby dodge anybody with an unreasonable number of disconnects tallied up since the last reset. Survivors will learn quickly that if they want to be able to get into any matches, they’d better not let that number get too high.
We currently don’t punish rage-quitters because we can’t tell if they just have bad internet. Players with bad internet will be protected by this idea because they should only get a few disconnects throughout a week. A low, forgiveable number that doesn’t raise concerns. If they drop their connection too often, then their internet was so bad it was having a negative effect on the game anyway. In this case, it’s better for all parties if they take a break from the game until they resolve the problem.
I think the number will allow the community to moderate itself. This should be an exceptionally easy thing to program in and it will have a huge positive effect.
If we can handle a bit more of a programming challenge, it would be nice for the killer to be able to boot certain survivors from a lobby so that good ones aren’t affected by lobby dodges. (Good players will certainly complain about bad players joining and triggering a dodge, at least at the beginning.) I would say the option is only available against survivors who have a certain number of disconnects (10 or 15 perhaps). Maybe a sliding scale where the number is 5 for each day since reset.
Anyway, what do you guys think? Just the number alone, silver bullet, yeah?
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Perhaps we could even take it a step further and offer some sort of reward for keeping disconnects under a certain number. Redeem for bloodpoints, extra daily rituals, unique items or add-ons that can only be obtained this way, etc. When there’s something in it for them, people are more likely to play nice.
Actually wouldn't killers want the more dc'ing survivors?
Cause that would probably give easier matches (... for some people)
Hmmm, it’s possible. I could see a few going for that, but considering all the griping about the dc’s, I would suspect it would be very few. If a survivor rage-quits often during the first week of this new statistic rolling out, it may only be these few killers that give them a chance to play at all.
At some point, the community will strike a new equilibrium between dc counts and play-time.
In the end, I think most survivors will realize that it’s better to mind their manners.